To Kill a Mockingbird - Part I Flashcards by Baptiste Barreau

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to sear

A

griller, saisir; brûler

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wry

A

ironique

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to soar

A

monter en flèche, s’envoler

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to assuage

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dissiper (crainte); soulager (faim), étancher (soif)

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a thigh

A

une cuisse

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a punt

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une barque

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brethren

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frères (religion); camarades

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thence

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de là

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lest (+ subj.; +inf.)

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de peur que/de

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a dictum

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un dicton, une maxime

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a chattel

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un bien mobilier

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customary

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habituel, coutumier

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a homestead

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une maison, une propriété

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a hat rack

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un porte-chapeaux

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mere

A

simple; seulement

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to sag

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s’affaisser; vaciller, défaillir

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to flick

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donner une pichenette à

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to swelter

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être écrasant, étouffant, suffocant

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to squint

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loucher, plisser les yeux

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to sigh

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soupirer, pousser un soupir

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puny

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chétif, frêle; piètre

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to fuss

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s’agiter; faire des histoires

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to teem

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grouiller, fourmiller

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quaint

A

au charme désuet, suranné; pittoresque; original, bizarre

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to jut

A

faire saillie, avancer

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a pulpit

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une chaire

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a stump

A

une souche

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a beadle

A

un bedeau (local church officer)

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to cuss

A

jurer

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to scold sb.

A

gronder, réprimander

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a mold

A

une moisissure

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damp

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humide

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jagged

A

denté, dentelé; irrégulier (bord)

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to drool

A

baver; (over) : s’extasier devant

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to reckon

A

estimer; imaginer que

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to growl

A

grogner

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to holler

A

brailler, beugler, crier

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a foray

A

une incursion; une tentative, un essai

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to pant

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haleter; être essoufflé, à bout de souffle

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droopy

A

tombant

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to wriggle

A

gigoter, se tortiller

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to enact

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promulguer, décréter; (théâtre) jouer

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a recess

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une récréation; une suspension d’audience

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to haul

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tirer, porter, traîner

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a harbor

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un port; un refuge

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a stove

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une cuisinière; un réchaud

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a hog

A

un cochon, un porc

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faint

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faible, flou, vague, léger

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to wallow in

A

se complaire dans qc.; s’apitoyer sur son sort

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to compel

A

forcer, imposer