La veuve de Saint-Pierre vocab Flashcards by Mercedes Lysaker | Brainscape

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une ile

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island

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le brouillard

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fog

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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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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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la bonte

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goodness

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le pardon

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forgiveness

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un bourreau

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an executioner

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une serre

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a greenhouse

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a cour

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the courtyard

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une cellule

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a prison cell

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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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une barque

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a rowboat

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l’abnegation

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self-sacrifice

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la clemence

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mercy

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la trahison

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treason

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la sedition

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sedition

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la cour martiale

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court martial

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la peine de mort

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the death penalty

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une hache

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an axe

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un plaidoyer pour/contre

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a plea for/against

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se souler

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to get drunk

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commettre un crime

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to commit a crime

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avoir du mal a (faire qqch)

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to have a hard time doing something

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perdre la face

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to lose face

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pardonner

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to forgive

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faire pousser les fleurs

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to grow flowers

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avoir confiance en qq’un

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to trust someone

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ramer

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to row

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s’enfuir

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to flee

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s’evader

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to escap

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faire fusiller qq’un

A

to have someone shot

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etre releve de ses fonctions

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to be dismissed

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avoir raison/tort

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to be right/wrong

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soul; ivre

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drunk

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sobre

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sober

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entete

A

stubborn

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pudique

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modest

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ambigue

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ambiguous

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lache

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cowardly

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lucide

A

clear-sighted

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dechirant(e)

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heartrending

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digne

A

dignified

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resigne(e)

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submissive

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absolitionniste

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abolitionist

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autrement

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otherwise

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parmi

A

among

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un cambriolage

A

a housebreaking

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un vol

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a robbery

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un viol

A

a rape

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un homicide volontaire

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a murder

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un homicide involontaire

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manslaughter

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l’accuse(e)

A

the defendant

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une piste

A

a lead

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un mobile

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a motive

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une preuve

A

a piece of evidence

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un temoin

A

a witness

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le tribunal

A

the courtroom

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les jures

A

the jury

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etre arrete(e)

A

to be arrested

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etre interroge(e)

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to be questioned

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etre condamne(e)

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to be sentenced to

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etre incarcere(e)

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to be jailed

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la reculsion a perpetuite; la prison a vie

A

life sentence

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un bateau de peche

A

a fishing boat

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un filet

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a net

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un poisson

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a fish

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une truite

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a trout

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un saumon

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a salmon

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un thon

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a tuna

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une sole

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a sole

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des fruits de mer

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seafood

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une huitre

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an oyster

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une moule

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a mussel

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un crabe

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a crab

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une crevette

A

a shrimp

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un homard

A

a lobster