Chambre Des Secrets Flashcards by Craig H

des postillons (m)

spit

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un promoteur

a developer

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grassouillet

podgy

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une rédaction

an essay

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éblouissant

dazzling

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retors

crafty

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démesuré

enormous

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se dandiner

waddle

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méprisant

scornful

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trébucher

stumble

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de la bave

slobber

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titubant

unsteady

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un gigot

a leg

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un grésillement

a crackling

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un tapis

a rug

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discourtois

impolite

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hoqueter

hiccup

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égayer

cheer up

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loucher

go cross eyed

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affranchir

set free

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révérencieux

respectful

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un ronronnement

a drone

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un garnement

a rascal

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une penderie

a wardrobe

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desserrer

unclench

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sournois

cunning

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un gribouillis

a scrawl

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une moquette

a carpet

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désopilant

hilarious

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intraitable

uncompromising

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une lampée

a swig

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une mangeoire

a trough

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détrempé

soaked/soggy

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lancinant

throbbing

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coulissant

sliding

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s’emballer

race

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une banquette

a seat

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emporter

take

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une astuce

a trick

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un déclic

a click

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essoufflé

breathless

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un beuglement

a bellow

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s’élancer

shoot off

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se dégourdir

stretch

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de la prévenance

kindness

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pouilleux

filthy

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se pavaner

strut about

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un domestique

a servant

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un tableau de bord

a dashboard

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un brocanteur

a junk shop owner

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une théière

a teapot

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un pare-brise

a windscreen

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un bosquet

a cop pice

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luire

gleam

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un soubresaut

a jerk

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une porcherie

a pigsty

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picorer

peck

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replète

plump

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une tigresse

a tigeress

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conquérant

conquering

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encombré

cluttered

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minute

instant

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un cliquetis

a clinking

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furibond

furious

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rosir

turn pink

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ronchonner

grouch

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une brouette

a wheelbarrow

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une canne à pêche

a fishing rod

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s’y méprendre

make a mistake

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un lasso

a lasso

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le tournis

dizziness

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affaler

collapse

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rétrécissant

shrinking

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du ressort

the responsibility

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un tisonnier

a poker

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une lacune

a gap

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des bricolages (m)

DIY

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enfler

swell

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un crapaud

a toad

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une volée

a flight

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écaillé

peeling

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ébloui

dazzled

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un couvre-lit

a bedspread

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miteux

tatty

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un têtard

a tadpole

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battre

shuffle

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une goule

a ghoul

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un débraillé

Scruff

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insolite

unusual

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turbulent

boisterous

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une vadrouille

ramble

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un débardeur

a tank top

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en tricot

knitted

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une paillasse

a draining board

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dédaigner

disregard

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un âtre

a hearth

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des cendres (f)

ashes

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un grondement

rumbling

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meurtri

bruised

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étourdi

confused

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des fournitures (f)

materials

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sournois

cunning

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des ossements (m)

remains

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égaré

most

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voûté

arched

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huileux

greasy

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inquisiteur

inquisitive

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un loqueteux

a ragamuffin

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un pillard

a looter

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désobligeant

unkind/disagreeable

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déconfit

crest fallen

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marchander

haggle

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onctueux

smooth

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une ruelle

an alley

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minable

shabby

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réduit

reduced

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torve

menacing

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gâté

gotten

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hirsute

bushy

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tortueux

winding

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ronchonner

grouch

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une devanture

shop front

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mal famé

disreputable

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épousseter

dust

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une enjambée

a stride

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maugréer

grumble

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touffu

thick

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une bannière

a banner

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entreposer

deposit

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enfouir

bury

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une brocante

a secondhand shop

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cordial

friendly

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un chuchotement

a whisper

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fébrile

feverish

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une bourrade

a push

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cramoisi

crimson

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fendu

split

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la hargne

aggressiveness

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défroisser

smooth out

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une engeance

scum

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l’allégresse (f)

cheerfulness

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un saule

a willow

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cogneur

boxing/hitting

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des aménagements (m)

adjustments

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astucieux

clever

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cahoter

jolt

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un crissement

a screech

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un réacteur

a reactor

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indolore

painless

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caler

wedge

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un vigile

a guard

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endolori

painful/aching

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consterné

appalled

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la carrosserie

the bodywork

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des ratés (n)

misfiring

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des landes (f)

