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Kafka sur le rivage NEW1 Flashcards

1
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commode (adj.)

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useful, convenient, handy, easy

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s’enfuir

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to run away, to flee, to break out of, to escape

[ > prendre le large, prendre la poudre d’escampette, faire le mur, s’évader, être en cavale / en fuite, échapper ]

[ déguerpir - to back off, to run away, to leave ]

[ > une évasion - escape, avoidance ]

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tourmenter

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to torment, to harass, to plague (jalousie), to ill-treat, to haunt (obsession)

[ > tenailler - to torment, to gnaw at, to rack ]
[ > obséder - to obsess, to haunt, to importune ]
[ > affliger - to afflict (plagen), to affect ]

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to be moved

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( + to be touched, to feel compassion )
s’attendrir
[ > émouvoir, bouleverser ]

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éteint, e

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dull, lacklustre (glanzlos, farblos, langweilig, trüb), faded

[ > terne - dim, drab, dull, lacklustre, dreary ]
[ > glauque, banal ]
[ quelconque - ordinary, plain, average, lacklustre, mediocre, nothing special ]

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to be wrong

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avoir tort,
se tromper,
se méprendre sur

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deviner

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to guess, to work out, to figure out, to foresee, to see through (sb.)

[ > entrevoir, cerner, arriver à comprendre, une devinette ]

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oiseau, oiseaux

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m. bird

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cheminée

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f. chimney, shaft, fireplace
[ > un âtre - hearth ]
[ != un cheminot - railroad worker]

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to impose

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( + to inflict [zufügen, auferlegen] )

infliger

[ > imposant ]
[ != affliger - to afflict (plagen), to affect ]

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gérer

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to administer, to manage, to run, to control, to organize

[ > mener, se débrouiller, encadrer, contrôler, diriger, s’occuper de]

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débrouiller

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to teach the basics to, to unravel, to untangle, to puzzle out

[ > se débrouiller - to manage, to handle the situation]

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soutenu, soutenue

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intense, deep, sustained (nachhaltig, anhaltend, ausdauernd), steady, unfailing (attention, effort), formal

[ > fusionnel,le - intense, intimate, inseparable ]
[ égal - épais ]

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14
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appetizer

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m. amuse-gueule
[ > un en-cas - snack ]
[ > un casse-croûte ]

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embaumer

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to make fragrant, to be fragrant with the scent / the aroma of, to fill the air with a lovely fragrance, to embalm

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cough

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f. une toux
[ != le taux !!! ]
> tousser

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se découvrir

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to discover, to emerge, to dress less warmly (se déshabiller), to take a layer off, to take off one’s hat, to expose onself to attack

[ > déboucher]
[ > dénicher - to unearth, to dig up, to discover, to spot ]

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ruse

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f. slyness, cunning, craftiness (Schlauheit, Hinterlist), trick, tactics, ruse (List, Hinterlist)

[ > un leurre, une astuce, une combine, une magouille, sournois ]

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agacer

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to irritate, to annoy, to excite

[ > contrarier, embêter, déranger, indisposer, chiffonner ]

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tort

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m. fault, shortcoming (Manko, Mangel, Fehler), wrong

[ > une carence - deficiency, shortcoming]

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jumpy

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[ + touchy, easily offended (soutenu), skittish (unruhig, übermütig), nervous ]

ombrageux, ombrageuse

[ > douillet - cozy, snug, oversensitive, afraid of getting hurt ]

22
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watering can

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m. un arrosoir

23
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sain, saine

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healthy, robust, sound, invigorating

24
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profiter de

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to profit from, to take advantage of, to enjoy, to use

25
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despite #1

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despite, in spite of, unwillingly, reluctantly (en dépit de)

malgré

[ > répugner à faire qc ]

26
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ramoner

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to sweep, to clean (out)
[ essuyer, effacer, balayer, torcher, déboucher, nettoyer ]
[ > un balai ]
[ != ramener ]

27
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sot, sotte

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stupid, dumbfounded (sprachlos, perplex)

[ > niais, débile, bête, con, stupide ]

28
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chauffer

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to heat / warm up, to get warm

29
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craindre

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to fear, to be afraid / scared of

[ > effrayer, avoir très peur, flipper sa race, une trouille ]
[ > ça craint - it sucks ]

participe présent
Je crains, tu crains, il craint,
nous craignons, vous craignez,
ils craignent

Imparfait
je craignais, tu craignais, il craignait,
nous craignions, vous craigniez, ils craignaient

Future
je craindrai, tu craindras, il craindra, nous craindrons, vous craindrez, ils craindront

30
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To be doing well

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se porter bien

31
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âtre

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m. hearth (Feuerstelle, Herd, Kamin), stove

> le poêle - stove, furnace, frying pan

32
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to try to

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tâcher de
[ > une tâche - task, job, mission ]
[ > une tache - stain, patch, spot, blot, blemish ]
[ > essayer, éprouver, tenter ]
[ s’appliquer à - to try to, to apply to, to take care over one’s work ]

33
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déçu, déçue

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disappointed ( > décevoir quelqu’un )

34
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paravent

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m. (folding) screen (écran), partition, cover

[ > une cloison, une ramification ]

35
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tousser

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to cough, to splutter (le moteur)

[ > crachoter ]
[ > une toux ]

36
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fiche

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f. card, sheet, slip, plug

[ > la prise, une bonde ]

37
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reproach

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(Vorwurf, Tadel)
m. un reproche
[ != un rapprochement, une réconciliation ]

38
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évasion

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f. escape, avoidance

[ > être en cavale / en fuite ]

39
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brûler

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to burn, to incinerate, to roast, to be on fire, to smoulder (schwelen, glimmen), to singe, to scorch, to burn up, to use, to consume

> torréfier
cramer

40
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tendresse

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f. tenderness, affection

41
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lime

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f. une chaux

[ != un chou, un chou-fleur ]

42
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bonté

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f. kindness, goodness

43
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remords

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m. remorse, conscience

[ > une contrition, se repentir ]

44
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émouvant

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moving, touching

[ > s’attendrir, émouvoir, bouleverser ]

45
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courant

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m. current, stream, trend, movement, shift

[ > couramment ]
[ > un flot - flood, tide, stream, pl. waves ]
[ > ruisseler - to stream, to trickle, to drip ]
[ > un fil ]
[ > la tendance ]

46
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interrompre

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to interrupt, to stop, to suspend
[ > déranger ]
[ > cesser - to stop, cease, to abate ]

On n’interrompt jamais un match, même s’il tombe des cordes

47
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mensonge

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m. lie, lying, untruthfulness

[ > mentir ]

48
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regarding …

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On ce qui concerne …

49
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tâche

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f. task, job, mission

[ > une besogne, une affaire, un travail, un boulot, un labeur, un ouvrage ]

50
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éclairer

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to light (up), to brighten, to illuminate, to clarify

51
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to have doubts about

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( + to be doubtful of )

douter de

52
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to disconcert

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(beunruhigen, befremden)
déconcerter

[ > chiffonner, indisposer, s’inquiéter, se soucier de, préoccuper, tracasser, affliger, agiter, navrer, bouleverser ]

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