To Kill a Mockingbird - Part I Flashcards by Baptiste Barreau

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to sear

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griller, saisir; brûler

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wry

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ironique

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to soar

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monter en flèche, s’envoler

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to assuage

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dissiper (crainte); soulager (faim), étancher (soif)

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a thigh

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une cuisse

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a punt

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une barque

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brethren

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frères (religion); camarades

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thence

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de là

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lest (+ subj.; +inf.)

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de peur que/de

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a dictum

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un dicton, une maxime

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a chattel

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un bien mobilier

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customary

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habituel, coutumier

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a homestead

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une maison, une propriété

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a hat rack

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un porte-chapeaux

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mere

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simple; seulement

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to sag

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s’affaisser; vaciller, défaillir

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to flick

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donner une pichenette à

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to swelter

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être écrasant, étouffant, suffocant

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to squint

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loucher, plisser les yeux

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to sigh

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soupirer, pousser un soupir

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puny

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chétif, frêle; piètre

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to fuss

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s’agiter; faire des histoires

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to teem

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grouiller, fourmiller

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quaint

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au charme désuet, suranné; pittoresque; original, bizarre

to jut

faire saillie, avancer

a pulpit

une chaire

a stump

une souche

a beadle

un bedeau (local church officer)

to cuss

jurer

to scold sb.

gronder, réprimander

a mold

une moisissure

damp

humide

jagged

denté, dentelé; irrégulier (bord)

to drool

baver; (over) : s'extasier devant

to reckon

estimer; imaginer que

to growl

grogner

to holler

brailler, beugler, crier

a foray

une incursion; une tentative, un essai

to pant

haleter; être essoufflé, à bout de souffle

droopy

tombant

to wriggle

gigoter, se tortiller

to enact

promulguer, décréter; (théâtre) jouer

a recess

une récréation; une suspension d'audience

to haul

tirer, porter, traîner

a harbor

un port; un refuge

a stove

une cuisinière; un réchaud

a hog

un cochon, un porc

faint

faible, flou, vague, léger

to wallow in

se complaire dans qc.; s'apitoyer sur son sort

to compel

forcer, imposer