L'Etranger vocab Flashcards
(95 cards)
1
Q
A quoi bon…?
A
What is the point of….?
2
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de toute façon
A
in any case
3
Q
le récit
A
account
4
Q
prise de conscience
A
moment of becoming aware of something
5
Q
le cercueil
A
coffin
6
Q
le corbilliard
A
hearse (funeral vehicle)
7
Q
le cortege funerbre
A
funeral procession
8
Q
deceder
A
to pass away
9
Q
le deces
A
death
10
Q
le/la defunt
A
deceased
11
Q
le deuil
A
mourning
12
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l’enterpreneur des pompes funebres
A
undertaker
13
Q
être en deuil
A
to be in mourning
14
Q
les obseques
A
funeral
15
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porter le deuil
A
to wear mourning
16
Q
la veillée funèbre
A
wake
17
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l’accuse
A
defendant (accused party)
18
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l’assassinat
A
murder
19
Q
l’aveu
A
confession
20
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l’avocat
A
lawyer
21
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les circonstances attenuantes
A
diminished responsibility
22
Q
le criminel endurci
A
hardened criminal
23
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l’enquete
A
inquiry, investigation
24
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faire appel
A
to appeal
25
la grace
pardon
26
le greffier
court clerk
27
l'incarceration
imprisonment
28
inculper
to charge
29
l'incupation
indictement (charge of serious crime)
30
l'interrogatoire
questioning
31
le meurtre
murder
32
plaider la légitime defense
to plead self-defence
33
se pourvoir
to appeal
34
la preuve
evidence, proof
35
le proces
trial
36
le temoin
witness
37
adosse
with one's back to something
38
l'affaire de meours
vice case
39
avoir le trac
to have stagefright
40
la baie
bay window
41
le bat-flanc
bench
42
les bas
stockage
43
se borner a
to limit oneself to
44
claudiquer
to limp slightly
45
en connaissance de cause
in full knowledge of
46
crier a plein gosier
to cry out loud
47
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en nage
dripping with sweat
49
etre convenue de quelque chose
to have arranged something
50
la croute
scab
51
de justesse
only just, narrowly
52
depouiller
to dispossess
53
etre dispose a faire quelque chose
to be in the mood to do something
54
ecrase
run over
55
empetre
tangled up
56
engloutir
to gobble up
57
fouiller
to rummage through
58
les frais
costs
59
hors de souffle
breathless
60
la friture
dried fish
61
l'issue
escape route
62
la jaquette
morning coat
63
le milieu
underground world
64
les meours
morals, decency
65
l'ordonnateur
funeral director
66
la passe
channel (water)
67
la plaque
blemish
68
la prise de bec
row, argument
69
raccrocher
to hang up
70
le remue-menage
agitation
71
rester interdit
to stand there speechless
72
rire a perdre haleine
to laugh so much you become breathless
73
le sarrau
overall
74
le taquet
slap
75
tire-bouchonner
to twist around
76
la trainee
trail
77
la veille
the day before
78
vif
quick-tempered
79
la baie
bay
80
le caillou
pebble, stone
81
l'ecume
foam
82
le flot
tide
83
la lame
wave
84
la vague
wave
85
la chaleur
heat
86
la chaleur accablante
oppressive heat
87
la challeur etouffante
stifling heat
88
ensoleille
sunny
89
il faut un soleil de plomb
the sun is blazing down
90
inonde de soleil
sun-drenched
91
prendre un bain de soleil
to sunbathe
92
se faire bronzer
to sunbathe
93
rayonner
to beam
94
le temps est lourd
it's close (of the weather)
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