Treasure Hunt   S1 2017-18

Just what kind of mother are you?

Les étudiants doivent réviser le livre en cherchant les réponses aux questions ci-dessous .

Il s'agit d'un travail à faire en autonomie et régulièrement ( par exemple, 2 ou trois chapitres par jour entre semaine 8 et semaine 11).

Les réponses seront postées sur ce blog et sur Moodle au début de la semaine 10, ce qui vous permettra de vérifier et réviser les réponses avant l'examen blanc qui a lieu en semaine 12 et, bien entendu, avant l'examen final en janvier.

Attention: les questions posées à l'examen intégreront de manière significative le vocabulaire contenu dans ce Treasure Hunt ainsi que le vocabulaire qui est expliqué dans le GLOSSAIRE qui est également affiché sur ce blog et sur Moodle.

The Treasure Hunt........................... 

First scene:

p. 9   : Find a phrasal verb meaning ‘to invent’

p. 10  : Find a phrasal verb meaning ‘to pursue fully, to carry out an act, an intention, a project to the end’

p. 11 : Find a phrasal verb meaning ‘to move ahead of another or others’

Chapter 1

p. 15 : Which term shows Lisa is being sarcastic about the intelligence of the imaginary person who might have organised the ‘giant social experiment’ involving women?

p. 17 : Who are Wordsworth and Beatrix Potter? What is the latter famous for?

p. 17 : Find a slang term for “pounds’( i.e. in British currency)

p. 19 : Find a phrasal verb meaning ‘to begin doing something habitually / to start the habit of doing’

p. 20 : What type of traditional British biscuit is mentioned here? Do you know what the main ingredients of them are?

Chapter 2

p. 26 : What was the CRB and what is the new name for it today?

p. 26 : Find a phrasal verb meaning to talk repeatedly and annoyingly about something

p. 29 : Find an expression meaning ‘to do or say something in an indirect way’

Chapter 3

p. 33 : Find an expression meaning ‘to remain discreet / to avoid drawing attention to oneself’

p. 33 : Find a translation of ‘a rude awakening’

p. 35 : Find an expression meaning “immediately, from the very start”

Chapter 4

p. 40 : When you want someone to hurry up and do something immediately you can shout ………. ……. !

p. 42 : “Has she been gone since yesterday morning?” An answer to to question could be  “Yes. She ……..

……….  ………… ……… over 24 hours.

Chapter 5

p. 46 : Find a phrasal verb meaning ‘to succeed in doing something difficult or unexpected’

p. 46 : Which expression in police jargon shows that Guy Riverty does not have a criminal record?

p. 47 : Which verbal expression is used to mean ‘to like (or not) or to be (or not) enthusiastic about something’?

Chapter 6

p. 48 : Find a phrasal verb meaning ‘to stop the car on the side of the road’.

p. 49 : Find an expression meaning ‘to begin to understand a difficult situation’

p. 51 : Find an expression meaning ‘to feel angry, annoyed or offended by something’

p. 53 : Which verb here means ‘to walk quickly with long steps’

Chapter 7

p. 56 : Find an expression meaning “to attack or criticize someone with great force” (viciously but verbally)

p. 57 : Find a marginal modal expression here which expresses near certainty or inevitability.

p. 58 : When you see that someone if behaving strangely and you want to know what problem he or she has you might ask, (in it’s POLITE form!) “What’s………………………………………………..  ?”

p. 58 : When you are very tired and can barely move properly anymore and want to sleep then you  ………………………… bed.

p. 60 When the man reflects about the legal age for a young person to have sex he compares the …………  …    ……………….    

in different countries in the world.

p. 60 What gesture made by the man shows he is concerned about not leaving evidence behind him?

p. 61  A pejorative term for a person who is very strange or eccentric is a ………X…….. . If the person is very mentally ill then we might call him or her a  X  ……………… .

Chapter 8

p.64 : Which terms show that Lisa was standing in an unnatural, uncomfortable position when Guy opened the door?

p.64 : Find a word meaning the choice of clothes a person is wearing at a given time.

p.66 : When you feel you are making good progress in a project or a task you are doing you can say “........  ……….

