To Kill a Mockingbird - Part III Flashcards

1
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a pulpit

A

une chaire

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2
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a hankering

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un rêve

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3
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grimly

A

un air grave

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4
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a raveling

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un effilochage

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5
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snug

A

douillet, confortable

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6
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a windowsill

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un rebord de fenêtre

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7
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to scuttle

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fuir, détaler, s’enfuir

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8
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to jab sb.

A

donner un petit coup à qn.

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9
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to flutter

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battre des ailes; claquer, flotter (drapeau); palpiter, battre de façon irrégulière

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10
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to trudge

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marcher d’un pas lourd, péniblement, en traînant les pieds

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11
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to barge in

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débarquer, débouler, faire irruption

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12
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asinine

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idiot, bête, stupide; sot (relatif à l’âne)

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13
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to gape

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regarder bouche bée

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14
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to barge in

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débarquer, débouler, faire irruption

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15
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quibbling (making petty objections)

A

chicaneur, ergoteur

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16
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a dresser

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une commode, un buffet

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17
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golly

A

mince alors

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18
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fishy

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louche, suspect, douteux; qui sent le poisson

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19
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to beckon

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faire signe à qn. d’approcher, appeler

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20
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a stove

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une cuisinière, un réchaud

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21
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teeny

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minuscule, tout petit

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22
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to bawl

A

brailler

23
Q

to wane

A

diminuer, décliner, décroître

24
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to unlatch (sth.)

A

soulever le loquet de, ouvrir

25
Q

to fan (sth.)

A

attiser, aviver; intensifier, encourager

26
Q

a gnat

A

un moucheron

27
Q

to recess

A

suspendre l’audience

28
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a recess

A

une suspension d’audience; une alcôve, un recoin

29
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a hoodoo

A

un vaudou; un porte-malheur

30
Q

bangs (npl.)

A

une frange

31
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to whittle (sth.)

A

tailler (au couteau); sculpter (statue)

32
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unfathomable

A

insondable

33
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a ripple

A

une ondulation, une ride; une vague, le clapotis; une ondulation, une boucle (cheveux)

34
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sternly

A

sévèrement

35
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touchous (= touchy)

A

susceptible; délicat, épineux (sujet)

36
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to twitch

A

avoir un mvt. convulsif; tressaillir, tressauter, se contracter (muscle)

37
Q

soggy

A

trempé, détrempé

38
Q

mushy

A

mou, ramolli; bourbeux; très fleur bleue, à l’eau de rose

39
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a scrape

A

une éraflure, une égratignure; une écorchure

40
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a thrift

A

une économie; une caisse d’épargne

41
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slushy

A

fondu (glace, neige); à l’eau de rose

42
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jim-dandy

A

chouette

43
Q

to hone down

A

améliorer

44
Q

an apron

A

un tablier

45
Q

groggy

A

groggy, faible; sonné

46
Q

tousled

A

ébouriffé; en pagaille (cheveux)

47
Q

shrubbery

A

massif

48
Q

to pester (sb.)

A

harceler; embêter, ennuyer, importuner, taquiner

49
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sternness

A

inflexibilité; sévérité (de visage)

50
Q

to grieve (sth.)

A

pleurer, faire son deuil de

51
Q

to rehash

A

copier, reprendre, remanier, rediscuter

52
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lineaments

A

linéaments

53
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a changeling

A

un enfant substitué, échangé