English words, phrases, vocabulary…

Hi everybody, today I post my homework. This is my list of 50 words :

Number	Item of interest	Sentence	Source	Traduction
1	Preposition	I listen to music	Classroom
2	Structure	You want something that … (ex : You want the appropriate symbolism that goes with the inauguration of a new president)	Text about Obama election
3	Expression	Much of the day is pro forma	Text about Obama election	La plupart de la journée
4	Vocabulary	Bush’s claim that he can order…	Text about Obama election	Proclamation
5	Structure (No “as”)	He was declared an enemy	Text in class / I don’t remember the title
6	Vocabulary	He was locked up for almost a year	Text in class / I don’t remember the title	Mis sous clé/Emprisonné
7	Vocabulary	A congressional hearing	Text in class / I don’t remember the title	Audience de congrès
8	Pronouciation	Three	Oral
9	Vocabulary	…and then lying to this attorney about his whereabouts.	Text in class / I don’t remember the title	Endroits
10	Vocabulary	Flawlessly	Classroom	Parfaitement
11	Link word	Indeed, the opposite is often true	Text in class / I don’t remember the title	En effet
12	Vocabulary	Ministers under fire over lavish expenses	www.timesonline.co.uk (article : « Ministers under fire over lavish expenses »)	Somptueuses / Copieuses dépenses
13	Phrasal verb	the date he would step down.	Same source	Se retirer
14	Vocabulary	The Telegraph refused to disclose yesterday how it obtained its information	Same source	Révéler
15	Structure	Someone ordered to someone to do something (ex : « the Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani ordered the military to “eliminate militants and terrorists. »)	www.timesonline.co.uk (article : « Pakistani planes bomb Taleban in Swat Valley »)
16	Vocabulary	Tens of thousands of civilians have fled the fighting this week.	Same source	Fui
17	Vocabulary	the government would not bow before terrorists	Same source	S’incliner
18	Phrasal verb	But from now on I’m not going to put up any which contain obscenity	www.timesonline.co.uk (article : « The Luckiest or Unluckiest Man in the World? Tsutomu Yamaguchi, double A-bomb victim »)	Supporter
19	Vocabulary	But all of them exude the dignified vigour of elderly Japanese	Same source	Suer / digne / viellesse
20	Vocabulary	gunshot wounds	http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ (article : « Soldier shot in Afghanistan dies in British hospital from gunshot wounds »)	Souffle des coups de feu
21	Phrasal verb	The officer was flown back to Selly Oak Hospital	Same source	Ramené par les airs
22	Vocabulary	The officer’s death takes the British armed forces’ death toll in Afghanistan	Same source	Le nombre de victimes
23	Phrasal verb	The space shuttle Atlantis set off on what will be the final journey to the Hubble Space Telescope	http://www.telegraph.co.uk/ (article : « Why the mission to the Hubble Space Telescope is worth the risk »)	Enclencher
24	Vocabulary	Nasa imposed a blanket ban on this sort of mission	Same source	Interdiction de couverture
25	Link word	although it has taken the precaution of having a second space shuttle	Same source	Bien que
26	Vocabulary	they couldn’t have guessed how timely their decision would be	http://www.independent.co.uk (article : « Underground to big screen – via music, jail and love »)	Opportune / Dans les délais
27	Vocabulary	for allegedly spying for the United States	Same source	prétendument
28	Vocabulary	Musicians who defy the rules risk harsh punishments such as lashings	Same source	Sévère / des tonnes (des montagnes)
29	Link word	Despite the severity of the punishments	Same source	Malgré
30	Vocabulary	there is a thriving underground rock	Same source	florissant
31	Vocabulary	Hollywood hails 3D as the third ‘revolution’ in cinema	http://www.independent.co.uk (article : « Cannes has first sight of cinema’s future »)	salue
32	Vocabulary	they sacked picture house orchestras	Same source	Mis à sac / pillé
33	Vocabulary	ushered-in the era of the “talkie”	Same source	inaugurée
34	Vocabulary	he sees the captain next to him struggling to stay alert	http://www.nytimes.com (article : « Commuter Pilot’s Life Defies Glamorous Stereotype »)	Lutter
35	Structure	Neil A. Weston, also 25, went $100,000 into debt to train for a co-pilot’s job	Same source	S’est endetté de 100 000 $
36	Vocabulary	There, he would wait for his first assignment, a noon departure	Same source	midi
37	Phrase	By the time he parked his aircraft	Same source	Le temps que
38	Phrasal verb	But he would be due back at work eight hours and 15 minutes later	Same source	Devoir rentrer
39	Phrasal verb	you’re the kind of person that could walk into a hotel room, strip and lay down	Same source	Se déshabiller et se coucher
40	Phrase	At the very most	Same source	Tout au plus
41	Vocabulary	the strikingly low pay for new pilots	Same source	remarquablement
42	Phrasal verb	whether they might have been hampered by, among other factors, fatigue	Same source	Handicapé (être gêné)
43	Vocabulary	and former regional pilots make vividly clear the daily challenges they face	Same source	Très bien
44	Vocabulary	Peek inside a crew lounge at midnight in Chicago	Same source	Regarder furtivement à l’intérieur de
45	Vocabulary	unable to afford hotels, may come and go, barely letting the mattresses cool	Same source	matelas
46	Vocabulary	unable to afford hotels, may come and go, barely letting the mattresses cool	Same source	Tout juste
47	Vocabulary	He said he was “stunned” by the Buffalo crew’s lack of sleep and relative inexperience	Same source	Stupéfait
48	Phrasal verb	that is difficult to nail down as the main cause of an accident	Same source	fixer
49	Vocabulary	holding the first five cubic yards of mud	http://www.nytimes.com (article : « Dredging of Pollutants Begins in Hudson »)	boue
50	Vocabulary	The decision by the E.P. A. in 2002 to require dredging was a mix of politics and science	Same source	Dragage (de fond marins)

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