Thème littéraire anglais piépié Flashcards by Hervé Gaborieau | Brainscape

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Gertrude, tournant vers moi sa face sans regards

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Gertrude turning her sightless/blind face towards me

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brusquement

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suddenly

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répondre aussitôt

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to reply at once

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“…”, reprit-elle.

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“…”, she went on.

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raconter/rapporter/relater

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to relate

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abandonner/renoncer

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to give up

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s’écouler/passer (le temps)

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to elapse

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c’était mieux ainsi

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it was better that way

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… fit battre mon coeur si rapidement

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… made my heart beat so fast (pas fastly : existe pas)

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ralentir

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to slow down

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pas/allure/rythme/vitesse de marche

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a pace

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s’écrier

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to exclaim

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vous ne répondez pas à ma question

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you are not answering my question

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elle reprit, la tête baissée: …

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she went on looking down/her head lowered: …

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attrister/rendre triste

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to sadden sby

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elle serait triste sans cela

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she would be sad anyway/in any case

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protester

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to protest

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se disputer

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to argue

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d’une voix mal assurée

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unconvincingly / in an unsteady voice

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tempérament

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character

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dit-elle avec une sorte d’impatience

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she said somewhat impatiently

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peiner/être peiné de faire qqch

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to grieve sby to do sth

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par peur de m’inquiéter

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for fear of worrying me

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hier soir, nous avons dîné chez Colette.

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yesterday evening we had diner at Colette’s

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se donner du mal pour qqch/faire de gros efforts

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to go to a lot of trouble to do [sth]

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rien n’était réussi

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everything was a flop/nothing went well

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je la regardais avec les yeux de Maurice

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I looked AT her through Maurice’s eyes

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son appartement manque de charme

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her flat lacks ø charm (manquer de: to lack sth)

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même pour s’habiller, se meubler

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even in her choice of clothes or furniture

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gentil

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sweet

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sortir

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to go out

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terne/morne/gris

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darb

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de nouveau

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once more

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je me suis demandé avec terreur

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I wondered fearfully

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la brillante lycéenne de quinze ans

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the brilliant fifteen-year-old strudent

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sans intérêt/ennuyeux/maussade/terne

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dull

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fréquent

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frequent

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chaque fois

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each time

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joyeux/gai/enjoué

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cheerful

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en sortant il n’a pas fait de commentaire

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WHEN he left he made no comment

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toute la journée d’hier

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all day yesterday

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tout à l’heure (avant/après)

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a bit earlier/in a while

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une bague/anneau

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a ring

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appeler qqun/téléphoner à

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to ring (rang/rung) sby

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raccrocher le téléphone/accrocher, suspendre qqch

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to hang (hung/hung) up (sth)

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j’ai eu sa secrétaire (au téléphone)

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I got through to the secretary

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il ne rentrera à Paris que demain

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he won’t be back in Paris until tomorrow

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une bonne fois pour toute

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once and for all

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passer le balai

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to sweep

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le vent

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wind/breeze

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périphérie/banlieue

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outskirts

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bord de la route

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wayside

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trottoir

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sidewalk/pavement

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une demeure/habitation

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a dwelling

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mouchoir

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handkerchief

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une fillette de quatorze ans

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a little girl of fourteen

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l’entrée du jardin

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garden entrance

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se pencher en arrière

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to lean back

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maladroit

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clumsy