moors

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enroué

hoarse

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peiner

struggle

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cajoleur

loving

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une secousse

a jerk

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piquer

dive down

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une muraille

a wall

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inexorable

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une tôle

a metal sheet

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un hoquet

a gasp

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un rameau

a small branch

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le plancher

the floor

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haletant

panting

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un coffre arrière

a boot

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à tire-d’aile

rapidly

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une pétarade

a bang

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effiloché

frayed

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rapiécé

patched up

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honnir

despise

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s’engourdir

go numb

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coutumier

usual

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dupe

stupid

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de la bouillie

baby food

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un pichet

a pitcher

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happer

grab

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la désapprobation

the disapproval

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réprobateur

reproachful

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éperdu

wild

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une escapade

a jaunt

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ahuri

dazed

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tremper

dip/soak

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amorphe

lifeless

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ruisselant

drip

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affolé

panic stricken

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se tasser

shrink

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un tympan

an eardrum

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imprégner

soak/permeate

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assommé

stunned

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un raz-de-marée

a tidal wave

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une écharpe

a sling

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la gaieté

cheerfulness

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renfrogné

dour/silky

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désarçonné

thrown

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exhiber

display

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un tréteau

a trestle

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des cache-oreilles (n)

earmuffs

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rempoter

repot

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quiconque

whoever

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un bac

a tray/container

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épineux

prickly

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la nage

swimming

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mécontenter

annoy/irritate

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crépiter

crackle

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maussade

glum

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esquisser

give a hint of

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un laitier

a milkman/dairy farmer

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implorant

imploring

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sonore

resounding

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cinglant

cutting/stinging

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à la cantonade

to all present

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s’esclaffer

burst out laughing

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rafistolé

patched up

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goguenard

mocking

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fonder

found

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canaille

roguish/vulgar

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l’incrédulité (f)

disbelief

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fâcheux

regrettable

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un lutin

an elf

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diabolique

devilish

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piailler

squawk/chirp

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un charivari

a hullabaloo

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un lustre

a chandelier

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une ruée

a rush

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un prodige

a wonder

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de la bourbe

mud/sludge

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un furoncle

a boil

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des ménagements (m)

thoughtfulness

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frissonner

shiver

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revêtir

put back on

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dévaler

race down

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brandir

wave about

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trottiner

trot along

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s’en emparer

grab hold of/get

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la rosée

dew

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se rendormir

fall back asleep

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une chenille

a caterpillar

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sombrer

sink

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discourir

talk

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courroucé

wrathful

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évanoui

fainted

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un lambeau

a strip

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un bavardage

chatting

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un virage

a bend

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un gradin

a tier/row of seats

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un déclencheur

a shutter release

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rusé

sly

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écumer

lather/foam

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effaré

bewildered

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goguenard

mocking

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une pichenette

a flick

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arborer

wear/display

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se draper

drape

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doucereux

sweetish

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une tombola

a raffle

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sa superbe

haughtiness

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éructer

belch/spit out

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s’interposer

place in between

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à la renverse

backwards

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un rot

a burp

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luisant

shiny

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un haut-le-cœur

a retch

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allègrement

cheerfully

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une bassine

a basin

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s’affairer

be busy doing

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un farfadet

an elf

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une injure

an insult

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rauque

husky

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grossier

rude/crude

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persuadé

convinced

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un reproche

a reproch

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un rocher

a rock

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le gavage

force feeding

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oblique

sidelong

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tressaillir

flinch/give a start

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réprimer

repress

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redouté

dreaded

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une corvée

a chaw

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un chenapan

a rascal

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la renommée

famé

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consterné

appalled

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pourvu que

please say that…

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un crachotement

a crackling

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moribond

dying

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figer

congeal

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venom

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affolé

panic stricken

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filer

pass

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étourdi

stunned

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a canopy

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répandre

give off/spread

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fulgurant

dazzling

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maculer

splatter

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boueux

muddy

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un pourpoint

a doublet

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un panache

a plume

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émoussé

blunt

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the approval

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déplier

unfold

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tracasser

bother

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étouffer

smother/muffle

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efflanqué

raw boned/lanky

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la cervelle

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a dungeon

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a tapestry

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chubby cheeks

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frémissant

quivering

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des cochonneries (f)

mess

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dépourvu de

devoid of

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handcuffs

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de la bouse

dung

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de la morve

snot

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dénicher

find

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une souillure

a stain

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sournois

cunning

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vaciller

sway

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un accès de

a fit of

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la consternation

dismay

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déboussolé

disorientated

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a star

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so tordre

wrong

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flasque

flabby

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stupéfait

stunned

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fracasser

smash

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se rengorger

puff up (with self importance)

