L'Étranger - Albert Camus

Question 1

l’asile

Answer 1

the asylum

Question 2

décédée

Answer 2

deceased

Question 3

cela ne veut rien dire

Answer 3

it does not mean anything

Question 4

veiller

Answer 4

watch

Question 5

congé

Answer 5

leave (vacation)

Question 6

pareille

Answer 6

similar

Question 7

c’était plutôt à lui de me présenter ses condoléances

Answer 7

it was rather for him to offer me his condolences

Question 8

quand il me verra en deuil

Answer 8

when he sees me in mourning

Question 9

ce sera une affaire classée et tout aura revêtu une allure plus officielle

Answer 9

it will be a closed case and everything will look more official

Question 10

étourdi

Answer 10

dizzy

Question 11

emprunter

Answer 11

borrow

Question 12

une cravate noire et un brassard

Answer 12

a black tie and a cuff/armband

Question 13

hâte

Answer 13

haste

Question 14

cette course

Answer 14

this race/course/event

Question 15

cahots

Answer 15

jolts

Question 16

le trajet

Answer 16

the route

Question 17

assoupi

Answer 17

drowsy

Question 18

tassé

Answer 18

packed

Question 19

Légion d’honneur

Answer 19

Legion of Honor

Question 20

il m’a serré la main

Answer 20

he shook my hand

Question 21

retirer

Answer 21

remove/withdraw

Question 22

reprochait

Answer 22

reproached

Question 23

soutien

Answer 23

support

Question 24

vous ne pouviez subvenir à ses besoins

Answer 24

you could not provide his/her needs

Question 25

Et tout compte fait

Answer 25

And all things considered

Question 26

il m'a précédé vers la porte

Answer 26

he preceded me to the door

Question 27

un pensionnaire

Answer 27

a resident

Question 28

nous avons traversé une cour

Answer 28

we crossed a courtyard

Question 29

vieillards, bavardant par petits groupes

Answer 29

old men, chatting in small groups

Question 30

il se taisaient

Answer 30

they were silent

Question 31

les conversations reprenaient

Answer 31

conversations resumed

Question 32

on aurait dit d'un jacassement assourdi de perruches

Answer 32

it sounded like the muffled chatter of parakeets

Question 33

vous pourrez ainsi veiller la disparue

Answer 33

you will be able to watch over the missing person

Question 34

sans être athée

Answer 34

without being an atheist

Question 35

blanchie à la chaux et recouverte d'une verrière

Answer 35

whitewashed and covered with a glass roof

Question 36

meublée

Answer 36

furnished

Question 37

chevalets

Answer 37

easels

Question 38

des vis brillantes, à peine enfoncées

Answer 38

shiny screws, barely pressed in

Question 39

une infirmière

Answer 39

a nurse

Question 40

sarrau blanc, un foulard de couleur vive sur la tête

Answer 40

white lab coat, a brightly colored scarf on the head

Question 41

il a bégayé

Answer 41

he stuttered

Question 42

dévisser

Answer 42

unscrew

Question 43

j'étais gêné

Answer 43

I was embarrassed

Question 44

s'il s'informait

Answer 44

if he inquired

Question 45

tortillant sa moustache blanche

Answer 45

twirling his white moustache

Question 46

dirigée

Answer 46

directed

Question 47

un chancre

Answer 47

a canker

Question 48

le bandeau était plat

Answer 48

the headband was flat

Question 49

deux frelons bourdonnaient contre la verrière

Answer 49

two hornets were buzzing against the canopy

Question 50

cette présence me gênait

Answer 50

this presence bothered me

Question 51

ensuite il a beaucoup bavardé

Answer 51

then he chatted a lot

Question 52

il avait du mal à l'oublier

Answer 52

he found it hard to forget

Question 53

il faut courir derrière le corbillard

Answer 53

you have to run after the hearse

Question 54

le vieux avait rougi

Answer 54

the old man had blushed

Question 55

il se sentait valide

Answer 55

he felt valid

Question 56

indigent

Answer 56

destitute

Question 57

la nuit s'était épaissie au-dessus de la verrière

Answer 57

the night had thickened above the canopy

Question 58

le commutateur

Answer 58

the switch

Question 59

aveuglé

Answer 59

blinded

Question 60

l'éclaboussement soudain de la lumière

Answer 60

the sudden splash of light

Question 61

la coutume

Answer 61

custom

Question 62

ainsi

Answer 62

thus

Question 63

il est sorti, est revenu a disposé des chaises

Answer 63

he went out, came back and arranged the chairs

Question 64

empilé

Answer 64

stacked

Question 65

aussi au fond

Answer 65

also at the bottom

Question 66

tricoter

Answer 66

knit

Question 67

j'ai somnolé

Answer 67

I dozed off

Question 68

frôlement

Answer 68

grazing

Question 69

les courbes

Answer 69

the curves

Question 70

pureté blessante

Answer 70

hurtful purity

Question 71

glissaient

Answer 71

slipped

Question 72

aveuglante

Answer 72

blinding

Question 73

grinçât

Answer 73

squeaky

Question 74

un tablier

Answer 74

an apron

Question 75

le cordon

Answer 75

the cord

Question 76

ressortir leur ventre bombé

Answer 76

show off their bulging bellies