Caesar's De Bello Gallico 5.32

Question 1

At hostes,

Answer 1

But the enemy,

Question 2

posteaquam ex nocturnō fremitū vigiliīsque de profectione eorum senserunt,

Answer 2

after they sensed from the nocturnal noise and wakefulness concerning their departure,

Question 3

collocatīs insidiīs bipertitō in silvīs opportunō atque occultō locō

Answer 3

with ambushes placed in two parts in the woods in an opportune and hidden place

Question 4

a milibus passuum circiter duobus Romanorum adventum exspectabant,

Answer 4

they were awaiting the arrival of the Romans from around two miles,

Question 5

et cum se maior pars agminis in magnam convallem demisisset,

Answer 5

and when a larger part of the army had descended into a great valley,

Question 6

ex utraque parte eius vallis subito se ostenderunt

Answer 6

from both parts of this valley suddenly they showed themselves

Question 7

novissimosque premere et primōs prohibere ascensū (coeperunt)

Answer 7

and they began to check the latest men and to prevent the first men from an ascent

Question 8

atque iniquissimō nostrīs locō proelium committere coeperunt.

Answer 8

and they began in a most uneven place for our men to engage in battle.