L'étranger (Chap. 1) Flashcards
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ronflement
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hum, roar
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une attente
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wait; expectation
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mêler
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to mix, mix up
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la chair
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flesh
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le pantin
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jumping jack; puppet
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un villageois
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villager
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le vernis
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varnish, glaze; veneer
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la ride
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wrinkle, ripple
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étaler
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to spread, display
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écouler
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to sell off, dispose of
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ruisseler
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to stream; drip with sweat
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trempé
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drenched, soaking
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énervement
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irritation, nerviness
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la insolation
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sun stroke; period of sunshine
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la tempe
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temple (forehead)
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rattraper
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to recapture, catch up with
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une nuée
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swarm, flock
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(le) l’encens
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incense
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terne
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dull
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laqué
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lacquered
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le goudron
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tar; asphalt
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gluant
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sticky, gummy
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pétri (de)
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steeped in
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le cocher
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coachman
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Cocher
to tick, notch
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enfoncer
to drive in, push in/down
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insoutenable
unbearable, untenable
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gorgé de
bursting with, drenched with
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un éclat
fragment; brightness
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éclater
to burst; to break out
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perler
to form in droplets
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la goutte
drop
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la sueur
sweat
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le feutre
felt hat
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se hâter
to hurry
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le crâne
skull
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essuyer
to dry, wipe
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éventer
to fan, uncover
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couler
to flow, run
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le crépitement
crackling, rattle
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bourdonner
to buzz, hum
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déprimant
depressing
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tressaillir
to shudder, quiver
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débordant
unbounded, exuberant
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la trêve
truce, respite
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truffé
stuffed with, riddled with
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ballant
dangling
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ourlé
hemmed
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blafard
wan
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peser
to weigh; to weigh on
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ôter
to take off, remove
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un col
collar
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une étoffe
material, fabric
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le nœud
knot
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le soulier
shoe
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tire-bouchonner
to twirl
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la calotte
skullcap; slap
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une aile
wing
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mol, mou, molle
soft, flabby
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une allure
speed, pace; look
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un plumier
pencil box
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osseux
bony
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incliner
to tilt; to incline
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la vis
screw
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régler
to adjust, to settle
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baisser
to lower, turn down
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le chœur
choir, chorus
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guère
scarcely, not many/much
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accru
increased
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accroître
to increase
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les rougeurs
red blotches; redness
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le remue-ménage
commotion
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rayé
striped, scratched
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interpeller
to call out to; take in for questioning
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les pompes funèbres (fem.)
undertakers, morticians
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auparavant
first, beforehand
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ordonner
to organize, arrange; to order
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veiller
to stay awake, keep watch; to sit with (the dead)
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en l’espèce
in the case in point
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accorder
to grant; to match
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la cendre
ash
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incommode
inconvenient, uncomfortable
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un arrachement
a tearing
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à carreaux
checked pattern
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cracher
to spit; burp
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tousser
to cough
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la verrière
glass roof, window
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le menton
chin
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tassé
packed down, crammed
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sucer
to suck
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à la longue
in the end
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penible
hard, painful
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les reins (m. pl.)
back
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le soupir
sigh
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renifler
to sniff
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bredouiller
to mumble
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secouer
to shake
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pencher
to tilt, lean
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la canne
walking stick
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le sanglot
sob
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morne
dismal, glum
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affaissé
sagging
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dodeliner
nod one's head
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un tic
tic, twitch
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saluer
to greet; to wave at
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hocher
to nod, shake one's head
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bomber
to bulge
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ressortir
to go out again; to stand out
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le cordon
string, lace
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grincer
to creak
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la courbe
curve
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la blancheur
whiteness
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un frôlement
light touch
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somnoler
to doze
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la cafetière
coffee pot
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la coutume
custom
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empiler
to pile, stack up
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éclabousser
to splash
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épaissir
to thicken
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le commutateur
electrical switch
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le corbillard
hearse
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le frelon
hornet
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en arrière
behind
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le teint
complexion
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tortiller
to twist, twiddle
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dévisser
to unscrew, undo
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bégayer
to stammer
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un foulard
scarf
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le sarrau
smock
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une planche
plank, board
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le couvercle
pot lid; aerosol cap
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au bout de
at the end of, after
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impressionner
to impress; to trouble
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assourdir
to deafen, muffle
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taire
to keep to oneself, to keep quiet
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se taire
to fall silent, keep quiet
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la perruche
parakeet
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le chevalet
easel
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d’entre eux
of them
- aucun d’entre eux: none of them
- deux d’entre eux: two of them
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tout compte fait
on the whole
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la garde
guard, watch
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subvenir aux besoins de qn
to meet one's needs
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serrer
to grip, squeeze
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le congé
holiday, leave, time off
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pareil
the same; such
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le deuil
mourning, bereavement
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revêtir
to put on, to take on
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la peine
sorrow, trouble
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étourdi
scatter-brained, thoughtless
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un brassard
armband
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la course
running, rush
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un cahot
jolt, bump
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une essence
gas; essence, extract
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assoupi
dozing
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à l’égard de
towards, concerning
