Kafka sur le plage 7 - Sheet 1 Flashcards
f. étendue
area, lenght, range, extend, stretch
as best as one can
tant bien que mal
precursory
(vorrausgehend, precursor = Vorläufer)
avant-coureur
[ > précéder ]
[ > liminaire - introductory ]
hormis
save (for)
cru, crue
raw, crude, coarse, blunt, uncompromising
[ rugueux,se - vulgaire ]
[ > brut,te - raw, crude, coarse, naked, untreated, pure ]
[ > contondant - blunt ]
faire du foin
to make a din, to kick up a fuss
[ > chahuter, un vacarme, un tintamarre, un tapage, un tumulte, un fracas ]
constater
to notice, to observe, to certify, to record, to list
[ consigner, relever, remarquer, apercevoir ]
f. balade
walk, stroll, ramble (Wanderung, Bummeln), drive, spin, jaunt (Ausflug), trip
[ une promenade, une virée ]
[ > une divagation ]
arracher
to pull out, to draw out, to tear / rip off, to snatch, to grab
préoccuper
to worry, to concern, to preoccupy
[ > chiffonner, s’inquiéter se, se soucier de, tracasser, déconcerter ]
éteindre
to turn / switch off, to extinguish
> s’éteindre - décéder, périr, mourir
étreindre - to embrace, to clutch, to grip
f. insolation
sunstroke, sunshine, exposure (to light)
m. brouillard
mist, fog
[ > une brume, une buée]
[ > brouiller, embrumer ]
rendre
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
m. teint
complexion, colour
m. devoir
assignment, exercise, obligation, duty
[ > une corvée [chore duty], un service, une activitée pénible ]
f. fesse
buttocks, sex, pornography
[ f.pl. les fesses, un cul, un fion ]
écouler
to sell, to dispose of, to get rid off, to pass, to drift away
agir
to act, to take action, to behave, to do sth., to take effect, to work
soudain
sudden, unexpected
> du coup
> tout à coup
> subitement
se prêter
to invite, to lend oneself to
prêter à - to be open to, to give rise to, to invite
> le texte prête à confusion
[ != apprêter ]
tortiller
to twist (mèche), to twiddle (doigts), to twirl (moustache), to wiggle (fesses) [ > trémousser, frétiller, gigoter, torsader, entortiller, tordre, serpenter ]
effrayer
to frighten, to scare
[ > une trouille, flipper sa race, avoir très peur, craindre ]
aussi
too, also, so, such
as much
( + 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 ]
disponible
free, available, receptive, open-minded
gradually
au fur et à mesure
informe
shapeless, battered, rough, unfinished
attraper
to pick up, to capture, to catch, to grab, to get
[ > cueillir, s’emparer de, agripper, étreindre, dégoter, arracher, accaparer, ramasser ]
infaillible
infallible (unfehlbar), reliable, guaranteed
[ > la faille, une faillite, le gage ]
se dérouler
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 ]
être bouche bée
open-mouthed, gaping
[ > béant, baîller ]
soulager
to relieve, to soothe, to ease
[ alléger, atténuer, bercer, apaiser, pallier, relever ]
[ adoucir - to soften, to ease, to take the edge off ]
s’agir de
to be about, to be a question of
accomplir
to fulfill, to accomplish, to perform, to carry out
f. immensité
immensity, enormity, vastness
m. bois
wood, thicket, grove (Hain), copse, coppice [le bosquet, le bocage] (Gehölz), frame
m. pl. soins
care, treatment, attention
allonger
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 ]
to feel sorry for
[ > to pity, to complain ]
plaindre
sort of
f. une espèce (de)
( + kind of, species )
> payer en espèces
although
although, despite the fact that
bien que
[ > quoique - though, although ]
[ > alors que - while, when, even though]
