L'étranger Flashcards
1
Q
accroupir
A
jongkok
2
Q
bâiller
A
to yawn
3
Q
une persienne
A
blinds
4
Q
amer
A
bitter
5
Q
soulager
A
to be relieved
6
Q
dominer
A
to overlook, dominate, tower over
7
Q
éparpiller
A
to scatter
8
Q
une barrière
A
fence, also clôture
9
Q
au bord de
A
on the edge of, on the brink of
10
Q
dévaler
A
descendre vite, to hurtle down
11
Q
un cap
A
a cape (promontory)
12
Q
cueillir
A
to gather, to pick
13
Q
la pente
A
the slope
14
Q
un cabanon
A
a bungalow
15
Q
adossée
A
backs onto
16
Q
un pilotis
A
piling, stilt, pile
17
Q
épatante
A
marvellous, stunning
18
Q
la planche
A
to float on your back
19
Q
nager à la brasse
A
breast stroke
20
Q
au large
A
in the deeper water
21
Q
secouer
A
to shake
22
Q
brasses
A
strokes (swimming)
23
Q
d’aplomb
A
perpendicular, directly overhead
24
Q
souliers
A
shoes
25
bleu de chauffe
overalls
26
fait mine
made a move as to
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la face contre le fond
facedown
28
la bulle
bubbles
29
crever
bursting
30
taillader
slashed
31
faire un bond
lunged forward
32
cloué
motionless
33
sparadrap
adhesive plaster
34
contrarier
to argue with
35
un roseau
reed
36
aborder
to reach, approach, come alongside
37
haleter
to pant
38
le front
forehead
39
le poing
fist
40
un coquillage
shell
41
se crisper (mes mâchoires se crispaient)
be on edge
42
la mâchoire
jaw
43
jaillir
sortir en jet, apparaître soudainement
44
la nuque
back of the head
45
par instants
every now and then
46
la sueur
sweat
47
débarasser
to clear off
48
une lame
blade
49
assoupi
drowsy, half asleep
50
assourdir
deafen, muffle, dampen (rendre comme sourd, where sourd means deaf)
51
le menton
chin
