Text 1 - Capes 2008, Oster

Question 1

traîner dans la ville

Answer 1

roam

Question 1

répondre (au téléphone)

Answer 1

answer the phone
pick up a phone

pas respond car bad medical condition

Question 2

répondeur

Answer 2

answering machine

Question 3

cabine téléphonique

Answer 3

phone booth

Question 4

square

Answer 4

public garden

Question 5

à proximité de

Answer 5

near

Question 6

appelé, téléphoner

Answer 6

to ring

Question 7

serviette

Answer 7

brief case

Question 8

Sans y croire,

Answer 8

Without reading too much into it

Question 9

à proximité d’un square.

Answer 9

near a square
near a public garden

Question 10

vers la fin de l’après-midi

Answer 10

towards the end of the afternoon

Question 11

J’avais traîné toute la journée en ville,

Answer 11

I had been wandering about in town all day long

Question 12

à l’heure où Anne rentrait aussi, en principe,

Answer 12

the time when Anne should be getting in too.

Question 13

Un pressentiment m’y avait retenu.

Answer 13

I had lingered a bit on the bench.

Question 14

s’attarder

Answer 14

linger

Question 15

avoir un mauvais pressentiment

Answer 15

have a bad feeling,
have a foreboding of [sth]

Question 16

L’idée, que j’avais ensuite chassée

Answer 16

the thought -which I had subsequently brushed aside-

Question 17

Qu’elle ne rentrerait pas

Answer 17

Anne might not be in when I got back.

Question 18

lounge vs living room

Answer 18

The lounge is a formal sitting area that we notice in posh hotels, clubs, airport, etc. Here people usually read books, listen to music, and eat or drink. Living room, on the other hand, is a significant component of our house. It comprises television, sofa set, couches, center table, etc

lounge = comfortable space in an uncomfortable place

Question 19

bouger

Answer 19

budge = small movement.

Question 20

sheer def

Answer 20

absolute, total but also sth transparent

Question 21

silence et compagnie

Answer 21

silence unlimited
silence on and on

Question 22

LTD

Answer 22

SARL

Question 23

Great def

Answer 23

pas pour les tailles sauf pour zones géographiques

Question 24

Glisser

Answer 24

slip a word = glisser un mot
slide = you’re on the ground no friction
glide = move with a smooth, quiet continuous motion.

Question 25

grand

Answer 25

large, big, spacious

Question 26

slide passé

Answer 26

slid

Question 27

settle down

Answer 27

quand enfants excités pour les calmer
ou periode quand on cherche de la stabilité

Question 28

emménager

Answer 28

move in
settle in

Question 29

ranger

Answer 29

put things straight

Question 30

déranger

Answer 30

upset

Question 31

let vs leave

Answer 31

let someone do sth
leave someone somewhere

Question 32

space vs place

Answer 32

place = location
space = distance & proximity

ex : I need my own place
I need my own space

Question 33

canapé

Answer 33

couch
sofa

Question 34

à croire que

Answer 34

You’d be forgiven for thinking that

Question 35

in the end, at the end

Answer 35

insiste sur choses générales : in the end we’re all gonna die

at the end of = focus on the moment that marks the end. Privilégier on “after 2 weeks”

Question 36

rent

Answer 36

louer

Question 37

douillet

Answer 37

snug / snuggle

Question 38

niche in english

Answer 38

carve one’s niche
business = clearly defined business opportunity. Only one person can occupy that place

Question 39

coin

Answer 39

corner
nook

Question 40

Entre simple past et present perfect :

Answer 40

if clear point in time that action took place → simple past

Question 41

stance def

Answer 41

opinion ou physical posture, standing