Chapter 1 Flashcards
Le hululement sonore
Hooting sound
fondir en larmes
to burst into tears
la haie
the hedge
éclater
to burst
hurler
to scream / to yell
s’accrocher
to hang on / to hold on
touffue
bushy
un rot
a burp
embué
misty / fogged up
fiston
son
stupéfiant
staggering
étouffé
choked / smothered
pousser
to push / to grow
ébranler
to undermine
plaquer
to press
la fureur
fury
un ton précipité
a hasty tone
postillonner
to splutter / to spit
le audace
audacity / boldness
marteler
to hammer / to pound
violacé
purple
s’efforcer
to strive / to endeavour to
se rassir
to go stale
percer
to break through
fantômes
ghosts
hiboux
owls
le lit à baldaquin
four-poster bed (baldaquin = canopy)
la cabane en lisière
the hut on the border
le chaudron
the cauldron
la goutte
the drop
infamante
infamous / shameful
exiger
to require / to demand
cadenasser
to padlock
osseuse
bony
étincelants
sparkling
le perron
the porch
le maléfice
curse
malodorant
smelly
la commande
the order
la perceuse
drill
abattre
to shoot / to slaughter
Scarabées bousiers
scarab beetle
S’enfuir
to run away / to escape
dodues
plump
délabrée
dilapidated
la scie
the saw
retors
devious
Il s’en était tiré
He had got out of it
la justesse
accuracy / correctness
ruisseler
to stream / to trickle down / to drip
le sueur
the sweat
hanter
to haunt
démesuré
disproportionate
se redresser
to recover
le feuillage
the foliage
retentir
to ring out
chantonner
to hum
se dandiner
to waltz –> to waddle
méprisant
contemptuous
zigoto
weirdo
soupçonner
to suspect
trébucher
to trip
un crapaud
a toad
tituber
to stagger / to stumble
les carreaux
window panes
les massifs de fleurs
flower beds
la nuque
the nape of the neck
L’engrais
fertiliser
épuiser
to exhaust
fouetté
whipped
parsemer
to be scattered
un gigot
roast (leg of lamb / mutton)
un grésillement
a crackle / a sizzle
ôter
to remove
les noeuds papillon
bow ties
les vestes de smoking
Tuxedos
le palier
the landing
l’ennui
the trouble
