Malgudi Days Flashcards

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1
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donner un coup de tête (de corne) à qn.

A

to bunt sb.

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2
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couver qc.

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to brood sth.

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3
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traîner, flâner

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to loiter

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4
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une offre, une soumission; un bateau ravitailleur, une navette

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a tender

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5
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déroutant, déconcertant

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bewildering

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desséché, ratatiné, rabougri

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wizened

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une guirlande; une couronne, un collier de fleurs

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a garland

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8
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rentrer; mettre, glisser qc. dans qc.

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to tuck

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9
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un liseron

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a convolvulus

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10
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la fumure

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the manuring

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11
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triste, mélancolique; seul, délaissé

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forlorn

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12
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embrouillé, confus

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muddled

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13
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un souvenir; la mémoire

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recollection

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14
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un tabouret

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a stool

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15
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prospérer, se développer

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to flourish

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une hanche, un cuissot

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a haunch

17
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apercevoir, entrevoir

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to espy sth.

18
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pendre, pendouiller

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to dangle

19
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un petit (d’un animal)

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a cub

20
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roter; jaillir; cracher, vomir

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to belch

21
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un bandeau, une bannière; une bandelette

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a streamer

22
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caresser (un animal)

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to pat

23
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rôder, tourner autour

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to hover

24
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“à tout le monde”

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to all and sundry

25
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un acrobate

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a tumbler

26
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se soulever (torse); avoir des hauts-le-coeur

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to heave

27
Q

un bracelet de cheville

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an anklet

28
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étaler, appliquer

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to smear

29
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exclure; effacer, occulter

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to blot out

30
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une taxe, un impôt, un prélèvement

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a levy

31
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un lit; un lit de camp; un lit d’enfant

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a cot

32
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une poitrine (de femme); le sein (figuré)

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a bosom

33
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une meule de foin

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a haystack

34
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se baisser, se pencher, se courber

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to stoop

35
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un mélange, une combinaison

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a compound

36
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très critique; blessant

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scathing

37
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déformé (contorsionné)

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writhed