Deck 2 The Road Flashcards

1
Q

I happened upon a path

A

Je suis tombé sur

I came across

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2
Q

the celebrated Appalachian

A

célèbres

famous

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3
Q

along America’s eastern seaboard

A

le littoral

coastal region

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4
Q

through plump, comely hills

A

Literary: avenant

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5
Q

seem an invitation to amble

A

marcher d’un pas tranquille, flâner

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6
Q

and not feel an urge to …

A

avoir envie de

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7
Q

meandering in a …

A

serpenter, faire des méandres

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8
Q

a beguiling fashion

A

une manière séduisante

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9
Q

and clamber over the …

A

escalader, grimper

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10
Q

after years of waddlesome sloth

A

to waddle=marcher en se dandinant
sloth=paresse
waddlesome n’est pas dans le dictionnaire

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11
Q

to learn to fend for myself

A

se débrouiller

to get by

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12
Q

I wanted a little of that swagger that comes with

A

marcher en se pavanant

to strut

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13
Q

with a slow, manly sniff

A

masculin, viril

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14
Q

most diversified sweep of woodland

A

une étendue

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15
Q

ever to grace the temperate world

A

embellir, orner

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16
Q

the stately hemlocks

A

les majestueuses cigües

17
Q

and flowery dogwoods

A

les cornouillers

18
Q

and the red spruces

A

les épicéas

19
Q

Fraser firs

A

les sapins

20
Q

hickories

A

noyers blancs d’Amérique

21
Q

mountain ashes

A

frênes des montagnes

22
Q

sugar maples

A

érables sucrés

23
Q

more rashly

A

sans réfléchir, imprudemment

24
Q

some gruesome story

A

abominable

25
Q

a guileless acquaintance

A

naïve

26
Q

and come stumbling back

A

revenir en trébuchant

27
Q

a bobcat

A

un lynx

28
Q

in a hoarse voice

A

d’une voix enrouée