kafka sur le plage NEW3 - Sheet 1

Question 1

ticket office

Answer 1

( + counter, window )

m. un guichet

Question 2

avancer

Answer 2

to push / to move / to bring forward, to reach, to hold out (tendre, parvenir, atteindre), to suggest, to lend, to advance, to make progress
[ > se dérouler ]

Question 3

au bout de

Answer 3

after, at the end of, at the bottom of

Question 4

enfouir

Answer 4

to bury, to nestle
[ != s’enfuir ]
[ > enterrer, ensevelir ]

Question 5

secours

Answer 5

m. help, assistance, aid
[ le concours ]
[ != un discours - speech ]

Question 6

cligner

Answer 6

to blink
[ > un clin d’oeil - wink ]
[ > ciller ]
[ > un cil - eyelash ]

Question 7

s’évanouir

Answer 7

to faint, to pass out, to vanish, to disappear, to evaporate

[ > tomber en désuétude, disparaître, se volatilser ]
[ > s’envoler - to take off, to soar, to fly / blow away, to vanish ]

Question 8

agiter

Answer 8

to shake, to wave, to wag, to brandish (fuchteln, schwingen), to trouble, to upset, to debate, to discuss

[ > déconcerter, bouleverser, navrer, affliger, chiffonner, déranger, tracasser, préoccuper, se soucier de, s’inquiéter ]
[ > se débattre ]

Question 9

narquois

Answer 9

derisive (höhnisch, abfällig), mocking

[ > une raillerie, un persiflage ]
[ > narguer qn - to taunt, to scoff at ]

Question 10

cueillette

Answer 10

f. gathering, picking, crop, harvest

[ > la moisson, une récolte, une vendange, cueillir, ramasser ]

Question 11

évoquer

Answer 11

to call up, to conjure up, to evoke (hervorrufen, heraufbeschwören) , to call to mind, to be reminiscent of

[ > convoquer - to convene … ]

Question 12

carrure

Answer 12

f. build (corps)

Question 13

coin

Answer 13

m. corner, place, patch, spot

[ > une tache ]

Question 14

réverbère

Answer 14

m. street lamp, streetlight, reflector
[ != un repère ]
[ > un lampadaire - streetlight ]

Question 15

traîner

Answer 15

to pull, to drag, to haul, to lag, to linger, to hang around, to dawdle (trödeln) (s’attarder), to lie around, to be scattered around

[ > entraîner, ramener, tirailler, tirer, remorquer, rôder, glander, poireauter, gésir, parsemer, répandre, éparpiller, clairsemé ]

Question 16

engourdir

Answer 16

to deaden, numb, to dull (ralentir l’esprit m.)

[ > engloutir - to devour, to gobble up, to wolf down, to go / sink down ]

Question 17

tordre

Answer 17

to bend, to twist

Question 18

s’attarder

Answer 18

to linger, to stay late, to dawdle

s’attarder sur: to linger over, to dwell on

[ > s’intéresser à, traîner ]

Question 19

abaisser

Answer 19

to lower, to pull down, to push down, to let down

Question 20

précipiter

Answer 20

to throw / to hurl (down) (faire tomber), to plunge, to quicken, to hasten, to speed up
[ lancer, projeter, accélérer, expédier ]

Question 21

ressaisir

Answer 21

to catch / to grab / to seize again

[ > reprendre ]

Question 22

pente

Answer 22

f. slope, incline
[ > une côte, un amont ]
[ > un versant - side, slope, aspect ]
[ > un remblai - elevation, embankment ]
[ != la parapente ]

Question 23

déverser

Answer 23

to pour (out), to discharge, to vent (abreagieren, abladen)
[ dégager ]
[ > débiter - to saw / cut up, to produce, to discharge ]
[ > répandre ]

Question 24

mordre

Answer 24

to bite, to eat into

[ > mordiller, manger, grignoter / mâcher ]
[ > becqueter - to eat, to peck at ]
[ > ronger - to gnaw at, to wear away, to eat into ]
[ > tenailler - to torment, to gnaw at, to rack ]