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se douter

expect

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éventuellement

possibly

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se vanter

boast

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bougonner

grouch/grumble

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réjouissant

great

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marteler

hammer

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se consumer

burn

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tournoyer

whirl

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une étincelle

a spark

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se déchaîner

rage

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évider

hollow

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bondé

packed

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crisser

squeak

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l’embrasure

the frame

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a drapery

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lugubre

gloomy

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stupéfiant

stunning

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une estrade

a platform

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da la buée

condensation

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une nonne

a nun

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funèbre

gloomy

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des haillons (m)

rags

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gémir

moan/groan/whine

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un amoncellent

a heap

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grouillant

swarming

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s’accroupir

squat

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pestilentiel

foul

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docte

learned/erudite

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putride

putrid

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évoluer

fly around

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sournois

cunning

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trapu

stocky

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maussade

glum

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enjoué

cheerful

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rusé

sly

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perçant

piercing

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pouffer (de rire)

Ritter

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geignard

whining

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râleur

moaner

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boutonneux

spotty

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un cor

a horn

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se cabrer

rear up

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appuyé

insistant

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effrayant

frightening

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mortel

deathly

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affamé

starving

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la stupéfaction

astonishment

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un martèlement

a hammering

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s’essouffler

be out of breath

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scintiller

sparkle

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en plein

right in

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une torchère

a candle stand

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un grondement

a rumbling

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rupu

satiated

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se faufiler

slip through

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flamboyer

flash

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s’empourprer

turn crimson

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exorbité

bulging

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strident

shrill

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une torchère

a candle stand

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empressé

over-zealous

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emboîter

follow close behind

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la pénombre

the half-light

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s’éclipser

disappear

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a curler

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aquilin

hooked

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ausculter

listen to chest

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plissé

wrinkled

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papillonner

flutter about

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un supplice

torture

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une parade

a retort

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affalé

collapsed

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empailler

stuff

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une amulette

an amulet

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un filet

a net

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narquois

mocking

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un camarade

a classmate

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désincarné

disembodied

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esquisser

give the hint of (a smile)

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réprimer

suppress

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naître

be born

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la haine

hatred

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aigri

bitter

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une pendule

a clock

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sur-le-champ

immediately

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livide

pallid

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gratter

scratch

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l’éclat

radiance

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furtif

quiet/secret

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débiter

reel off

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essoufflé

breathless

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somnoler

doze

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un exposé

an account

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claironnant

resonant

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la craie

chalk

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bafouiller

stammer

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ahuri

stunned

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ridé

wrinkled

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aménager

design/fit out

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sceller

seal

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l’assoupissement

drowsiness

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érudit

érudite

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une affabulation

a plot construction

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excédé

exasperated

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la torpeur

torpor

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une marée

a tide

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songeux

reflective

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féroce

ferocious

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a cuddly toy

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un frisson

a shiver

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essuyer

dry up

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un panneau

a sign

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apposer

put up

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ébréché

chipped

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consteller

stud with

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un bougeoir

a candleholder

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écaillé

peeling

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le réservoir (de la chasse d’eau)

the cistern

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la sensibilité

sensibility/feelings

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les parages (n)

the surroundings

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un sanglot

a son

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une cuvette

a basin

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éclabousser

splatter

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las

weary

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la tuyauterie

the pipe work

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sursauter

jump

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la fougue

ardour

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cassant

curt

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la nuque

the nape

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distraitement

absent-mindedly

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une face

a face

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malfaisant

evil

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se vanter

boast

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un ouvrage

a book/work

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un refroidissement

a chill

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délivrer

set free

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a bell

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a ramble

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a ghoul

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une passoire

a sieve/colander/strainer

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accroître

increase

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fébrilement

feverishly

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ébahi

stunned

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feutré

quiet/muffled

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un vautour

a vulture

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famélique

scrawny

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arracher

snatch

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moisi

mouldy

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sensé

sensible

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piqueté

dotted

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a two pointed hat

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cueillir

pick

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appréhender

feel apprehensive about

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ruminer

ponder/brood over

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des huées (f)

