Paris Vocab Flashcards

1
Q

la bourgade

A

tiny village

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2
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le royaume

A

kingdom

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3
Q

la fouille

A

excavation (archeological)

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4
Q

la barque

A

small boat / rowboat

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5
Q

le méandre

A

a turn

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6
Q

déboucher

A

to unplug / to open up

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7
Q

inondable

A

floodable

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8
Q

gué

A

ford (crossing of a stream)

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9
Q

l’atouts (m)

A

trump / trump card

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10
Q

le crue

A

flood

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11
Q

se réfugier

A

to take refuge

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12
Q

le fleuve

A

river

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13
Q

le carrefour

A

intersection

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14
Q

couler

A

to flow

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15
Q

malgré

A

acharnée

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16
Q

l’essor

A

flight (prendre l’essor - take to flight)

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17
Q

les thermes

A

thermal spring

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18
Q

s’enfuir de

A

to escape (from)

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19
Q

poursuit

A

pursuit / hunt / search

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20
Q

enterrer

A

to bury

21
Q

demeurer

A

to remain / to stay

22
Q

élu

A

chosen one / elected representative

23
Q

l’aîné

A

oldest child

24
Q

l’emprise

A

influence

25
Q

époque

A

era

26
Q

menacèrent

A

to threaten

27
Q

l’enceinte

A

surrounding wall

28
Q

la franchise

A

frankness / candor

29
Q

l’assainissement

A

sanitation

30
Q

dont

A

of which / whose

31
Q

l’enceinte

A

surrounding wall

32
Q

exiger

A

to demand / to require

33
Q

l’égout

A

sewer

34
Q

égratigner

A

to scratch

35
Q

dévot

A

devout / pious

36
Q

maudits

A

cursed

37
Q

achever

A

to finish / to complete the last part of)

38
Q

discontinuer

A

to cease

39
Q

réclamer

A

to beg for

40
Q

la rançon

A

ransom

41
Q

convoquer

A

to convene

42
Q

parvenir

A

to reach (au sommet) / to succeed (à faire qqch.)

43
Q

s’éveiller

A

to awake(n)

44
Q

paroisse

A

parish

45
Q

enrichir

A

to enrich / to enhance

46
Q

l’affrontement

A

confrontation

47
Q

enjeu

A

bet / wager

48
Q

percher

A

to perch (on)