French for Reading ch. 11 Flashcards
1
Q
un conte
A
a story, tale
2
Q
affecter
A
to feign, pretend
3
Q
le coeur
A
the heart
4
Q
un parti
A
a party, a match
5
Q
tendre
A
soft, tender
6
Q
attendrir
A
to soften
7
Q
alors que
A
while, just when
8
Q
valoir mieux
A
to be better, to be worth more, superior
9
Q
par malhour
A
unfortunately
10
Q
blesser
A
to wound
11
Q
se plaindre
A
to complain
12
Q
percer
A
to pierce
13
Q
mit . . . en fuite
A
put to flight
14
Q
créer
A
to create
15
Q
s’appeler
A
to be named, to be called
16
Q
domestique
A
servant
17
Q
dès l’aube
A
at dawn
18
Q
marchander
A
to bargain, to haggle
19
Q
l’entètement
A
stubbornness
20
Q
visage
A
face
21
Q
paraissait
A
appeared
22
Q
maigre
A
thin
23
Q
aiguë
A
sharp, shrill
24
Q
guère
A
hardly
25
porter
to carry, to wear
26
vielle
old
27
le bois
wood
28
devnue
having become
29
silencieuse
silence
30
le messe
Mass
31
un garçon
a boy, a young man
32
des immeubles
real estate, property
33
une maision
a house
34
appartenir à
to belong to
35
chez
to the house of , the house of
36
une nouvelle
a report, a bit of news
37
guérir
to heal, to get well
38
s'installer
to move into
39
couché
bed
40
s'endort
go to sleep
41
tâchions
tried
42
avouons
admit
43
ce que
that, which
44
fou
mad, foolish
45
sage
wise
46
le pain
bread
47
son devoir
her duty
48
faire part de
inform
49
accroire
to believe
50
envoyer
to send
51
couler
to flow
52
enfin
finally, at last
53
éspouser
to marry
54
une blessure
a wound
55
le blessé
a wounded person
56
une remarque blessante
an unkind or cutting remark
57
le sang
blood
58
ravir
to ravish, to abduct, to carry off, to charm, to entrance
59
sanglant
bloody
60
aussitôt que
as soon as
61
dès que
as soon as
62
après que
after
63
afin de + infinitive
in order to
64
ramener
to bring back
65
faire part de
to belong to
66
faire sembant
to pretend
67
comment
how
68
faire + infinitive
expresses the meaning of to cause
69
saisir
to seize
70
faire remarquer
to point out (to cause to notice)
71
mari
husband
72
ménage
household
73
fuir
to flee
74
sentir
to feel
75
faire peur
to scare, frighten
76
faire venir
to send for (to cause to come)
77
faire voir
to show (to cause to see)
78
faire savoir
to inform (to cause to be known)
