Les douaniers Flashcards

1
Q

rouf goudronné

A

tarred deckhouse

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2
Q

par le gros temps

A

in heavy weather

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3
Q

ruisselaient

A

flowed

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4
Q

l’étuve

A

the oven

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5
Q

accroupis

A

crouching

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6
Q

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
Q

à louvoyer

A

to weave

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11
Q

un baquet

A

a tub

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12
Q

gorgée

A

sip

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13
Q

secouait

A

shook

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14
Q

attendrissante

A

touching

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15
Q

hâlé

A

tanned

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16
Q

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

25
Q

ce grand ciel plombé

A

the great leaded sky

26
Q

ruisselante

27
Q

il fallut aborder

A

we had to tackle
we had to approach

28
Q

entrâmes

29
Q

un petit port aride

A

an arid little port

30
Q

arbustes

31
Q

des mines hâves, jeunes

A

have haggard yellow faces

32
Q

grelotter

33
Q

la fièvre de marais les mange

A

swamp fever eats them

34
Q

de braconnier

35
Q

se perdre dans le maquis

A

getting lost in the thicket
/ swamp

36
Q

de châtaignes

A

some chestnuts

37
Q

de brucio (fromage blanc)

A

Cottage cheese

38
Q

des galets

39
Q

triste veillée

40
Q

un fracas

41
Q

la montée subite de la flamme

A

the sudden rise of the flame

42
Q

des grandes étendues

A

wide open spaces

43
Q

du tourment

A

some torment

44
Q

subite