Vocable test

Question 1

borough

Answer 1

arrondissement urbain, commune

Question 2

idle

Answer 2

oisif, désoeuvré

Question 3

wanderer

Answer 3

voyageur, promeneur

Question 4

commuter

Answer 4

banlieusard, personne effectuant la navette entre son habitation et son lieu de travail

Question 5

alike

Answer 5

sans distinction, indifféremment

Question 6

teeming

Answer 6

grouillant de monde, bondé

Question 7

to sample

Answer 7

sonder, interroger

Question 8

to account for

Answer 8

expliquer

Question 9

broiling

Answer 9

étouffant

Question 10

to broil

Answer 10

griller

Question 11

to vow

Answer 11

promettre, jurer, s’engager à

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to deter

Answer 12

décourager, dissuader

Question 13

to pop on

Answer 13

sauter, monter dans

Question 14

a curb

Answer 14

bordure de trottoir

Question 15

tarmac

Answer 15

macadam

Question 16

a swarm

Answer 16

multitude, foule

Question 17

to buck the trend

Answer 17

aller à l’encontre de la tendance générale

Question 18

ramble

Answer 18

randonée, longue marche

Question 19

a surge

Answer 19

augmentation soudaine

Question 20

plughole

Answer 20

trou d’écoulement

Question 21

to have a hair of the dog

Answer 21

reprendre un verre, soigner le mal par le mal

Question 22

to make peckish

Answer 22

ouvrir l’appetit, donner faim

Question 23

a burglar

Answer 23

cambrioleur

Question 24

a burglary

Answer 24

cambriolage

Question 25

barrister

Answer 25

avocat

Question 26

to coin

Answer 26

forger, inventer

Question 27

a wrangle

Answer 27

querelle

Question 28

he can only do so much

Answer 28

il ne peut pas faire grande chose

Question 29

to stymie

Answer 29

faire échouer, bloquer

Question 30

statis

Answer 30

stagnation, blocage

Question 31

to encompass

Answer 31

englober, comprendre

Question 32

an expanse

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étendue expanse of beaches

Question 33

abundance

Answer 33

abondance abundance of wilderness (espaces sauvages)

Question 34

to prompt

Answer 34

inciter, pousser prompted tour operators to add harbor-focused tours

Question 35

gateway

Answer 35

porte, entrée

Question 36

atop

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au sommet de atop the sandstone cliffs

Question 37

a cliff

Answer 37

falaise sandstone cliffs

Question 38

humpback whale

Answer 38

baleine à bosse

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to soar

Answer 39

s'élever, s'élancer dans le ciel soaring albatrosses

Question 40

the flock

Answer 40

vol, nuée

Question 41

the fringe

Answer 41

bordure, lisière on the fringe of Sydney

Question 42

tidy

Answer 42

propre, coquet tidy beach homes

Question 43

remote

Answer 43

éloigné, reculé

Question 44

to trickle

Answer 44

couler goutte à goutte

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the fern

Answer 45

fougère

Question 46

oyster

Answer 46

huître

Question 47

dump

Answer 47

décharge

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upward

Answer 48

vers le haut to continue upward

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to top out

Answer 49

arriver tout en haut

Question 50

the trail

Answer 50

piste

Question 51

a poacher

Answer 51

braconnier

Question 52

poaching

Answer 52

braconnage

Question 53

intent on

Answer 53

résolu, déterminé poachers intent on slaying rhinos

Question 54

to slay

Answer 54

tuer ti slay - slew - slain slaying rhinos

Question 55

game farm

Answer 55

élevage de gibier

Question 56

adjoining

Answer 56

adjacent à

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a scourge

Answer 57

fléau

Question 58

endangered

Answer 58

menacé de disparition

Question 59

ground-up

Answer 59

moulu, réduit en poudre ground-up horns

Question 60

a hangover

Answer 60

geule de bois

Question 61

ailment

Answer 61

maladie, affection

Question 62

pending

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en attente de laws pending approval

Question 63

game wardens

Answer 63

garde-chasse

Question 64

to kick a habit

Answer 64

to stop doing smth

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to kiss smth goodbye

Answer 65

to forget about smth

Question 66

to drop a line

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to get in contact

Question 67

to blow someone's lid

Answer 67

to become very angry

Question 68

to hit bottom

Answer 68

to feel depressed