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Kafka sur le rivage 2 > Deck 1 > Flashcards

Deck 1 Flashcards

1
Q

draft

A

un vent coulis

[ > un repêchage, une traite, un brouillon, une conscription ]

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2
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valve

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f. soupape (i.e. du poêle - stove, furnace, frying pan)

[ > le piston ]

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3
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atténuer

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to ease, to alleviate, to reduce

[ > apaiser, pallier, bercer, soulager, alléger, adoucir ]

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4
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muter

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to transfer, to mutate

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5
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to ride

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[ + to overlap, to straddle (grätschen, überspannen) ]

chevaucher

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6
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wall

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f. une muraille, m. un mur

> une paroi (à l’extérieur)

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7
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canopy

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m. dais
[ > une voûte, un baldaquin ]
[ > un auvent + porch roof ]

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8
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cime

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f. top, peak
[ > une apogée, un pic, un sommet ]
[ > culminer - to reach its peak ]

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9
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hoot

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(= Schrei, Ruf, Gejaule) f. hulule

[ > une chouette, un hibou ]

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10
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maze

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m. lacis

m. un dédale

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11
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poisonous

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(+ harmful) délétère (adj.)
[ = vénéneux,se ]
[ > nosif, nuisible, néfaste, malfaisant ]

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12
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to do push-ups

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faire des pompes

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13
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Crazy

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(+ insane, mad, wild) fou, folle
(Les herbes [f.] folles)

[ > cinglé, fêlé (nuts, hoarse, cracked), givré, taré, déjanté, dingue, farfelu ]

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14
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headstand

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m. poirier

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15
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flow

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m. débit

[ > le cours ]

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16
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kettle

A 
f. bouilloire
[ > une marmite - cooking pot ]
[ > une casserole - saucing pan ]
[ > un pôele - stove, furnance, frying pan ]
[ != un bouillon - broth, stock ]
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17
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brook

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(= Bach) m. ruisseau
> une calanque
> ruisseler - to stream, to trickle, to drip

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18
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louche à verlan (l’envers)

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chelou - suspicious, strange, weird
[ > farfelu - crazy, odd, strange ]
[ marrant - funny, odd, strange ]
[ pas net - weird, strange, out of focus ]
[ véreux - shady, dubious, wormy, maggoty ]

19
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I jack off twice a day

A

Je me branle deux fois par jour

[ > se palucher, se masturber ]

20
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terne (adj.)

A

dim, drab, dull, lacklustre, dreary (trostlos)
[ > morne - gloomy, dull, dismal ]
[ > glauque, triste ]
[ > éteint,e - quelconque ]

21
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scheming

A

(Intrigen, Machenschaften, Gaunerei = trickery)
f. magouille
[ > une manigance, une intrigue, une combine ]

22
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soumettre

A

to submit, to test, to subdue (bezwingen, überwältigen, unterdrücken, lindern)
[être soumis à - to be subject to]
[ > assujetti à - to be liable for ]
[ > se soumettre à - adhérer à ]

23
Q

rabattre

A

to turn down, to pull down, to reduce, to decrease

[ > tirailler, abaisser, tirer, atténuer, amenuiser, réduire, diminuer, dégrader ]
[ > alléger + to lighten, to make lighter, to relieve, to soothe ]

24
Q

hazards

A

m. pl. aléas (= Gefahr, Risiko, Zufall, Hindernis)

25
Q

to shout at the top of one’s voice

A

crier (chanter, hurler) à tue-tête

26
Q

repérer

A

to spot, to locate, (+se) to find a way, to find one’s way around
[ > decéler - to detect, to spot, to reveal, to give away ]
[ > dénicher - to unearth, to dig up, to discover, to spot ]
[ > un repère ]

27
Q

to bless

A

bénir

> bénin,bénigne

28
Q

foliage

A

m. feuillage

29
Q

raidillon

A

m. steep path

30
Q

gloomy

A

lugubre, sombre, déprimant, morne [dismal]

31
Q

notch, cut

A

f. une encoche, une entaille (faire des encoches avec la hachette)

32
Q

(dirty) dishes

A

la vaisselle

[ > faire la vaisselle, faire la plonge ]

33
Q

Can I cum on your tits?

A

Peux-je jouir sur tes nichons?

34
Q

to fool / mess around, to talk rubbish

A

[dekɔne] déconner
[ > tripoter ]
[ > raconter des bobards ]

35
Q

pénurie

A

f. [le manque] paucity (Mangel), destitution

[la pauvreté, démuni]

36
Q

stoop

A

(entrance stairway: Dt. Treppe) - m. perron

37
Q

to receive

A

( + to hold )
receler
recevoir ( + to great, to welcome, to take in )

38
Q

to flush the toilet

A

tirer la chasse

39
Q

ember

A

f. braise

40
Q

futaie

A

f. forest, (un arbre de haute futaie: mature tree)

> la forêt

41
Q

fern

A

f. fougère

42
Q

Go milk your rod

A

Va faire pleurer le colosse!

43
Q

respectful

A

révérencieux,se

44
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vulgaire

A

vulgar, coarse, common, ordinary, mundane

[ > cru, brut, rugueux, banal, une platitude, une banalité, quelconque ]

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