Text 4 - Dicker Flashcards
fracassant
sensational, thunderous, deafening
Adverbes en anglais, quelle place ?
Adverbs in English can be anywhere except between a verb and its preposition.
frappé
fou : touched, barmy
boisson rafraichie dans la glace : chilled, iced
frapper : hit, strike
crise de la page blanche
writer’s block
empty page
crise
crisis, critical time, rough patch
syndrome
syndrom, symptoms
paraître
appear, seem, look
inspiration
inspiration, bright idea, brainwave
air : inhalation, breath in, inspiration (formal)
lendemain
the next day, the day after, the following day
descente
descent, plunge
(from a vehicle) : alighting, disembarking
route en pente : slope, hill, descent, declivity, declination
chute
fall, drop
vertigineux
vertiginous, dizzying,
ascension
ascent, rise
fulgurant
lightning, swift, immediate
searing (pain)
exemplaire
copy, counterpart (legal doc)
specimen, example (d’une espece)
propulser
propel (faire avancer)
shoot out, fling, throw (projeter qqe part)
à la télé
on the tv
panneau publicitaire
billboard, advertising hoarding
quotidien (journalier)
daily, daily newspaper, daily paper
unanime
unanimous
of one mind
teinté
tinted
cossu
opulent, fancy, luxurious
réputé
renowned
à deux pas
just a short walk away
a stone’s throw away, just a stone’s throw away
very nearby, very close by
trier
classify, put order
Au début de l’année 2008
In early 2008
la nouvelle coqueluche des lettres américaines
the new darling of American letters
soit environ un an et demi après être
about a year and a half after my first novel
-> Do you lose anything if you don’t translate “soit environ”
thunderous, quand utiliser ?
applause, acclaim
if specific date
If specific date : use simple past.
: elle s’était installée en moi lentement.
; it crept over me bit by bit,
it settled in slowly
In the beginning, At the beginning
AT + DATE
IN the beinning + no info
Ma descente aux enfers
My descent into Hell
Pas downfall, downfall toujours seul
s’était décomposée en trois phases.
happened in three stages
was divided into three stages
toute bonne chute vertigineuse
PROPER fall
OF
of only when you make a distinction of a portion from the whole
AT 2 millions copies
only when AT a week etc
mon nom devint un nom
I made a name for myself
I was a celebrity.
en couverture des magazines
, on the covers of magazines.
première page des journaux
Front page of newspaper
breakneck
effrené, dangereux
ex: breakneck speed
blistering
torride, de plomb, cinglant
echelons
In english less administrative, more social
quotidiens
daily -> dailies
triait mon courier, préparait mon café et classait mes documents importants.
opened my mail, made me coffee, and filed my important documents.
plush
luxueux, somptueux
troquer
swap
huppé
fancy, posh
à deux pas
close to