boos

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a scar face

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décoiffer

mess up hair

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dévier

deviate

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s’acharner sur

hound/dog

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désarçonner

unseat

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se dérouler

unfold/progress

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trafiquer

tamper with

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salvateur

saving

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a taunt

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tomber dru

fall heavily

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an ascent

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étourdi

dazed

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a terrace

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a pirouette

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fulgurant

shooting

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a swerve

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embrumé

covered in most

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penché sur

leaning on/against

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un déclic

a click

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apaisant

soothing

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acharné

relentless

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en découdre

fight

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a whirl

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se dégonfler

deflate

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rattling

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bancal

wobbly/rickety

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ressouder

join together again

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amorphe

lifeless

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enfiler

slip on

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a mollusc

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a piece of

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pester contre

moan about

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ruisselant

dripping

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s’en mener pas large

have heart in boots

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improviser

improvise

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a splinter

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consterné

appalled

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repoussant

repulsive

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se moucher

blow one’s nose

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une taie d’oreiller

a pillowcase

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le rebut

the rejects

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de la vermine

vermin

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l’aube (f)

dawn

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le chevet

the bed head

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loucher

go cross-eyed

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balbutier

stammer

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l’extase

ecstasy

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à reculons

backwards

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se pencher sur

lean on

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une grappe

a bunch

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frissonner

shiver

figer

set/congeal

la miséricorde

mercy

âcre

acrid/bitter

une pellicule

a film

baigner

soak/shroud

se redresser

sit up straight

masser

massage

plier

bend

étirer

stretch

se hâter

hurry

peiné

upset

une éclaboussure

a splash

ficher

give

une frousse

a fright

à merveille

wonderfully

se venger sur

take revenge on

une touffe

a tuft

rapporter

tell/say

abasourdi

stunned

rôder

hang around

une sangsue

a leech

saupoudrer

sprinkle

l’apoplexie (f)

apoplexy

un talisman

a spell

une amulette

an amulet

un gris-gris

a magical object

une pointe

a tip/trace

un chahut

an uproar

crever

burst/gouge our

disposer

arrange

fétide

fetid

un chouchou

a favourite

écoper de

cop/get

un pétard

a banger

asperger

splash

la grosseur

the size

noirci

blackened

touiller

stir

écumer

foam/lather

des bouillons (m)

bubbles/boiling

une estrade

a platform

un grondement

a grunt/growl

innombrables

countless

un préambule

a preamble

s’entre-tuer

kill each other

un rictus

a grimace

un soulier

a shoe

proéminent

prominent

loyal

fair

effréné

wild

un affrontement

a confrontation

semer

sow

la désolation

the desolation

perfide

treacherous

se tortiller

wriggle

une roulette

a wheel

la crainte

the fear

effrayé

frightened

une bouffée

a puff

rusé

crafty

présager

predict

regagner

get back

un don

a talent

répandu

wide spread

répugnant

disgusting

une fente

a slit

tourbillonner

swirl

admonester

admonish

un blaireau

a badger

une bribe

a scrap

des nattes (f)

pigtails

un adepte

a follower

la concurrence

the competition

se mordre

bite oneself

buté

stubborn

comporter

be made up of

se ficher de

not care about

réprobateur

reproachful

la reliure

the binding

un grimoire

a book of spells

un passe-montagne

a balaclava

ganté

gloved

un renard

a fox

un poulailler

a hen house

broussailleux

bushy

se résoudre

reconcile oneself

se prendre

get caught

décoller

take off

rompre

break

en proie à

in the grip of

périlleux

dangerous

piétiner

trample

affolé

panic-stricken

une ruse

a trick

un éventail

a fan

en colimaçon

spiral

étourdi

dazed

chatoyant

gleaming

franchir

cross

bourdonner

buzz

recouvrir

cover

une serre

a claw

usé

worn

rapiécé

patched up

coiffer

put on head

contourner

walk around

trotter

run through head

la pointe

the tip

un caquètement

a cackle

une éructation

a belch

un perchoir

a perch

vitreux

glazed

s’embrasser

burst into flames

fébrilement

feverishly

une mine

an appearance

glousser de rire

chuckle

renaître

be reborn

un oisillon

a fledgling

fripé

crumpled

un plumage

feathers

la guérison

recovery

hirsute

bushy

tempêter

rant and rave

le flanc

the side (of body)

