Deck 2 The Road Flashcards
I happened upon a path
Je suis tombé sur
I came across
the celebrated Appalachian
célèbres
famous
along America’s eastern seaboard
le littoral
coastal region
through plump, comely hills
Literary: avenant
seem an invitation to amble
marcher d’un pas tranquille, flâner
and not feel an urge to …
avoir envie de
meandering in a …
serpenter, faire des méandres
a beguiling fashion
une manière séduisante
and clamber over the …
escalader, grimper
after years of waddlesome sloth
to waddle=marcher en se dandinant
sloth=paresse
waddlesome n’est pas dans le dictionnaire
to learn to fend for myself
se débrouiller
to get by
I wanted a little of that swagger that comes with
marcher en se pavanant
to strut
with a slow, manly sniff
masculin, viril
most diversified sweep of woodland
une étendue
ever to grace the temperate world
embellir, orner