Kafka sur le rivage NEW1

Question 1

commode (adj.)

Answer 1

useful, convenient, handy, easy

Question 2

s’enfuir

Answer 2

to run away, to flee, to break out of, to escape

[ > prendre le large, prendre la poudre d’escampette, faire le mur, s’évader, être en cavale / en fuite, échapper ]

[ déguerpir - to back off, to run away, to leave ]

[ > une évasion - escape, avoidance ]

Question 3

tourmenter

Answer 3

to torment, to harass, to plague (jalousie), to ill-treat, to haunt (obsession)

[ > tenailler - to torment, to gnaw at, to rack ]
[ > obséder - to obsess, to haunt, to importune ]
[ > affliger - to afflict (plagen), to affect ]

Question 4

to be moved

Answer 4

( + to be touched, to feel compassion )
s’attendrir
[ > émouvoir, bouleverser ]

Question 5

éteint, e

Answer 5

dull, lacklustre (glanzlos, farblos, langweilig, trüb), faded

[ > terne - dim, drab, dull, lacklustre, dreary ]
[ > glauque, banal ]
[ quelconque - ordinary, plain, average, lacklustre, mediocre, nothing special ]

Question 6

to be wrong

Answer 6

avoir tort,
se tromper,
se méprendre sur

Question 7

deviner

Answer 7

to guess, to work out, to figure out, to foresee, to see through (sb.)

[ > entrevoir, cerner, arriver à comprendre, une devinette ]

Question 8

oiseau, oiseaux

Answer 8

m. bird

Question 9

cheminée

Answer 9

f. chimney, shaft, fireplace
[ > un âtre - hearth ]
[ != un cheminot - railroad worker]

Question 10

to impose

Answer 10

( + to inflict [zufügen, auferlegen] )

infliger

[ > imposant ]
[ != affliger - to afflict (plagen), to affect ]

Question 11

gérer

Answer 11

to administer, to manage, to run, to control, to organize

[ > mener, se débrouiller, encadrer, contrôler, diriger, s’occuper de]

Question 12

débrouiller

Answer 12

to teach the basics to, to unravel, to untangle, to puzzle out

[ > se débrouiller - to manage, to handle the situation]

Question 13

soutenu, soutenue

Answer 13

intense, deep, sustained (nachhaltig, anhaltend, ausdauernd), steady, unfailing (attention, effort), formal

[ > fusionnel,le - intense, intimate, inseparable ]
[ égal - épais ]

Question 14

appetizer

Answer 14

m. amuse-gueule
[ > un en-cas - snack ]
[ > un casse-croûte ]

Question 15

embaumer

Answer 15

to make fragrant, to be fragrant with the scent / the aroma of, to fill the air with a lovely fragrance, to embalm

Question 16

cough

Answer 16

f. une toux
[ != le taux !!! ]
> tousser

Question 17

se découvrir

Answer 17

to discover, to emerge, to dress less warmly (se déshabiller), to take a layer off, to take off one’s hat, to expose onself to attack

[ > déboucher]
[ > dénicher - to unearth, to dig up, to discover, to spot ]

Question 18

ruse

Answer 18

f. slyness, cunning, craftiness (Schlauheit, Hinterlist), trick, tactics, ruse (List, Hinterlist)

[ > un leurre, une astuce, une combine, une magouille, sournois ]

Question 19

agacer

Answer 19

to irritate, to annoy, to excite

[ > contrarier, embêter, déranger, indisposer, chiffonner ]

Question 20

tort

Answer 20

m. fault, shortcoming (Manko, Mangel, Fehler), wrong

[ > une carence - deficiency, shortcoming]

Question 21

jumpy

Answer 21

[ + touchy, easily offended (soutenu), skittish (unruhig, übermütig), nervous ]

ombrageux, ombrageuse

[ > douillet - cozy, snug, oversensitive, afraid of getting hurt ]

