Harry Potter Vocabulary Flashcards
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provenir
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(vi) to come (come from) arise from ( grape comes from the vine)
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épouvante
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great fear
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hurlements
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howl or yell
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malodorant
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(adj) foul-smelling
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embouteillages
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traffic jam
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pianoter
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tapping with fingers like playing a piano
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marteler
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to beat, to pound
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le postillon
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(nm) drop of saliva
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un rot
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a burp
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accoutrement
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equipment
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les rapaces
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bird of prey
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maniéré
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(adj) mannered, person’s style
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le bout
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the end
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mordoré
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bronze
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ébranler
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to rattle, to shake
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le hululement
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hooting
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monocorde
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(adj) monotonous
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rétrouviseur
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rear-view mirror
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le perron
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flight of steps
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dodu ou dodues
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(adj) plump
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songer
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to think about
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cadenassée
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(v) padlocked
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le baldaquin
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canopy
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(adj) osseux
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bony
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déborder
(vtr) to go beyond (beyond scope etc.)
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la cantine
(nf) cafeteria
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marteler or martelant
(vtr) to beat or to pound
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décrocher
to take down, to uncouple (ie a wagon)
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revanche
retaliate, revenge
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le fiston
(nm) son, sonny boy
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preceuses
hammer drill
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se ressaisit
pulled himself together
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(adj) infamante
defamatory, dishonorable
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le trajet
journey
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abords
outside, border
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(adj) gras
fatty, plump
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chuchoter
to whisper
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filer
to rapidly displace, move
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fredonner
to hum
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(adj) éblouissant
dazzling
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(adj) chevalin
equine, horseman
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étouffer
to stifle, to suffocate, to choke up
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sombrement
(adv) sombrely, gloomily, darkly
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la farce
(nf) practical joke
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(adj) maniéré
style, mannered
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insolite
strange, unusual, freaky
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la cantine
cafeteria
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proie
prey
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le lard
bacon
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le mage
(nm) wise men
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dégourdir
to bring circulation back to a hand or arm that has fallen asleep
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la démesurés
excesses (ie excessive size)
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(adv) quasiment
practically
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stupéfiant
(adj) stunning, astounding, stupefying
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embuer
to mist up
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le fiston
sonny
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eclaircir
(vtr) to lighten, to clear
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le jais
(nm) jet black color
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sonore
(adj) high-sounding
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badin
playful
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(adj) monocorde
monotonous
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bousier
insects
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le scarabée
(nm) bettle
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quasiment
(adv) practically
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le scrabée
beetle
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le mage
magi
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la haie
(nf) hedge
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hulotte
owl
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le postillion
drop of saliva
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un fracas
(nm) crash, roar, thunder
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(adj) sonore
high sounding
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une amertume
(nf) bitterness
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chevalin
(adj) equine (horses)
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délabrer
to ruin, to deplete, to become run-down
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le hululement
(nm) hooting
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(adj) malodorant
foul smelling
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le fracas
crash, roar, burst (burst of thunder)
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la amertume
bitterness
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carte routiere
road map
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le volant
steering wheel
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ébranler
(vtr) to rattle, to shake, to weaken
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sornettes
silly, trivial
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s'eveillerent
awake, arouse
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(adj) grassouillet
chubby, plump
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grassouillet
(adj) chubby, plump
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infamante
(adj) defamatory
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osseuse
(adj) bony
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le perron
(nm) flight of steps
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deborder
to go beyond, to overwhelm
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valoir
to be worth something
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embuer
(vtr) to mist up, to fog up
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valoir
(vtr) to earn (respect) or to value something
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éclaircir
to lighten, to clear
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(adj) ruisselant
steaming, dripping wet
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potin
gossip