tracasser

bother

disincarné

disembodied

la crainte

the fear

régner

prevail

une ruée

a rush

en perspective

in sight

goûter

appreciate

une facétie

a joke/prank

entendu (air)

knowing

fâché

angry

solennel

solemn

blanchir

whiten

en trombe

briskly/noisily

un cure-dent

a toothpick

ramollir

soften

une plume

a feather

absorber

take

se réjouir

be delighted

un cantique

a canticle

tonitruant

thundering

un benêt

a simpleton

ricaner

snigger

un somnifère

a sleeping pill

un goinfre

a pig

incrédule

disbelieving

une rampe

a banister

niais

simple minded

une bouchée

a mouthful

se dégager

come out

un pan

a tail

un verrou

a bolt

luisant

shining

un siège

a seat

une lingerie

a linen room

de la vase

sludge

une louche

a ladle

de l’écume (f)

foam

une teinte

a colour

se pincer

pinch

des entrailles (f)

guts

pantelant

panting

une jointure

a joint

saillir

protrude

une démangeaison

an itch

un tonneau

a barrel

un supplice

torture

brouiller

cloud

le teint

complexion

décontenancé

disconcerted

alentour

around

balancer

swing

sèchement

tersely

désespérer

give up hope

prudent

wise

se rengorger

puff up (with pride)

se goinfrer

stuff oneself

outragé

offended

un ricanement

a snigger

se rattraper

catch oneself

méprisant

scornful

naked/bare

souterrain

underground

un manteau

a mantelpiece

ouvragé

ornate

décontracté

relaxed

une coupure

a cutting

découper

cut out

accidenter

damage/wound

ternir

tarnish

décamper

scram/buzz-off

réjoui (air)

pleased

méprisant

scornful

une infirmerie

a sick room

un rogaton

rubbish

se forcer

force oneself

la détente

relaxation

se conduire

behave

abruti (air)

idiot

inciter

make

à reculons

backwards

une perquisition

a search

un manoir

a manor

écouler

run out (time)

la vraisemblance

the likelihood

flotter

be lost in (clothes)

craquelé

cracked

l’aspect (m)

appearance

cliqueter

click

un lavabo

a washbasin

la fourrure

fur

contre-indiqué

contraindicated (medication)

moqueur

mocking

une queue

a tail

intime

intimate/private

courir

go around

épargner

save

des moustaches (f)

whiskers

maussade

glum

le rétablissement

recovery

attentif

thoughtful

un oreiller

a pillow

baratineur

smooth talking

hérisser

stand up/bristle

une mare

a pond

mouiller

wet

des pleurs (m)

tears

gargouiller

gurgle

une flaque

a puddle

un carrelage

a tiled floor

lancer

throw/launch

miteux

tatty

condamner

condemn

imbibé

soaked

un journal intime

a diary

bavé

run/smeared (ink)

un écusson

a coat of arms

frotter

rub/scrub

mouillé

wet

un papetier

a stationer

débarrassée de

free of/clear of

un poulpe

an octopus

la communauté

the community

interrogateur

questioning

révéler

reveal

démasquer

unmask

l’emplacement

the location

un défaut

a flaw

tapoter

tap

une gomme

an eraser

en guise de

by way of

une récompense

a reward

une médaille

a medal

vexé

hurt/offended

grincheux

grumpy

renfermé

withdrawn

macérer

macerate/soak

se résoudre à

reconcile oneself to

se trahir

give oneself a way

une vipère

an adder

une figure

a figure (danse)

en rang

in line

tardif

late

écœuré

sickened

affubler de

rig out in

une harpe

a harp

enfouir

bury

une fiole

a phial

sillonner

cross

s’esquiver

dodge

brandisser

wave about

se dégager

free oneself

traînant

drawling (voice)

un chahut

an uproar

un corbeau

a crow

volontiers

willingly

vaillamment

valiantly

une trouvaille

a find

un carnet

a notebook

un grognement

a growl/grunt

se répandre

spread

un encrier

an ink pot

aspiré

sucked up

suinter

weep/ooze

un mensonge

a lie

une rafale

a gust

une case

a square/box

basculer

topple

une ouverture

an opening

la netteté

the clearness

un objectif

a Lens

somnolent

drowsy

frêle

frail

une chandelle

a candle

mal assuré

unsteady

froncé

wrinkled (frown)

