les tresors d’haiti vocab Flashcards

1
Q

rompre

A

to break up

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2
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tomber en panne

A

break down

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3
Q

accueillir

A

to welcome

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4
Q

sueur

A

sweat

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5
Q

des répliques

A

aftershock

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6
Q

le cœur chavire

A

shattered heart

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7
Q

de neuf

A

what’s new

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8
Q

un incendie

A

fire/blaze

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9
Q

les décombres

A

rubble/ debris

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10
Q

ce beau ravin boisé

A

this beautiful wooded ravine

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11
Q

des attelles

A

splints

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12
Q

balbutier

A

stutter/stammer

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13
Q

s’évanouir

A

to faint

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14
Q

cheville cassé

A

broken ankle

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15
Q

gémissements

A

whining

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16
Q

faible

A

weak/feeble

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17
Q

fillette

A

little girl

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18
Q

s’effondre

A

to collapse

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19
Q

ensanglanté

A

bloodied

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20
Q

creuser

A

to dig

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21
Q

haletante

A

panting

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22
Q

égratignures

A

scratch/cut

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23
Q

tâtons

A

to feel

24
Q

un cri rauque

A

coughing out a scream

25
Q

sans cesse

A

non-stop

26
Q

fracas

A

crash

27
Q

s’écrouler

A

to crumble/fall apart

28
Q

grondement

A

growl

29
Q

poids

A

weight

30
Q

connaissance

A

knowledge

31
Q

lourde

A

heavy

32
Q

tambour

A

drums

33
Q

nouvel an

A

new year

34
Q

infirmière

A

nurse

35
Q

embrasser

A

to kiss

36
Q

500 gourdes

A

500 gourde (haiti money)

37
Q

le réalisateur

A

director

38
Q

congé

A

day off

39
Q

le pire

A

the worst

40
Q

restaveks

A

orphans sold to families

41
Q

se débrouiller

A

to manage/handle

42
Q

accoucher

A

to give birth

43
Q

champ de mars

A

biggest public park in port-au-prince

44
Q

tirer

A

to be shot

45
Q

une balle

A

a bullet

46
Q

puissent

A

powerful

47
Q

se rendre compte

A

to realises

48
Q

mendiantes

A

beggars

49
Q

héberger

A

to accommodate/host

50
Q

muet

A

mute

51
Q

soigneusement

A

carefully/neatly

52
Q

jurer

A

to swear to god

53
Q

insalubre

A

unsanitary

54
Q

serrer la main

A

shaking hands

55
Q

hôte

A

host