maigret

Question 1

affreux mensonge

Answer 1

terrible lie

Question 2

un amant

Answer 2

a lover

Question 3

diffamation

Answer 3

defamation

Question 4

pliée

Answer 4

folded

Question 5

je vous prie croire

Answer 5

I beg you to believe

Question 6

moitié

Answer 6

half (la moitié de)

Question 7

frotter

Answer 7

to rub

Question 8

s’accouder

Answer 8

to lean

s’accouder à/contre/sur
exp.
to rest one’s elbows on/against/on

Question 9

rude

Answer 9

[barbe, toile]   rough
   [métier, tâche]   hard, tough  
être mis à rude épreuve      to be severely tested  
   [climat]   harsh
   (=bourru)   harsh, rough
   (=fruste)   rugged
   (=solide)  
un rude gaillard      a strapping fellow  
un rude appétit      a healthy appetite

Question 10

sommer qn de faire

Answer 10

to command sb to do, to order sb to do

Question 11

mener

Answer 11

to take (à, dans),

cela ne vous mènera à rien! that will get you nowhere!
(=diriger)
[+enquête] to conduct
[+affaires] to manage

Question 12

atteindre

Answer 12

[+but, niveau] to reach
[projectile] to hit, to enter
(=émouvoir) to affect

atteindre l’orgasme

Question 13

amener

Answer 13

to bring sb, to take a vehicle or route,
(=entraîner) to bring about
(=inciter)

(=baisser)
[+drapeau, voiles] to lower

Question 14

osseux

Answer 14

boney

Question 15

hérité

Answer 15

inherited

Question 16

décrocher

Answer 16

(=dépendre) to take down
[+contrat, poste, bac, médaille] to get
(fig) (=obtenir)
(=soulever le combiné) to pick up the phone

[avion, appareil] to stall

   (=renoncer)   
[élève, lycéen]   to drop out   
[coureur]   to drop out
     (ÉCONOMIE)   
[monnaie, titre, cours]   to lose ground
   *, ne plus prêter attention   to switch off

Question 17

se décrocher

Answer 17

[tableau, rideau] to fall down

Question 18

hausser

Answer 18

[+niveau, barre] to raise
hausser le ton to raise one’s voice
hausser les épaules to shrug, to shrug one’s shoulders
se hausser sur la pointe des pieds to stand on tiptoe, to stand on tippy-toe (USA)

Question 19

reprendre

Answer 19

[+prisonnier, ville] to recapture
[+objet prêté, donné] to take back
[+article usagé] to take back , (sous condition d’achat) to take in part exchange
[+firme, entreprise] to take over
(après une interruption)
[+travail, promenade] to resume
[+rôle, poste] to take up again
[+argument, idée] to take up, to use
[+article] to rework
[+jupe] to alter
[+émission, pièce] to put on again
[+chanson, refrain] to take up again
[+personne] (=corriger) to correct, to pick up
(=réprimander) to tell off

Question 20

priver, se priver

Answer 20

to deprive

Question 21

se colleter

Answer 21

se colleter à qch to grapple with sth
→ pour nous, le polar n’était pas une facilité d’écriture, mais un moyen de se colleter au réel
se colleter avec to wrestle with

Question 22

se coller

Answer 22

to cling, stick or glue

Question 23

bouillant , e

Answer 23

boiling

Question 24

sourcils

Answer 24

eyebrow

Sourcils broussailleux, épilés.
Froncer les sourcils.

Question 25

Froncer les sourcils.

Answer 25

to frown

Question 26

Sourcils broussailleux, épilés.

Answer 26

bushy eyebrows, plucked.

Question 27

lancer

Answer 27

``` to throw, launch, chuck, or fire something lancer de javelot to curse: lancer l'anathème contre lancer des injures à quelqu'un exp. to hurl insults at somebody ```

Question 28

dans l’intérêt

Answer 28

in the interest

Question 29

dévouée

Answer 29

devoted

Question 30

fiches dans le bureau

Answer 30

records / files in the office

Question 31

inutile

Answer 31

unnecessary

Question 32

écraser

Answer 32

to crush, to run over, to overwrite s'écraser : to crash, figuratively intransitively : écrase-toi! , which is shut up!

Question 33

le poids

Answer 33

wieght

Question 34

foule

Answer 34

crowd

Question 35

fièvre

Answer 35

fever

Question 36

pervers

Answer 36

pervers n. pervert [Med.] pervers adj. perverse pervers adj. perverted [Med.] perverse adj. perverse perverse adj. perverted [Med.] perverse n. pervert [Med.] pervers sexuel n. sexual pervert effet pervers n. pernicious effect [Bus.] des effets pervers exp. pernicious effects

Question 37

resigned

Answer 37

résignée

Question 38

frightened

Answer 38

effrayée

Question 39

betray

Answer 39

trahir

Question 40

Negrel seemed somewhat embarrassed

Answer 40

Negrel a paru quelque peu embarrassé