Volume 2

Question 1

bénir

Answer 1

to bless

Question 2

véreux (adj)

Answer 2

unreliable
corrupt
worm-eaten (fruit)

Question 3

l’annulaire (m)

Answer 3

ring finger

Question 4

s’en ficher

Answer 4

to not care

have no interest

Question 5

une prescription

Answer 5

prescription

order

Question 6

se faire un sang d’encre (idiom)

Answer 6

to be worried sick

Question 7

s’esclaffer

Answer 7

to burst out laughing

guffaw

Question 8

un martel

se mettre martel en tête

Answer 8

hammer

to worry oneself sick

Question 9

tourner autour du pot

Answer 9

beat around the bush

go round in circles

Question 10

dégainer

Answer 10

to draw   (eg a weapon)
unsheathe

Question 11

un couperet

Answer 11

blade
chopper
blade of a guillotine

Question 12

tomber comme un couperet

Answer 12

to come down like a hammer

Question 13

les antipodes

être aux antipodes de

Answer 13

the antipodes

to be the extreme opposite of

Question 14

concevable (adj)

Answer 14

conceivable

Question 15

gentiment

Answer 15

nicely
kindly
friendly

Question 16

ne serait-ce que

Answer 16

if only

Question 17

jauger

Answer 17

to gauge

Question 18

monnayer

Answer 18

to monetize

Question 19

prendre en haut

Answer 19

patronize

Question 20

la détresse

Answer 20

distress

Question 21

un gémissement

Answer 21

groan

Question 22

courant (adj)

Answer 22

common

current

Question 23

fâcheux (adj)

Answer 23

unfortunate
regrettable
annoying

Question 24

cinglé (adj)

Answer 24

crazy

Question 25

en mal

Answer 25

for the worse

Question 26

décroître

Answer 26

to decrease

Question 27

puéril (adj)

Answer 27

childish

Question 28

enlacer s’enlacer

Answer 28

to embrace to wind around entwine embrace

Question 29

réserver

Answer 29

to reserve

Question 30

parasiter (vt)

Answer 30

to cause interference

Question 31

exécuter

Answer 31

to execute | carry out

Question 32

s’exécuter

Answer 32

``` to comply to run (an actvity) ```

Question 33

picoler

Answer 33

to drink heavily

Question 34

réimplanter

Answer 34

to reimplant

Question 35

la mégarde par mégarde

Answer 35

carelessness by mistake

Question 36

démêler

Answer 36

untangle | solve

Question 37

une trottinette

Answer 37

scooter

Question 38

le gâtisme

Answer 38

senility

Question 39

une doléance

Answer 39

grievance | complaint

Question 40

la foulée dans la foulée dans la foulée de

Answer 40

stride immediately afterwards on the heels of

Question 41

précipitamment

Answer 41

hastily

Question 42

amadouer

Answer 42

to coax | cajole

Question 43

saigner se saigner aux quatre veines

Answer 43

to bleed to bleed oneself dry deprive oneself

Question 44

aux abois

Answer 44

at bay

Question 45

foireux (adj) préparer un beau coup foireux à qn

Answer 45

half-baked to have a nasty surprise in store for sb

Question 46

un/une détraqué (e)

Answer 46

nut case

Question 47

gaver Ça me gave

Answer 47

force-feed I’m sick of it

Question 48

chevrotant (adj)

Answer 48

quavering | tremulous

Question 49

alors que

Answer 49

while whereas when

Question 50

passer en coup de vent

Answer 50

to pay a flying visit | to rush past

Question 51

rebrousser rebrousser chemin

Answer 51

brush back to turn back

Question 52

sinuer

Answer 52

to twist

Question 53

une grue

Answer 53

crane (bird or machine)

Question 54

délabré (adj)

Answer 54

dilapidated

Question 55

délabrer

Answer 55

to ruin

Question 56

une lézarde

Answer 56

crack

Question 57

lézarder se lézarder lézarder au soleil

Answer 57

to crack to bask in the sun

Question 58

joncher de

Answer 58

to sprinkle with | to be strewn with

Question 59

effluves (fp)

Answer 59

exhalations

Question 60

poisseux (adj)

Answer 60

sticky | clammy

Question 61

la verrière

Answer 61

window | glass roof

Question 62

zénithal (adj)

Answer 62

zenithal

Question 63

une voie ferrée

Answer 63

railroad

Question 64

frôler

Answer 64

to brush against to verge on be close to

Question 65

méduser

Answer 65

to dumbfound

Question 66

un binôme travailler en binôme

Answer 66

binomial partner buddy work in pairs

Question 67

pondéral (adj) surcharge pondérale

Answer 67

weighty excess weight

Question 68

une seringue

Answer 68

syringe

Question 69

ajusté ajusté au

Answer 69

close-fitting adapted to suitable for

Question 70

taguer taguer avec toi

Answer 70

to tag put on graffiti to tag along

Question 71

l’insalubrité (f)

Answer 71

squalor

Question 72

un brancard

Answer 72

stretcher

Question 73

le coït

Answer 73

coitus

Question 74

obtempérer à

Answer 74

to obey | to comply with

Question 75

découper

Answer 75

to cut up | divide

Question 76

l’amour-propre (m)

Answer 76

self-esteem

Question 77

un grappin mettre le grappin sur

Answer 77

grapnel to get one’s claws into

Question 78

décrasser

Answer 78

to clean

Question 79

priver priver qn de qc se priver de

Answer 79

deprive to deprive sb of st to do without

Question 80

pincer

Answer 80

to pinch

Question 81

une bouillotte

Answer 81

hot water bottle

Question 82

bouillotter

Answer 82

to simmer

Question 83

fouiner dans

Answer 83

to nose about | pry into

Question 84

quitte (adj) être quitte de quitte à faire

Answer 84

quits to be clear of even if it means doing

Question 85

triturer

Answer 85

to grind | knead

Question 86

une gifle

Answer 86

slap (in the face)

Question 87

crever

Answer 87

burst (vt) | die (vi)

Question 88

dévaler

Answer 88

to hurtle down | tumble down

Question 89

une pente une pente raide une pente escarpée

Answer 89

slope steep slope

Question 90

résolument

Answer 90

resolutely