…………….  ……………. .”

p. 66 : A synonym of ‘to find’, or ‘to identify where something is” here would be to ……………. Something

p. 67 : When things are going very well for someone and he or she is happy and developing quickly in a place, such as a school or university or in a job position we can say he or she is ………………….. at this place.

p.71 : When the atmosphere in a room is very heavy and uncomfortable you can try to …………………… it.

p.71 : When a British person refers to ‘Delia’ in a discussion about food, to whom is he or she referring?

p.73 : When you accept a very painful reality in your life and  manage to stop suffering from it then you ………….  …………….   it. So you can advise someone by saying “…………… ………..  it!

p. 74 : What term does Lisa use to describe the aggressive state Joe gets into when he has drunk more than his limit?

Chapter 9

p. 80 : Which details show that in spite of Lisa’s efforts to clean things in the house they still remain partly dirty?

p. 81 : Which verb reminds us of a jigsaw puzzle and suggests you are trying to make a coherent story or chronology of a past event by deduction?

p. 86 : Which expression here means ‘to become extremely angry about something’?

p. 91 : Which words suggest that the estate agent is a smoker and has smoked already on this day?

Chapter 10

p. 93 : In Britain, if you want to buy some freshly baked bread or sandwiches or hot pies or cakes you can perhaps go to a chain store called ……………… .

p. 95 : Which expression shows that there was not enough money to distribute among all the members of Lisa’s father’s extended family?

p. 96 : Find a synonym for ‘puzzled’ or ‘mystified’

p. 97 : Which verb means ‘to take out ( an object) very quickly?

p. 97 : Which company’s brand name (or proper noun) has become a common noun here?

p. 99 : Why does James refuse to wear clothes from Gap?

p. 99 : What example is given of an action that would be particularly foolish and dangerous in the Lake District?

Chapter 11

p. 106 : Why is Lisa annoyed with the reporter?

p. 109 : Find a phrasal verb meaning ‘to do something difficult successfully’.

Chapter 12

p. 113 : At the end of the year some people, especially elderly people, get a ……….   ………. to prevent them from being ill during the winter.

p. 117 : Which expression here means ‘to stop the work or activity that you are doing’?

p. 118 : What anomaly does Joanne notice about Guy Riverty which shows he is certainly distracted?

p. 118 Find a word meaning ‘a thousand pounds’.

Chapter 13

p. 119 : Which expression here means ‘to be doing something suspicious or dishonest or perhaps illegal’?

p. 121 : Which ungrammatical expression does the old man use which probably indicates that he usually speaks in a regional dialect of English?

p. 123 : Find a phrasal verb meaning ‘to lose consciousness’.

p. 124 : What synonym for ‘dinner’ does Aunt Jackie use?

p. 126 : What is Emmerdale?

Chapter 14

p. 129 :  Which expression does Lisa use to means ‘to proceed delicately and tactfully’ ?

p.134 :  Which verb here shows that Sally is very embarrassed and uncomfortable when her mother discusses sex?

p.136 : Find a synonym for ‘to be (sexually) attracted by’.

Chapter 15

p. 144 : Find a verb meaning ‘to criticize or blame someone very severely’.

p. 144 : What does Kate ask Lisa to do in her manner of dealing with Sally?

Chapter 16

p. 149 : Who is Nigella and why does Joe not like her pretending to “raid her fridge?’

p. 151 : If someone refuses to speak and to remain silent about an issue they …………….  …….

p. 156 : At what time of year would you expect to see ‘poppy tins’ being used in public places in Britain? Why?

p. 157 : Who are Anthony Worrall Thomson and Winona Ryder and what do they have in common?

Chapter 17

p. 162 : Find an expression which means that something doesn’t make sense.

Chapter 18

p. 167 : Which expression shows that Lisa is very disappointed to see that the dog is yet another Staffordshire Terrier, or “Staffie”?

p. 168 : Find an expression which implies that someone’s reasoning is wrong or that they are concentrating on the wrong evidence to find the solution they require.

Chapter 19

p. 178 : What example of ill-matching metaphors do we find on this page? What does the sentence refer to?

p. 180 : What kind of school did Ron Quigley go to and which expression used by Joanne shows that she is slightly surprised by this?

