Vocabulaire 1 Et 2 Semaine De Cours

Question 1

Etre englouti

Answer 1

To be engulfed
To be engulfed with flames = être dévoré par les flammes
Reporting on the crisis engulfing Europe.

Question 2

Un renversement

Answer 2

An overthrow

Question 3

Un lodgement

Answer 3

A lodging

Question 4

A sample:

Answer 4

Un échantillon

Question 5

Brusquer les choses:

Answer 5

To rush things

Question 6

L’amoureux transi

Answer 6

Bashful lover

Question 7

To be on the rise

Answer 7

To grow / to develop

Question 8

To demand

Answer 8

Exiger

Question 9

Nuancer

Answer 9

To qualify

Question 10

Pas plus mal, tout aussi bien

Answer 10

Just as well

Question 11

Just as well

Answer 11

Tout Aussi bien, pas plus mal

Question 12

La monnaie

Answer 12

The currency

Question 13

S’inquiéter

Answer 13

To be concerned

Question 14

Des mesures sur les armes :

Answer 14

Gun control

Question 15

Etre a la tête des sondages

Answer 15

To be heading or leading the polls

Question 16

Faire face à :

Answer 16

To Cope with

Question 17

To be on the grips of a civil war

Answer 17

Etre en proie à une guerre civile

Question 18

Ce qui pousse à

Answer 18

Which is pushing/ driving to

Question 19

Pousser quelqu’un a faire quelque chose :

Answer 19

To prompt somebody to do something, to drive

Question 20

Rejoindre l’Europe

Answer 20

To sail to Europe across the Mediterranean

Question 21

Traduire quelque chose qui a de forte chance d’arriver :

Answer 21

To be likely

Question 22

Après WHEN interdit d’utiliser le futur dans les subordonnés de temps

Answer 22

Quand je serai grand, je serai millionnaire :
WHEN i Am older, I will be a millionaire.
Les britanniques risquent fort de voter.. Lorsque la question leur sera posée: Britons are very likely to vote in favour of … When the question is put to them, when they are asked

Question 23

Mettre en œuvre :

Answer 23

To implement

To carry out a program

Question 24

Les climatologues

Answer 24

Climatologists

Question 25

En dépit :

Answer 25

Despite/ inspite of

Question 26

Des mesures

Answer 26

Steps/ measures

Question 27

Sécheresse

Answer 27

Drought

Question 28

Des entreprises

Answer 28

Companies
Firms
Businesses

Question 29

Exprimer la préférence :

Answer 29

I prefer/ I would rather

Question 30

To spare someone from something :

Answer 30

Epargner

To spare someone’s life

Question 31

This semester :

Answer 31

This quarter

Question 32

Le ralentissement économique

Answer 32

Slowdown of the economy

Question 33

Bénéfique

Answer 33

Beneficial

Question 34

Faire du bénéfice : profit

Answer 34

Make profits/ a profit

Question 35

Titre + nom ==> on me met pas “the”

Answer 35

Canadian prime minister (le ministre..)
Professor dumbledore (Le professeur)

Question 36

Two Thousands refugees

Thousand of refugees

Answer 36

Quand on connaît le nombre exacte pas “OF”

Question 37

Abandonner

Answer 37

To ditch

Question 38

Billionaire

Answer 38

Milliardaire

Question 39

Boring

Answer 39

Ennuyeux !!!!