La mule du pape Flashcards

1
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rancunier

A

resentful

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2
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enfermer

A

lock up

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3
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signet

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bookmark

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4
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pèlerinage

A

pilgrimage

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5
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jonchée

A

litter, trash

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6
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les crécelles

A

the rattles

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7
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galères pavoisées

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galleys with flags

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8
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les crécelles des frères quêteurs

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the rattle of the questing brothers

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9
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bourdonner

A

to buzz

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10
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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
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effronté galopin

A

brazen galloper

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13
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débaucher

A

to poach

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14
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sa jaquette

A

his jacket

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15
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qqch de malin

A

something clever

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16
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qui l’aborde

A

who approaches him

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17
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aborder

A

to approach

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18
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petit garçonnet

A

little boy

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19
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troquer

A

barter

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20
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un camail de sois violette

A

a purple silk camail

21
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Aventail ou camail

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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
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grappes

A

clusters, bunches

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l’écurie
the stable
26
mangeoire
feeder
27
gosier
gullet
28
ce vaurien
that rascal
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éblouissante
dazzling
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les baraques
the huts
31
des noisettes
hazelnuts
32
leur caserne
their barracks
33
toute les vitres du palais tremblèrent
all the palace windows shook
34
miséricorde
mercy
35
rôdant
lurking
36
quel coup de sabot
what a clog
37
un cric
a jack
38
une civière
a stretcher
39
comme un hanneton au bout d’un fil
like a maybug on a string (fig) scatterbrain
40
infâme
infamous
41
la journée de sauvetage
rescue day
42
ses grelots
its bells
43
le premier moutardier
the first mustard maker
44
sans ses besicles
without its bugs
45
se vanter
boasting
46
ululement
cri des oiseaux de nuit
47
ululer
to hoot
48
comme le goudron
like tar