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La Maison qui s’envole Flashcards

1
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s’envoler

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to fly away

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2
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un coquin

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a rascal, naughty

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3
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un coquin de vent qui sifflote

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a naughty wind that whistles

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4
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enfoncer

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to press

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5
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sans crier gare

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without warning

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6
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libellule

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dragonfly

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7
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des contrevents

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syn: volets
shutters

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8
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les glycines

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wisteria

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9
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des nids de chardonnerets

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goldfinch nests

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10
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du côté du levant

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on the east side

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11
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faire enrager

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to enrage

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12
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d’ailleurs, tout étonnait Jaques

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in fact, everything surprised Jaques

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13
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un mouche égaré

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a stray fly

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14
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se sauvèrent

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they ran away

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15
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un corsaire à tribord

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a privateer to starboard

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16
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à bâbord

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to port

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17
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la mâture

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the mast

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18
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un grand gaillard

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a big guy

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19
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grand foulard rouge

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big red scarf

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20
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délavé et passé

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faded and worn (past)

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21
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le rossignol

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nightingale

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22
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tressé en deux grand nattes

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braided into two large braids

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23
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rétamer les casseroles

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restore the pans

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24
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sans cela, gare!

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otherwise, beware!

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25
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dans le garde-manger

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in the pantry

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26
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qu’ils en éprouvèrent

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they experienced

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27
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et commencement des ennuis

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and the trouble begins

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28
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ne démontez pas la pendule

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don’t disassemble the clock

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29
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défondu

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defended

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30
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peigner

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to comb

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31
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ratisser

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to rake

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32
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des coucous

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cuckoo clocks

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33
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les greffant

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grafting them

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34
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les émondent

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prune them

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35
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émonder

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to trim, to prune

36
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pousseraient tout de travers

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would puss everything askew

37
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un grand sécateur

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large pruning shears

38
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le piano à queue

A

the grand piano

39
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le moulin à café

A

the coffee grinder

40
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des piolets

A

ice axes

41
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l’armoire à glace

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ice-cream cabinet

42
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des tisonniers

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pokers (fireplace)

43
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qui apprirent la chose à Nicodème

A

who told Nicodemus

44
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la cuisinière de fonte émaillée

A

the enameled cast iron stove

45
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la cuisinière de fonte

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cast iron stove

46
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de fonte

A

cast iron

47
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ils entrèrent en cortège solennel

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they entered in solemn procession

48
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des fauteuils de tapisserie

A

the upholstered armchairs

49
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la râpe à gruyère

A

the Gruyère cheese grater

50
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qui s’apaisa

A

which calmed

51
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comme une couleuvre dans l’herbe

A

like a snake in the grass

52
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un bâton de guimauve

A

a marshmallow stick

53
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une guimauve

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a marshmallow

54
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le tapis frétillait

A

the carpet wriggled

55
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à rebrousse-poil

A

pet the fur in the wrong direction

56
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à rebrousse-poil

A

in the wrong direction

57
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dégringoler

A

to tumble, trip up

58
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échafaudage

A

scaffolding

59
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boursouflé

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swollen

60
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s’écroulèrent

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collapsed

61
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grand orme

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big elm (tree)

62
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des croche-pieds

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tripping (foot hook)

63
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un orgue

A

an organ

64
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le moulin à café se mit à jouer un air d’orgue de barbarie

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the coffee grinder began to play a barrel-organ tune

65
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qu’elle avait la berlue

A

that she was delusional

66
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la berlue

A

the fool

67
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ils n’ont ni méchanceté, ni rancune

A

they don’t hold neither malice or grudges

68
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méchanceté

A

malice

69
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un escabeau

A

a stepladder

70
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sur le grand tilleul

A

on the large lime tree

71
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en barbouillant avec du charbon

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by smearing with some coal

72
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en barbouillant

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by daubing, smearing

73
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sans trêve

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without a truce

74
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descente de lit

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bedside rug

75
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descente de bain

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bath mat

76
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éberlué

A

bewildered

77
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rapetisser

A

to shorten, to make smaller
to shrink

78
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râpé

A

grated, shredded
shabby, threadbare

79
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les galopins

A

the children; urchin, scamp

80
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garde-fou

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railing

81
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ni garde-fou, ni rampe

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no railing, no banister

82
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dépeindre

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to depict, to describe

83
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dépeignait les passagers et leur refroidissant le bout du nez

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depicted the passengers and cooled their noses

84
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quelle émotion

A

what a thrill

85
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comme des serpentins blancs

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like white streamers

86
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la ouate

A

wadding

87
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marcher dans de la ouate mouillée

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Walking in wet absorbent wadding (cotton)

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