Kafka sur le plage 6 - Sheet 1

Question 1

trancher

Answer 1

to cut, to sever, to slice through, to settle, to solve, to decide

Question 2

to monopolize

Answer 2

( > to carry off (victoire), to grab, to take over, to absorb )
accaparer
[ > s’emparer de, agripper, attraper, arracher, saisir, cueillir, étreindre, récuperer ]

Question 3

astreindre quelqu’un

Answer 3

to tie sb. down to, to force/compel/oblige sb. to do sth.

> assujettir, asservir, accrocher

Question 4

éprouver

Answer 4

to feel, to experience, to try/test sb. out, to suffer, to sustain
[ > essuyer, subir, souffrir, percevoir, ressentir ]

Question 5

m. détournement

Answer 5

hijacking (d’avion), diversion, misappropriation (finance)

> une divagation

Question 6

boucher

Answer 6

to fill up, to cork, to plug, to stop, to obstruct, to block

[ > déboucher, un bouchon, un tire-bouchon ]

Question 7

divulguer

Answer 7

to disclose, to reveal, to divulge

[ dévoiler, déceler, trahir, révéler ]

Question 8

m. appendice

Answer 8

appendix [ dt. Blinddarm ],

appendage (Anhängsel), snout

Question 9

bitterness

Answer 9

bitterness
f. une f. amertume
[ > amer, amère ]
[ rêche, ascerbe, cuisant, âpre ]

Question 10

f. tranche

Answer 10

slice, stage, phase, slot, edge

[ > un créneau - slot, niche, gap ]

Question 11

dégrader

Answer 11

to degrade, to damage, to shade (couleur), to reduce gradually (lumière)
[ > estomper, une lumière tamisée ]
[ > abîmer - to spoil, to damage, to ruin, to injure ]

Question 12

to feed

Answer 12

( + to supply, to fuel, to sustain )
alimenter
[ > attiser - to fuel, to stir up ]
[ > une pâture, une nourriture, un aliment ]

Question 13

mise en garde

Answer 13

warning, disclaimer, admonition (Ermahnung)

> un avertissement, une remontrance, une exhortation

Question 14

se déplacer

Answer 14

to move (around), to be displaced, to travel
[ > bourlinguer, voyager ]

Question 15

convoquer

Answer 15

to call together, to summon, to invite, to convene (einberufen)

Question 16

sombrer

Answer 16

to sink, to fall, to collapse, to decline, to fade, to founder (scheitern, versinken, untergehen, stolpern, fehlschlagen)
[ > engloutir, dégringoler, s’écrouler, s’effondrer, avachir, s’affaler, fléchir, couler ]

Question 17

diffuser

Answer 17

to spread, to disseminate, to broadcast, to hand out, to distribute, to sell
[ > étaler, disséminer, étendre, répandre, se propager, déployer ]

Question 18

surrender

Answer 18

f. une reddition

Question 19

the next day

Answer 19

( + following day )
m. le lendemain
[ != la veille - the day before ]

Question 20

un synonyme pour engranger

Answer 20

( + to keep, to retain, to preserve, to conserve, to tin )
conserver
[ > économiser, stocker, accumuler ]

Question 21

to delight

Answer 21

réjouir

Question 22

out of

Answer 22

( + away from )
hors de
[ != lors de - during, at the time of ]
[ != lorsque - when ]
[ != puisque - since, because ]
[ > en dehors de - apart from ]

Question 23

veiller

Answer 23

to watch / vigil over, to keep watch, to sit / stay up

[ > une vigie (lookout), un guetteur, découcher, être aux aguets ]

Question 24

entendue

Answer 24

knowing, agreed, very well

[ != une étendue - area, range, length, extent, stretch ]

Question 25

hardly

Answer 25

( + barely, scarcely )

à peine

Question 26

m. terme

Answer 26

term, word, end, deadline

[ > une date limite, une échéance, un délai ]

Question 27

rater

Answer 27

to fail, to miss

[ > flancher, échouer, vaciller, lâcher, faillir ]

Question 28

to annihilate

Answer 28

( + to destroy, to wipe out, to dash, to overwhelm, to exhaust )
anéantir
[ > accabler, submerger, écraser, exténuer, épuiser ]

Question 29

paraître

Answer 29

to appear, to come out, to show, to turn up, to be published, to seem

Question 30

bavard,e

Answer 30

talkative, wordy, long-winded

[ > loquace, volubile, causant, jaseur ]

Question 31

to make a racket

Answer 31

chahuter

[ > faire du foin, un tintamarre, un vacarme, un tapage, un fracas, un tumulte ]

Question 32

f. connaissance

Answer 32

consciousness, knowledge, aquaintance

Question 33

m. entretien

Answer 33

maintenance, interview, discussion
> mal / bien entretenu
> un entretien d’embauche

Question 34

to admit

Answer 34

( + to confess to )
avouer
[ > convenir de - to agree, to accept, to admit ]
[ > faire un aveu, passer aux aveux ]

Question 35

fourrer

Answer 35

to stick, to fill, to shove, to put, to leave

[ > bourrer, remplir, entasser, farcir, engouffrer, enfoncer ]

Question 36

weary, tired

Answer 36

las, lasse

Question 37

ardently

Answer 37

( > fervently, passionately )
ardemment
> fougueux,se ( + spirited, fiery )
> passionnant,e

Question 38

pencher

Answer 38

to lean, to tilt, to be inclined to, to tend to, to slope away

Question 39

m. pl. reins

Answer 39

back, loin, waist

> se donner un tour de reins

Question 40

croissant

Answer 40

growing, increasing

[ croître ]

Question 41

some, a few

Answer 41

quelques-uns

Question 42

flotter

Answer 42

to float, to hang, to flap, to flutter, to wander, to roam

[ > voleter ]

Question 43

à la fois

Answer 43

at a time, at the same time, together

Question 44

vis-à-vis de

Answer 44

towards, by comparison with, next to, against

Question 45

m. dégout

Answer 45

disgust, distaste, weariness

Question 46

to anchor

Answer 46

( + to root )

ancrer

Question 47

exactly

Answer 47

au juste

Question 48

f. lassitude

Answer 48

tiredness, weariness, lassitude (Trägheit)

Question 49

creuser

Answer 49

to dig, to excavate, to bore, to scoop out, to hollow out, to look, to go into