Chapter 1, Vocabulary

Question 1

Tout d’abord

Answer 1

First off

Question 2

A vrai dire, en réalité

Answer 2

As a matter of fact

Question 3

En fait

Answer 3

In fact

Question 4

En outre/de plus

Answer 4

Moreover

Question 5

En ce qui concerne…

Answer 5

As far as … is concerned

Question 6

Cependant

Answer 6

However

Question 7

Est tiré de

Answer 7

Is taken from

Question 8

Dans la mesure où

Answer 8

Insofar as

Question 9

Est un extrait de

Answer 9

Is an extract from

Question 10

En effet

Answer 10

Indeed

Question 11

L’anglais est une nécessité/un atout

Answer 11

English is a must/asset

Question 12

Voyager dans le monde entier

Answer 12

Travel around/all over the world

Question 13

Engager la conversation avec des étrangers

Answer 13

Strike up a conversation with foreigners

Question 14

Devenir ami avec eux

Answer 14

Befriend/make friend with them

Question 15

Se perdre/perdre ses repères

Answer 15

get lost/lose your bearings

Question 16

Un emploi dans le monde entier

Answer 16

A job worldwide

Question 17

L’anglais facilite ainsi

Answer 17

English thus makes it easier

Question 18

Entretien d’embauche

Answer 18

Job interview/when they apply for a job

Question 19

Imaginaire/fictifs

Answer 19

Imaginary/fictitious/fictional

Question 20

Films d’horreur

Answer 20

Scary/spooky movies

Question 21

Chacun d’entre nous

Answer 21

Each and every one of us

Question 22

Démons intérieurs

Answer 22

Inner demons

Question 23

Dissimuler

Answer 23

Conceal

Question 24

Conscient de

Answer 24

Aware of

Question 25

Se battre contre|avec… eux

Answer 25

Battle with/fight against/struggle with/cope with them

Question 26

Le reflet de l’humanité

Answer 26

The reflection of humanity/mankind

Question 27

Incarner/représenter

Answer 27

Embody/stand for

Question 28

Défauts

Answer 28

Flaws/defects

Question 29

Sortir

Answer 29

Pop out/come out

Question 30

Être confronté a des difficultés

Answer 30

be faced with difficulties/hardships

Question 31

Une souffrance profonde

Answer 31

Deep suffering pain

Question 32

Évènements traumatisants

Answer 32

Traumatic/traumatising events

Question 33

Prendre le dessus/l’emporter

Answer 33

Take the upper hand/prevail

Question 34

La scène se déroule

Answer 34

The scene takes place/is set at

Question 35

Un chateau en ruine

Answer 35

ruined/dilapidated/crumbling castle

Question 36

Maudit

Answer 36

Cursed

Question 37

Transformé en

Answer 37

Turned into

Question 38

Pour vaincre

Answer 38

To defeat/win out over

Question 39

Massacrant sa bien aimée

Answer 39

Slaughtering his beloved

Question 40

Temps orageux

Answer 40

Stormy weather

Question 41

Éprouvant pour les nerfs

Answer 41

Nerve-racking

Question 42

Atmosphère tendue

Answer 42

Tense atmosphere

Question 43

Qui réside dans l’extrait

Answer 43

that lies/prevails in the extract

Question 44

Il pleut à verse (pluie) / il pleut beaucoup

Answer 44

It is pouring (rain) / raining heavily

Question 45

Entouré d’éclairs

Answer 45

Surrounded by lightnings

Question 46

Brume/brouillard

Answer 46

Mist/fog

Question 47

Le tonnerre gronde

Answer 47

The thunder is rumbling

Question 48

Coups de tonnerre

Answer 48

Thunderclaps

Question 49

Aspect sombre

Answer 49

Gloomy aspect

Question 50

Faible luminosité

Answer 50

Dim light/half-extinguished light

Question 51

Les bougies et les flammes

Answer 51

The candles and the blazes

Question 52

Évoque

Answer 52

Reminiscent/evocative of (reminds us of)

Question 53

Moine

Answer 53

Monk/clergyman

Question 54

Une jeune femme vulnérable/en détresse

Answer 54

A vulnerable young maid/ a damsel in distress

Question 55

Au nom de…

Answer 55

In the name of…

Question 56

Laissez vos démons intérieurs s'exprimer librement pour surmonter les obstacles.

Answer 56

Let your inner demons run loose/free to overcome the obstacles

Question 57

Faire face/se débrouiller avec

Answer 57

To face/deal with/cope with

Question 58

Donner les moyens d’agir

Answer 58

Empower

Question 59

Dépasser ses peurs

Answer 59

Get over/overcome your fears

Question 60

Doté

Answer 60

Endowed

Question 61

A cause de/en raison de

Answer 61

Due to/because

Question 62

Aspect monstrueux

Answer 62

Monstrous aspect

Question 63

Réprimer leurs sentiments

Answer 63

Repress their feelings

Question 64

Prévenir leurs démons intérieurs

Answer 64

Prevent their inner demons

Question 65

A prévalu sur/ pris le dessus sur

Answer 65

Prevailed over

Question 66

Réalisation d'une expérience scientifique

Answer 66

Carried out a scientific experiment

Question 67

Assemblé diverses parties du corps

Answer 67

Assembled various body parts

Question 68

Sinistre

Answer 68

Grim

Question 69

Atmosphère désagréable

Answer 69

Unpleasant atmosphere

Question 70

l'ambiance du passage

Answer 70

The mood of the passage

Question 71

L’entre-deux

Answer 71

Inbetweenness

Question 72

Ni considéré comme mort, ni comme vivant

Answer 72

Neither considered dead nor alive

Question 73

Être pris au piège dans un monde entre la vie et la mort

Answer 73

To be trapped in a world between life and death

Question 74

Cette idée est soulignée par

Answer 74

This idea is highlighted / emphasized by

Question 75

Sentiments mitigés

Answer 75

Mixed feelings

Question 76

Il est tiraillé/déchiré entre

Answer 76

He is torn between

Question 77

Fierté

Answer 77

Pride

Question 78

Engagé/dévoué

Answer 78

Commited/devoted

Question 79

Fini

Answer 79

Ended up

Question 80

Un échec

Answer 80

A failure

Question 81

Antithèses/idées contradictoires

Answer 81

Antithesis/contradictory ideas

Question 82

attrayant/appréciable

Answer 82

attractive/appealing

Question 83

Entrer en contact avec/prendre contact avec

Answer 83

To get in touch with/reach out to

Question 84

Par peur et par dégoût

Answer 84

Out of fear and disgust

Question 85

Déni de paternité

Answer 85

Denial of paternity