Finale 2000

We Orchestra Seats, chairs the Olympia, that post, famous or anonymous, or Rapla
pla Callipyges, we have seen arise in our arms! We have attended so closely the
fellows who called themselves, sometimes unduly, "showbiz" that our knowledge of
the multitude below surpasses that of sociologists smarter. How we laughed in t
heir frills and their Micmac or we groaned under the burden of poussahs winded,
we are always at the forefront ... Therefore Gallimard and Grasset, asked us to
write our memoirs as expected. Who would have thought?
Raplapla: adjective certified in 1892 just raplati, with repetition of pla (t) t
o emphasize the extreme flatness of a thing. It does not take a final t, by attr
action with onomatopoeic forms (such as fluff, blah, blah ...) and is invariable
.
Callipyges: adjective attested in 1786, the Greek kallipugos, epithet given to A
phrodite, goddess of beauty and love in Greek mythology. It consists of two Gree
k kallos, "beauty" and UCCB, "buttock". We use this adjective to describe a stat
ue or - by extension - a person equipped with beautiful buttocks.
seen: the past participle is consistent with the rule of the past participle fol
lowed by an infinitive. He agrees with the direct object placed before, if it is
the action expressed by the infinitive, which is the case here.
fellows: Latin word whose meaning is singular, is "some", "someone". As a noun,
it means a man, any individual that can not or you do not want to name. This wor
d fits in the plural.
Showbiz: abbreviation familiar anglicisms show business, the English word first
appeared in France in 1954, formed from the verb to show, "show", and business,
"business". In the abbreviation, the first syllable bus (pronounced "biz" in Eng
lish) has been transcribed into French biz. This word can also be written with a
hyphen.
laugh: laugh the verb is conjugated by the first person plural subjunctive prese
nt. It is used in a proposal submitted by the conjunctiva and expressing a suppo
sition, where the subjunctive mood. Therefore, it duplicates i, which avoids con
fusion with the first-person plural present indicative.
(...) fuss Micmac: chichi, an onomatopoeic name, means "antics", "behavior affec
ted". It is mainly used in the plural, especially in the phrase make a fuss, "pu
t on airs" Micmac meutemacre come from "mischievous", "seditious", itself derive
d from Middle Dutch muytemaker, "mischievous". The transformation in Micmac expl
ained by attraction with break-in, tick-tock, jack-bang, etc..
poussahs: borrowed from Chinese p'usa, "image of Buddha sitting cross-legged," t
he word originally designated a statue of Buddha, then, by extension, a stout ma
n, short and stout.
Gallimard and Grasset: these two names refer to two major publishers of general
literature. Gaston Gallimard (1881-1975) founded in 1911 "Editions of the French
Nouvelle Revue," which will, in 1919, Editions Gallimard. As for Bernard Grasse
t (1881-1955), it was in 1907 he founded the Editions Grasset.
Memoirs: the masculine plural with a capital letter, this word means "written ac
count of events experienced by someone who is also the narrator" (example: the M
emoirs of Saint-Simon). Here, Gallimard and Grasset, asked the chairs to write a
bout their experiences, their memories, that is to say their memoirs.
would have thought the verb believe is used here in the past conditional second
form, which explains the circumflex accent over the u had his assistant. The pas
t participle believed the verb believe, does not focus on the circumflex u (do n
ot confuse with the verb to grow, which takes a: rose).
Before the show do not shoot the song, what do we mean? Parisian women complain
their lovers and their choleric irascible mastiffs, bankers calling to ex cathed
ra about sales to repurchase, middle-class environmentalists raise their expecte
d doucettement ladies d'onze-hour and the sedative action of roots Rauwolfia, sp
ectators insomniacs share their impressions of the last nycthemeron ... What we
hear rumors! Certainly, our glory is marcescible than our colleagues seating in
the French Academy, which amounted to immortality. But they were left by the gra
ting logorrhea their dependents, while being condemned to rub that green coats.
And we really orchestra seats, we can obtain larger publishers to argue, because
we, the music,€we know it!
Mastiffs: e English word, derived from Old French mastiff, mastiff, then the ave
rage French mestif, means a big, big guard dog, the stocky, neighbor dog.
[S '] challenge ex cathedra: if the infinitive, that the call does, challenge ta
kes two, ex cathedra: the Latin adverb, formed by ex, "from" and cathedra "Chair
" means "from the pulpit." Speaking ex cathedra, that speak with a professorial
tone and solemn, as if from a pulpit at the church.
repurchase agreement: This expression comes from the Latin verb redimere, "ranso
m". It belongs to the realm of law and the meaning of "clause by which a seller
can buy what he sells, provided to reimburse the top prize when he sold it, plus
costs.
ladies-d'onze-hours: the compound noun feminine lady d'onze hour means a plant-s
haped white flowers in umbels Starry whose characteristic is to flourish, when i
t blooms, about eleven o'clock in the morning . Has lady and eleven o'clock, it
takes two hyphens.
