Le Petit Prince

Question 1

S’enfuir

Answer 1

To run away

Question 2

Tirer

Answer 2

To shoot

Question 3

Le renard

Answer 3

The fox

Question 4

Apprivoiser

Answer 4

To be tamed

Question 5

Compter repartir

Answer 5

To count on leaving

Question 6

Aveugle(s)

Answer 6

Blind

Question 7

La forêt vierge

Answer 7

Rainforest

Question 8

Histoires vécues

Answer 8

Life stories

Question 9

Avaler

Qui avalait un fauve

Answer 9

To swallow

That swallowed a beast

Question 10

Un fauve

Answer 10

A beast

Question 11

Proie

Answer 11

Prey

Question 12

Mâcher

Answer 12

To chew

Question 13

Mon chef-d’œuvre

Answer 13

My masterpiece

Question 14

Un chapeau

Answer 14

A hat

Question 15

Digérer

Answer 15

To digest

Question 16

Afin que

Answer 16

So that

Question 17

Laisser de côté

Answer 17

To leave to the side (to give up or to move on from s/t)

Question 18

C’est ainsi que

Answer 18

This is how..

Question 19

Du premier coup d’œil

Answer 19

At first glance

Question 20

Se égarer

Answer 20

To get lost

Question 21

De tas de

Answer 21

Heaps of

Question 22

Faire l’expérience sur lui/elle de…

Answer 22

To experiment on him/her with

Question 23

Compréhensive

Answer 23

Understanding

Question 24

Je me mettais à sa portée

Answer 24

I put myself within his/her reach (I did not go outside his/her scope of understanding by bringing up topics that he/she would not understand.)

Question 25

Il n’a été aperçu qu’une fois au télescope

Answer 25

It has only been seen once by telescope

Question 26

Un habit

Answer 26

A suit

Question 27

Tout le monde fut de son avis.

Answer 27

Everyone agreed.

Question 28

Les papillons (m)

Answer 28

Butterflies

Question 29

Combien pèse-t-il?

Answer 29

How much does he weigh?

Question 30

Alors seulement elles croient le connaître.

Answer 30

Only then do they think they know him.

Question 31

Des colombes sur le toit

Une colombe

Answer 31

A dove

Question 32

Parvenir

Elles ne parviennent pas à s’imaginer cette maison.

Answer 32

To get , to achieve , to attain , receive , succeed

They fail to imagine this house.

Question 33

Comme c’est joli!

Answer 33

How pretty!

Question 34

Hausser les épaules

Elles hausseront les épaules et vous traiteront d’enfant

Answer 34

They will shrug their shoulders and treat you like a child

Question 35

elles vous laisseront tranquille avec leurs questions

Answer 35

They will leave you alone with their questions

Question 36

it ne faut pas leur en vouloir

Answer 36

Don’t blame them

Question 37

Nous nous moquons bien des numéros.

Moquer

Answer 37

We don’t care about numbers.

To make fun, to mock, to laugh

Question 38

Contes de fées

Answer 38

Fairy tales (literally)

Question 39

À la légère

Answer 39

Lightly

Question 40

J’éprouve tant de chagrin

Answer 40

I feel so much sorrow

Question 41

Afin de

C’est afin de ne pa l’oublier

Answer 41

In order to

It is in order to not forget

Question 42

Une boîte

Answer 42

A box

Question 43

Se remettre au dessin

Answer 43

To get back to drawing

Question 44

Tentatives

Tenter

Answer 44

Attempts

To try

Question 45

Tout à fait

Je ne suis pas tout à fait certain

Answer 45

Absolutely

I am not absolutely certain.

Question 46

Tromper

Je me trompe un peu aussi sur la taille.

Answer 46

I made some errors on the size (of the drawing).

Question 47

tâtonner

Alors je tâtonne comme ci et comme ça, tant bien que mal.

Answer 47

To fumble around, to grope

So I fumble around like this and like that, come what may.

Question 48

Tant bien que mal

Answer 48

Come what may, what comes will come, somehow

«Vaille que vaille»

Question 49

À travers

Answer 49

Through

Question 50

J’ai dû vieillir

Answer 50

I must have aged/gotten older