Le Petit Prince Flashcards
un serpent
snake
avaler
to swollow
le fauve
wild cat
la proie
prey
entier
entire
mâcher
to chew
le crayon
pencil
tracer
to draw
le chef–d’œuvre
masterpiece
digérer
to digest
afin que
so that
le calcul
calculation
le succès
success
le coup d’œil
glance
s’égarer
to lose one’s way
ainsi
this way, thus
lucide
lucid
conserver
to keep
être à portée de qn
to be understandable to somebody
véritable
real, true
la panne
breakdown
le mécanicien
mechanic
la réparation
repair
le sol
soil, floor
le naufragé
wreck (boat)
le radeau
raft
le mouton
sheep
sauter
to jump
la foudre
lightning
le bonhomme
guy
ravissant
ravishing, beautiful
sauf
except
rond
round
or
but, now
égaré
lost
impressionnant
impressive, frightening
refaire
re-do
stupéfait
astounded, very surprised and shocked
encombrant
combersome, burdensome
l’indulgence
indulgence, leniency
le bélier
ram
la corne
horn
l’hâte
haste, impatience
le démontage
disassembly
griffonner
to scribble
pencher
to lean
révéler
to reveal
fier
pround
s’écrier
to exclaim
un éclat
glare, sparkle, splendour
entrevoir
to make out, to glimpse
aussitôt (que)
straight away, as soon (as)
la lueur
faint light, glow, gleam
brusquement
brusquely
hocher
to nod
s’enfoncer dans
to plunge into
la rêverie
day dream
plonger
to dive
la contemplation
quite serious thinking about something
le trésor
treasure
s’efforcer de
to try hard to
la corde
rope
le piquet
post, peg, picket line
remarquer
to remark, to notice
la centaine
about a hundred
un astronome
astronomer
un astéroïde
asteroid
turc
Thurkish
le congrès
congress
le dictateur
dictator
confier
to confide
le chiffre
figure
la brique
brick
le géranium
geranium
la colombe
dove
le toit
roof
parvenir à (faire qqch)
to manage to do something
la preuve
proof
hausser
to raise
traiter
to treat
indulgent
lenient
envers
towards
la fée
fairy
éprouver
to feel, to suffer, to test, to afflict
tant de
so much
le chagrin
grief
la tentative
attempt
tâtonner
to grope around, to feel one’s way along
semblable
similar
à travers
through
vieillir
to grow old
un arbuste
shrub
par conséquent
consequently
le troupeau
herd, flock
le bout
end
la sagesse
wisdom
la graine
seed
la fantaisie
whim, extravagance, imagination
s’étirer
to stretch
la brindille
twig
le radis
radish
le rosier
rosebush
arracher
to lift, to pull up/out, to tear down
se débarrasser
to clear, to get rid of
encombrer
to clutter up
la racine
root
éclater
to burst
perforer
to pierce, to perforate, to punch
la toilette
wash, clean
soigneusement
carefully
s’astreindre à
to force/be obliged to do something
appliquer (à)
to apply to
un inconvénient
drawback
ne…guère…
hardly
avertir
to inform, to warn
frôler
to brush against, to skim, to border on
grandiose
magnificent, spectacular
le coucher de soleil
sunset
suffire
to be enough
éloigné
distant
le pas
step
le crépuscule
dusk
la brusquerie
brusqueness
le préambule
preamble, prelude
méditer
to meditate, to plan
une épine
thorn
dévisser
to unscrew
le boulon
bolt
serrer
to grip, to clutch
soucieux
worried
s’épuiser
to run out, to exhaust
la méchanceté
nastiness
la rancune
grudge
le marteau
hammer
le cambouis
dirty oil
confondre
to fonfuse, to astound, to confound
mélanger
mix (up)
secouer
to shake
doré
golden
cramoisi
crimson, very red in colour
gonfler
to pump up, to swell, to inflate
un orgueil
pride
fabriquer
to manufacture, to make, to produce
anéantir
to destory, to crush
le coup
blow, shot, knock
se rendre
to surrendre
se rendre compte de qch/que
to realise something/that
un exemplaire
copy
le sanglot
sob
lâcher
to drop
bercer
to rock
la muselière
muzzle
une armure
armour
la larme
tear
orner (de)
to decorate (with)
le rang
row
le pétale
petal
s’éteindre
to go out, to pass away
germer
to sprout, to germinate, to form
surveiller
to keep an eye on, to supervise
le bouton
button, bud
miraculeux
miraculous
un abri
shelter
le soin
care
friper
to crumple
le coquelicot
poppy
le rayonnement
radiance
coquet
like to look nice, charming
bailler
to yawn
décoiffer
to mess up one’s hair
contenir
to hold (back), to contain
un arrosoir
water can
ombrageux
easily offended
le tigre
tiger
la griffe
claw
craindre
to be afraid of
le courant
current, movement
le paravent
screen
le globe
globle, glass cover
bien/mal installé
well/badly fiitted out, equipped
