| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| to miss / to botch / ruin / to fail / go wrong | rater |
| the alarm (f) | l'alarme |
| He had missed the train because he had not heard the alarm. | Il avait raté le train parce qu'il n'avait pas entendu l'alarme. |
| to make a mistake | se tromper |
| to confuse | confondre |
| I had made a mistake and I had confused the files. | Je m'étais trompé et j'avais confondu les fichiers. |
| to misplace | égarer |
| the backup | la sauvegarde |
| We had misplaced the backup of the document. | Nous avions égaré la sauvegarde du document. |
| to warn | prévenir |
| the disaster | le désastre |
| They had warned the team to avoid the disaster. | Ils avaient prévenu l'équipe pour éviter le désastre. |
| the confusion | la confusion |
| Because of the confusion, you had missed the appointment. | À cause de la confusion, vous aviez raté le rendez-vous. |
| She had misplaced the keys because she had made a mistake. | Elle avait égaré les clés parce qu'elle s'était trompée. |
| to ruin | gâcher |
| When they (f) arrived, he had already ruined the surprise. | Quand elles sont arrivées, il avait déjà gâché la surprise. |
| I had repaired the alarm but it had not warned the neighbors. | J'avais réparé l'alarme mais elle n'avait pas prévenu les voisins. |
| It was a disaster because they had ruined the project. | C'était un désastre parce qu'ils avaient gâché le projet. |
| The mistake was serious because I had confused the dates. | L'erreur était grave parce que j'avais confondu les dates. |
| It is important to make a backup because we had misplaced the files. | C'est important de faire une sauvegarde parce que nous avions égaré les fichiers. |
| I had explained the confusion to the client. | J'avais expliqué la confusion au client. |
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