Saturday Vocabulary Flashcards
D’abord
At first
S’étonner
To be astonished
Tenue
Attitude, behavior, deportment
Parfois
Sometimes
Emmener
To take away, to convey away
Amener
To lead
Se débrouiller
To untangle, to manage
Se sauver
To deliver, to escape
Amer
Bitter, harsh
Surtout
Above all, chiefly
Les fèves
The beans
Puiser
To draw, to fetch (liquid)
Enfuir
To run away, to escape
Autour
Around about
La poursuite
The pursuit
À la poursuite
In pursuit of…
Ma mère m’emmena voir au théâtre une pièce de Molière…
My mother led me to the theater to see a work by Molière…
Ce qui m’étonna d’abord
It astonished me at first
Les fuyards
The fugitives
Le piège
The trap
Il est tombé dans le piège.
He fell into the trap
Au bord
To the edge
Le gouffre
The abyss, the pit
À pic
Steep, vertical
Le voleur
The thief
Poursuivre
To endeavor to obtain, to seek
Échapper
To escape
S’échapper
To get loose, to get away
Abimé
To be engulfed, to be swallowed up
La digue
The dike, the embankment
Céder
To give up, to yield
Envahir
To invade, to overrun, to spread over
S’éncrouler
To fall in, to fall down
Soudain
Sudden, unexpected
Monté
Raised
Sangloter
To sob
Aucun
None, not any anyone
Autant
As much, so much, so many
Avouer
To acknowledge, to confess
Noyer
To drown, to sink
Ainsi
Thus, so, in this or that manner
S’échouer
To run aground, to be stranded
La berge
The steep bank of a river
Essorer
To hang in order to dry, to wring out
Tellement
In such a manner,
Paraitre
To appear, to seem
Invraisemblable
Improbable
Cependant
In the meantime
Les jumeaux
The twins
Autour
About, round about
Tandis que
While, whereas
Agir
To act, to operate
S’agir
To be in question, to be in the manner
Aperçu
A glance, rapid view, quick estimate
