Text 1 Flashcards

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1 brebis
2 brebis

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1 sheep
2 sheep

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broussailles

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bushes

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égorger

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cut one’s head
slit the throat of sb
slaughter (pour les manger après)

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Open vs opened

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Opened is irreversible. Open can be reversible

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type

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guy
bloke (uk)

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gars

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lad (uk)
boy

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encolure

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neck

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touffe

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tuft, clump

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murmurer (3)

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murmur
whisper
mutter (se plaindre)

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marmonner, parler entre ses dents

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mumble

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troublé (2)

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disturbed
disconcerted

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netteté (perception), 3

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clearness, clariy, sharpness

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netteté (propreté), 2

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neatness, tidiness

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reins

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kidney(s)

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un couple

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a couple

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veiller (porter attention à)

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to ensure
to watch
to look after

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observer

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to gaze at
to observe

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planque (2)

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hideout
stash

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museau (nez d’un animal) 2

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muzzle snout

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museau (charcuterie) UK US

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brawn UK
headcheese US

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museau (visage), familier

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face

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souffle (déplacement d’air)

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blast of air

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souffle (respiration)

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breath

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filmer

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to film

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pour ainsi dire
so to speak
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prétextes, 3
pretext, excuse, reason
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s'inscruster (s'immiscer inopportunément
to stick one's nose in to gatecrash to push in
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s'incruster (entacher fortement, rouiller, orner en profonder)
to embed, to inlay to get embedded, to get encrusted
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louveteau
wolf cub
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calepin
notebook
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gourde
flask water bottle
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brindille, 2 (tree, bush) vs (hay, straw)
twig (tree, bush) stalk (hay, straw)
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foin
hay
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paille
straw
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admettre, reconnaitre
to reckon
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sans bouger
prone
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sous-bois, broussailles
undergrowth
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blonds
fair
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tenir
to grip
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le soleil leur cuisait les reins
the sun was scorching their backs
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L’autre secoua la tête
His companion shook his head
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un animal est + grand
bigger pas taller
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to mutter
marmonner, grommeler,
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n'en dis pas un mot
don't breathe a word
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muselière bouche d'un pistolet
muzzle
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rôder
to prowl
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pretext, what preposition ?
under a pretext
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dialogue au passé pourquoi have + en et pas had + en
Dialogue : HAVE + EN ici car even in a past narrative
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basané
swarthy
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tête de cochon
pigheaded
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to needle sbdy
repetitive way of bothering someone
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viseur ou pour ajuster télescope
viewfinder
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un rôdeur, rôdeuse
a prowler
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reculer
to pull back
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dans la boîte
in the can
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s'inscruster, 2 de manière permanente qquepart
planting roots, setting roots
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caribou
caribou
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arpenter
pace up and down
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donner la main
give your hand to sb to pass the baton to sb
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étriqué,
skimpy tight
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s'eterniser
go on and on draw sth out
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en clair
in plain language, unencrypted
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trainer, 3
to drag = tirer to dawdle, to lag behind = s'attarder
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toison
fleece (lainage) abundant growth (poils abondants)
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minable
pathetic, wretched, paltry meagre
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haletant, 2
panting out-of-breath
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Nuées
insect : swarm, cloud birds : flock people: swarm, flock, throng, crowd, multitude
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coulée (passage), 3
track run path
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carbonisé
carbonised
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sentencieux
solemn, sententious
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grave (ton)
serious