L’Immoraliste : French - English Flashcards

(49 cards)

1
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l’abondance

A

the plentiful

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2
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les senteurs

A

smells

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3
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la limpidité

A

clarity

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4
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rien d’autre que

A

nothing else but / only

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5
Q

joie

A

joy, delight

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6
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m’écriais-je

A

I cried to myself

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7
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de grand matin

A

early in the morning

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8
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dont

A

whose

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9
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eût tempéré

A

would have tempered

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10
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pas

A

step

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11
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eût ralenti

A

would have slowed

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12
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bruit

A

noise (noise too vague - more of an idea of a screech)

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13
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chant

A

song

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14
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roues

A

wheels

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15
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me fit tout à coup retourner

A

suddenly made me turn around

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16
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d’abord

A

first of all / at first

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17
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un tournant

A

bend

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18
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borde

A

border

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19
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la falaise

A

cliff

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20
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brusquement

21
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le cocher

22
Q

à tue-tête

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at the top of his lungs

23
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siège

24
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fouettait

25
affolé
panicked
26
n’arrêta
didn’t stop
27
appel
call
28
je m’élançai
i rushed
29
un sursaut
a start
30
la précipiter
throw
31
soudain
suddenly
32
s’abat
falls
33
fuir
to flee
34
sitôt
suddenly (sense of urgency)
35
m’accueille
greets me
36
jurons
curses
37
le jetai bas
threw him down
38
pesant du genou
knee weight
39
poitrine
chest
40
maîtriser
control / overcome
41
poing
fist
42
crachait
he spat
43
bavait
he drooled
44
saignait
he bled
45
jurait
he swore
46
légitime
legitimate, warranted, justified
47
l'eussé-je fait
I would have done it
48
du moins
at least
49
m'arrêta
stopped me