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Le lexique : faux amis, collocations, vocabulaire des concours · niveau 1 (application)

Énoncé

Réécrire ces phrases familières dans le registre de l'essai, sans en changer le sens : (a) Lots of people can't afford to buy a house anymore. (b) Prices went up a lot last year. (c) We need to find out why kids don't read. (d) The government has got loads of problems. (e) People won't put up with this stuff for long. (f) It's a pretty big deal for the economy.

Corrigé

(a) A growing number of people can no longer afford to buy a home. Lots of devient a growing number of, la contraction disparaît, anymore devient no longer.

(b) Prices rose sharply last year (ou soared). Went up a lot devient un verbe et un adverbe précis.

(c) It is essential to understand why children read so little. Find out devient understand (on cherche des causes) ; kids, children.

(d) The government faces numerous challenges. Has got loads of problems devient faces numerous challenges, collocation soutenue.

(e) The public will not tolerate such measures for long. Put up with devient tolerate ; this stuff est remplacé par ce qu'il désigne (ici, supposément, des mesures).

(f) It is a matter of considerable importance for the economy (ou it has far-reaching implications for the economy). Pretty big deal est familier ; la version soutenue nomme la nature de l'enjeu.

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