Chapter 20

p. 187 : Which expression here means ‘to tend to (do something)’ or ‘to be in the habit of (doing something)’?

What does this tell us about Jackie?

p. 188 : Which expression shows that people were hostile to Jackie after her husband ran off with the money from the house raffle? 

p. 191 : Which verb here means ‘to suddenly start to speak or make a noise’?

p. 191 :  Which sentence shows that Jackie is indignant about the woman’s request? Which grammatical construction suggests Jackie speaks colloquial English?

p. 192 : Which expression shows that Jackie feels the woman’s behaviour deserved to be responded to with anger?

Chapter 21

p.194 : “(Bluey) ’d just as soon be left alone” means that ………………………… .

p.195 : Find a phrase meaning “rich, well-off people”.

p.200 : What is a “solicitor” ?

Chapter 22

p.202 : Find a phrase meaning “to give somebody permission to do something”

Which phrase indicates that someone is displeased or annoyed ?

Give a translation of “Fucking sickos”

Explain “Failure to do so results in a penalty of up to five years’ imprisonment. Which should be a good enough deterrent”.

p.203 : Translate “should this new lead on Guy amount to nothing”.

Translate “Like a needle in a haystack of Gary Glitters”. Who is Gary Glitter, and what is he famous for?

Chapter 23

p.208 : Explain Lisa’s comment about Minecraft, focusing on the words in italics : “This game seems to have every teenage boy across the country hooked, but I am yet to see its appeal.”

p.211 : Find a phrase meaning “to put something on hold or suspend it momentarily

p.212 : Explain James’s joke about the word “stroke

Chapter 24

p.216 : Find a phrase meaning “to confess, to tell the truth about something that you have been keeping secret

p.218 : What does Alexa think of her sister Kate’s relationship with Lisa ?

Chapter 25

p.220 : Find a phrasal verb meaning “to lose control of your emotions and become unable to deal with a difficult situation”.

Day 3 - Chapter 26

p.228 : Find a phrasal verb meaning “to stop being involved in a situation, or to move backwards away from someone”.

p.229 : Translate the phrase “Don’t get in a state”.

Paraphrase “The chance of it being the same guy is slim”.

p.231-232 : Which phrase means “to correct something bad or wrong that someone has done” ?

Find a phrasal verb meaning “to sleep later in the morning than usual”, and translate the whole sentence.

p.233 : Find a false friend (adjective) meaning “cautious”.

Chapter 27

p.236 : Which phrase means “to exist only in small numbers or amounts” ?

p.237 : Which word is an informal way of referring to television in British English ?

p.239 : Find a phrase meaning “to commit suicide”.

Chapter 28

p.242 : What does the phrase “(they) are poles apart” mean ?…………………………

p.245 : What do Fergus Riverty’s and James Kallisto’s literary choices suggest ?

p.246 :  Find a phrase meaning “immediately and without thinking a lot” or “relying on memory only

p.248 : What does the type of porridge used by the Riverty family suggest ?

Chapter 29

p.253 : Suggest a possible translation for the word “statement” in this context.

p.255 : What does the phrase “to ring a bell with sb” mean ?

p.256 : Which adjective means “elegant, chic, stylish, trendy” ? What other meanig can it have, especially in American English ?

p.258 : Find a phrasal verb meaning “to bring somebody to a police station in order to ask them questions or arrest them”.

Find a phrasal verb meaning “to faint or lose consciousness”.

Find a phrasal verb meaning “to succeed in doing something difficult”?

Chapter 30

p.260 : What does “I could really do with some” mean ?

p.264 : Which slang adjective means “having no money, broke” ?

What does the phrase “that wife of his” suggest ?

Chapter 31

p.267 : Explain the reference to Simon Templar.

p.268 : Why does Joanne Aspinall tell Guy Riverty “You’ll have to excuse us […], we’re all out of skinny lattes at the moment” ?

p.270 : Translate “We’re out of our minds with worry”.

p.272 : Which idiomatic phrase means “to succeed in achieving two things in a single action” ? What would be the French equivalent ?

p.274 :  Explain “his alibi was definitely watertight”, then translate this phrase.

Find a phrasal verb meaning “to arrive, especially unexpectedly”.