éclatant

dazzling

se tourner

turn

en exercice

serving

un insigne

a badge

bienveillant

kind

un orphelinat

an orphanage

compatissant

compassionate

une circonstance

a circumstance

une agression

an attack

une tragédie

a tragedy

envisager

consider

des désagréments (m)

trouble

emboîter

plissé

wrinkled

serré

tight

se promener

go for a walk

contrairement à

contrary to

entrebâillé

half-open

se tenir à l’affût

hide

une ombre

a shadow

grincer

creak

en avant

forward

accroupi

crouched down

vivement

sharply/briskly

domestiquer

domesticate

se dégourdir

stretch

abattre

bring down

s’écarter

move aside

l’encadrement (m)

frame

hérissé de

full of/stuffed with

un enchevêtrement

a tangled mass

aiguisé

sharpened

un gouffre

an abyss/pit

le souffle

breath

élever

bring up

apprivoiser

tame/domesticate

un collier

a chain/necklace

une laisse

a lead

dénoncer

denounce

sanguinaire

bloodthirsty

poilu

hairy

endiablé

wild

ulcéré

appalled

désemparé

l’ost

apeuré (air)

frightened

étaler

display/lay out

répandu

widespread

atterré (air)

appalled

une brise

a breeze

localiser

locate

un haussement

a shrug/raising

foncer

go straight ahead

se presser

hurry/press

réconfortant

comforting

enfourcher

mount/get on

un mégaphone

a megaphone

étonnamment

astonishingly

ultérieur

later

étouffé

choking/gasping

récapituler

summarise

un hochement

a nos

abattu

despondent

sonné

gone/nuts

argenté

silvery

se faufiler

slip through/weave

se rhabiller

get dressed again

la traversée

the crossing

sillonner

criss-cross

à l’affût de

watch out for

éternuer

sneeze

une arbalète

a crossbow

brisé

broker

disparate

unmatching

une syllabe

a syllable

les antécédents (m)

previous history

se consulter

confer

tripoter

fiddle with

grogner (chien)

growl

dédaigneux

scornful

réglementaire

statutory

affolé

panic stricken

relever de

falls under

un terme

an end

le chantage

blackmail

emporté

quick tempered

balbutier

stutter

gronder

rumble

apporter

bring

regretter

miss/be sorry for

empêcher

prevent/stop

une araignée

a spider

gémir

whine/moan

pervenche

periwinkle

éclore

hatch

le décor

the decor/setting

achever

finish/end

le comble

the peak/height

déboussolé

disorientated

s’efforçer

try one’s best

se déplacer

move/travel

un troupeau

a herd

ravir

delight

se soucier de

worry about

digne de

worthy of

s’esquisser

sketch/outline itself

bondir

leap/jump

se ruer sur

rush at

se dégager

free oneself

une brassée

an armful

desséché

dried

s’attaquer à

attack

potelé

chubby

une brindille

a twig

ironiser sur

be sarcastic about

un sécateur

a pair of shears

se réjouir

be delighted

réjoui

cheerful/pleased

esquiver

dodge

une licorne

a unicorn

sinistre

dismal

un demeuré

a half-wit

se flatter de

pride oneself in

l’allégresse (f)

cheerfulness

écœurant

nauseating

renforcer

reinforce/confirm

bondé

packed

s’apercevoir

notice

des aboiements (m)

barking

caresser

stroke

une lueur

a light/gleam

gambader

leap about

un sentier

a path

dissiper

clear/dispel

s’aventurer

venture

s’écarter

move away/divert

une cellule

a cell

un saut

a jump

le museau

the muzzle

des sous-bois (m)

undergrowth

le souffle

the breath/breathing

s’accroupir

squat/crouch down

touffu

dense/thick

retentissant

resounding

scruter

scan/examine

un grondement

a rumbling/growling

jaillir

shoot out

un jappement

a yelp

un buisson

a bush

japper

yelp

trébucher

stumble

une clairière

a clearing

le feuillage

foliage

à force de

by dint of

s’habituer

accustom oneself

une piste

a track/trail

emporter

carry/take away

s’emparer de

grab hold of

étroitement

closely/tightly

une pince

a claw/pair of pliers

vainement

in vain

les ténèbres (f)

darkness

une fosse

a pit

escarpé

steep

ses congénères (m)

