Chapitre Quatre - La Tristesse Flashcards

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Abattu(e)

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Dejected, downhearted

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2
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Aigre-doux

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Bittersweet

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3
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Aller de mal en pire

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To go from bad to worse

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4
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Aller droit au cœur

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To move deeply

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5
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Amertume

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Sadness, bitterness

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6
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Angoisse

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Anguish

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Angoissé(e)

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Anguished, distressed, anxious

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8
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Anxieusement

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Anxiously

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9
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Attrister

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To sadden

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10
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Avoir de malchance

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To be unlucky

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11
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Avoir de la peine

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To be sad, have pain

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12
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Avoir des ennuis

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To have problems

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13
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Avoir des idées noires

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To be sad, melancholy

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14
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Avoir des soucis

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To have problems

To be preoccupied

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15
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Avoir du chagrin

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To be sorrowful

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16
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Avoir l’air triste

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To look sad

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17
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Avoir la guigne

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To have bad luck

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18
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Avoir le cœur serré

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To be sad at heart

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19
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Avoir le cafard

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To have the blues

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20
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Avoir le cœur gros

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To be sad at heart

To have a swollen heart

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Avoir une mine (une tête) d’enterrement

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To look gloomy

To have a funeral face

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22
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Avoir pitié de quelqu’un

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To feel pity or compassion for someone

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23
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Boire le calice jusqu’à la lie

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To bear the greatest insults without a word

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24
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Bouleverser

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To upset, to throw into confusion

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Bouleversé(e)
Upset, distressed, emotional
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Broyer du noir
To give in to sad thoughts
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Chagrin
Sorrow, grief
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Consoler
To console
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Crier misère
To complain
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Déception
Disappointment
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Décevoir
To disappoint
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Déçu(e)
Disappointed
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De guerre lasse
Unable to fight anymore | Giving up
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Désappointé(e)
Disappointed
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Désastreux(se)
Disastrous
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Désemparé(e)
Distressed | A ship in distress, out of control
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Désespoir
Despair
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Donner des soucis à
To worry someone
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Douleur
Sorrow, pain
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Douloureux(se)
Sorrowful, painful
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Éclater en sanglots
To burst into sobs
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Émouvant(e)
Moving, touching
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Émouvoir
To move, to touch
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Ému(e)
Moved
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Être à plaindre
To be pitied
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Être chagriné(e)
To be sad
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Être comme une âme en peine
To be like a lost soul
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Être dans de beaux draps
To be in a bad fix
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Être de mauvaise humeur
To be in a bad mood
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Être déprimé(e)
To be depressed
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Être désolé(e)
To be sorry
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Être désespéré(e)
To be in a state of dispair
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Être embêté(e)
To be worried
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Être navré(e)
To be sorry
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Être ronge de chagrin (par la douleur)
To be eaten up by sorrow
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Être tracassé(e)
To be worried
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Faire contre mauvaise fortune bon cœur
To face adversity with courage
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Faire de la peine
To cause sorrow or grief
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Faire pitié
To arouse pity
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Faire triste figure
To look sad
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Faire triste mine
To look sad
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Faire une déprime
To have a depression
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Fondre en larmes
To burst into tears
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Inquiet, inquiète
Worried
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Inquiétant(e)
Which causes worry or apprehension
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Inquiétude
A state of uneasiness, worry
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Larme
Tear (as in crying)
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Larmoyant(e)
Teary
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Las, lasse
Exhausted emotionally or physically
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Malheur
Misfortune
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Malheureux (se)
Unhappy
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Mélancolie
Vague sadness, feeling of disgust towards life
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Mélancolique
Person who suffers from vague sadness
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Misère
State of extreme poverty | An event that causes unhappiness
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Misérable
Poor Pitiful Despicable
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N'en pouvoir plus
To have had enough
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Ne pas être dans son assiette
To feel out of sorts
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Ne pas savoir à quel saint de vouer
Not to know which way to turn
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Ne pas savoir à quoi s'en tenir
Not to know what to make of it
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Ne pas savoir où donner la tête
Not to know what to do
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Ne pas savoir sur quel pied danser
Not to know what to do
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Peiner
To cause sorrow, to sadden | To do something with difficulty
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Perdre pied
To not know what one is doing | Not to be able to touch bottom when in deep water
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Pénible
Tedious, painful
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Pépin
Problem
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Plainte
Complaint, moan
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Plaintif(ive)
Doleful (tone)
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Plaintivement
In a doleful voice
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Pleurer à chaudes larmes
To cry profusely | To cry hot tears
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Pleurer comme une madeleine
To cry profusely
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Pleurer misère
To complain
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Pleurer quelqu'un
To mourn the loss of someone
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Pleurnicheur(euse)
Someone who cries without reason or complains in a teary voice
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Prendre son mal en patience
To bear one's misfortune with patience
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Quel dommage!
What a pity!
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Quel malheur!
What misfortune
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Quelle tuile!
What a blow!
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Ronger
To torment
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Sanglot
Sob
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Sangloter
To sob
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Sensible
Sensitive
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Se faire de la bile
To worry | To produce bile
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Se faire du mauvais sang
To worry
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Se faire du souci
To worry
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Se plaindre
To complain
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Se ronger le cœur
To be tormented
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Souci
Worry
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Soucieux(se)
Person who worries
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Touchant(e)
Touching
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Triste comme un bonnet de nuit
As dull as dishwater
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Verser des larmes de crocodile
To shed crocodile tears
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Voir tout en noir
To be pessimistic