(I) Les Fables: Vocabulaire à apprendre

Question 1

alléché

Answer 1

enticing

Question 2

le ramage

Answer 2

le chant d’oiseau

Question 3

se rapporter

Answer 3

to like / as good as

(in the context of the reading)

Question 4

ne pas se sentir de joie (don’t quite understand this, as the literal translation means the opposite)

Answer 4

to be overjoyed

Question 5

aux dépens de quelqu’un

Answer 5

at someone’s expense

Question 6

honteux

Answer 6

ashamed

Question 7

jurer

Answer 7

to swear

Question 8

se désaltérer

Answer 8

to quench one’s thirst

Question 9

une onde

Answer 9

a wave; flow

Question 10

survenir

Answer 10

to appear (in the context of the reading)

Question 11

à jeun

Answer 11

on an empty stomach

Question 12

un breuvage

Answer 12

a beverage

Question 13

la témérité

Answer 13

recklessness; foolhardiness

Question 14

des pas

Answer 14

footsteps; paces

Question 15

médire

Answer 15

slander; bad-mouth

Question 16

téter

Answer 16

to nurse; to feed from

Question 17

ne…guère

Answer 17

hardly

Question 18

épargner

Answer 18

to spare; to save

Question 19

un berger

Answer 19

a shepherd

Question 20

se venger

Answer 20

to avenge oneself

Question 21

un procès

Answer 21

a trial

Question 22

REVERSED

enticing

Answer 22

alléché

Question 23

REVERSED

le chant d’oiseau

Answer 23

le ramage

Question 24

REVERSED

to like / as good as

(in the context of the reading)

Answer 24

se rapporter

Question 25

# REVERSED to be overjoyed

Answer 25

ne pas se sentir de joie (don't quite understand this, as the literal translation means the opposite)

Question 26

# REVERSED at someone's expense

Answer 26

aux dépens de quelqu'un

Question 27

# REVERSED ashamed

Answer 27

honteux

Question 28

# REVERSED to swear

Answer 28

jurer

Question 29

# REVERSED to quench one's thirst

Answer 29

se désaltérer

Question 30

# REVERSED a wave; flow

Answer 30

une onde

Question 31

# REVERSED to appear (in the context of the reading)

Answer 31

survenir

Question 32

# REVERSED on an empty stomach

Answer 32

à jeun

Question 33

# REVERSED a beverage

Answer 33

un breuvage

Question 34

# REVERSED recklessness; foolhardiness

Answer 34

la témérité

Question 35

# REVERSED footsteps; paces

Answer 35

des pas

Question 36

# REVERSED slander; bad-mouth

Answer 36

médire

Question 37

# REVERSED to nurse; to feed from

Answer 37

téter

Question 38

# REVERSED hardly

Answer 38

ne...guère

Question 39

# REVERSED to spare; to save

Answer 39

épargner

Question 40

# REVERSED a shepherd

Answer 40

un berger

Question 41

# REVERSED to avenge oneself

Answer 41

se venger

Question 42

# REVERSED a trial

Answer 42

un procès