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Franchir
To cross
Le détroit
Strait (of water)
La vigie
Lookout
Un mât
Mast (on a ship)
Venant
From
Côtier
Coastal
Aborder
To approach
Un cap
Cape (ocean)
La plate-forme
Platform
Gréé
Rigged
Arrimé
Stowed
Les chantiers
Construction sites
Un armateur
Shipowner
Secousse
Tremor (earthquake)
Les huniers
Topsails
Cet instinct qui pressent un malheur
The instinct which senses misfortune
En mouillage
At anchor
Dérocher
To drop off
Soulagé
Relieved
S’élancer
To take off
Une voile
Sail
Un coup d’œil
A glance
Un interlocuteur
Contact
Décemment
Decently
Enveloppé
Wrapped up
Un hamac
Hammock
“Et du moment que vous m’assurez que…”
“As long as you assure me that…”
La cargaison
Cargo
Le benefice
Profit
Escompter
To discount
S’abaisser
To lower; to stoop
Sensible
Sensitive
Un impulsion
Impulse
L’anse
The handle
Balbutier
To stammer
Bouleversé
Upset
Céder
To give in; to yield
C’est de la fatalité
It is inevitable
Périr
To perish
Courbé
Bent
Dépit
Spite
Accabler
To overwhelm, overpower; weigh down
Tremper
To soak
La louange
Praise
Perspicacité
Insight
Épais
Thick, dense
Sot / sotte
Stupid
Se savonner
To soap up
Abattir
To slaughter
Endosser
To put on (piece of clothing); to assume; to endorse
Retrousser
To roll up
Siffler
To whistle; to hiss
Prochainement
Soon (archaic)
Dissimuler
To hide; to conceal / cover up
Moyenner
To average; to chock up
La bascule
Scales; seesaw; rocking chair
Un rideau
Curtain
Déchirer
To tear
Embusquer
To ambush
Haleter
To pant
Un carrefour
Crossroads
Tordre
To twist
Farcir
To stuff
Gaver
To fill, stuff; fatten
En proie
Plagued
Ôter
To remove, take off
Crouler
To crumble
Soigneusement
Carefully
Expédier
To ship
Le brevet
Patent
Certes
Certainly
Affronter
To confront
Se borner / se limiter
To limit
Étouffer
To stifle
Au reste
Moreover
Être de tiédeur
To be lukewarm
Fermenter
To grow angry / frustrated; to ferment
Au-delá
Beyond
Affermir
To strengthen; establish
Netteté
Neatness; fairness
Sourciller
To flinch, to wince
Bout pourtant
Close range
Un casier
Locker
Prier
To pray
La prestesse
Agility
Bienveillance
Benevolence
Hâter
To accelerate, to hasten
Un enquête
Investigation
Désespéré
Desperate
Briser
To shatter, to smash
Un rouage
Cog, means (to an end)
Compromettre
To compromise
La tornure (des évenements)
Timeline (of events); the turn
Profondeur
Depth
Un cachot
Dungeon
L’ecroulement
Collapse
Le verrou
Lock
Un décret
Decree
Retentir
To sound; to ring out
Un négociant
Trader
S’ingénier
To engineer
Sur ces entrefaites
In the meantime
Retentissante
Booming; resounding
Rongé
Nervewracked
Errer
To wander
Tantôt
Sometimes
Gémissement
Groan
Engloutir
To engulf
Bienfaisance
Charity
Secourir
To rescue
Enterrement
Burial; funeral
Grincer
To squeak; to rasp
Emmener
To bring; to take away
Garni
Furnished
Accoutumé
Accustomed
Tisser
To weave
Une goutte
Drop
Inaccoutumé
Unusual
Nourrir
To feed
Un escalier
Staircase
Infect
Foul
Puant
Smelly
Moisi
Musty; moldy