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