Boule de suif key words Flashcards by Mollie Dibb

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he takes the travellers hostage

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il prend les voyageurs en otage

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ridiculed

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bafoué

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the defeat

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la déroute

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they never take us on the battle field

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ils ne nous prennent jamais sur le champ de bataille

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the upper class

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la haute société

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rotton

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pourri

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the veneer

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le vernis

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she is renowned

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elle est renomée

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le dévouement

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self-sacrifice

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shameful

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honteux/euse

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unacceptable

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inadmissible

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gené

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embarrassed

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the surrender of

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la reddition de

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communist ideology

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l’idéologie communiste

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Napoleonic era

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l’époque napoléonienne

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helpless

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impuissant

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loyalty and faithfulness

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la loyauté et la fidélité

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without thanks

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sans remercier

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saper

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undermine

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themes which are still relevant today

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les themes qui sont encore pertinent aujourd’hui

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la rancoeur

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resentment/ bitterness

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he engulfes

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il engloutit

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he is ravished by hunger

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il est tiraillé par la faim

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they flea

A

ils s’enfuient

play an essential help in the coalition

elle porte un soutien essential a la coalition

forthcoming

franche

which contained

qui contenait

cowardice

la lacheté

war was declared

la guerre a éclaté

he feels neither ...

il ressent ni ...

they sympathise

ils compatissent

the enemy take revenge for this cruel act

l'ennemi se venge de l'acte cruel

to defy

de défier

overcome by grief

surmonter par le chagrin

dédaigneux/euse

disdainful

il apitoie sur son sort

he pities himself

phenomenon

phénomene

the count

le comte

elle sont pieuses

they are pious

a similar mind

un avis semblable

sense of inevitability

un sens de l'inévitable

a warning to others

un avertissement a d'autres

anti hero

un anti-héros

the main reason he wants to survive

la raison principale pour laquelle il veut de survivre

he starts to dance

il mis a danser

he is grateful to have been captured

il est reconnaissant d'avoir été capture

epuisée et abattue

exhausted and depressed

l'officier interdit les voyageurs de reprendre la route

the officer forbids the travellers from retaking their route

they have mistrated the prostitute

ils ont malmené la prostituée

to make her feel ashamed

de lui faire honte