Question 22

watering can

Answer 22

m. un arrosoir

Question 23

sain, saine

Answer 23

healthy, robust, sound, invigorating

Question 24

profiter de

Answer 24

to profit from, to take advantage of, to enjoy, to use

Question 25

despite #1

Answer 25

despite, in spite of, unwillingly, reluctantly (en dépit de) malgré [ > répugner à faire qc ]

Question 26

ramoner

Answer 26

to sweep, to clean (out) [ essuyer, effacer, balayer, torcher, déboucher, nettoyer ] [ > un balai ] [ != ramener ]

Question 27

sot, sotte

Answer 27

stupid, dumbfounded (sprachlos, perplex) [ > niais, débile, bête, con, stupide ]

Question 28

chauffer

Answer 28

to heat / warm up, to get warm

Question 29

craindre

Answer 29

to fear, to be afraid / scared of [ > effrayer, avoir très peur, flipper sa race, une trouille ] [ > ça craint - it sucks ] participe présent Je crains, tu crains, il craint, nous craignons, vous craignez, ils craignent Imparfait je craignais, tu craignais, il craignait, nous craignions, vous craigniez, ils craignaient Future je craindrai, tu craindras, il craindra, nous craindrons, vous craindrez, ils craindront

Question 30

To be doing well

Answer 30

se porter bien

Question 31

âtre

Answer 31

m. hearth (Feuerstelle, Herd, Kamin), stove > le poêle - stove, furnace, frying pan

Question 32

to try to

Answer 32

tâcher de [ > une tâche - task, job, mission ] [ > une tache - stain, patch, spot, blot, blemish ] [ > essayer, éprouver, tenter ] [ s'appliquer à - to try to, to apply to, to take care over one's work ]

Question 33

déçu, déçue

Answer 33

disappointed ( > décevoir quelqu'un )

Question 34

paravent

Answer 34

m. (folding) screen (écran), partition, cover | [ > une cloison, une ramification ]

Question 35

tousser

Answer 35

to cough, to splutter (le moteur) [ > crachoter ] [ > une toux ]

Question 36

fiche

Answer 36

f. card, sheet, slip, plug | [ > la prise, une bonde ]

Question 37

reproach

Answer 37

(Vorwurf, Tadel) m. un reproche [ != un rapprochement, une réconciliation ]

Question 38

évasion

Answer 38

f. escape, avoidance | [ > être en cavale / en fuite ]

Question 39

brûler

Answer 39

to burn, to incinerate, to roast, to be on fire, to smoulder (schwelen, glimmen), to singe, to scorch, to burn up, to use, to consume > torréfier > cramer

Question 40

tendresse

Answer 40

f. tenderness, affection

Question 41

lime

Answer 41

f. une chaux | [ != un chou, un chou-fleur ]

Question 42

bonté

Answer 42

f. kindness, goodness

Question 43

remords

Answer 43

m. remorse, conscience | [ > une contrition, se repentir ]

Question 44

émouvant

Answer 44

moving, touching | [ > s'attendrir, émouvoir, bouleverser ]

Question 45

courant

Answer 45

m. current, stream, trend, movement, shift [ > couramment ] [ > un flot - flood, tide, stream, pl. waves ] [ > ruisseler - to stream, to trickle, to drip ] [ > un fil ] [ > la tendance ]

Question 46

interrompre

Answer 46

to interrupt, to stop, to suspend [ > déranger ] [ > cesser - to stop, cease, to abate ] On n'interrompt jamais un match, même s'il tombe des cordes

Question 47

mensonge

Answer 47

m. lie, lying, untruthfulness | [ > mentir ]

Question 48

regarding ...

Answer 48

On ce qui concerne ...

Question 49

tâche

Answer 49

f. task, job, mission | [ > une besogne, une affaire, un travail, un boulot, un labeur, un ouvrage ]

Question 50

éclairer

Answer 50

to light (up), to brighten, to illuminate, to clarify

Question 51

to have doubts about

Answer 51

( + to be doubtful of ) | douter de

Question 52

to disconcert

Answer 52

(beunruhigen, befremden) déconcerter [ > chiffonner, indisposer, s'inquiéter, se soucier de, préoccuper, tracasser, affliger, agiter, navrer, bouleverser ]