Le curé de Cucugnan Flashcards by Andy Brewer

Q

le curé

A

the parish priest

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l’abrégeant

A

shortening it
(of a story)

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tendez vos mannes

A

stretch out your manes
lend me your ears (?)

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au bercail

A

back home

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monta en chaire

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climbed to the pulpit

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besicles

A

readers, cheaters

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mit ses besicles

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put on his readers

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moi, pécaïre

A

me sinful

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mettre le cœur à l’envers

A

turning your heart upside down

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avoir quelque mauvais coup de sang

A

to have some bad blood

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par charité

A

out of charity

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tenez-vous sain et gaillardet

A

stay healthy and strong

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Q

quelle battue

A

what a beating

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de ronces

A

brambles
syn: le fourré

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où diantre

A

where on earth

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prenez ce sentier

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take this path

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filez en courant

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go running

Q

je chancelais

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I was staggering

Q

Je haletais de soif

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I was panting with thirst

Q

un portail

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a portal

Q

tout bâillant

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yawning

Q

je suais à grosse gouttes

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I was sweating profusely

Q

brûle pour ferrer la botte d’un vieil âne

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burns an old donkey’s boot to shoe it

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embrasé

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ablaze

des gémissements

moaning

de teigneux

of the

qui se grisait si souvent

who so often got drunk

cette petite gueuse

this little wench

la glaneuse

the gleaner

le meunier

the miller

quand le vin est tiré

when the wine is drawn

des cierges

candles

aux milieu des cierges allumés

among the lit candles

d’un nuage d’encens

a cloud of incense

encens

incense

ce grand gueusard

this big loudmouth

qui la tenait lui-même d’un autre bon compagnon

who had it himself from another good fellow

se griser

to intoxicate to get drunk

cucul

naughty