La veuve de Saint-Pierre vocab Flashcards

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une ile

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island

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2
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le brouillard

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fog

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3
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un pecheur

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a fisherman

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une taverne

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an inn

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5
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un pari

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a bet

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la morue

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cod

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le bagne

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convict prison

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le rachat (d’un peche)

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atonement (for a sin)

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9
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la bonte

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goodness

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10
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le pardon

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forgiveness

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11
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un bourreau

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an executioner

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12
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une serre

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a greenhouse

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13
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a cour

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the courtyard

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14
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une cellule

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a prison cell

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15
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le conseil

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the council

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les notables

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the leading citizens

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une emeute

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an uprising

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18
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une barque

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a rowboat

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19
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l’abnegation

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self-sacrifice

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20
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la clemence

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mercy

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21
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la trahison

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treason

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22
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la sedition

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sedition

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23
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la cour martiale

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court martial

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24
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la peine de mort

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the death penalty

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une hache
an axe
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un plaidoyer pour/contre
a plea for/against
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se souler
to get drunk
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commettre un crime
to commit a crime
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avoir du mal a (faire qqch)
to have a hard time doing something
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perdre la face
to lose face
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pardonner
to forgive
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faire pousser les fleurs
to grow flowers
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avoir confiance en qq'un
to trust someone
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ramer
to row
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s'enfuir
to flee
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s'evader
to escap
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faire fusiller qq'un
to have someone shot
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etre releve de ses fonctions
to be dismissed
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avoir raison/tort
to be right/wrong
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soul; ivre
drunk
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sobre
sober
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entete
stubborn
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pudique
modest
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ambigue
ambiguous
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lache
cowardly
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lucide
clear-sighted
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dechirant(e)
heartrending
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digne
dignified
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resigne(e)
submissive
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absolitionniste
abolitionist
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autrement
otherwise
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parmi
among
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un cambriolage
a housebreaking
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un vol
a robbery
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un viol
a rape
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un homicide volontaire
a murder
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un homicide involontaire
manslaughter
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l'accuse(e)
the defendant
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une piste
a lead
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un mobile
a motive
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une preuve
a piece of evidence
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un temoin
a witness
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le tribunal
the courtroom
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les jures
the jury
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etre arrete(e)
to be arrested
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etre interroge(e)
to be questioned
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etre condamne(e)
to be sentenced to
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etre incarcere(e)
to be jailed
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la reculsion a perpetuite; la prison a vie
life sentence
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un bateau de peche
a fishing boat
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un filet
a net
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un poisson
a fish
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une truite
a trout
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un saumon
a salmon
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un thon
a tuna
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une sole
a sole
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des fruits de mer
seafood
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une huitre
an oyster
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une moule
a mussel
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un crabe
a crab
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une crevette
a shrimp
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un homard
a lobster