Chapitre 4 Flashcards
Le gardien
The Keeper
ex: the keeper of the key
Se réveiller en sursaut
Jerked away.
ex: Dudley jerked away
Déraper, glisser
To skid.
ex: Uncle Vernon came skidding into the room.
Synonyme: to slide without control.
Un fusil
A rifle.
ex: He was holding a rifle in his hands.
Crier
To shout.
Who’s there? he shouted
Etre arraché
To swung clean off.
The door was hit with such force that it swung clean off its hinges.
Se tenir debout
To be standing.
A giant man was standing in the doorway.
Devant la porte
in the doorway.
A giant man was standing in the doorway.
Des gonds, charnières (1 Pièce métallique autour de laquelle pivote un battant de porte ou de fenêtre)
The hinges
The door was hit with such force that it swung clean off its hinges.
Assourdissant
Deafening, extremely loud.
(…) with a deafeing crash landed flat on the floor.
Atterrir
to land.
The door landed flat on the door.
A plat
flat
The door landed flat on the door.
Epais
tangled. His face was completely hidden by a tangled beard.
Une crinière
A mane of hair
Etinceler
to glint, to shine in small flashes
You could make out his eyes glinting like black beetles under all the hair
Voir et identifier
to make out.
You could make out his eyes glinting like black beetles under all the hair
Se glisser,
to squeezed (manage to get into a narrow)
The giant squeezed his way into the hut
Une petite maison
A hut (a small and simple house)
The giant squeezed his way into the hut
Se pencher
to stoop (to ben down or over)
The giant stooping so that his head brushed the ceiling.
Eflleurer, froler
to brush
The giant stooping so that his head brushed the ceiling.
Ramasser
To pick up
He picked up the door
Fixer, encastrer, installer
To fit
He fitted back into his frame
Un support
a frame
He fitted back into his frame
to drop
S’atténuer, baisser
The noise dropped a little.
avancer, marcher à grandes enjambées
to strode (to walk with very long steps)
The strode over the sofa where Dudley sat frozen with fear
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over
The strode over the sofa where Dudley sat frozen with fear
Glacé d’effroi
frozen with fear
He strode over the sofa where Dudley sat frozen with fear
“Bouge”
“budge up” (to move slightly)
“gros tas”, “lourdaud”
“great lump”
Pousser un cri
to squeak (to say with a high voice)
Dudley seqaked and ran to hide behind his mother
Etre accroupi
to be crouching
she was crouching, terrified between Uncle Vernon
Féroce
Fierce
Harry look up into the fierce face and saw that the bettles yes were crinkled in a smile.
Scarabée
beetle
The bettle eyes were crinkled in a smile
Plissé (yeux)
crinkled (to for small thin lines)
The bettle eyes were crinkled in a smile
Un grognement
A rasping noise
Uncle Vernon made a funny rasping noise
Tout de suite
At once
“You were breaking end entering!”
“Vous êtes en effraction!”
Atteindre
to reach
to jerk out of hands
arracher, prendre des mains
He jerked the gun out of Uncle Vernon’s hand
Faire un nœud
To bent into a knot
Du caoutchouc
rubber
To bent into a knot as easily as if it had been a made of rubber
Jeter, balancer
to threw
He threw the gun into a corner of the room
Piétiner
trodden on
UV made another funny noise like a mouse being trodden on.
Le gout
Gouter
The taste
It will taste all right.
Tirer
to pull
he pulled a slightly squashed box
Un peu
slightly
écrasée
squashed
he pulled a slightly squashed box
Collant
Sticky
a sticky chocolate cake
Rire
To chuck (to laugh in a quiet way)
The giant chuckled
Tendre
To held out
He hled out an enormous hand
