Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Albert Camus, L'étranger > Chapter 1 > Flashcards

Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
Q

ash

A

la cendre

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

a hornet

A

un frelon

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

to stutter (not balbutier)

A

bégayer

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

dangling

A

ballant

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

a lid/ cover

A

une couvercle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

a coffin

A

une bière

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

an artists easel

A

un chevalet

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

a glass wall/ ceiling

A

une verrière

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

to limp slightly

A

claudiquer

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

tar/ tarmac

A

le goudron

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

pasty/ pallid/ wane

A

blafard

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

adj. bone/ boney/ skeletal

A

osseux

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

adj. poor/ destitute/ indigent

A

indigent

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

the thickness/ density

A

l’épaisseur (f)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

the thickness of the fog prevented us from going

A

L’épaisseur du brouillard nous empêchait d’avancer.

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

the splashing

A

l’éclaboussement (m)

17
Q

to twist/ spiral/ curl hair

A

tirebouchonner

18
Q

to knit

A

tricoter

19
Q

the light touch

A

le frôlement

20
Q

to mumble

A

bredouiller

21
Q

to make an impression on/ to expose (photography)

A

impressionner

22
Q

the chatter

A

le jacassement

23
Q

to nod ones head gently

A

dodeliner de la tête

24
Q

a commotion

A

un remue-ménage

25
Q

we would have sounded like the muffled chattering of parakeets

A

On aurait dit d’un jacassement assourdi de perruches

26
Q

we thought this way you could watch over the deceased

A

Nous avons pensé que vous pourriez ainsi veiller la disparue.

27
Q

I took it upon myself to do what was necessary

A

J’ai pris sur moi de faire le nécessaire

28
Q

two hornets buzzed against the class roof

A

Deux frelons bourdonnaient contre la verrière

29
Q

very quickly, the night had thickened above the glass roof

A

Très vite, la nuit s’était épaissie au-dessus de la verrière

30
Q

idiom - rub salt into the wound

A

remuer le couteau dans la plaie

Albert Camus, L'étranger (2 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions