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1 brebis
2 brebis
1 sheep
2 sheep
broussailles
bushes
égorger
cut one’s head
slit the throat of sb
slaughter (pour les manger après)
Open vs opened
Opened is irreversible. Open can be reversible
type
guy
bloke (uk)
gars
lad (uk)
boy
encolure
neck
touffe
tuft, clump
murmurer (3)
murmur
whisper
mutter (se plaindre)
marmonner, parler entre ses dents
mumble
troublé (2)
disturbed
disconcerted
netteté (perception), 3
clearness, clariy, sharpness
netteté (propreté), 2
neatness, tidiness
reins
kidney(s)
un couple
a couple
veiller (porter attention à)
to ensure
to watch
to look after
observer
to gaze at
to observe
planque (2)
hideout
stash
museau (nez d’un animal) 2
muzzle snout
museau (charcuterie) UK US
brawn UK
headcheese US
museau (visage), familier
face
souffle (déplacement d’air)
blast of air
souffle (respiration)
breath
filmer
to film
pour ainsi dire
so to speak
prétextes, 3
pretext, excuse, reason
s’inscruster (s’immiscer inopportunément
to stick one’s nose in
to gatecrash
to push in
s’incruster (entacher fortement, rouiller, orner en profonder)
to embed, to inlay
to get embedded, to get encrusted
louveteau
wolf cub
calepin
notebook
gourde
flask
water bottle
brindille, 2
(tree, bush) vs (hay, straw)
twig (tree, bush)
stalk (hay, straw)
foin
hay
paille
straw
admettre, reconnaitre
to reckon
sans bouger
prone
sous-bois, broussailles
undergrowth
blonds
fair
tenir
to grip
le soleil leur cuisait les reins
the sun was scorching their backs
L’autre secoua la tête
His companion shook his head
un animal est + grand
bigger pas taller
to mutter
marmonner, grommeler,
n’en dis pas un mot
don’t breathe a word
muselière
bouche d’un pistolet
muzzle
rôder
to prowl
pretext, what preposition ?
under a pretext
dialogue au passé pourquoi have + en et pas had + en
Dialogue : HAVE + EN ici car even in a past narrative
basané
swarthy
tête de cochon
pigheaded
to needle sbdy
repetitive way of bothering someone
viseur
ou pour ajuster télescope
viewfinder
un rôdeur, rôdeuse
a prowler
reculer
to pull back
dans la boîte
in the can
s’inscruster, 2
de manière permanente qquepart
planting roots,
setting roots
caribou
caribou
arpenter
pace up and down
donner la main
give your hand to sb
to pass the baton to sb
étriqué,
skimpy
tight
s’eterniser
go on and on
draw sth out
en clair
in plain language,
unencrypted
trainer, 3
to drag = tirer
to dawdle, to lag behind = s’attarder
toison
fleece (lainage)
abundant growth (poils abondants)
minable
pathetic, wretched, paltry
meagre
haletant, 2
panting
out-of-breath
Nuées
insect : swarm, cloud
birds : flock
people: swarm, flock, throng, crowd, multitude
coulée (passage), 3
track run path
carbonisé
carbonised
sentencieux
solemn, sententious
grave (ton)
serious
