Exam S5

Question 1

House VS home

Answer 1

House = physical place
Home = emotional thing

Question 2

Accélérer

Answer 2

To pick up her pace

Question 3

To hurry up que peux tu dire ?

Answer 3

Hurry up = forme impérative, only when you tell someone.

Question 4

To head def

Answer 4

To move in a direction of

Question 5

To quicken a step, que peux tu dire?

Answer 5

Idiomatic expression on peut pas séparer les termes et les utiliser autrement

Question 6

To accelerate : quand l’utilise-t-on?

Answer 6

To accelerate a car pas pour body

Question 7

To reach, quand l’utilise-t-on?

Answer 7

Only when intentional mouvement

Question 8

Difference bare et naked

Answer 8

Bare-chested etc = nu alors que “naked” = un corps entier qui est nu

Question 9

Tennis de toile

Answer 9

Canvas tennis shoes

Question 10

Toile

Answer 10

Canva : both for painting & fabric

Question 11

To move quickly : especially for animals

Answer 11

To scurry

Question 12

Fougères

Answer 12

Ferns

Question 13

Rayé

Answer 13

Striped

Question 14

Par précaution : que peux tu dire dessus

Answer 14

Different de la manière dont elle parle, ce n’est pas un adverbe mais c’est plutôt sur la raison pour laquelle elle le fait
=in case

Question 15

Une voix ou un bruit sourde comment le traduis tu ?

Answer 15

A muted /muffled sound

Question 16

To do something voluntarily what does it mean? Contrary?

Answer 16

Contrary = to be forced to do sth,
Here = to do with own free-will, intentionally

Question 17

Comment traduire “La Moufette” ‘

Answer 17

Soit LA Moufette soit
“skunky” sans article car en anglais on utilise pas “the” pour les noms

Question 18

rien ni personne
+ règle quand phrase négative

Answer 18

nothing NOR / OR nobody : quand c’est négatif on ne peut pas mettre AND

Question 19

weary

Answer 19

las, fatigué, épuisé

Question 20

skittish

Answer 20

nerveux

Question 21

Cat : it / she/ he

Answer 21

Ici, cat is being anthropomorphised though the text ==> LA Moufette = She

Question 22

S’adapter

Answer 22

To adapt. pas herself apres !!

Question 23

to make someone out to be meaning

Answer 23

To represent someone in a certain way

Question 24

Comment faire quand verbe reflexif en francais ?

Answer 24

try wihhout in English and see what happens because in French ++ verbes reflexifs et pas traduits en Anglais. Ex: SE laver les main = wash one’s hands

Question 25

Find que peux tu dire ?

Answer 25

Trouver MAIS Eviter de l'utiliser, very limited use in english when you find sth you keep it

Question 26

En remontant vers la maison

Answer 26

Heading/going back up towards the house

Question 27

elle pressa le pas

Answer 27

she quickened her pace she started walking faster she picked up the pace

Question 28

humidité

Answer 28

humidity /moisture

Question 29

pieds nus

Answer 29

bare feet

Question 30

détaler

Answer 30

dash dart run

Question 31

écureuil

Answer 31

squirrel

Question 32

voix déformée

Answer 32

DISTORTED voice (colloque bien)

Question 33

La Moufette rayée

Answer 33

Striped skunky

Question 34

Mais rien ni personne ne se manifesta

Answer 34

But there was no response Nothing happened

Question 35

La chatte devait se trouver dans les environs immédiats de la maison

Answer 35

The cat should be / have been somewhere CLOSER to the house

Question 36

Il lui fallait un temps d'adaptation

Answer 36

She would need some time to adapt

Question 37

Elle se risquerait dans les fougères, ferait sienne la prairie aux herbes trop hautes que personne n'était venu gaucher, gagnerait les pins, qui sait.

Answer 37

Eventually, she would venture into the ferns, claiming the field of tall uncut grass. Who knows she might even make it as far as the pine trees.

Question 38

l'eau de pluie

Answer 38

rainwater

Question 39

l'eau de mer

Answer 39

salt water

Question 40

génie

Answer 40

genius