Les douaniers Flashcards

1
Q

rouf goudronné

A

tarred deckhouse

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2
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par le gros temps

A

in heavy weather

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3
Q

ruisselaient

A

flowed

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4
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l’étuve

A

the oven

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5
Q

accroupis

A

crouching

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6
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à grelotter

A

to shiver

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7
Q

humidité malsaine

A

unhealthy humidity

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8
Q

à atteindre

A

to reach

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9
Q

les plus rudes

A

toughest

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10
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à louvoyer

A

to weave

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11
Q

un baquet

A

a tub

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12
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gorgée

A

sip

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13
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secouait

A

shook

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14
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attendrissante

A

touching

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15
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hâlé

A

tanned

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16
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assombri

A

darkened

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17
Q

de grésil

A

sleet

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18
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la rafale

19
Q

gémir les agrès

A

groaning on fixtures

20
Q

la barque

21
Q

coup de mer

A

sea breeze

22
Q

ruissellement

23
Q

s’égouttait

24
Q

c’est un point de côté, une pleurésie

A

it’s a stitch in the side, a pleurisy

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ce grand ciel plombé
the great leaded sky
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ruisselante
streaming
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il fallut aborder
we had to tackle we had to approach
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entrâmes
entered
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un petit port aride
an arid little port
30
arbustes
shrubs
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des mines hâves, jeunes
have haggard yellow faces
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grelotter
to shiver
33
la fièvre de marais les mange
swamp fever eats them
34
de braconnier
poacher
35
se perdre dans le maquis
getting lost in the thicket / swamp
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de châtaignes
some chestnuts
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de brucio (fromage blanc)
Cottage cheese
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des galets
pebbles
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triste veillée
sad wake
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un fracas
a crash
41
la montée subite de la flamme
the sudden rise of the flame
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des grandes étendues
wide open spaces
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du tourment
some torment
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subite
sudden