one’s peers

la proie

prey

un molosse

a watchdog

muet

mute/silent

cliqueter

click/clack

un éléphant

an elephant

grisonner

go grey

laiteux

milky

capturer

capture

agacé

irritated

haletant

panting

une inquiétude

a worry

imiter

imitate

libérer

free

une épouse

a wife

la bonté

the kindness

rassembler

collect

remuer

twitch

un bruissement

a rustling

nommer

name

le désespoir

despair

faire volte-face

turn around

repoussant

repulsive

chèrement

dearly/at great cost

bousculer

push/knock

rugir

roar

renverser

spill/knock down

le pare-brise

the windscreen

une orbite

an eye socket

un rétroviseur extérieur

a wing mirror

un cahot

a jolt

la végétation

the vegetation

la lisière

the edge

retrouver/reprendre ses esprits (m)

to come to/get a grip

fixe (yeux)

staring

en cachette

secretly

entrebaîller

half open

gravir

climb

une sentinelle

a sentinel

aux aguets

on the lookout

des braises (f)

embers

une impasse

a deadlock/dead end

somnoler

doze

se frotter

rub oneself

la surveillance

the surveillance

poursuivre

pursue

une consigne

an order/instruction

une pantoufle

a skipper

rafistoler

patch up

se tordre (les mains)

wrong

apeurer

frighten/alarm

se balancer

sway

convenir

suit

l’effroi (m)

terror/dread

démentir

contradict

soigné

well-groomed/tidy

parcourir

cover

ricaner

snigger

se recoiffer

redo one’s hair

latéral

side

rauque

husky

à contrecœur

reluctantly

creased

froisé

une tâche

a task

aisé

easy

tordre

twist

défroisser

smooth out

une contrée

a country

un reptile

a reptile

couver

hatch

recourir à

resort to

si d’aventure

if by chance

s’exprimer

express oneself

une inondation

a flood

concorder

match/agree

se tenir (théorie)

hold together

la plomberie

the plumbing

lambrisser

panel

effaré

alarmed

une penderie

a wardrobe

le moisi

mold

décontenancé

disconcerted

le dossier (d’une chaise)

the back

éclater

explode/burst

un sanglot

a sob

le plancher

the floor

insensé

foolish/unrealistic

pâlir

go pale

flûté (voix)

reedy

séduisant

seductive

fuyant (menton)

receding

étriqué

narrow/skimpy

abriter

house/accommodate

témoigner

testify/show

l’entrebâillement (d’une porte) (m)

half open

une malle

a trunk

entasser

pile up

accrocher

hang up

une affiche

a poster/notice

fuyant (regard)

elusive

empiler

pile up

prendre la fuite

run away

un pou

a louse

poilu

hairy

s’attribuer

take credit for

dédicacer

dedicate

verouiller

lock

colporter

peddle/spread

briller

shine

du tout au tout (changement)

completely

la délectation

delight

engourdir

go numb

rêveur

dreamy

hanter

haunt

une cabine (toilette)

a cubicle

un robinet

a tap

basculer

topple/fall over

se glisser

squeeze into

un rictus

a grimace

dévaler

race down

un toboggan

a slide

secouer

shake

insoupçonnée

unsuspected

un coude (d’une route)

a bend

humide (sol)

wet

se répercuter

écho

obscur

dark

s’enfoncer

push in

patauger

splash/wade

un tombeau

a tomb

un craquement

snap/crack

jonché de

littered with

un contour

a contour

courbe

curved

plaquer sa main

put one’s hand

une paupière

an eyelid

entrouvert

half-open

muer

shed skin

des oubliettes (f)

dungeon/black hole

rafistolé

patched up/fixed temporarily

s’enfuir

run away

se détacher

break off

un éboulis

a mass of fallen earth/rocks

un amas

a heap

un roc

a rock

le tibia

the shin

creuser

dig

une lézarde

a crack/crevice

s’effondrer

collapse

poignant

ébouler

bring/break down

une courbe

a curve

graver

carve/engrave

entrelacer

intertwine

une émeraude

an emerald

un pan de mur

face of a wall

la voie

the way

noyer

drown

l’obscurité (f)

