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kafka sur le plage NEW3 - Sheet 1 Flashcards

1
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ticket office

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( + counter, window )

m. un guichet

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avancer

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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 ]

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au bout de

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after, at the end of, at the bottom of

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enfouir

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to bury, to nestle
[ != s’enfuir ]
[ > enterrer, ensevelir ]

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secours

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m. help, assistance, aid
[ le concours ]
[ != un discours - speech ]

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cligner

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to blink
[ > un clin d’oeil - wink ]
[ > ciller ]
[ > un cil - eyelash ]

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s’évanouir

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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 ]

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agiter

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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 ]

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narquois

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derisive (höhnisch, abfällig), mocking

[ > une raillerie, un persiflage ]
[ > narguer qn - to taunt, to scoff at ]

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cueillette

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f. gathering, picking, crop, harvest

[ > la moisson, une récolte, une vendange, cueillir, ramasser ]

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évoquer

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to call up, to conjure up, to evoke (hervorrufen, heraufbeschwören) , to call to mind, to be reminiscent of

[ > convoquer - to convene … ]

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carrure

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f. build (corps)

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coin

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m. corner, place, patch, spot

[ > une tache ]

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réverbère

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m. street lamp, streetlight, reflector
[ != un repère ]
[ > un lampadaire - streetlight ]

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traîner

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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 ]

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engourdir

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to deaden, numb, to dull (ralentir l’esprit m.)

[ > engloutir - to devour, to gobble up, to wolf down, to go / sink down ]

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tordre

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to bend, to twist

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s’attarder

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to linger, to stay late, to dawdle

s’attarder sur: to linger over, to dwell on

[ > s’intéresser à, traîner ]

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abaisser

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to lower, to pull down, to push down, to let down

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précipiter

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to throw / to hurl (down) (faire tomber), to plunge, to quicken, to hasten, to speed up
[ lancer, projeter, accélérer, expédier ]

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ressaisir

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to catch / to grab / to seize again

[ > reprendre ]

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pente

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f. slope, incline
[ > une côte, un amont ]
[ > un versant - side, slope, aspect ]
[ > un remblai - elevation, embankment ]
[ != la parapente ]
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déverser

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to pour (out), to discharge, to vent (abreagieren, abladen)
[ dégager ]
[ > débiter - to saw / cut up, to produce, to discharge ]
[ > répandre ]

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mordre

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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 ]

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remuer

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to move, to stir, to shift

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paupière

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f. eyelid

> un sourcil - eyebrow

27
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noyer

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to drown, to flood, walnut (m.) (tree, bois/arbre)

28
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mignon, mignonne

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sweet, pretty, cute

29
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relever

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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 ]

30
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gazouillis

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m. chirping, babbling

31
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complément

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m. rest, remainder, complement

32
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prêter à

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to be open to, to give rise to, to invite

33
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vénéneux, vénéneuse

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poisonous, toxic

[ > délétère ]

34
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gésir

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to lie, to be lying

[ > allonger, être étendu, traîner ]

35
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according to

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( + in accordance with )

conformément (à)

36
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étendre

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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 ]

37
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mou / mol, molle

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soft, limp, flabby, lifeless, feeble, lethargic

[ > moelleux - soft, tender (la viande), mellow, moist (un gâteau) ]
[ > ramolli, débile, avachi ]
[ > flasque - flabby ]

38
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manifester

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to express, to show, to demonstrate

39
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souffle

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m. breath, blow, blast, spirit
[ > un entrain - spirit, liveliness ]
[ > un esprit - spirit, mind ]
[ > une essence - essence, spirit, species, gasoline ]

40
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péripétie [peripesi]

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f. event, adventure, episode

[ != un périple - journey, trip, trek ]

41
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consigner

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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 ]

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dissoudre

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to dissolve, to break up, to bring to an end

[ > achever ]

43
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poteau

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m. post, pole

[ > un piquet, une perche, un pieu, un mât, un échalas ]

44
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dévaler

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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 ]

45
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arrondir

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to make into a round shape, to round off, to increase, to extend

46
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bouche

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f. mouth, muzzle

> un museau - snout, muzzle
une muselière - muzzle

definition of muzzle:

  1. The forward, projecting part of the head of certain animals, such as dogs, including the mouth, nose, and jaws; the snout.
  2. A device that is fitted over an animal’s snout, often used to prevent biting or eating.
  3. The forward, discharging end of the barrel of a firearm.
47
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teacher

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m. / f. enseignant, enseignante

48
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pantelant, pantelante

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panting, gasping for breath

49
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malin, maligne

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bright, clever, smart, cunning, crafty, shrewd

[ > judicieux, pointu, savant, rusé, futé, astucieux, mariol, perspicace (perceptive) ]
[ > habile - skillful, cunning, clever, bright ]

50
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alentours

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m. pl. neighbourhood, vicinity, area

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s’effondrer

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to fall (down), to collapse, to crumble
[ = s'écrouler ]
52
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champ

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m. field, range

53
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appuyer

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to press, to push down, to lean, to rest, to back (up), to support, to ground, to base (argument)

54
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dossier

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m. file, record, case, folder, back

55
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ramolli

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soft

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