vocab: Baba Yaga Flashcards
le sort
the curse
bouche bée
open-mouthed
rouvrit
re-open
campagne
fields, countryside
niege
snow
glace
ice
scintillait
gleamed, shined (think: scintillated)
sucre
sugar
s’elever
lift up
baisser
lower
nuage
cloud
s’aperçut
perceived
proteger
protect
visage
face
relever
to raise up
s’approcher
to approach
traîneau
sleigh
rênes
reins
cape
cape
capuche
hood
épaisse
thick
chevaux
horses
s’immobiliser
to stop (think: immobilize itself)
installé
sitting in, installed in
épaules
shoulders
menton
chin
cheveux
hair
adresser
to address someone, talk to someone
saluer
to greet (think: salute)
descender
to get down
poursuivir
continue, persevere (think: pursue)
haussa les épaules
shrugged her shoulders
hocha la tête
shook her head
fronça les sourcils
knit her brow (think: frowned)
d’un air… (surpris)
with a (surprised) air
finir par …(repondre)
end up …(responding)
étrange
strange
confirmer
to confirm, agree
se rapeler
recall, remember
s’assombrer
darken (think: somber)
un frisson de…
a shiver of…
reprit
continue a conversion, reprise, re-take-up
acquiesça
agree
soupira
sighed
impressioné
impressed
sorcière
witch
réussi
succeeded
secouer la tête
nod
échapper
escape
larmes
tears (crying)
fixer
stare at (think: fixated)
médusé
stunned
sauf moi
except for me (think: save for me)
morte
dead
au moins
at least
jeunesse
youth
compter le plus
to count the most (what counts the most is…)
emporter
to bring in, import
frissoner
to shiver
emplir de larmes
fill with tears
elle me manque
I miss her
s’inquiéter
to worry
secher les larmes
dry your tears
serrer la main
press someone’s hand
genoux
knees
couverture
blanket
au bout d’un moment
after a moment
se dresser
to stand up
coiffer
to be topped with (coif = hairdo!)
tandis que….
while….
argenté
silver
doré
golden
lilas
purple
rayé
striped
gelé
frozen
féerique
faery!
s’arrêter
to stop (think: arrest yoursself)
patiemment
patiently
prudemment
carefully (think: prudently)
ébahi
goggle-eyed, stupefied
escalier
staircase
marches
steps
marbre
marble
fenêtres
window (think: defenestrate)
tourner sur elle-même
turn around herself (in a circle)
salle
room, hall
fit un pas
took a step
vêtu de…
dressed in…
soie
silk
satin
satin
velours
velvet
laine
wool (think: lanolin)
en plein mouvement
in the midst of moving – in full movement
virevolter
whirl, spin around (i.e., dancing)
sapin
Xmas tree
éblouissant
dazzling
bijoux
jewels
il a lieu
it takes place
assis
sitting on
reconnut
recognized
préciser
to point out (think: precise)
se tourner vers
to turn towards (someone)
barbe
beard
brandissait
brandished
baguette
magic wand (not, in this case, a baguette)
jaillir, jaillissait
to gush or shoot out