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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
Loger
To stay; to lodge
Éclaire
To teach; to enlighten
Aliéné
Insane
Tout á fait
Absolutely; completely
Une fois on est fou
Once one is crazy
Maigrir
To lose weight
Les gonds
Hinges
Rouillé
Rusty
Accroupir
To crouch
Indicible
Unspeakable
Le rayon
Radius
Bondir
To leap
Pieuse
Religious, pious
Assomer
To knock out
Aneantir
To wipe out; to annihilate
Les supplices
Torture
Se fier
To trust
Attristante
Saddening
Le trésor
Treasure
Plâtre
Plaster
Lambeaux
Shreds
Une couverture
Blanket
Se draper
To drape
La formule
Formula; expression; phrase
Fraîche
Fresh
Un calcul
Calculation; sum; stone; reckoning
Railleur
Mocking; derisive
Rebattu
Worn out
Fouiller
To search
Enfoui
Buried
Réjouissant
Delightful
L’audace
Audacity; boldness
Saignant
Bleeding; bloody
Les plaies
Wounds
La fange
Filth
S’ensevelir
To bury
Le cran
Guts; grit; mark
Un ange
Angel
Un épouvantail
Scarecrow
Ignoble
Despicable
Un bagne
Prison
Un barbe
Beard
Flétrissure
A brand (burn mark)
Les semblables
Peers; similar persons
Prudent
Careful
Rafraîchir
To refresh; renew
L’extase
Ecstasy
Un voeu
A wish
Épaissir
To thicken
Ranimer
To revive
Se cramponner
To cling; to clutch
Inouïe
Incredible; unheard of
S’acharner
To strive
Le crâne
Skull
Impitoyable
Ruthless
Entourer
To surround
Un fétu de paille
A wisp of straw
Morne
Dreary
La pente
Slope; fall, drop; heavy
S’engluer
To get stuck
Le vertige
Dizziness; vertigo
Gouffre
Chasm
Bâiller
To yawn
Le néant
Nothingness
L’asile
Asylum
Frémir
To shudder
Un vaisseau
Vessel
L’algue
Algae
Un goéland
Seagull
Un vautour
Vulture
Une nourrice
Nurse
Bercer
To rock (back and forth), to balance
To stir
Remuer
Terrasser
To crush; to dig out
Le lucarne
Skylight
Tiraillement
Unrest
Le crépuscule
Dusk
“…plus fort que de coutume”
“…louder than usual”
Une griffe
Claw
Affaibli
Weakened
Chanceler
To stagger, to falter
Flotter
To float, to drift
Boiteuse
Lame; shaky, rickety
Se condenser
To condense, to compress
Avaler
To swallow
Un naufrage
Shipwreck
Une besogne
A job, important task
Licite
Legal, lawful
Une bouchée
A bite (of food), a mouthful
Une gorgée
A sip
Ébranler
To shake
Un soupirail
Basement
Frotter
To scrub
Enhardi
Emboldened
Entamer
To begin, to set off
Sceller
To seal, to shut tightly
Un seau
Bucket
Les vis
Screws
Un tournevis
Wrench
Tâter
To feel out, to grope
Émousser
To blunt, to dullen
Le grés
Sandstone
Achever
To finish, to complete
Déchausser
To strip off
Se sécher
To dry off
Verser
To pour
La paresse
Laziness
Grisâtre
Greyish
Acharnement
Relentlessness
L’aube
Dawn
Les moellons
Rubble
Une poutre
A beam
Chêne
Oak
La nage
Swimming
Amer
Bitter
Faillir
To almost (do)
Afin que
So that
Hardie
Bold, deep
Se pencher
To bend over
Hocher
To nod
Un ciseau
Chisel
Longer
To go along
Munir
To provide
Adossé
Back-to-back
Muertrière
Murderous
Rétrécir
To shrink
Lestement
Nimbly
Une voûte
Vault
Se redresser
Recover; stand up/sit up straight; flatten
Soumise
Submissive
Un nid
Nest
Un niais
Fool
Un prêtre
Preist
Une fuite
Escape
Un pic
Peak
Le rivage
Shore
Tressaillir
To wince
Le loisir
Leisure
Le linge
Laundry
Le parchemin
Parchment
Tapisser
To cover lightly
Ramper
To crawl
Revêtir
To panel; to dress; to line
Le toile
Canvas
Un canif
Pocketknife
Se procurer
To get; to procure
Une lampion
Lantern
Le chevet
Bedside
Effiler
To taper
Recouser
To sew
Une poutre
Beam; girder
Factice
False, fake
Le disparition
Disappearance
Le tourbillon
Whirlpool
Crochu
Hooked
Se recueillir
To recollect one’s thoughts
Hausser
To raise
Attablé
Seated, sitting down
Corrompu
Corrupt
Scélérat
Scoundrel
Pourvoyeur
Provider
Fulgurante
Dazzling, meteoric
Tergiversation
Procrastination
Les traits
Features (of something)
Souper
Dinner; to dine, to have dinner
Ressort
Resilience; the spring (season)
Assiéger
To besiege
Un boyau
Hose; intestine
Bâillonner
To gag
Étinceler
To sparkle
Combler
To fill, to make up; to satisfy
Pulvériser
To spray; to pulverize, to smash
Le frottement
Friction
Obvier
To prevent against
Aiguiser
To sharpen
Ecumer
To skim; to froth; to lather
Raidir
To stiffen
Desserer
To loosen
Rugir
To roar
Envahir
To invade
Le mâchoire
Jaw
Aïeul
Grandfather; forefather
Un fardeau
Burden
Solennelle
Solemn
Il importe que…
It’s important that…
