Vocabulaire

Question 1

mettre le nez dans

Answer 1

to snoop at

Question 2

filiale

Answer 2

subsidiary company

Question 3

faire adopter

Answer 3

push through

Question 4

répandu

Answer 4

widespread

Question 5

faire de son possible

Answer 5

to pull out all stops

Question 6

bouc émissaire

Answer 6

scapegoat

Question 7

wring

Answer 7

tordre

Question 8

les affaires intérieurs

Answer 8

domestic affairs

Question 9

une gaffe

Answer 9

a blunder

Question 10

en fonction

Answer 10

incumbent

Question 11

promesse

Answer 11

pledge (to +inf)

Question 12

au contraire

Answer 12

conversely

Question 13

diviser

Answer 13

to divide

Question 14

trimestriel

Answer 14

quarterly

Question 15

avoir la peau claire

Answer 15

fair-skinned

Question 16

manquer, perdre, gaspiller

Answer 16

to squander(a chance…)

Question 17

à l’honneur de

Answer 17

to sb’s credit

Question 18

donner l’alarme

Answer 18

to raise the alarm

Question 19

se dissiper

Answer 19

to dissipate

Question 20

grenier

Answer 20

attic

Question 21

hush

Answer 21

silence

Question 22

pothole

Answer 22

nid de poule

Question 23

hurler

Answer 23

to hawl

Question 24

frotter

Answer 24

to rub

Question 25

sentinelle

Answer 25

sentry

Question 26

coupable

Answer 26

culprit

Question 27

allocation chômage

Answer 27

dole

Question 28

distribuer

Answer 28

to dole out

Question 29

saisir(un bien)

Answer 29

to foreclosure

Question 30

to boot out

Answer 30

être mis à la porte

Question 31

l’agence immobilier

Answer 31

real estate agency

Question 32

tremblotant, secoué

Answer 32

shaky

Question 33

énormément de

Answer 33

an awful lot of

Question 34

réduction fiscale

Answer 34

tax breaks

Question 35

dwelling

Answer 35

résidence

Question 36

to stagger

Answer 36

chanceler

Question 37

résider

Answer 37

to dwell

Question 38

réprimé

Answer 38

downtrodden

Question 39

émeute

Answer 39

uprising

Question 40

rehausser

Answer 40

to enhance