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Question 1

short on cash, hard-up, a bit short

Answer 1

à court

Question 2

to have run out of ideas / food

Answer 2

être à court d’idées / de vivres

Question 3

We were running short of / low on water

Answer 3

Nous étions presque à court d’eau

Question 4

She is never at a loss for an argument

Answer 4

Elle n’est jamais à court d’arguments

Question 5

as I pointed out

Answer 5

Ainsi que je l’ai fait remarquer

Question 6

To cajole (enjôler)
• she's trying to cajole him him into agreeing

Answer 6

• amadouer

* elle essaie de l’amadouer pour qu’il accepte

Question 7

to mollify / to soften up (adoucir)

• are you saying this to soften me up?

Answer 7

amadouer

• c’est pour m’amadouer que tu me dis ça ?

Question 8

mooring line / rope
• (literal and fig) - to cast off one’s moorings
• (literal and fig) - to break one’s moorings

Answer 8

une amarre
• (sens propre et figuré) - larguer les amarres
• (sens propre et figuré) - rompre les amarres

Question 9

• convertible (bureau; logement)
• space that can be converted into a garage
• flexible (emploi du temps)

Answer 9

• aménageable
• un espace aménageable en garage
• aménageable

Question 10

• (D’une pièce; d’un local) - fitting (out)
• (d’un parc) - laying out; designing
• (d’un terrain) - landscaping
• we’re planning to convert one of the offices into a meeting room

Answer 10

• l’aménagement (for first three bullets)

* on prévoit l’aménagement d’un des bureaux en salle de réunion

Question 11

• improvement of land
• rural development / planning
• town or country planning / regional development
• urban planning

Answer 11

• aménagement foncier
• aménagement rural
• aménagement du territoire
• aménagement urbain

Question 12

• (refonte - d’un texte) redrafting / adjusting

* (assouplissement) he managed to get his timetable rearranged

Answer 12

• l’aménagement

* il a obtenu des aménagements d’horaire

Question 13

• fully-equipped camping site

* beach with full amenities

Answer 13

• camping aménagé

* plage aménagée

Question 14

to convert a room into a workshop

Answer 14

aménager une pièce en atelier

Question 15

to fit / install à cupboard under a staircase

Answer 15

aménager un placard sous un escalier

Question 16

(assouplir - horaire) to plan; to work out; to adapt; to redraft

Answer 16

aménager

Question 17

to bring somebody round to one’s place; to bring somebody home

Answer 17

amener quelqu’un chez soi

Question 18

what brings you here?

Answer 18

Qu’est-ce qui vous amène ?

Question 19

to attract capital

Answer 19

amener des capitaux

Question 20

What got you involved in music / God ?

Answer 20

Qu’est-ce qui vous a amené à la musique/ à Dieu ?

Question 21

(familier - apporter) - to bring (along)

• I’ll bring some work along

Answer 21

amener

• j’amènerai mon travail

Question 22

To take / bring / convey (acheminer véhicule, chemin: acheminer)

Answer 22

acheminer

Question 23

to bring about / to cause

perte ; ruine ; guerre ; maladie ; crise ; paix

Answer 23

amener

Question 24

(Entraîner / inciter)
• my job involves a lot of travelling
• to lead somebody to do something
• to talk somebody into doing something

Answer 24

• amener quelqu’un à
• mon métier m’amène à voyager
• amener qn à faire qqch

Question 25

wrecked [voiture] | smashed; messed up [personne; visage]

Answer 25

amoché (familier)

Question 26

to ruin / mess up / to bash up / smash up

Answer 26

amocher

Question 27

to get smashed up

Answer 27

se faire amocher

Question 28

to succeed {projet ; personne} • the venture fell through / never came to anything • {finir} to end up in prison • {médecine} to come to a head

Answer 28

* l'entreprise n'a pas abouti | * aboutir en prison

Question 29

* the kitchen gives access to the garage * how did the thieves gain access? * 'access only'

Answer 29

* la cuisine donne accès au garage * comment les voleurs se sont-ils introduits ? * 'sauf riverains et livreurs'

Question 30

* I have access to confidential files * he ha direct access to the minister * the father has access to the children at weekends * access rights (to child)

Answer 30

* J'ai accès à des dossiers confidentiels * il a ses entrées auprès du ministre * le père à droit de visite le week-end pour voir ses enfants * les droits de visite

Question 31

to have access to a file (computing)

Answer 31

avoir accès à un fichier

Question 32

* upstream water | * uphill slope

Answer 32

Amont (m)

Question 33

``` to start (travaux); initiate, begin To go into; to begin (virage ; descente) ```

Answer 33

amorcer

Question 34

* the work is well under way | * she made as if to go to the door

Answer 34

* les travaux sont bien amorcés | * elle amorça un pas vers la porte

Question 35

* to prime (armament ; technologie) * to energise (électricité) * to bait * to bait one's line with bread / to use bread as a ground bait

Answer 35

Amorcer | amorcer au pain (hameçon) / (répandre dans l'eau)

Question 36

* an outline or a fair idea of a situation | * a brief outline of the subject

Answer 36

* Un aperçu de la situation | * un aperçu du sujet en deux mots

Question 37

* to sport, to wear (veste) (sourire) | * to bear, to display (drapeau)

Answer 37

arborer

Question 38

Quibbling / hairsplitting

Answer 38

Les arguties (f)

Question 39

* I thought / suspected as much * I said as much to him yesterday * would you do as much for me?

Answer 39

* C'est bien ce que je pensais / soupçonnais * c'est ce que je lui ai dit hier * en ferais-tu autant pour moi

Question 40

* Three times as much | * half as much

Answer 40

* Trois fois plus | * la moitié de ça

Question 41

- It costs as much as the Japanese model - That's as much as to say I'm a liar - it was as much as I could do to keep a straight face

Answer 41

- ça coûte le même prix que le modèle japonais - ça revient à me traiter de menteur - j'ai failli éclater de rire

Question 42

- I hate it as much as you do | - I don't dislike them as much as all that

Answer 42

- ça me déplaît autant qu'à vous | - ils ne me déplaisent pas autant que ça

Question 43

As much...as (the same amount as)

Answer 43

Autant de...que

Question 44

He's as much to blame as her

Answer 44

Elle n'est pas plus responsable que lui / il est responsable autant qu'elle

Question 45

- To knock out / to stun - to be knocked out - (kill) to fell an ox

Answer 45

- assommer - se faire assommer - assommer un bœuf

Question 46

- To bore somebody stiff (famlier) - they bore me to tears with their statistics - to harass, to wear down (importuner) - (abrutir) to stun

Answer 46

- assommer quelq'un - Ils m'assomment avec leurs statistiques - assommer - assommer

Question 47

To suspend someone / to make someone redundant

Answer 47

Mettre quelqu'un à pied

Question 48

To pace up and down / to survey, to measure

Answer 48

arpenter

Question 49

- Remove your shoes, you can't come in with them on. | - Shall I put the bones in for you?

Answer 49

- (familier) Ôtez vos chaussures, vous ne pouvez pas entrer avec. - je vous mets les os avec ?