L'homme qui plantait des arbres Flashcards

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dépouillé

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emptied, stripped

=vidé

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dévoiler

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to reveal, to show

=montre

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nulle part

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nowhere

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au surplus

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in addition

=en plus

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une quarantaine

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40ish

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nu/e

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naked

=vide

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ne…que

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only

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un vieux nid de guêpes

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an old wasp’s nest

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la toiture

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roof

=le toit

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rongé

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chewed up/eaten up

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au clocher écroulé

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with a ruined steeple

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sans abri

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without shelter

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des grondements

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moanings

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un fauve dérangé

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a crazed beast

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lever le camp

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to leave

=partir

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herbes ligneuses

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woody vegetation

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un treuil

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a winch

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insolite

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bizarre

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rapiécé

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repaired, pieced together

=reparé

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étanche

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waterproof

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le soin minutieux

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meticulous care

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une blague à tabac

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tobacco bag

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bienveillant

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nice

=gentil, sympa

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sans bassesse

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=avec dignité

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le berger

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shepherd

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les moutons

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sheep

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la bergerie

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barn

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le parquet

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wooden floor

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balayer

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to sweep

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le fusil

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gun

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graissé

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greased

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il y eut

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=il y avait

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la guerre

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war

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ne… guère

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hardly

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un dada

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a hobby

=un passe-temps

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une prime

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a bonus

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la veille

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the day before

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d’autant que

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especially since

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les ruches

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beehives

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efficace

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effective

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répandu

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extending

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dru

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straight

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désormais

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henceforth

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avoir recours à

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to resort to

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soupçonner

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to think

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à fleur de

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on the surface of

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les ruisseaux

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streams

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jadis

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before, a very long time ago

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les hameçons

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hooks

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les lièvres

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rabbits

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les sangliers

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wild boars

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le foisonnement

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the proliferation

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on ne fit rien

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we didn’t do anything

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charbonner

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to turn wood into charcoal

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avoir lieu

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to take place

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un casse-croûte

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a snack/a meal/something to eat

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muet(te)

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mute

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convenir

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to be suited to

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les pots-de-vin

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bribes

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le gazogène

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gas made from plants

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une besogne

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=un travail

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ignorer

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to be oblivious to

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le délabrement

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=le mauvaise état

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mettre sur le compte de

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to attribute to

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les lieux

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the places

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la chasse au piège

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trapping

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les orties

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stinging nettles

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les bourrasques

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gusts of wind

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un tilleul

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a linden tree

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déblayer

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to clear away

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abattre

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to tear down

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les pans de murs

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bits of walls

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crépi

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plastered

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le jardin potager

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a vegetable garden

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les gueules-de-loups

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snapdragons (flowers)

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l’épanouissement

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fulfillment

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Lazare était hors du tombeau

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a revival had begun

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l’orge et le seigle

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barley and rye

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verdir

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to become green

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l’aisance

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ease

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canaliser

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to channel

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reprendre goût à

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to regain a taste for

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méconnaissable

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=qu’on ne peut pas reconnaître

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l’acharnement

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determination, resolution

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chêne

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oak

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hêtre

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beech

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bouleau

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birch

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érable

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maple

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hameau

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hamlet

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bosquet

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thicket

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tas de glands

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bag of acorns

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tringle

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rod

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brebis

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ewes

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rongeurs

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rodents

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fonctionnaire

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civil servant

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l’acharnement

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relentlessness