RV en Sep: Leila Flashcards

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le bled

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remote area; backcountry (villages in Algeria)

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le deplacement rituel

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pilgrimage; ritual travel

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l’hameau

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a village

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Effacer

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Erase;delete

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Aîné

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Eldest

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Les siens

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It’s own

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La semoule

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Durum wheat

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Des larmes silencieuses qui traçaient sillons sur ses joues

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Silent tears which traced furrows on his cheeks

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Issue d’immigration

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Issue of immigration

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Grand-chose

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Much, anything, a lot

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Sinon

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Otherwise, if not, or else

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Une chance supplémentaire

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A second chance

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Le kabyle

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People in north and northeast of Algeria

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Veiller

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To make sure/look/watch

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Mollement

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Weakly

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Exiger

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Require/demand/request

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Se mettre à l’abri

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To find shelter/ go for cover/ go

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Suivre

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Monitor/track

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Assistante sociale

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Social worker

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Concours

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Assistance

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Quant à demeurer

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Remaining

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L’aide sociale

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Social welfare

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Payante

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Paid (adj), fee

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L’obstination

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Persistance

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Accueille
Welcome
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La trentaine
Their 30s (mid thirties)
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Semble tout connaître
To seem to know everything
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La gare
Station (train)
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Peut-être pour la mettre à l’aise, il n’a pas cessé de jacasser pendant tout le trajet
Maybe to make her comfortable, he did not stop chattering during the whole route
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Ne pas avoir peur de taffer
Not be afraid of working
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La voilà prévenue
Now you know/have been warned
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En lacets
In laces
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Bâtisse
Building
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Plutôt
Rather
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On est débordés
We are overwhelmed
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Il est cloué dans un fauteuil
Confined to a wheelchair
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Lourdement
Severely
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Paraît en surpoids
Overweight
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Céder à l’affolement
To give in to desperation
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Détourner
To divert
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Autant
As much/so much/as many
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Empêcher
Prevent
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Éprouver
To feel or experience
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La parole
The word
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Toisée
Looked up and down
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Chacun
Each
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En foyer d’accueil
In foster care
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C.V.
Resume
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Soulever
Raise/lift
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Des atouts
Things, attributes
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Embauche
Hiring, employment, recruitment
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Saute
Jump/hop
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Auprès
Among/within
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Détendre
Relax
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Le calant
Brace/prop up
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La paroi
The wall
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Attraper
To catch, get, grab
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Rhabille
Dress up
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Le répit
Respite care
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Prévoir
Provide for/predict
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Glisser
Slide/drag/slip
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Être condamné
To be convicted/sentenced/condemned
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Encaisser
To cash/take/collect
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Franchement venimeux
Frankly venomous
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Elle sent la cuisante brûlure des ongles qui lui labourent la joue
She feels the cutting burn of the nails that plough her cheek
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Les vociférations sifflants
The hissing screams
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En saccades
In jerks
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Sous la violence du choc
Under the violence of the shock
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S’évanouir
To pass out/faint
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Tu ne pouvais pas savoir
You couldn’t have known
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Souille
Stain/soil
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Son menton
His chin
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barbouillant
Slopping
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Gluant
Sticky/gooey/slimy
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Propre sang
Own blood
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Goûte
Taste
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L’amertume
Bitterness