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Kafka sur le plage NEW4 - Sheet 1 Flashcards

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nouer

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to tie, to knot

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to stretch (out)

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étirer

[ > allonger, étendre, se prélasser ]

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frange

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f. fringe, bangs

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night-light

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f. une veilleuse

[ > la veille, veiller ]

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to wash

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se débarbouiller
> se laver
> un lavage
> savonner - to soap, to lather

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muer

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to slough (sich häuten), to moult (sich federn, haaren), to shed hair, to break, to change (la voix)
[ != remuer ]
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ensemble

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m. set, collection, unity, group, suit, outfit, aggregat (Gesammtheit, Summe, Menge, Zuschlag, Anhäufung, Gesteinskörnung, Schotter)

[ > un aggrégat, une panoplie, un habit, un costume ]
[ > une tenue - clothes, outfit, dress, posture, behavior, appearance, quality, running (l’école) ]
[ > une parure - set (of jewels) ]
[ > un recueil, un ramassage, un rassemblement, une accumulation, une collection ]

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proverbe

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m. proverb, adage

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bienveillant

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benevolent, kind, gentle

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façonner

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to shape, to fashion, to mould, to manufacture, to produce, to make
[ contourner, modeler, débiter, fournir, allonger, produire ]

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bifurquer

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to fork, to branch off, to turn off, to switch to

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miette

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f. crumb, bit
> une chapelure
> f.pl. des bribes - crumbs, scraps

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to tell a lie

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( + to lie )
mentir
> une mensonge
> un menteur, une menteuse

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accomoder

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to adapt, to adjust, to fit, to prepare, to focus

[ > mettre au point (une caméra), concentrer, préparer ]

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mèche

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f. lock, curls, wick (Docht), match (pour canon)

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carton

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( + punnet (Körbchen))

f. une barquette

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net

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clean, neat, tidy, clear, sharp, distinct, definite, striking

[ > limpide, clair, acéré, pointu ]

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tiédasse

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lukewarm, tepid
[ > tiède [tjɛd] ]

[ > tiède, la tiédeur, chaleureux ]

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prévenir

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to warn, to inform, to tell, to notify, to prevent, to avert, to anticipate, to forestall (zuvorkommen)
[ > avertir ]
[ > aviser - to advice, to inform, to notify ]
[ > signifier ]
[ > s’attendre à, entrevoir ]

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to frown

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froncer les sourcils

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à tout hasard

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just in case, on the offchance

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gorgée

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f. mouthful, gulp

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augure

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m. prophet, omen, soothsayer

> un présage - omen, sign, prediction

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paper cup

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( + plastic cup, tumbler, beaker [Becher, Trinkglass] )

m. un gobelet

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aigu

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m. high pitch, treble range (Oberstimme, Sopran)

[ > une aiguille - needle, une anguille - eel ]

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tache

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f. stain, patch, spot, blemish, blot

[ > une tâcher, tâcher de ]

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élancé, élancée

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slim, slender

[ > mince, fluet, fin, maigre, pas épais, filiforme (spindly, threadlike) ]

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répandre

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to spill, to spread, to scatter, to give off, to shed, to pour out

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dégoulinant

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dripping

[ > ruisseler, tomber goutte à goutte, couler ]

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border (fr. verb)

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to line, to edge, to trim

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davantage

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more, further, longer (de plus en plus)

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root

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( + base )
f. une racine
> enraciner
> ancrer - to anchor, to root

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signifier

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to mean, to imply, to notify, to signify (bedeuten, ankündigen)

[ > dénoter, indiquer, signaler, insinuer, prévenir, aviser ]

34
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chuintement

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m. hissing
[ > chuinter ]
[ > siffler + to whistle ]
[ > cracher + to spit (un chat) ]

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plisser

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to fold, to crease, to wrinkle

> friper - to cumple, to crease
avachir - to collapse, to crumple, to go limp, to start sagging
froisser - to crumple, to crease
défroisser - to smooth out, to take the creases out of
un froissement - rustling
chiffonner - to bother, to crumple, to crease

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engoncer

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to cramp, to restrict

[ > une contracture - cramp, contraction ]

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rayure

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f. line, stripe
[ != le rayon ]
[ != une rature ]

38
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baîller

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to yawn, to gape, to be ajar, to be half-open

[ > entrouvrir (to half-open), béant (gaping, yawning) ]

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ronflement

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roaring, snoring, humming, droning, throbbing

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poitrine

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f. chest, bust (seins), lungs (m. les poumons)

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pullover

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( + sweater )

m. un chandail

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consteller

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to spangle / to adorn (schmücken), to stud (verzieren, besetzen

[ orner ]
[ > enjoliver - to embellish, to adorn ]

43
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se détacher

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to untie / to free onself, to come off / undone, to stand out (se profiler)

> dévisser

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front

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m. forehead, brow, face (d’une montagne), frontage (Vorderseite), façade (d’un monument), front (la politique, le militaire, la météorologie)

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moudre

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to grind, to mill

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à la va-vite

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in a rush / hurry, haphazardly (willkürlich, planlos, auf gut Glück)
[ n’importe comment ]
[ > la hâte, une ruée ]
[ être pressé - to be in a rush ]

47
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ingurgiter

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to wolf / to gulp down, to knock back, to take in (l’information)
[ > engouffrer, engloutir, avaler, se gaver, dévorer, bâfrer ]

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auparavant

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before, beforhand, first, previously

49
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husky

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( + raucous )
rauque
> râpeux - rough, hoarse, husky
> rugueux, enroué

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scruter

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to scrutinize, to examine, to scan, to search

[ > dépouiller, examiner, approfondir, détailler, balayer, scander, chercher, parcourir, fouiller ]

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creux

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m. hole, hollow, cavity [ le trou, la cavité ], pit (de l’estomac), trough (la dépression - Tief, Tiefstpunkt), belly (d’une voile - sailing boat)

> une alvéole - cell, cavity, pit
un puits, un fosse, un gouffre, un abîme
une ornière - rut, pothole
avoir un petit creux

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sourcil [sursi]

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m. eyebrow

> une paupière - eyelid

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châtain

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chestnut (brown) (adjectif masculin)

> f. une châtaigne [ʃatɛɲ] - chestnut

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