Liste 7

Question 1

Un pays laïc

Answer 1

A secular state

A lay person

Question 2

Un moine

Answer 2

A monk

Un monje

Question 3

Cancérigène

Answer 3

Carcinogen

It’s carcinogenic

Question 4

Processed meat

Answer 4

Viande industriel

Processed meat includes sausages and bacon

Question 5

La soie (matière)

Answer 5

Silk

Bill has just bought a new silk shirt

Seda: es dulce como la seda = c’est doux comme la soie

Question 6

A grave

Answer 6

Une tombe

Question 7

Lieu de culte

Answer 7

Place of worship

People should be free to choose their own place of worship

To worship = vénérer, adorer

Question 8

Appel a la prière

Answer 8

Call to worship

Islamic call to worship

Adhan, the muslim call to prayer

Question 9

Impitoyable

Sans pitié

Answer 9

Ruthless

Marta is ruthless

Question 10

Une raffinerie (de pétrole)

Answer 10

A refinery

A typical oil refinery is capable of processing 200,000 barrels of crude oil per day

Question 11

Mon fils n’est pas encore capable de lacer ses chaussures

Answer 11

My little boy isn’t capable of tying his own shoelaces yes

Question 12

Prendre sa retraite

Answer 12

To retire

Question 13

Maison de retraite

Answer 13

Retirement home

Question 14

Age de la retraite

Answer 14

Retirement age

Question 15

Compulsory

Answer 15

Obligatoire

Question 16

Service militaire obligatoire

Answer 16

Compulsory military service

Question 17

Raisonnement

Answer 17

Reasoning

Question 18

Thereafter

Answer 18

Par la suite

Question 19

Dans un futur proche

A court terme

Answer 19

In the foreseeable future

Question 20

A foreseeable crisis

Answer 20

Une crise prévisible

Question 21

Les récentes avancées dans le traitement du cancer

Answer 21

The recent advancements in cancer treatment

Question 22

On the grounds of

Answer 22

Parce que

Question 23

To pledge allegiance to

Answer 23

Prêter allégeance

Promise to be loyal to sb

Question 24

Day of mourning

Answer 24

Jour de deuil

Dia de duelo nacional

Tom didn’t come to work because he was in mourning for his son

Question 25

Étendre le linge

Answer 25

To hang out the washing

Question 26

To assert

Answer 26

Affirmer Revendiquer New Zealand assert their global rugby supremacy

Question 27

Un coffre-fort

Answer 27

A safe

Question 28

Étendre le linge

Answer 28

To hang out the washing

Question 29

To assert

Answer 29

Affirmer Revendiquer New Zealand assert their global rugby supremacy

Question 30

Faire le ménage

Answer 30

To do the cleaning | To do the housework

Question 31

Ellison a fait son discours inaugural

Answer 31

Ellison delivered his maiden speech

Question 32

Veuf | Veuve

Answer 32

Widow = veuve Widower= veuf (widowed man) Harry has been a widower for over five years Veuf/veuve= viudo/viuda

Question 33

Ellison a fait son discours inaugural

Answer 33

Ellison delivered his maiden speech

Question 34

Les pirates ont creusé dans le sable avec une pelle pour trouver le trésor

Answer 34

The pirates dug into the sand with a shovel to find the treasure Creuser = dig/dug/dug

Question 35

Les débris (avion)

Answer 35

The wreckage

Question 36

Enrolled (adj)

Answer 36

Inscrit

Question 37

Un marteau (clou)

Answer 37

A hammer | Un martillo

Question 38

Contrôleur (train, métro)

Answer 38

Inspector, ticket inspector Get your ticket ready, here comes the inspector Revisor

Question 39

Mourir de soif

Answer 39

Die of thirst

Question 40

Mourir de faim

Answer 40

Die of hunger Starve to death

Question 41

Menotter | Passer les menottes à

Answer 41

Handcuff The police handcuffed the suspect Des menottes = handcuffs

Question 42

Une explosion

Answer 42

A blast

Question 43

Un attentat a la bombe Un bombardement

Answer 43

A bombing Lebanon is holding a day of national mourning after at least 41 people were killed in two suicide bombings in the capital Beirut

Question 44

Issue de secours

Answer 44

Salida de emergencia Emergency exit

Question 45

Rendre hommage

Answer 45

Rendir homenaje | La ceremonia se hizo en homenaje a las victimas del atentado

Question 46

Une décennie

Answer 46

A decade There have been enormous technological advances over the last decade Una década Los anos 60 son una decada celebre

Question 47

Un tueur a gages

Answer 47

Un sicario A hitman

Question 48

Pourquoi n'es-tu pas venu hier ?

Answer 48

Why didn't you come yesterday ?

Question 49

Qu'aimerais-tu manger ?

Answer 49

What would you like to eat ?

Question 50

Tu as fait de gros progrès en français

Answer 50

You have made great progress in your French !