Chapter 1 Flashcards
(78 cards)
1
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Le hululement sonore
A
Hooting sound
2
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fondir en larmes
A
to burst into tears
3
Q
la haie
A
the hedge
4
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éclater
A
to burst
5
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hurler
A
to scream / to yell
6
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s’accrocher
A
to hang on / to hold on
7
Q
touffue
A
bushy
8
Q
un rot
A
a burp
9
Q
embué
A
misty / fogged up
10
Q
fiston
A
son
11
Q
stupéfiant
A
staggering
12
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étouffé
A
choked / smothered
13
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pousser
A
to push / to grow
14
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ébranler
A
to undermine
15
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plaquer
A
to press
16
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la fureur
A
fury
17
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un ton précipité
A
a hasty tone
18
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postillonner
A
to splutter / to spit
19
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le audace
A
audacity / boldness
20
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marteler
A
to hammer / to pound
21
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violacé
A
purple
22
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s’efforcer
A
to strive / to endeavour to
23
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se rassir
A
to go stale
24
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percer
A
to break through
25
fantômes
ghosts
26
hiboux
owls
27
le lit à baldaquin
four-poster bed (baldaquin = canopy)
28
la cabane en lisière
the hut on the border
29
le chaudron
the cauldron
30
la goutte
the drop
31
infamante
infamous / shameful
32
exiger
to require / to demand
33
cadenasser
to padlock
34
osseuse
bony
35
étincelants
sparkling
36
le perron
the porch
37
le maléfice
curse
38
malodorant
smelly
39
la commande
the order
40
la perceuse
drill
41
abattre
to shoot / to slaughter
42
Scarabées bousiers
scarab beetle
43
S'enfuir
to run away / to escape
44
dodues
plump
45
délabrée
dilapidated
46
la scie
the saw
47
retors
devious
48
Il s'en était tiré
He had got out of it
49
la justesse
accuracy / correctness
50
ruisseler
to stream / to trickle down / to drip
51
le sueur
the sweat
52
hanter
to haunt
53
démesuré
disproportionate
54
se redresser
to recover
55
le feuillage
the foliage
56
retentir
to ring out
57
chantonner
to hum
58
se dandiner
to waltz --> to waddle
59
méprisant
contemptuous
60
zigoto
weirdo
61
soupçonner
to suspect
62
trébucher
to trip
63
un crapaud
a toad
64
tituber
to stagger / to stumble
65
les carreaux
window panes
66
les massifs de fleurs
flower beds
67
la nuque
the nape of the neck
68
L'engrais
fertiliser
69
épuiser
to exhaust
70
fouetté
whipped
71
parsemer
to be scattered
72
un gigot
roast (leg of lamb / mutton)
73
un grésillement
a crackle / a sizzle
74
ôter
to remove
75
les noeuds papillon
bow ties
76
les vestes de smoking
Tuxedos
77
le palier
the landing
78
l'ennui
the trouble
