kafka sur le plage NEW3 - Sheet 1 Flashcards
ticket office
( + counter, window )
m. un guichet
avancer
to push / to move / to bring forward, to reach, to hold out (tendre, parvenir, atteindre), to suggest, to lend, to advance, to make progress
[ > se dérouler ]
au bout de
after, at the end of, at the bottom of
enfouir
to bury, to nestle
[ != s’enfuir ]
[ > enterrer, ensevelir ]
secours
m. help, assistance, aid
[ le concours ]
[ != un discours - speech ]
cligner
to blink
[ > un clin d’oeil - wink ]
[ > ciller ]
[ > un cil - eyelash ]
s’évanouir
to faint, to pass out, to vanish, to disappear, to evaporate
[ > tomber en désuétude, disparaître, se volatilser ]
[ > s’envoler - to take off, to soar, to fly / blow away, to vanish ]
agiter
to shake, to wave, to wag, to brandish (fuchteln, schwingen), to trouble, to upset, to debate, to discuss
[ > déconcerter, bouleverser, navrer, affliger, chiffonner, déranger, tracasser, préoccuper, se soucier de, s’inquiéter ]
[ > se débattre ]
narquois
derisive (höhnisch, abfällig), mocking
[ > une raillerie, un persiflage ]
[ > narguer qn - to taunt, to scoff at ]
cueillette
f. gathering, picking, crop, harvest
[ > la moisson, une récolte, une vendange, cueillir, ramasser ]
évoquer
to call up, to conjure up, to evoke (hervorrufen, heraufbeschwören) , to call to mind, to be reminiscent of
[ > convoquer - to convene … ]
carrure
f. build (corps)
coin
m. corner, place, patch, spot
[ > une tache ]
réverbère
m. street lamp, streetlight, reflector
[ != un repère ]
[ > un lampadaire - streetlight ]
traîner
to pull, to drag, to haul, to lag, to linger, to hang around, to dawdle (trödeln) (s’attarder), to lie around, to be scattered around
[ > entraîner, ramener, tirailler, tirer, remorquer, rôder, glander, poireauter, gésir, parsemer, répandre, éparpiller, clairsemé ]
engourdir
to deaden, numb, to dull (ralentir l’esprit m.)
[ > engloutir - to devour, to gobble up, to wolf down, to go / sink down ]
tordre
to bend, to twist
s’attarder
to linger, to stay late, to dawdle
s’attarder sur: to linger over, to dwell on
[ > s’intéresser à, traîner ]
abaisser
to lower, to pull down, to push down, to let down
précipiter
to throw / to hurl (down) (faire tomber), to plunge, to quicken, to hasten, to speed up
[ lancer, projeter, accélérer, expédier ]
ressaisir
to catch / to grab / to seize again
[ > reprendre ]
pente
f. slope, incline [ > une côte, un amont ] [ > un versant - side, slope, aspect ] [ > un remblai - elevation, embankment ] [ != la parapente ]
déverser
to pour (out), to discharge, to vent (abreagieren, abladen)
[ dégager ]
[ > débiter - to saw / cut up, to produce, to discharge ]
[ > répandre ]
mordre
to bite, to eat into
[ > mordiller, manger, grignoter / mâcher ]
[ > becqueter - to eat, to peck at ]
[ > ronger - to gnaw at, to wear away, to eat into ]
[ > tenailler - to torment, to gnaw at, to rack ]
remuer
to move, to stir, to shift
paupière
f. eyelid
> un sourcil - eyebrow
noyer
to drown, to flood, walnut (m.) (tree, bois/arbre)
mignon, mignonne
sweet, pretty, cute
relever
to stand up / to pick up (again), to lift up, to put up, to raise, to increase, to rebuild, to enhance, to season, to spice up, to notice, to record, to sketch, to plot, to relieve, to release
[ > reprendre ]
[ > un relevé / un sommaire / un résumé ]
gazouillis
m. chirping, babbling
complément
m. rest, remainder, complement
prêter à
to be open to, to give rise to, to invite
vénéneux, vénéneuse
poisonous, toxic
[ > délétère ]
gésir
to lie, to be lying
[ > allonger, être étendu, traîner ]
according to
( + in accordance with )
conformément (à)
étendre
to open, to spread out, to stretch out, to broaden, to extend, to dilute, to thin down
[ > répandre, étirer, allonger, se prélasser, détremper, diluer, affaiblir, amenuiser ]
mou / mol, molle
soft, limp, flabby, lifeless, feeble, lethargic
[ > moelleux - soft, tender (la viande), mellow, moist (un gâteau) ]
[ > ramolli, débile, avachi ]
[ > flasque - flabby ]
manifester
to express, to show, to demonstrate
souffle
m. breath, blow, blast, spirit
[ > un entrain - spirit, liveliness ]
[ > un esprit - spirit, mind ]
[ > une essence - essence, spirit, species, gasoline ]
péripétie [peripesi]
f. event, adventure, episode
[ != un périple - journey, trip, trek ]
consigner
to deposit, to charge a deposit on, to record, to put down, to keep in detention, to confine to (beschränken, einsperren)
[ > verser des arrhes, constater, relever ]
dissoudre
to dissolve, to break up, to bring to an end
[ > achever ]
poteau
m. post, pole
[ > un piquet, une perche, un pieu, un mât, un échalas ]
dévaler
to run / to race / to hurtle (rasen, sausen) / to gush (strömen, fliessen) / to tumble down
[ > jaillir - to spurt / gush out ]
[ > foncer - to darken, to drive, to race ]
[ > fuser to spurt / stream / burst out, to melt, to burn slowly ]
[ > courir, s’emballer ]
[ dégringoler - to go down, to collapse, to tumble / race down, to knock over ]
arrondir
to make into a round shape, to round off, to increase, to extend
bouche
f. mouth, muzzle
> un museau - snout, muzzle
une muselière - muzzle
definition of muzzle:
- The forward, projecting part of the head of certain animals, such as dogs, including the mouth, nose, and jaws; the snout.
- A device that is fitted over an animal’s snout, often used to prevent biting or eating.
- The forward, discharging end of the barrel of a firearm.
teacher
m. / f. enseignant, enseignante
pantelant, pantelante
panting, gasping for breath
malin, maligne
bright, clever, smart, cunning, crafty, shrewd
[ > judicieux, pointu, savant, rusé, futé, astucieux, mariol, perspicace (perceptive) ]
[ > habile - skillful, cunning, clever, bright ]
alentours
m. pl. neighbourhood, vicinity, area
s’effondrer
to fall (down), to collapse, to crumble [ = s'écrouler ]
champ
m. field, range
appuyer
to press, to push down, to lean, to rest, to back (up), to support, to ground, to base (argument)
dossier
m. file, record, case, folder, back
ramolli
soft
