Prepositions

Question 1

au fil du temps

Answer 1

over the years

Question 2

à tâtons

Answer 2

in the dark

Question 3

à la cantonade

Answer 3

to no one in particular

Question 4

quant aux

Answer 4

with regard to

Question 5

pile

Answer 5

exactly (time, e.g ‘you have 1 hour exactly’)

Question 6

néanmoins

Answer 6

however

Question 7

jadis

Answer 7

once / long ago

Question 8

propice à

Answer 8

conducive to

Question 9

préalable

Answer 9

prior

Question 10

à mi-voix

Answer 10

under his breath

Question 11

céans

Answer 11

here

Question 12

au plus pres de

Answer 12

closer to

Question 13

au large du

Answer 13

off the coast of

Question 14

aux prémices

Answer 14

at the forefront

Question 15

par sûrcroit

Answer 15

moreover

Question 16

illico (presto)

Answer 16

asap

Question 17

hors de portée

Answer 17

out of reach

Question 18

à l’étage

Answer 18

upstairs

Question 19

à foison

Answer 19

galore

Question 20

d’emblée

Answer 20

from the offset

Question 21

dans les parages

Answer 21

in the vicinity

Question 22

par à-coups

Answer 22

in short bursts

Question 23

au sein de

Answer 23

within the

Question 24

plûtot

Answer 24

kind of

Question 25

en faction

Answer 25

on guard

Question 26

d’un cran

Answer 26

another notch

Question 27

sur le qui-vive

Answer 27

on the alert

Question 28

à deux réprises

Answer 28

on two occasions

Question 29

la tranche de

Answer 29

the edge of

Question 30

dorénavant

Answer 30

henceforth

Question 31

provisoirement

Answer 31

for the time being

Question 32

à jamais

Answer 32

forever

Question 33

d’ici x

Answer 33

by x

Question 34

en mauvaise foi

Answer 34

dishonestly (in bad faith)

Question 35

en saillie

Answer 35

protruding

Question 36

contigu

Answer 36

adjacent