Chapitre deux Flashcards

1
Q

for whom he had had desire

A

pour qui il avait eu envie

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2
Q

intimacy / privacy

A

l’intimité (f)

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3
Q

a buoy/ rubber ring

A

une bouée

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4
Q

dilapidated, run down

A

délabrée

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5
Q

to destroy (not detruire)

A

délabrer

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6
Q

banal

A

sans intérêt

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7
Q

to ensue

A

s’ensuivre

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8
Q

to stay awake/ stay with

A

veiller

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9
Q

foot traffic

A

la circulation piétonne

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10
Q

insomniac

A

insomniaque

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11
Q

fast forward

A

une avance rapide

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12
Q

sinister

A

sinistre

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13
Q

a typist

A

un/ une dactylo

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14
Q

to raise/ pull

A

hisser

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15
Q

to stick

A

coller

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16
Q

stiff / straight (hair) / taut (rope) / paralysed

A

raide

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17
Q

nascent (emerging)

A

naissant

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18
Q

to glisten

A

luire

19
Q

to redress

A

rhabiller

20
Q

the moving back

A

le recul

21
Q

to wander/ err

A

errer

22
Q

a boater hat

A

un canotier

23
Q

a coat hanger

A

un cintre

24
Q

a bunch (fruit)/ group (people)

A

une grappe

25
Q

thoughtful, miles away (adj) dreamer (n)

A

(un/ une) songeur (se)

26
Q

imperceptibly, by increments

A

insensiblement

27
Q

easy going (adj)/ chest of draw (n)

A

(une) commode

28
Q

straw

A

la paille

29
Q

an advertisement

A

une réclame

30
Q

to entangle/ get caught

A

empêtrer [qch]

31
Q

a bow tie

A

un noeud papillon

32
Q

sawdust

A

la sciure

33
Q

a step

A

un marchepied

34
Q

to gesticulate

A

faire des signes

35
Q

neck

A

le cou/ la nuque

36
Q

I cut out an ad and stuck it in a notebook

A

J’ai découpé une réclame et je l’ai collé dans un cahier

37
Q

my room overlooks the street

A

ma chambre donne sur la rue

38
Q

the sky got dark and I thought we were going to have a summer storm

A

Le ciel s’est assombri et j’ai cru que nous allions avoir un orage d’été

39
Q

the passage of clouds had left a promise of rain on the streets

A

Le passage des nuées avait laissé sur la rue comme une promesse de pluie

40
Q

the sky became redish

A

Le ciel est devenu rougeâtre

41
Q

the lamps made the wet pavement shine

A

Les lampes faisaient luire le pavé mouille

42
Q

the air had cooled and I felt a bit cold

A

L’air avait fraîchi et j’ai eu un peu froid

43
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