Text 4 - Dicker

Question 1

fracassant

Answer 1

sensational, thunderous, deafening

Question 2

Adverbes en anglais, quelle place ?

Answer 2

Adverbs in English can be anywhere except between a verb and its preposition.

Question 3

frappé

Answer 3

fou : touched, barmy
boisson rafraichie dans la glace : chilled, iced
frapper : hit, strike

Question 4

crise de la page blanche

Answer 4

writer’s block
empty page

Question 5

crise

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crisis, critical time, rough patch

Question 6

syndrome

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syndrom, symptoms

Question 7

paraître

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appear, seem, look

Question 8

inspiration

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inspiration, bright idea, brainwave
air : inhalation, breath in, inspiration (formal)

Question 9

lendemain

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the next day, the day after, the following day

Question 10

descente

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descent, plunge
(from a vehicle) : alighting, disembarking

route en pente : slope, hill, descent, declivity, declination

Question 11

chute

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fall, drop

Question 12

vertigineux

Answer 12

vertiginous, dizzying,

Question 13

ascension

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ascent, rise

Question 14

fulgurant

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lightning, swift, immediate
searing (pain)

Question 15

exemplaire

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copy, counterpart (legal doc)
specimen, example (d’une espece)

Question 16

propulser

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propel (faire avancer)
shoot out, fling, throw (projeter qqe part)

Question 17

à la télé

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on the tv

Question 18

panneau publicitaire

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billboard, advertising hoarding

Question 19

quotidien (journalier)

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daily, daily newspaper, daily paper

Question 20

unanime

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unanimous
of one mind

Question 21

teinté

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tinted

Question 22

cossu

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opulent, fancy, luxurious

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réputé

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renowned

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à deux pas

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just a short walk away
a stone’s throw away, just a stone’s throw away
very nearby, very close by

Question 25

trier

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classify, put order

Question 26

Au début de l’année 2008

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In early 2008

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la nouvelle coqueluche des lettres américaines

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the new darling of American letters

Question 28

soit environ un an et demi après être

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about a year and a half after my first novel
-> Do you lose anything if you don’t translate “soit environ”

Question 29

thunderous, quand utiliser ?

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applause, acclaim

Question 30

if specific date

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If specific date : use simple past.

Question 31

: elle s’était installée en moi lentement.

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; it crept over me bit by bit,
it settled in slowly

Question 32

In the beginning, At the beginning

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AT + DATE
IN the beinning + no info

Question 33

Ma descente aux enfers

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My descent into Hell
Pas downfall, downfall toujours seul

Question 34

s’était décomposée en trois phases.

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happened in three stages
was divided into three stages

Question 35

toute bonne chute vertigineuse

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PROPER fall

Question 36

OF

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of only when you make a distinction of a portion from the whole

Question 37

AT 2 millions copies

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only when AT a week etc

Question 38

mon nom devint un nom

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I made a name for myself
I was a celebrity.

Question 39

en couverture des magazines

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, on the covers of magazines.

Question 40

première page des journaux

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Front page of newspaper

Question 41

breakneck

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effrené, dangereux

ex: breakneck speed

Question 42

blistering

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torride, de plomb, cinglant

Question 43

echelons

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In english less administrative, more social

Question 44

quotidiens

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daily -> dailies

Question 45

triait mon courier, préparait mon café et classait mes documents importants.

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opened my mail, made me coffee, and filed my important documents.

Question 46

plush

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luxueux, somptueux

Question 47

troquer

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swap

Question 48

huppé

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fancy, posh

Question 49

à deux pas

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