Kafka sur le plage 7 - Sheet 1

Question 1

f. étendue

Answer 1

area, lenght, range, extend, stretch

Question 2

as best as one can

Answer 2

tant bien que mal

Question 3

precursory

Answer 3

(vorrausgehend, precursor = Vorläufer)
avant-coureur
[ > précéder ]
[ > liminaire - introductory ]

Question 4

hormis

Answer 4

save (for)

Question 5

cru, crue

Answer 5

raw, crude, coarse, blunt, uncompromising
[ rugueux,se - vulgaire ]
[ > brut,te - raw, crude, coarse, naked, untreated, pure ]
[ > contondant - blunt ]

Question 6

faire du foin

Answer 6

to make a din, to kick up a fuss

[ > chahuter, un vacarme, un tintamarre, un tapage, un tumulte, un fracas ]

Question 7

constater

Answer 7

to notice, to observe, to certify, to record, to list

[ consigner, relever, remarquer, apercevoir ]

Question 8

f. balade

Answer 8

walk, stroll, ramble (Wanderung, Bummeln), drive, spin, jaunt (Ausflug), trip
[ une promenade, une virée ]
[ > une divagation ]

Question 9

arracher

Answer 9

to pull out, to draw out, to tear / rip off, to snatch, to grab

Question 10

préoccuper

Answer 10

to worry, to concern, to preoccupy

[ > chiffonner, s’inquiéter se, se soucier de, tracasser, déconcerter ]

Question 11

éteindre

Answer 11

to turn / switch off, to extinguish

> s’éteindre - décéder, périr, mourir
étreindre - to embrace, to clutch, to grip

Question 12

f. insolation

Answer 12

sunstroke, sunshine, exposure (to light)

Question 13

m. brouillard

Answer 13

mist, fog
[ > une brume, une buée]
[ > brouiller, embrumer ]

Question 14

rendre

Answer 14

to give back, to pay back, to return, to make, to capture, to portray, to convey, to render, to express, to be productive/effective, to vomit, to yield, to reciprocate

Question 15

m. teint

Answer 15

complexion, colour

Question 16

m. devoir

Answer 16

assignment, exercise, obligation, duty

[ > une corvée [chore duty], un service, une activitée pénible ]

Question 17

f. fesse

Answer 17

buttocks, sex, pornography

[ f.pl. les fesses, un cul, un fion ]

Question 18

écouler

Answer 18

to sell, to dispose of, to get rid off, to pass, to drift away

Question 19

agir

Answer 19

to act, to take action, to behave, to do sth., to take effect, to work

Question 20

soudain

Answer 20

sudden, unexpected
> du coup
> tout à coup
> subitement

Question 21

se prêter

Answer 21

to invite, to lend oneself to

prêter à - to be open to, to give rise to, to invite

> le texte prête à confusion
[ != apprêter ]

Question 22

tortiller

Answer 22

to twist (mèche), to twiddle (doigts), to twirl (moustache), to wiggle (fesses)
[ > trémousser, frétiller, gigoter, torsader, entortiller, tordre, serpenter ]

Question 23

effrayer

Answer 23

to frighten, to scare

[ > une trouille, flipper sa race, avoir très peur, craindre ]

Question 24

aussi

Answer 24

too, also, so, such

Question 25

as much

Answer 25

( + as many )
autant de
[ != autant que - as far as ]
[ > tant que - as, as long as, so much as, while ]
[ > tant de - so much, so many, so hard ]

Question 26

disponible

Answer 26

free, available, receptive, open-minded

Question 27

gradually

Answer 27

au fur et à mesure

Question 28

informe

Answer 28

shapeless, battered, rough, unfinished

Question 29

attraper

Answer 29

to pick up, to capture, to catch, to grab, to get

[ > cueillir, s’emparer de, agripper, étreindre, dégoter, arracher, accaparer, ramasser ]

Question 30

infaillible

Answer 30

infallible (unfehlbar), reliable, guaranteed

[ > la faille, une faillite, le gage ]

Question 31

se dérouler

Answer 31

to unroll, to unwind, to be going on, to take place, to develop, to progress
[ > defiler - to scroll, to unwind ]
[ > le cours, avancer ]
[ > avoir lieu à - to take place in/at ]

Question 32

être bouche bée

Answer 32

open-mouthed, gaping

[ > béant, baîller ]

Question 33

soulager

Answer 33

to relieve, to soothe, to ease
[ alléger, atténuer, bercer, apaiser, pallier, relever ]
[ adoucir - to soften, to ease, to take the edge off ]

Question 34

s’agir de

Answer 34

to be about, to be a question of

Question 35

accomplir

Answer 35

to fulfill, to accomplish, to perform, to carry out

Question 36

f. immensité

Answer 36

immensity, enormity, vastness

Question 37

m. bois

Answer 37

wood, thicket, grove (Hain), copse, coppice [le bosquet, le bocage] (Gehölz), frame

Question 38

m. pl. soins

Answer 38

care, treatment, attention

Question 39

allonger

Answer 39

to lenghten, to stretch out, to lay down, to give, to produce, to come up with
(étirer, étendre, se prélasser)
[ > débiter (to saw up, to cut up, to produce, to discharge), fournir, façonner ]

Question 40

to feel sorry for

Answer 40

[ > to pity, to complain ]

plaindre

Question 41

sort of

Answer 41

f. une espèce (de)
( + kind of, species )
> payer en espèces

Question 42

although

Answer 42

although, despite the fact that
bien que
[ > quoique - though, although ]
[ > alors que - while, when, even though]