Volume 1

Question 1

la devise

Answer 1

motto

foreign currency

Question 2

traîner

Answer 2

to drag (something)

Question 3

se traîner

se traîner les pieds

Answer 3

to drag oneself

to drag one’s feet

Question 4

humble (adj)

Answer 4

humble

Question 5

les paroles

Answer 5

spoken words

Question 6

les écrits

Les paroles s’envolent, les écrits restent.

Answer 6

written word

Spoken words fly away, written words last.

Question 7

jusqu’à mes neuf ans

Answer 7

until I was nine years old

Question 8

l’étoffe (f)

avoir l’étoffe d’un grand homme

Answer 8

stuff
fabric

have the makings of a great man

Question 9

étoffer

Answer 9

to fill out
enrich
beef up

Question 10

un héros

Answer 10

a hero

Question 11

un écusson

Answer 11

badge

crest

Question 12

broder

Answer 12

to embroider

Question 13

répliquer

Answer 13

to retort

Question 14

déguiser

Answer 14

to disguise

conceal

Question 15

une mésaventure

Answer 15

misadventure

Question 16

emmagasiner

Answer 16

to store up

Question 17

un manège

j’ai bien observé ton petit manège.

Answer 17

merry-go-round
trick

I know what you’re up to

Question 18

brave (adj)

Answer 18

brave
bold
decent

Question 19

la lecture

Answer 19

reading

Question 20

croiser

Answer 20

to make a cross
traverse
cross paths

Question 21

remporter

Answer 21

to take away

to win

Question 22

flatter

Answer 22

to flatter
to pet (an animal)

Question 23

un picotement

Answer 23

tingling

Question 24

à temps

Answer 24

in time

Question 25

hérissé (adj)

Answer 25

bristly | spiked

Question 26

pelleter

Answer 26

to shovel

Question 27

s'emparer

Answer 27

to take hold of (someone, something)

Question 28

s'esclaffer

Answer 28

to guffaw

Question 29

une ronde

Answer 29

a circle (of people, for example)

Question 30

décerner Peut-être on va me décerner la médaille du Governeur générale

Answer 30

to award Perhaps they will award me the Governor general's medal.

Question 31

le rassemblement

Answer 31

gathering

Question 32

une limace

Answer 32

a slug (of the slimy gastropod type)

Question 33

l'énervement (m)

Answer 33

irritation

Question 34

un minois

Answer 34

a fresh pretty face

Question 35

un buffle

Answer 35

a buffalo

Question 36

un fauve

Answer 36

wildcat | tan-coloured animal

Question 37

à défaut d'être...

Answer 37

for want of being...

Question 38

le parage Elle est dans les parages.

Answer 38

neighbourhood She's around somewhere.

Question 39

un attroupement

Answer 39

a gathering of people

Question 40

un barillet

Answer 40

barrel

Question 41

la détente

Answer 41

trigger

Question 42

inutilement

Answer 42

uselessly

Question 43

tramer (fig) se tramer Malgré son intelligence limitée, il a compris ce qui se tramait.

Answer 43

to hatch to be hatched (happening) Despite his limited intelligence, he had understood what was happening.

Question 44

virevolter

Answer 44

to twirl

Question 45

magistral (adj)

Answer 45

masterful | brilliant

Question 46

foncer | foncer (colloquial)

Answer 46

to darken | to speed along

Question 47

la planche du salut Le ballon était ma planche du salut dans cette guerre à finir avec l'ennemi.

Answer 47

last hope The balloon was my last hope in this war to the end with the enemy.

Question 48

décupler Le choc a décuplé leur fureur.

Answer 48

to multiply tenfold

Question 49

la fureur

Answer 49

fury | rage

Question 50

un roupillon (informal)

Answer 50

snooze

Question 51

la salle de détente des profs.

Answer 51

the teachers' staff room

Question 52

une rencontre

Answer 52

first encounter | chance meeting

Question 53

au dire de... Au dire de sa mère, Charles ne cesse pas se traîner les pieds.

Answer 53

according to... According to his mother, Charles doesn't stop dragging his feet.