Week 7

Question 1

Surrounding

Answer 1

Environnement

Question 2

Aware

Answer 2

Conscient

Question 3

Attempt

Answer 3

Tentative

Question 4

Awful

Answer 4

Affreux

Question 5

Commitment

Answer 5

Engagement

Question 6

Savvy

Answer 6

Smart, clever, efficient

Question 7

Caractéristique

Answer 7

Features

Question 8

Uneasy
I am on edge
Put me on edge

Answer 8

Uncomfortable, nervous, tense

Question 9

Bargain

Answer 9

Bonne affaire

Question 10

Get rid

Answer 10

Se débarrasser

Question 11

Build up my confidence

Answer 11

Increase

Question 12

Take out a loan (un prêt)

Answer 12

Borrow money from the bank

Question 13

The police let me off with a warning

Answer 13

La police m’a donné un avertissement

Question 14

Fly the coop

Answer 14

To leave, to escape
In Australia, most young people fly the coop when they’re eighteen.

Question 15

Empty nesters

Answer 15

Parents whose children have grown up and left home

Question 16

to limit somebody, to bring under control expressions

Answer 16

Clip somebody’s wings

Question 17

money somebody has saved for the future ( expression)

Answer 17

Nest egg

Question 18

begin to look after/care for somebody or show them how to do something

Answer 18

Take somebody under one’s wing

Question 19

Be in charge ( arrogant)

Answer 19

Rule the roost

Question 20

Have complete freedom / no plans or restrictions

Answer 20

As free as a bird

Question 21

harm one’s own interests, to bring discredit to one’s family
Nuire à ses propres intérêt

Answer 21

foul one’s own nest

Question 22

Fog

Answer 22

Brouillard

Question 23

Shed

Answer 23

Hangar

Question 24

Struggle

Answer 24

Lutte

Question 25

Dwell

Answer 25

To live

Question 26

Remote / secluded

Answer 26

Isolated, far from where people live

Question 27

Run-down

Answer 27

In very bad condition

Question 28

Out of the way

Answer 28

En dehors du chemin

Question 29

Qui nous concernent

Answer 29

Wich are relevant

Question 30

Soothing

Answer 30

Make you better, apaisant

Question 31

Peur du vide

Answer 31

To have a fear of heights

Question 32

Si tu as peur du vide

Answer 32

If you’re afraid of heights

Question 33

Very busy

Answer 33

Bustling /busling/

Question 34

Sortir d’un bus/train/avion Rentrer

Answer 34

Get off a plane/ bus/train Get on a …

Question 35

Rentre dans une voiture Sortir

Answer 35

Get on a car Get ouf of a car

Question 36

Étonnante

Answer 36

Stunning

Question 37

Aching

Answer 37

Douloureux

Question 38

Uplifting

Answer 38

Enrichissante

Question 39

Pneus

Answer 39

Tyres

Question 40

Roues

Answer 40

Wheels

Question 41

Get away

Answer 41

Have a holiday

Question 42

Put us up for the night

Answer 42

Provide a bed

Question 43

Held us up for a little while

Answer 43

Il nous a tenue en haleine

Question 44

Dropped me off

Answer 44

Take sb/sth to a place and leave there

Question 45

Turned up very stressed

Answer 45

Arrive

Question 46

Had left his coat behind

Answer 46

Not remember ton bring

Question 47

To display

Answer 47

Afficher

Question 48

Sort though

Answer 48

To organise

Question 49

Sort out

Answer 49

Fix/solve a problem

Question 50

Roughly

Answer 50

En gros

Question 51

Affable

Answer 51

Friendly /good naturel easy to get on with

Question 52

Tuck into good food

Answer 52

Déguster des bons plats

Question 53

Joues

Answer 53

Cheeks

Question 54

Supplies

Answer 54

Fournitures

Question 55

Whirring

Answer 55

Rugissement

Question 56

I will keep my eyes peeled

Answer 56

Je garderai les yeux ouverts

Question 57

So piercing

Answer 57

Si perçant

Question 58

Steel

Answer 58

Acier

Question 59

Crept

Answer 59

Rampant

Question 60

Wise

Answer 60

Sage

Question 61

Oak

Answer 61

Chêne

Question 62

Accurate (adj) Inaccurate

Answer 62

Précis Imprécis

Question 63

Very laid-back attitude/lifestyle

Answer 63

They don’t care about my life

Question 64

A double edged sword

Answer 64

Une arme à double tranchant

Question 65

Wear-down Worn-out

Answer 65

Broken/ failing apart (a building/a person) I have a really worn out pair of jeans with holes everywhere

Question 66

Put down sb

Answer 66

Insult sb, say mean thinks about sb

Question 67

Tid-bit

Answer 67

Small fun piece of information

Question 68

Throw dirt on sb’s name

Answer 68

Spreading gossip or rumors that make people think badly about someone Soil sb’s name

Question 69

Diligent

Answer 69

The quality of doing things effectively quickly

Question 70

Buying into sth

Answer 70

Believing in sth ?

Question 71

Engrossed in +noun phrase Engrossed with + v.ing

Answer 71

So focused on sth that you don’t notice anything else

Question 72

Reluctantly

Answer 72

A contre cœur

Question 73

Self-reliance

Answer 73

Autonomie

Question 74

Relient

Answer 74

Sb/sth that always needs help/support

Question 75

Reliable

Answer 75

Sb/sth that is easy/ good to rely on