Ces exercices vous permettent de vérifier votre compréhension des expressions figées abordées dans le cours. Entraînez-vous à reconnaître et utiliser idiomes, collocations et phrasal verbs dans leur contexte naturel.
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Exercice 1 — Reconnaître le sens des idiomes
Choisissez la signification correcte de chaque expression figée en contexte.
- She really hit the nail on the head when she explained why the project had failed.
- After months of negotiations, the deal finally fell through.
- You should take what he says with a pinch of salt — he tends to exaggerate.
- Learning a new language is a piece of cake once you stop translating word for word.
Correction
- She identified or said exactly the right thing.
- The deal collapsed and did not happen in the end.
- You should not believe everything he says without some scepticism.
- Learning a new language is something very easy to do.
Exercice 2 — Associer collocations et contextes
Associez chaque collocation anglaise à la phrase qui l'emploie correctement et naturellement.
- make a decision
- break a habit
- give someone the benefit of the doubt
- run the risk
Correction
- After weighing all the options, she finally made a decision and accepted the job offer.
- It took him several months to break the habit of translating everything word for word in his head.
- Even though his excuse seemed unlikely, his manager decided to give him the benefit of the doubt.
- If you rely solely on literal translations, you run the risk of producing unnatural and confusing sentences.
Exercice 3 — Compléter avec le bon phrasal verb
Complétez chaque phrase avec le phrasal verb approprié parmi ceux étudiés dans le cours, en le conjuguant correctement.
- Despite the initial difficulties, she managed to ___ (surmonter) all the challenges and deliver the presentation confidently.
- He always ___ (remet à plus tard) his grammar revision, which is why he still makes the same mistakes.
- Could you please ___ (vérifier) the idiomatic expressions in the document before we send it to the client?
- She ___ (a rencontré par hasard) a fascinating article about the origin of English proverbs while doing her research.
Correction
- Despite the initial difficulties, she managed to get over all the challenges and deliver the presentation confidently.
- He always puts off his grammar revision, which is why he still makes the same mistakes.
- Could you please look over the idiomatic expressions in the document before we send it to the client?
- She came across a fascinating article about the origin of English proverbs while doing her research.
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