Text 2 - Capes 2009

Question 1

grondement

Answer 1

growl, growling
rumble, roar

Question 2

éclair

Answer 2

lightning
flash of lightning

Question 3

boyau

Answer 3

guts, entrails, intestines

Question 4

assemblée

Answer 4

assembly, meeting

Question 5

porte manteau

Answer 5

coat rack, hat stand

Question 6

patine

Answer 6

patina

Question 7

morne

Answer 7

gloomy, mournful

Question 8

river

Answer 8

attached

Question 9

suroît

Answer 9

sou’wester

Question 10

conscience

Answer 10

awareness, consciousness

Question 11

état

Answer 11

state, condition, way

Question 12

audition

Answer 12

hearing

Question 13

olfaction

Answer 13

olfaction
sense of smell

Question 14

tact

Answer 14

tact, tactfulness

Question 15

hative

Answer 15

hurried, hasty

Question 16

percevoir

Answer 16

perceive, detect

Question 17

unwonted

Answer 17

insolite, inhabituel

Question 18

swim

Answer 18

nager, flotter, glisser

Question 19

cuivre

Answer 19

copper = élément, devient vert
brass = combination of copper and tin & sth else.

Question 20

laiton

Answer 20

brass

Question 21

étain

Answer 21

tin

Question 22

If your head swims, you feel confused and are unable to see or think clearly: Just the thought of all that work makes my head swim.

Answer 22

make one’s head swim

Question 23

utter

Answer 23

total, absolu, complet
prononcer, dire, proférer

Question 24

boutons en cuivre

Answer 24

brass knobs

Question 25

insolite

Answer 25

bizarre, unusual, out of the ordinary, quirky

Question 26

me donner le vertige

Answer 26

make my head spin
make my head swim
made me dizzy

Question 27

il s’agissait de moi

Answer 27

That’s me.

Question 28

catch someone’s eyes

Answer 28

la personne devient l’objet d’un interêt spécifique

Question 29

considérer

Answer 29

looking at carefully

Question 30

cleared-eye person def

Answer 30

metaphorical for someone who use things clearly

Question 31

les yeux clairs

Answer 31

light-colored eyes

Question 32

proximité

Answer 32

proximity (++ administratif)
intimacy, closeness
imminence (dans le temps)

Question 33

mes parents usaient

Answer 33

my parents would resort to

Question 34

clair

Answer 34

pale, fair, clear

Question 35

washed out def

Answer 35

décoloré
ou coulée de boue

Question 36

les fenêtres lavées d’eau

Answer 36

the rainsplashed windows

Question 37

mauvais draps

Answer 37

draps de mauvaise qualité
cheap woollen cloaks

Question 38

humming

Answer 38

vrombir, siffler, chantonner

Question 39

serré, à l’étroit

Answer 39

cramped

Question 40

cramp (nom)

Answer 40

muscle cramp

Question 41

buzz nom

Answer 41

(abeille…) bourdonnement nm
(moteur) vrombissement nm
(cigale) chant

Question 42

buzz (verbe)

Answer 42

bourdonner
(moteur) vrombir

Question 43

cluster def

Answer 43

(de fleurs, de fruits) grappe
(de bananes) régime
(de personnes) groupe, communauté
(d’étoiles, de plantes) amas

Question 44

pèlerine

Answer 44

tippet, capelet

Question 45

mouillé

Answer 45

wet

Question 46

trempé

Answer 46

soaked

Question 47

humide

Answer 47

damp

Question 48

stud def

Answer 48

clou, bouton, piercing

Question 49

parer, orner

Answer 49

adorn

Question 50

morne

Answer 50

cheerless : sombre triste, déprimant, morne

Question 51

devêtir

Answer 51

take off

Question 52

clutch

Answer 52

étreindre⇒, empoigner⇒, agripper⇒ vtr
serrer (fort) vtr
s’agripper à v pron + prép
se cramponner à

Question 53

habileté, adresse

Answer 53

deftness

Question 54

forts de cette croyance

Answer 54

secure in that belief

Question 55

conscious vs consciousness vs conscience

Answer 55

conciousness = we know what’s around us
to be conscious = be in that state
conscience = moral, aware of what you’re doing.
-> you can have a clear conscience but not a clear conscioucness

Question 56

inconscience

Answer 56

unconsciousness

Question 57

sentient

Answer 57

conscient, sensible

Question 58

par un concours de circonstances malheureux,

Answer 58

by some unfortunate combination of events