L’Immoraliste : French - English Flashcards by Anna Cross

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l’abondance

A

the plentiful

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les senteurs

A

smells

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la limpidité

A

clarity

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rien d’autre que

A

nothing else but / only

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joie

A

joy, delight

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m’écriais-je

A

I cried to myself

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de grand matin

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early in the morning

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dont

A

whose

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eût tempéré

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would have tempered

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pas

A

step

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eût ralenti

A

would have slowed

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bruit

A

noise (noise too vague - more of an idea of a screech)

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chant

A

song

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roues

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wheels

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me fit tout à coup retourner

A

suddenly made me turn around

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d’abord

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first of all / at first

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un tournant

A

bend

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borde

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border

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la falaise

A

cliff

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brusquement

A

suddenly

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le cocher

A

coachman

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à tue-tête

A

at the top of his lungs

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siège

A

seat

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fouettait

A

whipped

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affolé

A

panicked

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n’arrêta

A

didn’t stop

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appel

A

call

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je m’élançai

A

i rushed

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un sursaut

A

a start

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la précipiter

A

throw

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soudain

A

suddenly

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s’abat

A

falls

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fuir

A

to flee

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sitôt

A

suddenly (sense of urgency)

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m’accueille

A

greets me

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jurons

A

curses

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le jetai bas

A

threw him down

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pesant du genou

A

knee weight

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poitrine

A

chest

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maîtriser

A

control / overcome

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poing

A

fist

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crachait

A

he spat

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bavait

A

he drooled

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saignait

A

he bled

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jurait

A

he swore

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légitime

A

legitimate, warranted, justified

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l’eussé-je fait

A

I would have done it

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du moins

A

at least

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m’arrêta

A

stopped me