Exam S5 Flashcards

1
Q

House VS home

A

House = physical place
Home = emotional thing

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2
Q

Accélérer

A

To pick up her pace

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3
Q

To hurry up que peux tu dire ?

A

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

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4
Q

To head def

A

To move in a direction of

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5
Q

To quicken a step, que peux tu dire?

A

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

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6
Q

To accelerate : quand l’utilise-t-on?

A

To accelerate a car pas pour body

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7
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To reach, quand l’utilise-t-on?

A

Only when intentional mouvement

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8
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Difference bare et naked

A

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

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9
Q

Tennis de toile

A

Canvas tennis shoes

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10
Q

Toile

A

Canva : both for painting & fabric

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11
Q

To move quickly : especially for animals

A

To scurry

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12
Q

Fougères

A

Ferns

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13
Q

Rayé

A

Striped

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14
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Par précaution : que peux tu dire dessus

A

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

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15
Q

Une voix ou un bruit sourde comment le traduis tu ?

A

A muted /muffled sound

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16
Q

To do something voluntarily what does it mean? Contrary?

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

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17
Q

Comment traduire “La Moufette” ‘

A

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

18
Q

rien ni personne
+ règle quand phrase négative

A

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

19
Q

weary

A

las, fatigué, épuisé

20
Q

skittish

A

nerveux

21
Q

Cat : it / she/ he

A

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

22
Q

S’adapter

A

To adapt. pas herself apres !!

23
Q

to make someone out to be meaning

A

To represent someone in a certain way

24
Q

Comment faire quand verbe reflexif en francais ?

A

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

25
Q

Find que peux tu dire ?

A

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

26
Q

En remontant vers la maison

A

Heading/going back up towards the house

27
Q

elle pressa le pas

A

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

28
Q

humidité

A

humidity /moisture

29
Q

pieds nus

A

bare feet

30
Q

détaler

A

dash
dart
run

31
Q

écureuil

A

squirrel

32
Q

voix déformée

A

DISTORTED voice (colloque bien)

33
Q

La Moufette rayée

A

Striped skunky

34
Q

Mais rien ni personne ne se manifesta

A

But there was no response
Nothing happened

35
Q

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

A

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

36
Q

Il lui fallait un temps d’adaptation

A

She would need some time to adapt

37
Q

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.

A

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.

38
Q

l’eau de pluie

A

rainwater

39
Q

l’eau de mer

A

salt water

40
Q

génie

A

genius