Question 25

remuer

Answer 25

to move, to stir, to shift

Question 26

paupière

Answer 26

f. eyelid | > un sourcil - eyebrow

Question 27

noyer

Answer 27

to drown, to flood, walnut (m.) (tree, bois/arbre)

Question 28

mignon, mignonne

Answer 28

sweet, pretty, cute

Question 29

relever

Answer 29

to stand up / to pick up (again), to lift up, to put up, to raise, to increase, to rebuild, to enhance, to season, to spice up, to notice, to record, to sketch, to plot, to relieve, to release [ > reprendre ] [ > un relevé / un sommaire / un résumé ]

Question 30

gazouillis

Answer 30

m. chirping, babbling

Question 31

complément

Answer 31

m. rest, remainder, complement

Question 32

prêter à

Answer 32

to be open to, to give rise to, to invite

Question 33

vénéneux, vénéneuse

Answer 33

poisonous, toxic | [ > délétère ]

Question 34

gésir

Answer 34

to lie, to be lying [ > allonger, être étendu, traîner ]

Question 35

according to

Answer 35

( + in accordance with ) | conformément (à)

Question 36

étendre

Answer 36

to open, to spread out, to stretch out, to broaden, to extend, to dilute, to thin down [ > répandre, étirer, allonger, se prélasser, détremper, diluer, affaiblir, amenuiser ]

Question 37

mou / mol, molle

Answer 37

soft, limp, flabby, lifeless, feeble, lethargic [ > moelleux - soft, tender (la viande), mellow, moist (un gâteau) ] [ > ramolli, débile, avachi ] [ > flasque - flabby ]

Question 38

manifester

Answer 38

to express, to show, to demonstrate

Question 39

souffle

Answer 39

m. breath, blow, blast, spirit [ > un entrain - spirit, liveliness ] [ > un esprit - spirit, mind ] [ > une essence - essence, spirit, species, gasoline ]

Question 40

péripétie [peripesi]

Answer 40

f. event, adventure, episode [ != un périple - journey, trip, trek ]

Question 41

consigner

Answer 41

to deposit, to charge a deposit on, to record, to put down, to keep in detention, to confine to (beschränken, einsperren) [ > verser des arrhes, constater, relever ]

Question 42

dissoudre

Answer 42

to dissolve, to break up, to bring to an end [ > achever ]

Question 43

poteau

Answer 43

m. post, pole | [ > un piquet, une perche, un pieu, un mât, un échalas ]

Question 44

dévaler

Answer 44

to run / to race / to hurtle (rasen, sausen) / to gush (strömen, fliessen) / to tumble down [ > jaillir - to spurt / gush out ] [ > foncer - to darken, to drive, to race ] [ > fuser to spurt / stream / burst out, to melt, to burn slowly ] [ > courir, s'emballer ] [ dégringoler - to go down, to collapse, to tumble / race down, to knock over ]

Question 45

arrondir

Answer 45

to make into a round shape, to round off, to increase, to extend

Question 46

bouche

Answer 46

f. mouth, muzzle > un museau - snout, muzzle > une muselière - muzzle definition of muzzle: 1. The forward, projecting part of the head of certain animals, such as dogs, including the mouth, nose, and jaws; the snout. 2. A device that is fitted over an animal's snout, often used to prevent biting or eating. 3. The forward, discharging end of the barrel of a firearm.

Question 47

teacher

Answer 47

m. / f. enseignant, enseignante

Question 48

pantelant, pantelante

Answer 48

panting, gasping for breath

Question 49

malin, maligne

Answer 49

bright, clever, smart, cunning, crafty, shrewd [ > judicieux, pointu, savant, rusé, futé, astucieux, mariol, perspicace (perceptive) ] [ > habile - skillful, cunning, clever, bright ]

Question 50

alentours

Answer 50

m. pl. neighbourhood, vicinity, area

Question 51

s'effondrer

Answer 51

``` to fall (down), to collapse, to crumble [ = s'écrouler ] ```

Question 52

champ

Answer 52

m. field, range

Question 53

appuyer

Answer 53

to press, to push down, to lean, to rest, to back (up), to support, to ground, to base (argument)

Question 54

dossier

Answer 54

m. file, record, case, folder, back

Question 55

ramolli

Answer 55

soft