L'étranger Flashcards by Georgia Holmes

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l’enterrement

A

funeral

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en deuil

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in mourning

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reprocher

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to criticise

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être aveuglé

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to be blinded

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aveuglent

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blinding

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l’éclat

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the glare

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chauffer

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to heat up

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la chaleur

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heat

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les pompes funèbres

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funeral service

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blafard

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pale

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la sueur

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the sweat

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insoutenable

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unbearable

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une insolation

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heatstroke

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l’évanouissement/s’évanouir

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fainting/to faint

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mécontent

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discontented

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empêcher

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to prevent

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effleurer

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to touch slightly

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le sein

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breast

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plaisanter

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to joke

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un mouvement de recul

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to recoil

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taciturne

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quiet/not talkative

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bavarde

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talkative

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l’épagneul

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spaniel

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la tromperie

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deceit

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un maquereau

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a pimp

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convoquer

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to summon

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le commissariat

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police station

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intervenir

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to intervene

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avertir

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to warn

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amer

A

bitter

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un avertissement

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warning

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l’insensibilité

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insensitivity

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l’hyper-sensibilité

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hyper sensitivity

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à coup sûr

A

for certain

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coupable

A

guilty

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pardonner

A

to forgive

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l’âme

A

soul

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le péché (mortel)

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(mortal) sin

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le netteté

A

clarity

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la lucarne

A

small window

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étouffant

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stifling

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encadrer

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to surround

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écrasant

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crushing/overwhelming

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honteux

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shameful

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convenable

A

conventional

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faire semblant

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to pretend

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doûteux

A

dubious/dodgy

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le sort

A

fate

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accabler

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to condemn

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condamné à mort

A

condemned to death

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l’espoir

A

hope

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le déroulement

A

sequence of events

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le courperet

A

guillotine

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exécuter

A

to execute

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l’aube

A

dawn

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le prêtre

A

priest

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suer

A

to sweat

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prier

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to pray

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athée

A

atheist

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la vie enternelle/l’au-delà

A

the after life

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se tourner vers Dieu

A

to turn to God

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décrire

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to describe

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raconter (en détail)

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to recount (in detail)

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détaillé(e)

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detailed

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refléter

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to reflect

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évoquer

A

to evoke

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l’ambiguïté

A

ambiguity

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les sons

A

sounds

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l’asile de vieillards

A

old people’s home