Vocable 687

Question 1

Milk keeps fading from grocery lists

to fade

Answer 1

baisser, diminuer, disparaître

Question 2

per capita consumption

Answer 2

consommation per habitant

Question 3

The producers have offset milk’s decline by selling more cheese.

to offset

Answer 3

Виробники компенсували зниження продажів молока продаючи більше сиру.

offset, set, set - compenser

Question 4

to shelve

Answer 4

put aside, suspend - laisser en suspens

The project was shelved for two years - le projet a été abandonné pendant deux ans

Question 5

Lactode-intolerance, a condition that is a brake on milk sales.

Answer 5

a condition - maladie, syndrome

Question 6

dairy/dairies

Answer 6

produits laitiers

Question 7

to feature

Milk is features less often at mealtimes

Answer 7

faire figurer, inclure

Question 8

She overhauled her diet last fall

to overhaul

Answer 8

bouleverser, changer completement

Question 9

Cereal went largely by the wayside - too much sugar.

to go by the wayside

Answer 9

passer à la trappe, être abandonné

Question 10

altogether

Answer 10

complètement

Question 11

one of her daughters ditched cows’ milk altogether recently

to ditch

Answer 11

abandonner, renoncer à qqch

Question 12

nutritional touchstone

Answer 12

référence de l’alimentation

Question 13

Vitamin D and calcium are important nutrients that often get shorted in the American diet.

Answer 13

get shorted - недоставать

Question 14

Cheese does’n pack the same Vitamin D punch

1. to pack
2. punch

Answer 14

1. contenir

2. énergie

Question 15

They are riding the coattails of milk’s nutritional profile.

1. to ride (rode/ridden)
2. to ride on someone’s coattails

Answer 15

1. ездить верхом

2. profiter de la position/du succès de qn

Question 16

the health halo of milk

1. a halo

Answer 16

1. aura

Question 17

When John McCain was running for president in 2008

1. to run (ran/run)

Answer 17

1. se présenter, être candidat

Question 18

fellow senators

Answer 18

senateurs collègues

Question 19

developing a mutual respect that often seemed to transcend party squabbles

1. a squabble

Answer 19

1. querelle

Question 20

a speech he delivered in 2002

1. to deliver

Answer 20

1. prononcer

Question 21

even with all the partisan bickering over the attack on the US diplomatic post in Benghazi

1. bickering

Answer 21

1. chamailleries

Question 22

what happened to the unaccounted-for prisoners of war

1. unaccounted-for

Answer 22

1. porté disparu

Question 23

his dreams are frustrated by what we see in the aftermathof the Arab Spring

1. in the aftermath

Answer 23

1. à la suit de, arpès

Question 24

in two terms in office

Answer 24

pendant deux mandats

Question 25

she sidestepped politics in her brief remarks

1. to sidestep

Answer 25

1. esquiver, éviter

Question 26

…1200 students who attended from around the world

1. to attend

Answer 26

1. assister, participer, venir

Question 27

juvenile offenders

Answer 27

délinquants mineurs

Question 28

verbatim [vɜ:ˈbeɪtɪm]

Answer 28

• mot pour mot

* textuellement

Question 29

longest-running host in the history of the late-night television

a host

Answer 29

présentateur

Question 30

the latest shake-up in a roiling talk-show lineup

1. a shake-up
2. roiling
3. lineup

Answer 30

1. réorganisation , bouleversement
2. turbulent, agité
3. plateau de vedettes, d’invités

Question 31

…announced his decision during a taping last month in Manhattan
1. a taping

Answer 31

1. enregistrement

Question 32

he had informed of his intention to step down from “the late night show”
1. to step down

Answer 32

1. démissioner

Question 33

they have become indelible pieces of contemporary American culture
1. indelible

Answer 33

1. inoubliable, idélébile

Question 34

broadcast network (NBC, CBS, ABC)

Answer 34

chaîne de (télé)diffusion

Question 35

the audience was slow to grasp the meaning of what he was saying, but eventually caught on and stood to give him an ovation

1. to grasp
2. eventually
3. to catch on

Answer 35

1. saisir, comprendre
2. finalement
3. comprendre, piger

Question 36

they were compelled to make huge budget cuts

1. to compel

Answer 36

1. contraindre§ obliger

Question 37

That show took in less than 200 million a year in profit*

1. to take in

Answer 37

1. rapporter

Question 38

One reason of that, of late, is …

1. of late

Answer 38

1. ces derniers temps

Question 39

the heir [eəɼ]

Answer 39

[generally] héritier m

Question 40

an anchor

Answer 40

présentateur

Question 41

he was widely credited with giving the country a measure of freedom to laugh again

1. to credit …with
2. a measure of

Answer 41

1. attribuer le mérite à … de…

2. un peu de, un certain