L'étranger 1 Flashcards
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ajouter
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to add
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tasser (contre un militaire
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to cup (se tasser is to shrink)
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cahots
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jolts
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brassard
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armband
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soutien
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support (noun)
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asile
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asylum
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se gêner
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to be ashamed
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bourdonner
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to buzz
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frelons
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hornet
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morgue
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arrogance, haughtiness but also mortuary and morgue
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aveugler
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to blind
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épaississant
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thickener, thickening
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épaissir
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to thicken? yup
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veiller
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to stay awake, to be on the watch
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empiler
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to pile up, to stack both i and t
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tricoter
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to knit
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réchauffer
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to reheat or to warm up – se réchauffer is to get warmer
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lueur
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light
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nid
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den, lair, nest
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hocher
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to nod
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dodiliner
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to nod
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se pencher
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to bend, to lean out/over/into/toward, to look into
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reins
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loin, kidney, back
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pénible
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hard, painful, tiresome
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vieillard
elderly people
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faire un peu de toilette
to get washed up a little bit
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rougeurs
redness, blushing
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cour
court, yard, courtyard
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ôter
to remove, to take off
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trêve
truce, respite
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rangés
orderly, gathered around
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plumier
pencil box
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infirmière
nurse
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blafard
wan,
(of a person's complexion or appearance) pale and giving the impression of illness or exhaustion : she was looking wan and bleary-eyed. See note at pale .
• (of light) pale; weak : the wan dawn light.
• (of a smile) weak; strained.
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déléguée
delegate
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bouchonner
to rub down, to caress, to crowd someone
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pompes funèbres
mortician
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ne ... guère
scarcely
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l'espèce
species, sort, kind
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encensor
noun - censer, thurible (a container in which incense is burnt)
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enfoncer
transitive: to drive in, to push in, to hammer in, to drive into, to push something down onto, to break open, to cause to cave in, to smash, to thrash, to beat
intransitive: to sink in, to give way
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rayé
striped, scratched (rayer=to scratch)
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auparavant
first, beforehand, previously
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averti
well-informed, informed
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enterrement
burying, funeral procession, burial, funeral
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puéril
childish
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prêtre
preist
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soulier
low heeled shoes
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ourlée
hemmed, rimmed
