L'homme qui plantait des arbres Flashcards

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dépouillé

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emptied, stripped

=vidé

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dévoiler

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to reveal, to show

=montre

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nulle part

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nowhere

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au surplus

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in addition

=en plus

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une quarantaine

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40ish

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nu/e

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naked

=vide

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ne…que

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only

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un vieux nid de guêpes

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an old wasp’s nest

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la toiture

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roof

=le toit

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rongé

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chewed up/eaten up

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au clocher écroulé

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with a ruined steeple

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sans abri

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without shelter

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des grondements

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moanings

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un fauve dérangé

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a crazed beast

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lever le camp

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to leave

=partir

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herbes ligneuses

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woody vegetation

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un treuil

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a winch

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insolite

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bizarre

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rapiécé

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repaired, pieced together

=reparé

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étanche

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waterproof

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le soin minutieux

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meticulous care

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une blague à tabac

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tobacco bag

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bienveillant

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nice

=gentil, sympa

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sans bassesse

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=avec dignité

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le berger
shepherd
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les moutons
sheep
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la bergerie
barn
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le parquet
wooden floor
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balayer
to sweep
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le fusil
gun
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graissé
greased
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il y eut
=il y avait
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la guerre
war
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ne... guère
hardly
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un dada
a hobby | =un passe-temps
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une prime
a bonus
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la veille
the day before
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d'autant que
especially since
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les ruches
beehives
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efficace
effective
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répandu
extending
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dru
straight
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désormais
henceforth
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avoir recours à
to resort to
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soupçonner
to think
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à fleur de
on the surface of
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les ruisseaux
streams
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jadis
before, a very long time ago
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les hameçons
hooks
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les lièvres
rabbits
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les sangliers
wild boars
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le foisonnement
the proliferation
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on ne fit rien
we didn't do anything
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charbonner
to turn wood into charcoal
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avoir lieu
to take place
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un casse-croûte
a snack/a meal/something to eat
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muet(te)
mute
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convenir
to be suited to
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les pots-de-vin
bribes
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le gazogène
gas made from plants
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une besogne
=un travail
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ignorer
to be oblivious to
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le délabrement
=le mauvaise état
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mettre sur le compte de
to attribute to
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les lieux
the places
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la chasse au piège
trapping
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les orties
stinging nettles
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les bourrasques
gusts of wind
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un tilleul
a linden tree
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déblayer
to clear away
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abattre
to tear down
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les pans de murs
bits of walls
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crépi
plastered
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le jardin potager
a vegetable garden
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les gueules-de-loups
snapdragons (flowers)
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l'épanouissement
fulfillment
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Lazare était hors du tombeau
a revival had begun
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l'orge et le seigle
barley and rye
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verdir
to become green
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l'aisance
ease
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canaliser
to channel
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reprendre goût à
to regain a taste for
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méconnaissable
=qu'on ne peut pas reconnaître
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l'acharnement
determination, resolution
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chêne
oak
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hêtre
beech
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bouleau
birch
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érable
maple
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hameau
hamlet
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bosquet
thicket
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tas de glands
bag of acorns
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tringle
rod
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brebis
ewes
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rongeurs
rodents
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fonctionnaire
civil servant
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l'acharnement
relentlessness