Vocab P.38

Question 1

account, coverage

Answer 1

reportage, compte rendu

Question 2

(in)accurate

Answer 2

(in)exact

Question 3

actually, as a matter of fact

Answer 3

en réalité

Question 4

address, tacke, to [a problem]

Answer 4

s’attaquer à [un problème]

Question 5

all in all, all things considered

Answer 5

tout bien pesé

Question 6

appaling

Answer 6

choquant, effroyable

Question 7

argue, to

Answer 7

soutenir, défendre l’idée que

Question 8

arise, to

Answer 8

apparaître [une crise, un problème]

Question 9

assert, to

Answer 9

affirmer

Question 10

be noncommital about

Answer 10

être prudent, réservé à propos de (a noncommital answer)

Question 11

be bound to

Answer 11

aller logiquement et sûrement

Question 12

bear in mind, to

Answer 12

ne pas oublier, garder à l’esprit

Question 13

biased

Answer 13

qui a un parti pris, subjectif

Question 14

bleak

Answer 14

sombre

Question 15

boil down to

Answer 15

se résumer à

Question 16

breakthrough, a

Answer 16

une percée

Question 17

bring about, to

Answer 17

amener, entraîner qqch

Question 18

bring up a controversial issue for discussion

Answer 18

discuter d’une question controversée

Question 19

bring it home to sb

Answer 19

faire comprendre qqch à

Question 20

burnish, to

Answer 20

dorer, donner une image postive

Question 21

carry out, to

Answer 21

réaliser, effectuer

Question 22

claim, to

Answer 22

prétendre que, affirmer haut et fort que

Question 23

come to a head, to

Answer 23

devenir critique

Question 24

come to think of it

Answer 24

quand on y pense

Question 25

contend, to

Answer 25

soutenir que

Question 26

convey, get across, to

Answer 26

faire passer [un message]

Question 27

convince, to

Answer 27

convaincre

Question 28

critic, a

Answer 28

un critique [personne]

Question 29

criticism

Answer 29

des critiques [idée, opinion]

Question 30

crux of the issue, the

Answer 30

le point crucial, cœur du problème

Question 31

current tendency, a

Answer 31

une tendance actuelle

Question 32

depressing

Answer 32

déprimant

Question 33

Derogatory remark

Answer 33

une remarque péjorative/ be derogatory of sth/to sb

Question 34

disregard, ignore, to

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ne pas tenir compte de

Question 35

distort, to

Answer 35

déformer

Question 36

drop, decrease, fall, a [in sth]

Answer 36

une baisse

Question 37

Double-dutch/ it’s double-dutch to me

Answer 37

c’est du charabia pour moi / It’s sheer gibberish (c’est du baragouin

Question 38

emphasise, to

Answer 38

mettre l’accent sur

Question 39

endanger sb/sth, jeopardise sth, to

Answer 39

mettre en danger

Question 40

enhance, to, sth

Answer 40

agrandir, magnifier

Question 41

entail to

Answer 41

impliquer, entraîner [des conséquences]