The Hobbit vocabulary Flashcards

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1
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réticent

A

reluctant

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cambrioleur

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burglar

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3
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arriver à qqn

A

befall

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4
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suintant

A

oozy

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cuivre

A

brass

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bouton (de porte)

A

knob

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carrelé/de tuiles

A

tiled

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patère

A

peg

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pince à linge (UK)

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peg

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10
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garde-manger/cellier

A

pantry

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11
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cave/sous-sol/cave à vin

A

cellar

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12
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prairie/champ/pré

A

meadow

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13
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personne (une/des)

A

folk

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14
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maladroit

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blundering

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principalement

A

chiefly

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plante (des pied)

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sole

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semelle

A

sole

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18
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épais

A

thick

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19
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se taire

A

hush up

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20
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étouffer (une affaire)

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hush (sth) up

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21
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bizzare

A

queer

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22
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patraque

A

queer

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23
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fixe/inébranlable

A

immovable

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24
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surgir/germer/percer/apparaitre

A

sprout up

25
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manière / façon

A

fashion

26
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suspendu

A

hung down

27
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brousailleux

A

brushy

28
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nettement

A

neatly

29
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bord (de qlch)

A

brim

30
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louche

A

shady

31
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aubaine

A

bargain

32
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marchander

A

bargain

33
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mettre les voiles

A

sail up

34
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pouce

A

thumb

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feuilleter

A

thumb

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effleurer (du pouce)

A

thumb

37
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bretelles

A

braces

38
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fixer (du regard)

A

gaze

39
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contempler

A

gaze

40
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vagabonder/errer

A

wander

41
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divaguer

A

wander

42
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bouton pression

A

stud

43
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attacher/boucler/boutonner

A

fasten

44
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lys (fleur)

A

lily

45
Q

cytise (arbre avec les fleurs jaunes qui tombe en “grappes”)

A

laburnum

46
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vulgaire/commun

A

prosy

47
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interêt (dans ton) / bien (pour ton)

A

sake

48
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décamper

A

scuttle

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frayeur/effroi

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fright

50
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emjambé/pas/rythme/démarche

A

strid

51
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agitation/trouble - agiter/troubler

A

fluster

52
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grabuge

A

fluster

53
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phénoménal

A

tremendous

54
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bouilloire

A

kettle

55
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rentrer (ex: chemise dans pantalon) / glisser

A

tuck

56
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révérence / s’incliner

A

bow

57
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rigide / crispé

A

stiff

58
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écarlate

A

scarlet

59
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exclamation

A

gasp