Texte 2 - Amélie Nothomb, Le crime du Comte Neville Flashcards

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A l’époque

A

At the time / At that time
Back in the days / Back in the day
In those days
Back then

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le plus prestigieux cercle de golfe de Belgique

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the most prestigious golf circle /club

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to direct def

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= donner des directions / ordres
→ directing staff is regulating the activities of
→ directing project = supervising
→ directing a call center = carrying out the organisation of
= diriger un film, réalisateur

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il dirigeait

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he was managing / running / at the head of

pas CEO, chairman car pas entreprise ni asso caricative, on sait pas quel titre il a.

Pas prétérit car : prétérit = caractéristique du sujet, ici deja valeur du passé

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be in charge of

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to be at the head of

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to lead

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leader = celui qui amène différent diriger

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le Ravenstein

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The Ravenstein
→ ex : the Hilton (hotel), sous entendu donc permet de dire the.

Determination 0 aussi acceptable

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événements mondains

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social events = peut être pour n’importe qui = Cochonou…

(high-)society event
posh events

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mondain

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= commun (vers le bas)

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où il ne cessait d’organiser..

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where he was constantly organising
he kept organizing

pas never stop organising : trop fort !!

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stop doing
stop to do

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stop smoking = j’arrête de fumer
stop to smoke = je m’arrête pour fumer

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12
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for want of

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à défaut de

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A défaut d’être riche

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Eventhough he wasn’t rich
although
While
In spite of being rich
despite of +ing rich

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14
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on change la syntaxe

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s’il y a une contrainte !

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15
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outstanding

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exceptionnel

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riche

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rich, wealthy, well-off

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modest

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modest → lié aux vêtements surtout en anglais.

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il jouissait d’une réputation excellente

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he enjoyed an excellent reputation
had = ok

pas outstanding !
pas benefited from = en tire bénéfice.

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19
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sa vie sentimentale

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pas sentimental.
love life
romantic life

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une succession de fiascos

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a succession of / a series of fiascos / failures
(+) a sting of

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sentimental def

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= une caractéristique, connoté négativement, presque mièvre.
→ an excess of sentiment, très 18e

sentiment > raison et rationnalité

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a bunch of

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a bunch = un ensemble, peut pas etre séparé, quelque chose de rassemblé

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23
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damned

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damnation, littéralement

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24
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il se sentait condamné à finir célibataire

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= idée d’inévitabilité
he felt bound to end up single
to end a bachelor

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bachelor

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célibataire

26
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celibate

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abstinent (sexuellement)
chaste

27
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Règles et guillemets :

A

A l’intérieur des guillements
“blablbla,” he said.
“blablbla”, he said and then added : “blabla.”

obligé deux points avant guillemet.
En anglais, guillemets à chaque PRISE DE PAROLE. Virgules et point A L’INTERIEUR des guillemets.
(vs le francais on ouvre au debut et ferme à la fin

28
Q

Tu choisis toujours des femmes beaucoup trop belles pour toibeaucoup trop belles pour toi

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“You’re always choosing / picking women who are far /much too beautiful for you”

→ ing valueur de commentaire
→ dialogue donc écrire en contracté

→ possible aussi avoir présent valeur caractéristique du sujet

29
Q

lui disaient ses amis

A

his friends would tell him

30
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Dialogue en anglais & inversion

A

PAS D’INVERSION SUJET VERBE

sauf avec semi negatif “hardly had he said that she ran out the door”
→ hardly, neither en 1ere position.

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il n’y pouvait rien si

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he could not help it if beauty exerted such a strong way over him
he could not help if beauty..

he couldn’t do anything against beauty if it

32
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to perform

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faire un spectacle, genre artistique, faire une action

33
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sway

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influence
indénombrable

34
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Il avait essayé de s’éprendre

A
35
Q

filles au physique un peu quelconque comme le sien

A

girls with rather plain looks like his
pas like him
with women whose looks were rather plain like his
women who, like him were rather plain-lookin

36
Q

en vain

A
  • in vain
  • but failed to do so
  • to no avail
37
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le physique def

A

ce qui est en dessous du cou = le corps.

38
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Coomisplace (?)

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Juxtaposition de 2 phrases indépendantes avec une virgule. L’anglais ne le fait pas comme le franças. Soit on change la ponctuation “;” soit on introduit conj de corrdination comme “but”

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La beauté féminine était sa drogue pure

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ARTICLE ZERO car concept
Feminine beauty
Women’s beauty
Female beauty

was his hard drug

AU PIRE → he was addicted to female’s beauty
ou He was hooked on

40
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Womenly

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adéquation à la feminité comme genre
> stéréotype (porter jupe etc..)

41
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drogue pure

A

hard drug

42
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handsome

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pour les femmes = amazone, femme forte = type de beauté

43
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très belle

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gorgeous, stunning
eviter very pretty
pretty = ce qui est fluffy et mignon
eviter very beautiful

44
Q

en présence de..

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when … was near by
when he was near a

45
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il la contemplait sans discontinuer

A

he would gaze at her / contemplate her continuously
/ he would not be able to take his eyes off her.

46
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jamais 2ble négative

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without ever pas without never

47
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Sans jamais connaître d’accoutumance

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without ever getting used to it

48
Q

Alexandra était encore plus saisissante de beauté
(3 options)

A

Alexandra was even more
- strikingly beautiful
- stunningly beautiful
- breathtakingly beautiful

49
Q

succomber

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to sucumb to sth (pas someone)

50
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que toutes les jeunes personnes auxuquelles il avait succombé

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than all the uoung women whose beauty he had succumbed to
whose spell he would have fallen for

51
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n’avoir aucune chance avec elle

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he did not stand a chance with her
he stood no chance

52
Q

il avait tort

A

he was wrong
he was mistaken

53
Q

rendez-vous

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quand a deja commencé à dater (= relation extra-maritale)

54
Q

utiliser le francais en anglais quand ?

A

veut sonner posh ou sexy

55
Q

on ou during

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on = ponctuel
during = insiste sur durée

56
Q

you please me

A

= faire plaisir // érotique

57
Q

Vous me plaisez !

A

I fancy you / I like you

58
Q

On se dit tu ?

A

How about we drop the formalities ?
Shall we go on a first name basis ?
Could we get on first name basis ?
Let’s be less formal
Let’s cut out the formalities
You can call me Alexandra

Pas May car May = demander perimission alors qu’ici c’est une suggestion

59
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Dialogue en anglais

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: “” → baisse d’une tranche PAS DE TIREEEET