Chapter 32

p.275 : Explain what a “Pay and Display” car park is.

p.276 : Find a phrase meaning “to be getting better after an illness or injury”.

p. 281 : Why is Lisa “mentally dusting (her) hands” ?

p.284 : Which phrase refers to “a criminal act that results in serious damage or injury, especially murder” ?

Which phrase means “to begin to understand a situation or fact” ?

Chapter 33

p.286 : Who is Mad Jackie Wagstaff ?

p.287 : Translate “he was a sorry sight”.

Chapter 34

p.290 : Find a phrasal verb meaning “to die”.

p.291 : Translate “I’ll spare you the nasties for now”.

p.294 : Which uncountable noun refers to “information drawn from personal testimony, a document, or a material object, used to establish facts in a legal investigation” ?

p.295 : Find a sentence with three phrasal verbs followed by prepositions, and suggest a translation. ………………

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Chapter 35

p.298 : Find a false friend meaning “wise, reasonable, having common sense”.

Which informal phrasal verb is used as a synonym of “throw out, get rid of” ?

p.299 : Find an idiomatic phase that means “to be in a very difficult situation and to have to make a hard decision”. Suggest a French translation.

p.304 : Find a phrase meaning “to control the level of something in order to stop it increasing”.

What does the description at the end of this page suggest ?

Day 4 - Chapter 36

p.308 : Translate the idiomatic phrase “tit for tat”.

p.311 : Find a phrase containing a phrasal verb and meaning “invented right there and then”.

Chapter 37

p.313 : Find a phrase meaning “to give somebody necessary information”.

Find a legal term referring to “the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime, especially in a court of law”, and translate it.

p.314 : Find two phrasal verbs meaning respectively “to surface, to emerge” and “to finish, to conclude”.

Explain the phrase “released without charge”.

p.317 :Find a phrase meaning that something unrealistic was done “on a whim, without giving it a good thought”.

Which phrase means “to do something too soon, prematurely” ?

Explain the phrase “mud sticks”.

Chapter 38

p.319 : Find a phrase meaning “to have recovered after a period of illness”.

Which noun refers to people who collect money for a political party, charity, school, etc. ?

p.320 : What does Lorna means when she says ‘Worth a shot’ ?

Chapter 39

p.325 : Find an idiomatic phrase meaning “to increase your speed when you are driving”, and suggest a translation.

p.326 : Translate the phrase “the type of cocky bastard who would stand his ground, try and bullshit his way out”.

p.327 : Find and translate an idiomatic phrase meaning “to discover someone while they are doing something wrong or illegal”.

Chapter 40

p.329 : What does “Merv the Perv” stand for ?

p.330 : Find a phase meaning that a couple are rather ill-assorted or mismatched.

p.331 : Which phrase means “to look at and examine someone quickly” ?

Find a phrase which refers to an unmarried woman who is considered too old for anyone to want to marry her.

p.332 : Which phrase means that something is “likely or needing ot be dealt with or done” ?

p.333 : What does the phrase “halving her load” mean ?

Chapter 41

p.339 : Find an informal synonym for “breast implants”.

Chapter 42

p.343 : Find a phrasal verb meaning “to see, hear or understand with difficulty or effort, to discern”.

p.344 : Which phrase means “to try and find the weak points in something” ?

Find a phrase meaning “to be in a hurry, not to have enough time”.

p.346 : Which phrasal verb means “to understand completely the meaning or importance of something” ?

Find a phrase meaning “to blame someone for something, especially for something they did not do”.

Find the meaning of the phrase “to spread oneself too thinly” or “too thin”.

p.348 : What does Lisa mean when she tells Kate “You need locking up” ?

Christmas Eve – Chapter 43

p.353 : Find a British phrase meaning “sundry little items or tasks”.

p.355 : Which phrase means  “to hear rumours about something, to learn about something informally”.

p.357 : Find an informal phrasal verb meaning “to make a serious mistake or to spoil something, especially a situation”.

Chapter 44

p.361 : Which phrasal verb means “ to continue doing something as quickly as possible” ?

Find a phrasal verb meaning “to walk out of a place in a proud way, trying to look important”.

p.362 : What does the phrase “tickled pink” mean, and why does Joe feel this way ?