Acte 1 Flashcards by Elizabeth Cummings

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Attroupement

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Gathering

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Une foule

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A crowd

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Le bonimenteur

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The barker

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Parmi

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Among

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Un avenant

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An amendment

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Parcourir

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To pass through, travel via

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Désormais

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Henceforth, from now on

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Le brin

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Scrap, fragment, strand

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Ondoyer

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To undulate, wave

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La poitrine

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Chest, breast

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Chiffoner

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To crease, rumple, crumple

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Un pélerin

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A pilgrim

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Bourdonner

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To buzz, drone, whir

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Le va et vient

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Coming and going

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S’enfler

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To swell, inflate

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Le buffle

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Buffalo

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Blesser

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To hurt, damage

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Reculer

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To yield, delay, walk back

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Debout

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Up, upwards

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Le gosier

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Throat, gorge, gullet

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Serrer

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To hug, squeeze, pinch

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Ceder

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To give way, surrender

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Les menottes

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Handcuffs, manacles

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Passer les menottes

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Put on the handcuffs

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Siéger

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To sit, be in session

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Prendre Le deuil

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To mourn

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En deuil

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In mourning

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Il s’amène en visite

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He comes to visit

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Un emmerdement

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A pain in the ass

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Ramener

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To bring back

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Enivrer

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To intoxicate

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Abîmer

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To damage

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C’est foutu

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That’s fucked up

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Brader

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To sell off

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Épouser son temps

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To get with the times

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Je ne lésine point

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I don’t skimp

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La liesse

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Joy, jubilation

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Trinquer

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To toast (with a drink)

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Jadis

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Formerly

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La rude poigne

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The rough grip

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Éprouver

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To experience

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Je ne suis guère

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I am hardly

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Le chanvre

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Hemp

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Le pétard

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Firecracker

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La forfanterie

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Boasting

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Prenez en soin

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Take care of it

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Entourer

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To surround

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Quant à vous

A

As for you

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Les oubliés

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The forgotten ones

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Affadir

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To fade

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Traquer

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To track, track down

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Dévouement

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Dedication

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Dériver sans balise

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To drift without a beacon

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S’allonger

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To lie down

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Un vaurien

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A scoundrel

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Un forçat

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A convict

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Remonter le temps

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Go back in time

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Notre cul sur un fauteuil

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Our ass in an armchair

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Prendre en traître

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To take by surprise

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Échapper

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To escape

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Atterrir

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To land (a plane)

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Le complot

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The plot

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Briser

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To break

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Fouler

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To tread

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La chair

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The flesh

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Sinon

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Otherwise