Paris Vocab Flashcards
(48 cards)
1
Q
la bourgade
A
tiny village
2
Q
le royaume
A
kingdom
3
Q
la fouille
A
excavation (archeological)
4
Q
la barque
A
small boat / rowboat
5
Q
le méandre
A
a turn
6
Q
déboucher
A
to unplug / to open up
7
Q
inondable
A
floodable
8
Q
gué
A
ford (crossing of a stream)
9
Q
l’atouts (m)
A
trump / trump card
10
Q
le crue
A
flood
11
Q
se réfugier
A
to take refuge
12
Q
le fleuve
A
river
13
Q
le carrefour
A
intersection
14
Q
couler
A
to flow
15
Q
malgré
A
acharnée
16
Q
l’essor
A
flight (prendre l’essor - take to flight)
17
Q
les thermes
A
thermal spring
18
Q
s’enfuir de
A
to escape (from)
19
Q
poursuit
A
pursuit / hunt / search
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
époque
era
26
menacèrent
to threaten
27
l'enceinte
surrounding wall
28
la franchise
frankness / candor
29
l'assainissement
sanitation
30
dont
of which / whose
31
l'enceinte
surrounding wall
32
exiger
to demand / to require
33
l'égout
sewer
34
égratigner
to scratch
35
dévot
devout / pious
36
maudits
cursed
37
achever
to finish / to complete the last part of)
38
discontinuer
to cease
39
réclamer
to beg for
40
la rançon
ransom
41
convoquer
to convene
42
parvenir
to reach (au sommet) / to succeed (à faire qqch.)
43
s’éveiller
to awake(n)
44
paroisse
parish
45
enrichir
to enrich / to enhance
46
l'affrontement
confrontation
47
enjeu
bet / wager
48
percher
to perch (on)
