L'étranger Flashcards
accroupir
jongkok
bâiller
to yawn
une persienne
blinds
amer
bitter
soulager
to be relieved
dominer
to overlook, dominate, tower over
éparpiller
to scatter
une barrière
fence, also clôture
au bord de
on the edge of, on the brink of
dévaler
descendre vite, to hurtle down
un cap
a cape (promontory)
cueillir
to gather, to pick
la pente
the slope
un cabanon
a bungalow
adossée
backs onto
un pilotis
piling, stilt, pile
épatante
marvellous, stunning
la planche
to float on your back
nager à la brasse
breast stroke
au large
in the deeper water
secouer
to shake
brasses
strokes (swimming)
d’aplomb
perpendicular, directly overhead
souliers
shoes
bleu de chauffe
overalls
fait mine
made a move as to
la face contre le fond
facedown
la bulle
bubbles
crever
bursting
taillader
slashed
faire un bond
lunged forward
cloué
motionless
sparadrap
adhesive plaster
contrarier
to argue with
un roseau
reed
aborder
to reach, approach, come alongside
haleter
to pant
le front
forehead
le poing
fist
un coquillage
shell
se crisper (mes mâchoires se crispaient)
be on edge
la mâchoire
jaw
jaillir
sortir en jet, apparaître soudainement
la nuque
back of the head
par instants
every now and then
la sueur
sweat
débarasser
to clear off
une lame
blade
assoupi
drowsy, half asleep
assourdir
deafen, muffle, dampen (rendre comme sourd, where sourd means deaf)
le menton
chin
