Chaptre 01 Flashcards

acquire vocabulary from the book

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bondé

L’amphithéâtre était bondé, mais silencieux.

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jammed, packed, full

The lecture hall was packed, but silent.

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toucher à sa fin

Le cours de philosophie délivré par Matthew touchait à sa fin.

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to wrap up, to wind up, to come to an end

The philosophy course held by Matthew was winding up.

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dévisiger

Assise au premier rang, Erika, vingt-deux ans, dévisigeait son professeur avec intensité.

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to stare

Seated in the first row, Erika, twenty-two, stared intently at her professor.

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susciter d’émoi

Son visage juvénile, ses cheveux courts et sa barbe naissante lui donnaient un charme indéniable qui suscitait beaucoup d’émoi parmi les étudiantes.

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to cause a stir

His youthful looks, his short hair and his trimmed beard gave him an undeniable charm that caused quite a stir among his students.

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davantage que

Mais davantage que sa belle gueule, c’était surtout son éloquence qui faisait sa séduction.

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more than

But more than his handsome face, his seductive quality lay mainly in his eloquence.

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le bouche-à-oreille

Grâce au bouche-à-oreille, plus de huit cents étudiantes s’étaient inscrits ce trimestre pour suivre son enseignement.

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word of mouth

Thanks to word of mouth, more than eight hundred students were registered to follow his instruction this trimester.

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la colonne vertébrale

Calligraphiée au tableau, la phrase d’Épicure constituait la colonne vertébrale de l’enseignement de Matt.

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backbone, spine

Handwritten on the board, the phrase by Epicureus constituted the backbone of Matt’s instruction style.

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abscons

Ses cours de philosophie se voulaient accessibles et ne s’encombraient pas de concepts abscons.

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obscure

His philosophy courses were meant to be accessible and weren’t weighed down by obscure concepts.

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tandis que

Les naufragés de ‘Lost’ offraient une réflexion sur le contrat social, tandis que les publicitaire machinistes de ‘Mad Men’ ouvraient une porte pour étudier l’évolution des rapports entre les hommes et les femmes.

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while, whereas

The castaways in ‘Lost’ offered a reflection on the social contract while the mechanical publicists in ‘Mad Men’ opened the door to study the evolution of the relationship between men and women.

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l’agacement (m)

Si cette philosophie pragmatique avait contribué à faire de lui une « star » du campus, elle avait aussi suscité beaucoup de jalousie et d’agacement de la part de collègues qui trouvaient le contenu de son enseignement superficiel.

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irritation

Though that pragmatic philosophie had helped make him a “star” on campus, it had also inspired plenty of jealousy and irritation among his colleagues, who found the content of his instruction superficial.

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agacer

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to irritate,
to get on sb’s nerves

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griser

Même si le livre s’était bien vendu, le jeune prof ne s’était pas laissé griser par cette notoriété naissante et était toujours resté disponible pour ses élèves et attentif à leur réussite.

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to carry away, to intoxicate

Even though the book had sold well, the young professor hadn’t gotten carried away by his budding fame and had always remained available to his students and attentive to their success.

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le rebondissement

Mais la belle histoire avait connu un rebondissement tragique.

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new development, new turn

But the lovely story was to take a new, tragic turn.

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désemparé

Une disparition soudaine et brutale qui l’avait laisse désemparé.

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helpless (person), crippled (vehicle)

A sudden, brutal disappearance that had left him helpless.

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plisser les yeux

Elle plissa les yeux pour mieux détailler son professeur.

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to squint

She squinted to study her professor in better detail.

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durci

Ses traits s’étaient durcis, son regard avait perdu sa flamme ; cependant, le deuil et le chagrin lui donnaient une aura ténébreuse et mélancolique.

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hardened

His features had hardened, his glance had lost its flame; however, the grief and the sorrow gave him an aura of mystery and melancholy.

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cependant

Ses traits s’étaient durcis, son regard avait perdu sa flamme ; cependant, le deuil et le chagrin lui donnaient une aura ténébreuse et mélancolique.

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however, nevertheless

His features had hardened, his glance had lost its flame; however, the grief and the sorrow gave him an aura of mystery and melancholy.

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le deuil

Ses traits s’étaient durcis, son regard avait perdu sa flamme ; cependant, le deuil et le chagrin lui donnaient une aura ténébreuse et mélancolique.

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grief, bereavement, mourning

His features had hardened, his glance had lost its flame; however, the grief and the sorrow gave him an aura of mystery and melancholy.

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le chagrin

Ses traits s’étaient durcis, son regard avait perdu sa flamme ; cependant, le deuil et le chagrin lui donnaient une aura ténébreuse et mélancolique.

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grief, sorrow

His features had hardened, his glance had lost its flame; however, the grief and the sorrow gave him an aura of mystery and melancholy.

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ténébreux, ténébreuse

Ses traits s’étaient durcis, son regard avait perdu sa flamme ; cependant, le deuil et le chagrin lui donnaient une aura ténébreuse et mélancolique.

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mysterious, obscure,
saturnine

His features had hardened, his glance had lost its flame; however, the grief and the sorrow gave him an aura of mystery and melancholy.

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