Le curé de Cucugnan Flashcards by Andy Brewer | Brainscape

Q

le curé

A

the parish priest

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l’abrégeant

A

shortening it
(of a story)

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tendez vos mannes

A

stretch out your manes
lend me your ears (?)

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au bercail

A

back home

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monta en chaire

A

climbed to the pulpit

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besicles

A

readers, cheaters

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mit ses besicles

A

put on his readers

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moi, pécaïre

A

me sinful

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mettre le cœur à l’envers

A

turning your heart upside down

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avoir quelque mauvais coup de sang

A

to have some bad blood

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par charité

A

out of charity

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tenez-vous sain et gaillardet

A

stay healthy and strong

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quelle battue

A

what a beating

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de ronces

A

brambles
syn: le fourré

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où diantre

A

where on earth

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prenez ce sentier

A

take this path

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filez en courant

A

go running

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je chancelais

A

I was staggering

Q

Je haletais de soif

A

I was panting with thirst

Q

un portail

A

a portal

Q

tout bâillant

A

yawning

Q

je suais à grosse gouttes

A

I was sweating profusely

Q

brûle pour ferrer la botte d’un vieil âne

A

burns an old donkey’s boot to shoe it

Q

embrasé

A

ablaze

Q

des gémissements

A

moaning

Q

de teigneux

A

of the

Q

qui se grisait si souvent

A

who so often got drunk

Q

cette petite gueuse

A

this little wench

Q

la glaneuse

A

the gleaner

Q

le meunier

A

the miller

Q

quand le vin est tiré

A

when the wine is drawn

Q

des cierges

A

candles

Q

aux milieu des cierges allumés

A

among the lit candles

Q

d’un nuage d’encens

A

a cloud of incense

Q

encens

A

incense

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ce grand gueusard

A

this big loudmouth

Q

qui la tenait lui-même d’un autre bon compagnon

A

who had it himself from another good fellow

Q

se griser

A

to intoxicate
to get drunk

Q

cucul

A

naughty