2 MAY 2011                                                                                                16
Arte      Monday 2/5 20.40-22.10 VO MONTY PYTHON 1974. (‘MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL’ in English. “SACRÉ GRAAL” in French).
Thursday 5/5 20.40-22.10 VO.1979. ‘MONTY PYTHON’S LIFE OF BRIAN’/ “LA VIE DE BRIAN”
After these 2 films there is a documentary about the Monty Pythons.

TO STAND IN LINE/ TO LINE UP (US) = IN THE QUEUE/ TO QUEUE UP (GB): faire la queue
TO JOIN THE QUEUE/ THE LINE: se mettre à la queue
THE MALL
An optical illusion
There was no pavement any more, there was just a road.
PAVEMENT (Engl.)/ Sidewalk (US): trottoir
The people in Washington are very friendly.
TO HOP: when you jump on one foot: sauter à cloche-pied. Sautiller(bird)→saut.
HOPPER→ Hotel HOPPA: a minibus
ON HOLD/ STACKING/ en attente ( avion)
THOROUGH: rigoureux, minutieux, consciencieux.
‘TRAINING THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE’: en formation
TRAINEE(S): stagiaire(s), apprenti(s).
GRUESOME= bloody, horrible, frightening.
Everybody was COUGHING and SNEEZING. The next day I had a SORE THROAT, a HEAD COLD.
SNOOZING/DOSING: somnoler.
A PENKNIFE: un canif.
CARRIAGE(Brit Rail) : wagon
A SILENT COACH or A  QUIET CAR (US). The TICKET COLLECTOR came in, and at the time we were talking, and he said: ’hush! This is a silent coach!’
It was an EYE-OPENER : revelation.
In the US when you go to the restaurant, the portions are huge. So they bring you extra plates and doggy bags if you can’t finish your plate.
GOOD FRIDAY: Vendredi saint.
SPARE PARTS: pieces de rechange.

TRANSLATE

6.	On dirait qu’il va neiger.
It looks like snow. (spoken English)
It looks as if it’s going to snow.
7.	On aurait dit qu’il avait un peu trop apprécié le whisky.
He looked as if he had been on the whisky/bottle a little too much.
He looked as if he had liked the whisky a little too much.
! Try to find a synonym in French: “il avait l’air”]
8.  A peine eut-il réussi à ouvrir son parapluie que la pluie s’arrêta.
Hardly had he opened his umbrella when it stopped raining.
He had only just succeeded in opening his umbrella when the rain stopped.
No sooner had he managed to open his umbrella than it stopped raining.
! Hardly…when/ no sooner…than
9.	Ne manquez pas de venir nous voir quand vous serez en France.
Be sure to come and see/visit/us when you are in France.
Don’t forget to come and see us…
Do come and see us…
You must come and see us…
10.	J’ai bien failli lui dire ce que je pensais de lui.
I very nearly told him what I thought of him.
! To think about= « je vais y réfléchir »

It seemed as though: on aurait dit que
He is said to be the culprit: on dit que c’est lui le coupable.

MANQUER de quelque chose/to lack, to be short of, to be out of/something
  de politesse/to be impolite
  de courage/to lack courage
  à un rendez-vous/to fail to keep an appointment
  à son devoir/to fail in one’s duty
  à sa parole/to break one’s word
  à une règle/to violate/break a rule
•	je ne manque de rien :   I have all I need
•	il a manqué (de) tomber: he nearly fell
•	les mots me manquent: words fail me
•	les vivres commencent à manquer : provisions are running short
•	il ne manque pas de :  there’s no shortage of
•	il ne manquait plus que ça ! : that’s the last straw !
•	il me manque 1€:  I’m one euro short 

WHISKY: Engl. / WHISKEY: Irish, US