Rauwolfia: This word comes from the name of the German botanist Rauwolf, hence t
he spelling. It means a shrub of India whose roots are used for their sedative a
nd hypotensive.
nycthemeron: the noun is formed from two Greek elements, Nux, nuktos, "night", a
nd Hemera, "day". This is the time span of twenty-four hours, including one day
and one night and corresponding to a cycle: a time saver and a time to sleep.
(...) Let us hear rumor: rumor is a name composed of the twelfth century, consis
ts of two elements, the indefinite pronoun and the verb is that in the present i
ndicative, linked by a hyphen. A rumor is a rumor, a rumor, "they say. This name
is invariable Let us hear the verb from Old French no longer hear much in use t
oday. It comes from the Latin audire, "hear". In the present tense, first person
singular is plural j'ois and that we hear (the most famous is the second person
plural imperative in this sentence: "Oyez, oyez good people! ").
marcescible comes from the Latin verb marcescere, "wither". From a literary use,
this adjective describes the subject or is destined to wither. Note, first, a c
, then si to make the sound / s /.
were high: it is the past participle of the verb pronominal accidentally rise. H
e agrees with the masculine plural pronoun is, direct object placed before the v
erb, put the chairs for the French Academy.
have left grating: the past participle followed by an infinitive left does not a
gree when the subject of an infinitive verb (here is to put the chairs of the Fr
ench Academy) undergoes the action expressed by the verb, grate here.
logorrhea: This name is formed from two Greek elements, logos, "word", "speech",
and-rrhée, tense rhein, "flow". Certified in 1823, he has the sense of "flow o
f words", "speech abundant.
assigns this name compound belonging to the field of law consists of the present
participle of the verb to have, having, and the name right. The beneficiaries,
as their name suggests, have acquired from any person a right. Attention to the
spelling of the name: it is written without a hyphen, and only holders (substant
ivée old form) takes the plural.
to assert: an advance is "what is claimed," that is to say a down payment, parti
al payment of a sum. This compound name composed of the preposition and verb arg
ue, takes a hyphen and is unchangeable.
Regional Final 2000
Races at Sea On the Waterfront, the crowd throwing agglutinated hue and cry sayi
ng goodbye to the crew announced the impending departure. "Hey!" Hands and handk
erchiefs, like colorful banners are blowing in the family, friends, children ...
Then the anchors surjalées are identified: "Cast off!" Whether it's Christophe
r Columbus, Florence Arthaud or charismatic Eric Tabarly, whether aboard three-m
asted catamarans or single canoes, browsers, tireless, since time immemorial, ha
ve traveled the oceans. All these discoverers of unknown islands, these sailors
familiar with top level athletes and those high-flying scientists have entrusted
their fate to the sea phenomenal
hue and cry: the expression of 1635 comes from the vocabulary of hunting (in the
horn is the horn). It means the game or the time of the hunt when we pursue the
beast, blowing horns and shouting. It was originally called "hunting horn and m
outh.
(A) goodbye:: This phrase became masculine noun invariable (no hyphen) dates fro
m the early seventeenth century. It is a contraction of "Farewell till we meet a
gain" (at revoyure is formed on the same model).
colorful banners: the banners are banners used for ornaments. It is a feminine n
ame - hence the agreement gaudy - just a word from Old French Theory, "golden",
"gold", and burns, old form of flame because of the shape of the flag.
surjalées anchors: surjalée an anchor is an anchor chain which makes a complet
e turn over the Jas. The jas is a piece of wood or iron rod perpendicular to the
anchor.
Christopher Columbus, Florence Arthaud:: Christopher Columbus, born in Genoa in
1450 or 1451 and died in 1506, is the navigator who went with his three caravels
, discovered America. Florence Arthaud, born in 1957, is a French navigator, fir
st female winner of the Route du Rhum solo (1990), in 9 days 21 hours and 42 min
utes.
charismatic Eric Tabarly: the adjective charismatic charisma that comes from the
word, theology is a gift bestowed by divine grace for the common good is also,
today, the spiritual ascendancy, the radiation from the prestige a person. It is
written with the original path but is pronounced [k]. Eric Tabarly, born in 193
1, a naval officer and one of the most famous French navigators of the twentieth
century, died in 1998 off the coast of Wales. He has twice won the Transatlanti
c solo. He has contributed to the design of new boats and suggested new ways to
navigate.
three-mast: the noun, attested in 1835, means a sailing vessel with three masts,
hence its name. It takes a hyphen, of course, an s to masts.
Catamarans:: male name appeared in 1928, from catamaron or catimaron, "raft of I
ndia, Tamil katta," link ", and Maraam," timber ". This is a boat sailing and mo
tor characterized by two shells are coupled. Note: r and one year in the final.
islets comes from the word island, where the circumflex accent on the i (and not
on the o, fault commonly committed). These are small islands.
top levels: the top level is the summit, the highest level. This word is formed
from the English top, "top", and French level. It does not take a hyphen and one
level takes the plural.
