Chapitre 4 Flashcards

1
Q

Le gardien

A

The Keeper

ex: the keeper of the key

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2
Q

Se réveiller en sursaut

A

Jerked away.

ex: Dudley jerked away

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3
Q

Déraper, glisser

A

To skid.
ex: Uncle Vernon came skidding into the room.
Synonyme: to slide without control.

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4
Q

Un fusil

A

A rifle.

ex: He was holding a rifle in his hands.

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5
Q

Crier

A

To shout.

Who’s there? he shouted

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6
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Etre arraché

A

To swung clean off.

The door was hit with such force that it swung clean off its hinges.

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7
Q

Se tenir debout

A

To be standing.

A giant man was standing in the doorway.

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8
Q

Devant la porte

A

in the doorway.

A giant man was standing in the doorway.

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9
Q

Des gonds, charnières (1 Pièce métallique autour de laquelle pivote un battant de porte ou de fenêtre)

A

The hinges

The door was hit with such force that it swung clean off its hinges.

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10
Q

Assourdissant

A

Deafening, extremely loud.

(…) with a deafeing crash landed flat on the floor.

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11
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Atterrir

A

to land.

The door landed flat on the door.

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12
Q

A plat

A

flat

The door landed flat on the door.

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13
Q

Epais

A

tangled. His face was completely hidden by a tangled beard.

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14
Q

Une crinière

A

A mane of hair

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15
Q

Etinceler

A

to glint, to shine in small flashes

You could make out his eyes glinting like black beetles under all the hair

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16
Q

Voir et identifier

A

to make out.

You could make out his eyes glinting like black beetles under all the hair

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17
Q

Se glisser,

A

to squeezed (manage to get into a narrow)

The giant squeezed his way into the hut

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18
Q

Une petite maison

A

A hut (a small and simple house)

The giant squeezed his way into the hut

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19
Q

Se pencher

A

to stoop (to ben down or over)

The giant stooping so that his head brushed the ceiling.

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20
Q

Eflleurer, froler

A

to brush

The giant stooping so that his head brushed the ceiling.

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21
Q

Ramasser

A

To pick up

He picked up the door

22
Q

Fixer, encastrer, installer

A

To fit

He fitted back into his frame

23
Q

Un support

A

a frame

He fitted back into his frame

24
Q

to drop

A

S’atténuer, baisser

The noise dropped a little.

25
Q

avancer, marcher à grandes enjambées

A

to strode (to walk with very long steps)

The strode over the sofa where Dudley sat frozen with fear

26
Q

vers

A

over

The strode over the sofa where Dudley sat frozen with fear

27
Q

Glacé d’effroi

A

frozen with fear

He strode over the sofa where Dudley sat frozen with fear

28
Q

“Bouge”

A

“budge up” (to move slightly)

29
Q

“gros tas”, “lourdaud”

A

“great lump”

30
Q

Pousser un cri

A

to squeak (to say with a high voice)

Dudley seqaked and ran to hide behind his mother

31
Q

Etre accroupi

A

to be crouching

she was crouching, terrified between Uncle Vernon

32
Q

Féroce

A

Fierce

Harry look up into the fierce face and saw that the bettles yes were crinkled in a smile.

33
Q

Scarabée

A

beetle

The bettle eyes were crinkled in a smile

34
Q

Plissé (yeux)

A

crinkled (to for small thin lines)

The bettle eyes were crinkled in a smile

35
Q

Un grognement

A

A rasping noise

Uncle Vernon made a funny rasping noise

36
Q

Tout de suite

A

At once

37
Q

“You were breaking end entering!”

A

“Vous êtes en effraction!”

38
Q

Atteindre

A

to reach

39
Q

to jerk out of hands

A

arracher, prendre des mains

He jerked the gun out of Uncle Vernon’s hand

40
Q

Faire un nœud

A

To bent into a knot

41
Q

Du caoutchouc

A

rubber

To bent into a knot as easily as if it had been a made of rubber

42
Q

Jeter, balancer

A

to threw

He threw the gun into a corner of the room

43
Q

Piétiner

A

trodden on

UV made another funny noise like a mouse being trodden on.

44
Q

Le gout

Gouter

A

The taste

It will taste all right.

45
Q

Tirer

A

to pull

he pulled a slightly squashed box

46
Q

Un peu

A

slightly

47
Q

écrasée

A

squashed

he pulled a slightly squashed box

48
Q

Collant

A

Sticky

a sticky chocolate cake

49
Q

Rire

A

To chuck (to laugh in a quiet way)

The giant chuckled

50
Q

Tendre

A

To held out

He hled out an enormous hand