darkness

une atmosphère

an atmosphère

tapi

lurking/hidden

une colonne

a column

une muraille

a wall

à plusieurs reprises

severely times

creux

hollow

adossé à

leaning against

simiesque

simian

s’agenouiller

kneel down

pétrifier

transfix

désespéré

hopeless

ballotter

sway

des vitres givrées

frosted window panes

un orteil

a toe

parvenir à

manage to

parvenir à

manage to

hisser

haul up

étirer

stretch

nonchalant

fléchir

bend

dérisoire

trifling/laughable

une idiotie

an idiocy

une fillette

a little girl

compatir à

sympathise with

aigu

high pitched

la chair de poule

goose bumps

tracer

write/draw

lancer

launch/set

une chatte

a pussy

se départir de

départ from

la paume

the palm

égale (voix)

level

avide

eager

un benêt

a simpleton

un balourd

an awkward person

y parvenir

manage it

désinvolte (ton)

casual

un bénéfice

a benefit/advantage

amener

bring

la fureur

the fury/rage

confier

confide

engageant

engaging

s’en tirer

get away with

immonde

base/impure

abject

despicable

ahuri

stunned

raté

missed/failed/wasted

un frisson

a shiver

l’échine (f)

the spine

un cygne

a swan

une voûte

an archway

une serre

a claw

usé

worn

rapiécé

patched up

crasseux

dirty

étaler

lay out

rassurer

reassure

l’allure (f)

the speed

brillant

brilliant

un débris

a broken piece

une épave

a wreck

soit

very well

un membre

a limb

béant

gaping

prendre son envol

take off

une mass

a mass

pesant

heavy

à l’aveuglette

blindly

se dresser

stand up/rise

la démarche

the walk

titubant

wobbly

tranchant

Sharp

une cascade

a waterfall

globuleux

bulging

mortel

deadly

un fouet

a whip

une étoffe

a piece of fabric/material

assommer

knock out

plonger

dive

fourchu

forked

une garde

a guard

le palais

the palate/palace

fulgurant

shooting

une convulsion

a convulsion

se brouiller

blur

un bruissement

a rustle

un brouillard

fog/mist

terrasser

bring down

se devoir de

have the duty to

le champ de vision

the line of sight

une détonation

a boom/shot

un tourbillon

a whirlwind

un rèmede

a remedy

empoigner

grasp

se tordre de douleur

be doubled up with pain

de part en part

right through

remuer

move/twitch

imposer

impose

percer

pierce

se lamenter

moan/whine

la paroi

the wall (internal)

un raclement

a scraping noise

un éboulis de rocs

a mass of fallen rocks

fredonner

hum

à l’envers

the wrong way

voleter

flutter

ébouriffer

ruffle

la durée

the duration/length

sombrement

gloomily

maculer

splatter

beûrk

yuk

une récompense

a reward

se tenir

stand/sit

un bond

a jump/leap

se précipiter sur

rush at

fondre sur

sweep down on

une étreinte

a hug/embrace

suspendu

hanging

désincarné

disembodied

rauque

husky

une façon

a way

la panique

panic

esquisser

outline/give a hint of

envoûter

bewitch

un soulagement

a relief

se répandre

spread

bredouiller

mutter/mumble

se plonger dans

through oneself into

se fier à

trust in

une épreuve

an ordeal/test

une séquelle

an aftereffect

ébranlé

shaken

songeur

dreamily

un festin

a feast

surprendre

catch

se contredire

contradict oneself

une teinte

a colour

sursauter

jump

se retourner contre

turn against

éteint

faint/lacklustre

prêter

lend

un doute

a doubt

transmettre

transmit

un dédain

contempt

défait

broken/distraught

assommé

stunned

un rubis

a ruby

étinceler

sparkle

la garde

the hilt

recroquevillé

curled up

abject

despicable/contemptible

une malédiction

a curse

un éclair

a flash

un comportement

behaviour

la volonté

will

éminent

noted

advenir

happen

la raideur

stiffness

démanger

itch

lamentable

pathetic

répugnant

disgusting

un trésor

a treasure

inestimable

priceless

l’incrédulité (f)

disbelief

se ruer sur

rush at

un serviteur

a servant

assourdissant

deafening

repoussant

repulsive

se fondre

melt

édenté

toothless

un indice

a clue

une évidence

an obvious fact

entourer

surround

un pyjama

a pair of pyjamas

des réjouissances (f)

festivities

un beignet

a doughnut

resplendissant

gleaming/glorious

désarmer

disarm

s’ouvrir sur

open onto