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