bonjour tristesse vocab Flashcards by Ruby Brown | Brainscape

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pension

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boarding school

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ravissante

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delightful

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poussière

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dust

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sable

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sand

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s’allonger

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to lie down, spread out

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voile

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sail, sailing

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poignée

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handful

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poignée de main

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handshake

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voisine

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neighbouring

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amant

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lover

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goût

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taste

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peine

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sorrow, sadness, trouble, effort, difficulty

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fauteuils

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armchairs

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ciel

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sky

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éclabousser

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to splash, (fig) to tarnish

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silloner

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(digging) to furrow, to criss-cross

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bouger

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to move

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cigales

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cicadas

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ivre

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drunk

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ivre de…

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drunk/wild/intoxicated with

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chaleur

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heat, warmth

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sommeil

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sleep

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avide

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eager

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mondanités

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small talk

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étonnée

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surprised

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réagir

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to react

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orgueilleux

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proud

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lointain

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faraway, distant

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avouer

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to admit

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dès que

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as soon as

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dès

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from

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dès lors que

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from the moment (that)

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le lendemain

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the next/following day

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réveiller

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to wake up

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inonder

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to flood

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se débattre

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to struggle

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visage

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face

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écarter

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to move apart, separate

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renoncer

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to give up

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puis

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then

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feuilleter

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to leaf through

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remarquer

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to notice, to remark that

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mordre

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to bite into

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gicler

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to squirt

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gorgé(e)

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a mouthful, sip, gulp

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brûlant(e)

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burning, boiling (hot)

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se chauffer

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to warm up oneself

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déplisser

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to smooth out

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baigner

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to bath

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côte

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(anat) rib

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la joue creuse

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hollow cheek

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riant

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smiling, cheerful

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hélas

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alas! unfortunately

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rosse

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(horse) nag, nasty

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se pencher

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to lean over

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paupières

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eyelids

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imprevu(e)

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unexpected

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s’esquiver

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to slip away

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croiser

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to pass

dans l’escalier, je croisai Elsa

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gonflé(e)

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swollen

les paupières gonflées

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lèvre

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lip

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cramoisi(e)

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crimson

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soigné(e)

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well-groomed

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dommage

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harm, injury, damage

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mettre en garde

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to warn

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maillot de bain

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swimming costume

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asseoir

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to sit down

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gêné(e)

A

embarrassed

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canot

A

boat, dinghy

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être debout

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to be standing

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appuyer qch sur/contre/à

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to lean/rest sth on/against

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honte

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shame

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insouciance

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carefree attitude

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tais-toi

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be quiet

taire

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doucement

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gently, sweetly

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inonder

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to flood

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glissant

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slippery

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sueur

A

sweat

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au-dessus

A

above

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veuf

A

widower