Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
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Le hululement sonore

A

Hooting sound

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2
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fondir en larmes

A

to burst into tears

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3
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la haie

A

the hedge

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4
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éclater

A

to burst

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5
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hurler

A

to scream / to yell

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6
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s’accrocher

A

to hang on / to hold on

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7
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touffue

A

bushy

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8
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un rot

A

a burp

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9
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embué

A

misty / fogged up

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10
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fiston

A

son

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11
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stupéfiant

A

staggering

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12
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étouffé

A

choked / smothered

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13
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pousser

A

to push / to grow

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14
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ébranler

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to undermine

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15
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plaquer

A

to press

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16
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la fureur

A

fury

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17
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un ton précipité

A

a hasty tone

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18
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postillonner

A

to splutter / to spit

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19
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le audace

A

audacity / boldness

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20
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marteler

A

to hammer / to pound

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21
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violacé

A

purple

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22
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s’efforcer

A

to strive / to endeavour to

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23
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se rassir

A

to go stale

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24
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percer

A

to break through

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25
Q

fantômes

A

ghosts

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26
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hiboux

A

owls

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27
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le lit à baldaquin

A

four-poster bed (baldaquin = canopy)

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28
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la cabane en lisière

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the hut on the border

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29
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le chaudron

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the cauldron

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30
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la goutte

A

the drop

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31
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infamante

A

infamous / shameful

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32
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exiger

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to require / to demand

33
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cadenasser

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to padlock

34
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osseuse

A

bony

35
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étincelants

A

sparkling

36
Q

le perron

A

the porch

37
Q

le maléfice

A

curse

38
Q

malodorant

A

smelly

39
Q

la commande

A

the order

40
Q

la perceuse

A

drill

41
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abattre

A

to shoot / to slaughter

42
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Scarabées bousiers

A

scarab beetle

43
Q

S’enfuir

A

to run away / to escape

44
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dodues

A

plump

45
Q

délabrée

A

dilapidated

46
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la scie

A

the saw

47
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retors

A

devious

48
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Il s’en était tiré

A

He had got out of it

49
Q

la justesse

A

accuracy / correctness

50
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ruisseler

A

to stream / to trickle down / to drip

51
Q

le sueur

A

the sweat

52
Q

hanter

A

to haunt

53
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démesuré

A

disproportionate

54
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se redresser

A

to recover

55
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le feuillage

A

the foliage

56
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retentir

A

to ring out

57
Q

chantonner

A

to hum

58
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se dandiner

A

to waltz –> to waddle

59
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méprisant

A

contemptuous

60
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zigoto

A

weirdo

61
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soupçonner

A

to suspect

62
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trébucher

A

to trip

63
Q

un crapaud

A

a toad

64
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tituber

A

to stagger / to stumble

65
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les carreaux

A

window panes

66
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les massifs de fleurs

A

flower beds

67
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la nuque

A

the nape of the neck

68
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L’engrais

A

fertiliser

69
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épuiser

A

to exhaust

70
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fouetté

A

whipped

71
Q

parsemer

A

to be scattered

72
Q

un gigot

A

roast (leg of lamb / mutton)

73
Q

un grésillement

A

a crackle / a sizzle

74
Q

ôter

A

to remove

75
Q

les noeuds papillon

A

bow ties

76
Q

les vestes de smoking

A

Tuxedos

77
Q

le palier

A

the landing

78
Q

l’ennui

A

the trouble