Vocabulary

Question 1

S’apprêter à

Answer 1

To prepare for, to get ready. Also, to be about to do something. Je m’apprête à partir.

Question 2

battre

Answer 2

to beat. See also debattre, abattre, abattoir, combattre

Question 3

plus loin

Answer 3

further

Question 4

viser

Answer 4

to aim at/for, to be directed at. visant: targetting; la visée: taking aim

Question 5

les campagnes

Answer 5

the countryside

Question 6

alors que

Answer 6

whereas, while, although

Question 7

plutôt

Answer 7

instead, rather, sooner

Question 8

la voie

Answer 8

the way

Question 9

cible

Answer 9

target (cibler: to target)

Question 10

aboutir

Answer 10

to succeed, to end up

Question 11

le défi

Answer 11

the challenge

Question 12

rédiger

Answer 12

to write, edit, draft (to write a magazine, eg)

Question 13

écorce

Answer 13

bark

Question 14

le bouleau

Answer 14

birch tree

Question 15

la paille

Answer 15

straw (that you drink out of)

Question 16

échapper

Answer 16

to escape

Question 17

du côtè de

Answer 17

as for (James, he’ll be there)

Question 18

poultry bird

Answer 18

une volaille

Question 19

except

Answer 19

sauf

Question 20

stuffing (in a turkey or food item)

Answer 20

une farce

Question 21

humer

Answer 21

to sniff, to smell

Question 22

Les jours fériés

Answer 22

Public holidays

Question 23

Prevoir

Answer 23

1. To forecast

2. To plan (eg. To plan a visit)

Question 24

pourtant

Answer 24

yet, however

Question 25

christmas tree

Answer 25

sapin

Question 26

it remains to be seen

Answer 26

reste à voir

Question 27

farfelu/e

Answer 27

crazy, wacky

Question 28

elf

Answer 28

le lutin

Question 29

il s’agit de

Answer 29

it is (or it’s a matter or or it has to do with… )

Question 30

A curve (in a road, e.g.)

Answer 30

la courbe

Question 31

Sharp curve, a bend

Answer 31

un virage

Question 32

une enquête

Answer 32

inquiry, investigation, survey

Question 33

mener

Answer 33

to lead (a study or in a race). Also, guider, dirigir, conduire, preceder, etc

Question 34

network

Answer 34

le réseau

Question 35

a net

Answer 35

un filet

Question 36

proud

Answer 36

fier/e

Question 37

tree bark

Answer 37

écorce

Question 38

Décès

Answer 38

deaths

Question 39

particulier, 4 meanings

Answer 39

an individual (we help individuals: les particuliers),
own (his own car: voiture particulière),
personal, (protect your interests)
marked, distinct, particular

Question 40

desservir

Answer 40

to clear away ( a table); to to a disservice to; to serve, as in public transportation

Question 41

se faufiler

Answer 41

to inch, to thread, to weave (as in through a crowd or traffic)

Question 42

dwarf

Answer 42

nain(e)

Question 43

jouissif

Answer 43

brilliant, brilliant fun!

Question 44

we’re rignt in the heart or Paris

Answer 44

nous sommes en plain coeur de Paris

Question 45

afin de faire qc

Answer 45

in order to do something

Question 46

fonte

Answer 46

melt (la fonte de l’arctic) but also: cast iron

Question 47

public transportation

Answer 47

transport en commun

Question 48

I couldn’t help it

Answer 48

je ne pouvais pas m’en empêcher (de faire qc)

Question 49

a marker (GPS marker, signpost, etc);

Answer 49

une mire

Question 50

a novelty, something new

Answer 50

une nouveauté

Question 51

insolite

Answer 51

unusual, bizarre, odd