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Boule de suif key words Flashcards

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1
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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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3
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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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5
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the upper class

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la haute société

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6
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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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11
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unacceptable

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inadmissible

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12
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gené

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embarrassed

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13
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the surrender of

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la reddition de

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14
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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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16
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helpless

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impuissant

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17
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loyalty and faithfulness

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la loyauté et la fidélité

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18
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without thanks

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sans remercier

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19
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saper

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undermine

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20
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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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21
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la rancoeur

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resentment/ bitterness

22
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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

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ils s’enfuient

25
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play an essential help in the coalition

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elle porte un soutien essential a la coalition

26
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forthcoming

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franche

27
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which contained

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qui contenait

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cowardice

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la lacheté

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war was declared

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la guerre a éclaté

30
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he feels neither …

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il ressent ni …

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they sympathise

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ils compatissent

32
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the enemy take revenge for this cruel act

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l’ennemi se venge de l’acte cruel

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to defy

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de défier

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overcome by grief

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surmonter par le chagrin

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dédaigneux/euse

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disdainful

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il apitoie sur son sort

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he pities himself

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phenomenon

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phénomene

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the count

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le comte

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elle sont pieuses

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they are pious

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a similar mind

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un avis semblable

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sense of inevitability

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un sens de l’inévitable

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a warning to others

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un avertissement a d’autres

43
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anti hero

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un anti-héros

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the main reason he wants to survive

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la raison principale pour laquelle il veut de survivre

45
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he starts to dance

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il mis a danser

46
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he is grateful to have been captured

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il est reconnaissant d’avoir été capture

47
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epuisée et abattue

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exhausted and depressed

48
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l’officier interdit les voyageurs de reprendre la route

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the officer forbids the travellers from retaking their route

49
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they have mistrated the prostitute

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ils ont malmené la prostituée

50
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to make her feel ashamed

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de lui faire honte

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