ARLE VOCAB Flashcards
(94 cards)
1
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la pénurie
A
shortage
1
Q
les privations
A
restrictions
2
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un pensionnat
A
a boarding school
3
Q
les bains publics
A
public baths
4
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camoufler
A
to hide
5
Q
le camp de la mort
A
death camps
6
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le chef d’etat
A
head of state
7
Q
clandestin(e)
A
illegal
8
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communier
A
to take communion
9
Q
la coupure d’electricite
A
power cut
10
Q
les denrees
A
commodities
11
Q
envahir
A
to invade
12
Q
l’espion
A
spy
13
Q
le Maquis
A
group of Resistance fighters who hid in the countryside
14
Q
la Milice
A
French political group that collaborated with the Germans to fight against the Resistance
15
Q
la naissance
A
birth
16
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le pensionnaire
A
boarding school
17
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se propager
A
to spread
18
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saboter
A
to sabotage (deliberately damage)
19
Q
la Shoah
A
Holocaust
20
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les soldats allies
A
allied soldiers (working together)
21
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se soumettre
A
to abide, submit
22
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l’abri soutterain
A
underground shelter
23
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agace(e)
A
annoyed
24
l'alerte
a warning
25
la chasse au tresor
treasure hunt
26
le collabo
shortened word for 'collaboraters'.
27
le dortoir
dormitory
28
doue(e)
gifted
29
les echasses
stilts
30
exacerbe
aggravated
31
faire de la contrebande
to smuggle
32
fouiller
to search / to go through
33
la Gestapo
secret German police
34
l'indice
clue
35
manigancer
to be up to something
36
Marie
Virgin Mary
37
mesquin(e)
mean
38
se mettre a l'ecart
to seperate yourself
39
la pancarte
sign
40
morne
gloomy
41
passe(e)
faded
42
le pensionnaire
boarder
43
petainiste
French person who believed Petain would help France out of the war
44
la priere
prayer
45
le quai
platform
46
railler
to mock
47
les railleries
mockery
48
le regard
the look
49
le rouge a levres
lipstick
50
(avoir) des soupcons
to be suspicious
51
stupefait
surprised
52
les vestiaires
changing rooms
53
le youpin
negative word for Jew
54
youtre
insulting word for Jew
55
flagrant
obvious
56
accentuer
to emphasise
57
l'apprentissage
learning
58
le cocon protecteur
protective cocoon
59
la culpabilite
guilt
60
se defouler
to let off steam
61
denoncer
to denounce, give someone up
62
espiègle
playful
63
l'eveil
the awakening
64
frivole
frivolous
65
impitoyable
ruthless
66
la loi du plus fort
law of the strongest
67
mefiant
wary
68
se mefier
to be careful about
69
abriter
to shelter
70
aise
well-off
71
l'attachement
affection
72
attendrissant
moving
73
attentionné
caring
74
le bouc-émissaire
scapegoat
75
coupé
cut off
76
cultivé
well-red/cultivated
77
doué
gifted
78
être a l'écart
to be apart
79
la gravité
severity
80
hanté
haunted
81
issu de
from
82
se livrer a
to get involved in
83
maintenu
maintained
84
mur
mature
85
pleurer
to sob
86
protégé
sheltered
87
la prouesse
achievement
88
réservé
reserved, shy
89
sur de lui / sure d'elle
confident
90
tendre
affectionate
91
le vol
theft
92
le voleur
thief
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