Deprived of any cookies survival, there was some sustenance with Easter herring,
clams fleshy, with phytoplankton, or even red algae, and thus survived. Crossin
g bulk or tuna, defeating cyclonic winds, they are also released from the blades
that have engulfed. What would they then gave to rally the sunny Pacific atolls
or even to see, as Jonas, the baleen whales! "Earth to port!" A thousand miles
offshore, far from the country they were born, they lived in the vast pelagic, w
here the horizon reaches infinity. Whatever they do, one day, having left etched
by salt spray and have measured the force of the waves in the ocean races, haun
ted by the hilarious adventure of the seas, they found land.
phytoplankton:: name of phyto-formed from the Greek phuton, crashes, and plankto
n, Greek plagkton, "wandering", which identifies a set of very small plant organ
isms living suspended in seawater
red algae: the noun is formed of rhodo-, Greek rhodon, "pink", and-phycées, Gre
ek phucos, "algae". It is a family of red algae containing a red pigment chlorop
hyll masking. These algae live in the sea or fresh water and have the appearance
of flowers (eg coralline).
Bulk:: certified in 1970, that name, which means a ship carrying goods, bulk goo
ds, is formed from the bulk name (the final c is transformed into that to keep t
he sound [k]) and the suffix-ist, used to form most of the names of boats to spe
cific mission.
tuna: attested in the late nineteenth century, the word is composed of tuna and
the suffix-ist. The tuna is a vessel that is fishing for tuna, but also a fisher
man tuna. Please note that this word does n.
Cyclone: Cyclone is the word, itself from Greek kuklos, "circle", and does not f
ocus on the o. This adjective describes what is related to a hurricane.
(Have) emerged: past participle of the verb pronominal accidentally emerge. He a
grees with the masculine plural pronoun is, direct object placed before the verb
, to put it (browsers).
(Would be) swallowed up: the past participle of the verb engulf be used with the
auxiliary agrees with the masculine plural direct object the, personal pronoun
placed before the verb, whose antecedents they (sailors).
sunny atolls:: Maldivian atoll atolu borrowed by the English atoll. It is a warm
-water reef forming a ring more or less closed around an inland lake called "the
lagoon. This name is masculine, hence the agreement of the adjective sunny.
as Jonah: tel, indefinite adjective, agrees with the noun that follows it, Jonas
, so the masculine singular. Jonah is the biblical figure who lived three days i
n the belly of a whale.
Baleen:: Closing the twelfth century, the Frankish fano, "piece of cloth". Balee
n is a kind of high blade cornea which lines the mouth of some cetaceans, includ
ing whales.
thousand miles a thousand is a numeral invariable. The mile, international unit
of measure navigation is, by convention, 1852 meters. This man's name is variabl
e.
(A) seen (born): the rule is the past participle followed by an infinitive if th
e direct object placed before the participle performs the action expressed by th
e infinitive, the agreement is made. Here, the pronoun is used for browsers that
do arise from the action, so the past participle agrees.
pelagic:: This adjective comes from the Greek word pelagos, "high seas". He call
s regarding the high seas
What that: attention! Whatever is written in two words, because he is the ou con
cessive formed regardless of the indefinite adjective and conjunction that, what
ever agreeing in gender and number with the subject of the verb that follows: th
ey (browsers), so the masculine plural.
(Have) left etched: the past participle left followed by an infinitive is not co
nsistent when the subject of the verb in the infinitive (if they put in, browser
s) undergoes the action of the verb etched here.
have) measured: past participle of the verb pronominal accidentally be measured,
which agrees with the masculine plural pronoun 's, direct object placed before,
to put it (browsers).
ocean:: pronounced [traz seanik], adjective, formed by the prefix trans-, "beyon
d" and the adjective ocean means "that is through the ocean. When you are engage
d in a race ocean, we cross the ocean.
Top MCQ 1 - Fighting against enemies that do not exist, it is, by imitating Don
Quixote ... ... Fight against the clouds ... fight against scarecrows ... fight
against windmills 2 - The young of the goose is ... Gosling chick ... ... ... id
le 3 - You said: "This is not the sea to drink ..." It means: your drink is not
salt your work will not be too difficult your swimming will not be dangerous 4 -
Check the sentence correctly spelled. He is struck dumb by your ignorance. It i
s ater by your ignorance. He is appalled by your ignorance. End of QCM Cadet / J
unior
5 - What does "arrive like fish in Lent? Arriving by surprise Getting to the poi
nt, about to arrive unhurriedly 6 - Krill is ... ... A crab ... a little warm se
as sailing dinghy ... a seabird with black feathers ... a small crustacean plank
ton formed 7 - What is the penultimate syllable of the word "Francophonie"? Fren
ch-co-pho-nia 8 - Which spelling do you choose for this line of La Fontaine? "Wo
rk, take the pain ... ... This is the background that lack the least" ... This i
s the fund that lack the least "