Kafka sur le plage 6 - Sheet 1 Flashcards
trancher
to cut, to sever, to slice through, to settle, to solve, to decide
to monopolize
( > to carry off (victoire), to grab, to take over, to absorb )
accaparer
[ > s’emparer de, agripper, attraper, arracher, saisir, cueillir, étreindre, récuperer ]
astreindre quelqu’un
to tie sb. down to, to force/compel/oblige sb. to do sth.
> assujettir, asservir, accrocher
éprouver
to feel, to experience, to try/test sb. out, to suffer, to sustain
[ > essuyer, subir, souffrir, percevoir, ressentir ]
m. détournement
hijacking (d’avion), diversion, misappropriation (finance)
> une divagation
boucher
to fill up, to cork, to plug, to stop, to obstruct, to block
[ > déboucher, un bouchon, un tire-bouchon ]
divulguer
to disclose, to reveal, to divulge
[ dévoiler, déceler, trahir, révéler ]
m. appendice
appendix [ dt. Blinddarm ],
appendage (Anhängsel), snout
bitterness
bitterness
f. une f. amertume
[ > amer, amère ]
[ rêche, ascerbe, cuisant, âpre ]
f. tranche
slice, stage, phase, slot, edge
[ > un créneau - slot, niche, gap ]
dégrader
to degrade, to damage, to shade (couleur), to reduce gradually (lumière)
[ > estomper, une lumière tamisée ]
[ > abîmer - to spoil, to damage, to ruin, to injure ]
to feed
( + to supply, to fuel, to sustain )
alimenter
[ > attiser - to fuel, to stir up ]
[ > une pâture, une nourriture, un aliment ]
mise en garde
warning, disclaimer, admonition (Ermahnung)
> un avertissement, une remontrance, une exhortation
se déplacer
to move (around), to be displaced, to travel [ > bourlinguer, voyager ]
convoquer
to call together, to summon, to invite, to convene (einberufen)
sombrer
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 ]
diffuser
to spread, to disseminate, to broadcast, to hand out, to distribute, to sell
[ > étaler, disséminer, étendre, répandre, se propager, déployer ]
surrender
f. une reddition
the next day
( + following day )
m. le lendemain
[ != la veille - the day before ]
un synonyme pour engranger
( + to keep, to retain, to preserve, to conserve, to tin )
conserver
[ > économiser, stocker, accumuler ]
to delight
réjouir
out of
( + away from ) hors de [ != lors de - during, at the time of ] [ != lorsque - when ] [ != puisque - since, because ] [ > en dehors de - apart from ]
veiller
to watch / vigil over, to keep watch, to sit / stay up
[ > une vigie (lookout), un guetteur, découcher, être aux aguets ]
entendue
knowing, agreed, very well
[ != une étendue - area, range, length, extent, stretch ]
hardly
( + barely, scarcely )
à peine
m. terme
term, word, end, deadline
[ > une date limite, une échéance, un délai ]
rater
to fail, to miss
[ > flancher, échouer, vaciller, lâcher, faillir ]
to annihilate
( + to destroy, to wipe out, to dash, to overwhelm, to exhaust )
anéantir
[ > accabler, submerger, écraser, exténuer, épuiser ]
paraître
to appear, to come out, to show, to turn up, to be published, to seem
bavard,e
talkative, wordy, long-winded
[ > loquace, volubile, causant, jaseur ]
to make a racket
chahuter
[ > faire du foin, un tintamarre, un vacarme, un tapage, un fracas, un tumulte ]
f. connaissance
consciousness, knowledge, aquaintance
m. entretien
maintenance, interview, discussion
> mal / bien entretenu
> un entretien d’embauche
to admit
( + to confess to )
avouer
[ > convenir de - to agree, to accept, to admit ]
[ > faire un aveu, passer aux aveux ]
fourrer
to stick, to fill, to shove, to put, to leave
[ > bourrer, remplir, entasser, farcir, engouffrer, enfoncer ]
weary, tired
las, lasse
ardently
( > fervently, passionately )
ardemment
> fougueux,se ( + spirited, fiery )
> passionnant,e
pencher
to lean, to tilt, to be inclined to, to tend to, to slope away
m. pl. reins
back, loin, waist
> se donner un tour de reins
croissant
growing, increasing
[ croître ]
some, a few
quelques-uns
flotter
to float, to hang, to flap, to flutter, to wander, to roam
[ > voleter ]
à la fois
at a time, at the same time, together
vis-à-vis de
towards, by comparison with, next to, against
m. dégout
disgust, distaste, weariness
to anchor
( + to root )
ancrer
exactly
au juste
f. lassitude
tiredness, weariness, lassitude (Trägheit)
creuser
to dig, to excavate, to bore, to scoop out, to hollow out, to look, to go into
