Thème/Version ECS2 #3

Question 1

antiquaire

Answer 1

antique dealers

Question 2

par hasard

Answer 2

by accident by chance

Question 3

peintre

Answer 3

painter

Question 4

de jeunesse

Answer 4

from back when he was young

Question 5

quartier arrondissement

Answer 5

district, neighborhood

Question 6

Belgique

Answer 6

Belgium

Question 7

commande

Answer 7

order - commission (art)

Question 8

venir s’installer

Answer 8

go and settle (down)

Question 9

s’installer

Answer 9

to settle

Question 10

se trouver qq

Answer 10

to find oneself

Question 11

séjour

Answer 11

stay

Question 12

apprendre la mort de qqn

Answer 12

hear about the dead of

Question 13

quand j’avais deux mois

Answer 13

when I was two months OLD

Question 14

parisien

Answer 14

Parisian

Question 15

londonien

Answer 15

Londoner

Question 16

new-yorkais

Answer 16

New-yorker

Question 17

c’est la première chose que je réussissais à me payer

Answer 17

the first thing I could afford

Question 18

appartement

Answer 18

flat

Question 19

immeuble

Answer 19

building - block

Question 20

passer qq part

Answer 20

go past - pass by

Question 21

au 5ème étage

Answer 21

ON the fifth floor

Question 22

au 24 rue Rousseau

Answer 22

at twenty-four rue Rousseau

Question 23

une nouvelle

Answer 23

a pièce of news → Indénombrable MAIS pas pluriel : THIS news

Question 24

le lieu a gardé beaucoup de son charme

Answer 24

it had kept a lot of its charm it remainded charming

Question 25

épouvanta

Answer 25

terrible, horrendous, dreadful, appalling (bien pour parler de conditions épouvantables), ghastly

Question 26

tomber sur qqn

Answer 26

to befall smby → It befell me (fall fell fallen)

Question 27

juste à ce moment-là

Answer 27

just/right at that time

Question 28

un café

Answer 28

a coffee-shop

Question 29

terras

Answer 29

d’un café → terrace - d’une maison → patio

Question 30

fontaine

Answer 30

fontain

Question 31

jeter un oeil sur

Answer 31

to glance AT smth - to take a glance at

Question 32

surveiller

Answer 32

to keep an eye on

Question 33

intimider

Answer 33

to stare down sb

Question 34

du coin de l’oeil

Answer 34

out of the corner of my eye

Question 35

bronzé

Answer 35

(sun)tanned

Question 36

contrarier

Answer 36

annoy

Question 37

douceur

Answer 37

sweetness (gout) softness (touché) mildness (douceur de l’air, léger, bénin) balmyness

Question 38

passant

Answer 38

passer-by

Question 39

apercevoir

Answer 39

catch sight of

Question 40

repérer

Answer 40

spot

Question 41

la vue

Answer 41

eyesight

Question 42

sol

Answer 42

ground

Question 43

chemin

Answer 43

path-way | walkway

Question 44

allée centrale

Answer 44

aisle

Question 45

recouvert

Answer 45

covered up

Question 46

il ne m'est pas apparu...

Answer 46

he didn't seem... to me

Question 47

grille (porte)

Answer 47

gate

Question 48

posture

Answer 48

gait | approach si intellectuel

Question 49

au bout de

Answer 49

at the end of

Question 50

en dessous ≠ au dessus

Answer 50

below ≠ above

Question 51

sous ≠ sur

Answer 51

under ≠ over

Question 52

Cela ne me dérange pas

Answer 52

I don't mind