La mule du pape Flashcards

1
Q

rancunier

A

resentful

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2
Q

enfermer

A

lock up

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3
Q

signet

A

bookmark

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4
Q

pèlerinage

A

pilgrimage

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5
Q

jonchée

A

litter, trash

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6
Q

les crécelles

A

the rattles

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7
Q

galères pavoisées

A

galleys with flags

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8
Q

les crécelles des frères quêteurs

A

the rattle of the questing brothers

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9
Q

bourdonner

A

to buzz

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10
Q

en branle

A

in motion

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11
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d’être bien en cour

A

to be in court

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12
Q

effronté galopin

A

brazen galloper

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13
Q

débaucher

A

to poach

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14
Q

sa jaquette

A

his jacket

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15
Q

qqch de malin

A

something clever

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16
Q

qui l’aborde

A

who approaches him

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17
Q

aborder

A

to approach

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18
Q

petit garçonnet

A

little boy

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19
Q

troquer

A

barter

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20
Q

un camail de sois violette

A

a purple silk camail

21
Q

Aventail ou camail

A

A flexible curtain of mail extending over the neck, and often to the throat and shoulders 

22
Q

poignée d’avoine

A

handful of oats

23
Q

bottelée de sainfoin

A

bundle of perennials with pink flowers

24
Q

grappes

A

clusters, bunches

25
Q

l’écurie

A

the stable

26
Q

mangeoire

A

feeder

27
Q

gosier

A

gullet

28
Q

ce vaurien

A

that rascal

29
Q

éblouissante

A

dazzling

30
Q

les baraques

A

the huts

31
Q

des noisettes

A

hazelnuts

32
Q

leur caserne

A

their barracks

33
Q

toute les vitres du palais tremblèrent

A

all the palace windows shook

34
Q

miséricorde

A

mercy

35
Q

rôdant

A

lurking

36
Q

quel coup de sabot

A

what a clog

37
Q

un cric

A

a jack

38
Q

une civière

A

a stretcher

39
Q

comme un hanneton au bout d’un fil

A

like a maybug on a string
(fig) scatterbrain

40
Q

infâme

A

infamous

41
Q

la journée de sauvetage

A

rescue day

42
Q

ses grelots

A

its bells

43
Q

le premier moutardier

A

the first mustard maker

44
Q

sans ses besicles

A

without its bugs

45
Q

se vanter

A

boasting

46
Q

ululement

A

cri des oiseaux de nuit

47
Q

ululer

A

to hoot

48
Q

comme le goudron

A

like tar