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Version 3 Flashcards

1
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The sky over London

A

le ciel de Londres
Le ciel Londonien
surplomber etc = redondant, un ciel est tjrs au dessus

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2
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(sky) was glorious, ochre and madder

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Le ciel était splendide /sublime /magnifique, couleur d’ocre et de garance

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3
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ochre

A

ocre

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4
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madder

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garance (teinte de rouge)

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5
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dozen

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dizaine / douzaine

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6
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as though

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comme si

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7
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as though a dozen tropic suns were simultaneously setting round the horizon

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comme si une douzaine de soleils tropicaux se couchaient en même temps sur la ligne d’horizon

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8
Q

searchlights

A

les faisceaux des projecteurs

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9
Q

cluster

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converger

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10
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hover

A

s’immobiliser

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11
Q

sweep apart

A

se dispersaient en balayant le ciel

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12
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everywhere

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partout, de toutes part

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13
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then

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avant de

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14
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here and there

A

Ici et là
ça et là

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15
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pitchy clouds

A

des nuages d’un noir d’encre/absolu

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16
Q

drifted

A

dérivaient

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17
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billowed

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s’élever en tournoyant

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18
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now and then

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de temps à autre

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19
Q

fireside

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lueur de coin de feu

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20
Q

a huge flash momentarily froze the serene fireside glow

A

un énorme éclair figeait momentanément cette lueur de coin de feu

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21
Q

shells

A

obus

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22
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Christmas baubles

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décorations de Noël

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23
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“Pure Turner”

A

c’est du pur Turner

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24
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he came fresh to these delights

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he came fresh = c’est nouveau pour lui
Ce genre de merveilles était nouveau pour lui

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25
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John Martin, surely ?

A

Eviter le surement etc
Du John Martin plutôt non ?

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26
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said

A

répliquer, rétorquer, dit…

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26
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he would not accept correction on matters of art

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il n’était pas question que cet ex-journaliste sportif le reprît.

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27
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in matter of art

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en matière d’art

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28
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the skyline is too low

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la ligne d’horizon est trop basse

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29
Q

St james’s street

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soit St James’s street ou rue st James

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29
Q

Half-way down

A

A mi-chemin en contrebas
A mi hauteur

30
Q

burning briskly

A

brûlait / se consumait : ardemment, vivement, allegrement

31
Q

Turtle’s club

A

On traduit que si la tortue apporte du sens au texte

32
Q

From Picadilly to the Palace

A

c’est le palais de buckingham donc n traduit
De Picadilly jusqu’au Palais

33
Q

jumble

A

mélange desordre, bazar amas

34
Q

the whole jumble of

A

tout ce mélange de

35
Q

incongruous

A

hétéroclite

36
Q

was caricatured by the blaze

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se trouvait comme caricaturé /déformé par la lueur de l’incendie

37
Q

Anyway

A

quoi qu’il en soit
(peu importe)
de toute façon

38
Q

discuss

A

argumenter, débattre

39
Q

neighbouring parks

A

parcs voisins,
aux alentours

40
Q

guns were banging

A

des déflagrations d’arme à feu
des coups de feu

se faisaient entendre
résonnaient

41
Q

a stick of bomb

A

un chapelet de bombes . Une volée de bombe

42
Q

thunderously

A

avec fracas / Dans un coup de tonerre

43
Q

Victoria Station

A

la gare Victoria

44
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bomb fell

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s’abbattit

45
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in direction of

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en direction de , vers

46
Q

morning room

A

boudoir
petit salon

47
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momentarily

A

l’espace d’un instant

48
Q

reminded of

A

se rememorer
se souvenir

49
Q

early gusty March morning of boyhood

A

les matins frais du mois de mars

50
Q

mois de l’année

A

pas de majuscule !

51
Q

unfinished

A

inachevé

52
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butt of the

A

le fond de

53
Q

fluttering linen

A

linge /les draps qui flottait au vent

54
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the glowing brazier

A

brasero / brasier rougeoyant /ardent

55
Q

hyssop

A

isope

56
Q

It was never much of a club

A

Ca n’a jamais été un grand club

57
Q

my father belonged

A

mon père en faisait partie

58
Q

immediately

A

aussitôt

59
Q

a preposterous suggestion

A

quelle demande ridicule ! quelle idée saugrenue !

60
Q

railings

A

grille

61
Q

beside them

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près d’eux

62
Q

depth of the area

A

dans les profonders du périmètre

63
Q

helmet

A

casque

64
Q

a crescent scream

A

un sifflement croissant

65
Q

over their head

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au-dessus de leur tête

66
Q

thud

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bruit sourd

67
Q

paving-stones under their feet

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pavés sous leurS piedS

68
Q

a tremendous incandescence

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un formidable embrasement

69
Q

about the street

A

à travers la rue

70
Q

the last panes of glass

A

les dernières vitres

71
Q

scattered

A

disperser

72
Q

lethal splinters

A

éclats mortels

73
Q

we had better leave this

A

on ferait mieux de laisser ça

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