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Vocab De Littérature Flashcards

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Effroi

Ex. Le roi Fred Sans Effroi

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Terror, dread

Ex. Fred the Fearless

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Le cireur

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The shoe shiner

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Une guêpe

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A wasp

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Pourpoint

Ex. Les pourpoints de velours

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Doublet

Ex. Velvet doublets

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Jabot

Ex. Les chemises à jabot

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Ruffle, frill

Ex. Ruffled shirts

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Une calèche

Ex. Une promenade en calèche

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A horse-drawn carriage

Ex. A ride in a horse-drawn carriage

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Jouer les trouble-fête

Ex. Je ne veux pas jouer les trouble-fête, mais…

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Spoilsport

Ex. I don’t want to be a spoilsport, but…

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Futé(e)

Ex. Lord Chrachinay était très maigre, rusé, et futé.

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Sharp, clever, smart

Ex. Lord Chrachinay was very thin, crafty, and sharp.

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Rusé(e)

Ex. Il est rusé comme un renard

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Crafty, sly, wily

Ex. he’s as sly or cunning or wily as a fox

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Malin, maligne

Ex. Sans être aussi futé que Chrachinay, Flapoon était tout de même beaucoup plus malin que le roi.

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Cunning, crafty, shrewd

Ex. Without being as crafty as Chrachinay, Flapoon was all the same more cunning than the king.

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Époustoufler

Ex. Ils faisaient expertement semblant d’être époustouflés par le talent de Fred.

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To stun, to astound, to flabbergast

Ex. They were experts at pretending to be astounded by the talents of Fred.

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Un songe

Ex. voir quelque chose | quelqu’un en songe

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A dream

Ex. to see something | somebody in one’s dreams

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Une nacelle

Ex. Le pâtisserie Nacelles-des-Fées

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A basket (can also mean a gondola)

Ex. Thé pâtisserie Ferries’-Baskets

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Une péniche

Ex. Des péniches transportaient des marchandises.

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A barge, a narrow boat

Ex. Barges transported the goods.

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Un rôti

Ex. Rôti de porc

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A joint or roast of meat

Ex. Joint of pork (raw), piece of roast pork (cooked)

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Rubans de lard

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Slices of bacon

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Un Biftecks

Ex. un bifteck dans le filet

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Un (piece of) steak

Ex. a piece of fillet steak

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Chevreuil (m)

Ex. Tourtes au chevreuil

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Venison

Ex. Venison pies

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Aigre

Ex. Crème aigre, le lait est devenue aigre

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Sour, acid, sharp

Ex. Sour cream, the milk has gone off/turned sour

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Un vignoble

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A vineyard

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Pompette

Ex. elle était un peu pompette

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Tipsy

Ex. She was a bit tipsy

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Le marécage

Ex. Les marécages, les marécages de la politique

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The swamp, marshland

Ex: the marshlands, the quagmire of politics

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Élancé(e)

Ex: à la taille élancée, à la silhouette élancée

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Slim, slender

Ex. Slim-waisted, willowy

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Épanoui(e)

Ex. son corps épanoui

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Blooming, beaming, radiant

Ex. Her body is in its prime

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Décharné(e)s

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Emaciated, gaunt, wasted

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Loqueteux, loqueteuse

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Dressed in rags, tattered

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Maussade

Ex. elle l’accueillit d’un air maussade

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Glum, sullen

Ex. She greeted him sullenly

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Rocailleux, rocailleuse

Ex. Ils avail des voix rocailleuses

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Rocky, gravelly, rough

Ex. They had gravelly voices

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Un bêlement

Ex. les bêlements des moutons

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A bleat

Ex. The bleating of sheep

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Malpropre

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Dirty, filthy, unclean

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Muggy, clammy, damp

The fog was clammy

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Moite

Le brouillard était moite

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To the brim, to the top

The boots of the two lords were soon filled to the brim with fetid water

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À ras bord(s)

Les bottes des deux lords de retrouvèrent bientôt remplies d’eau fétide jusqu’à ras bord.

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Oaf

That complete oaf!

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Godichon, godichonne

Ce sinistre godichon!

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Twit, clown

To clown around
What a nitwit!

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Gugusse

Faire la gugusse
Quel gugusse!

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Moron, moronic

It’s all his fault, that shrew-brained moron!

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Crétin(e)

Toute est sa faute, à ce crétin à cervelle de musaraigne!

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Guts, entrails

A vague uncertainty was lodged in their guts.

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Boyaux

Une vague incertitude s’était logée dans leurs boyaux.

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A blunderbus

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Un tromblon

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A case

A holster
A glasses case

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Un étui

Un étui de revolver
Un étui à lunettes

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Shifty, shady, murky, sleazy

A shady character

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Louche

Un individu louche

40
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To whine

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Chouiner

41
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To quaver

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Chevroter

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The edge

At the edge of the swamp

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L’orée

À l’orée du marais

43
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Disastrous, catastrophic

The disastrous error

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Funeste

L’erreur funeste

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Exhausted

3 synonyms

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Épuiser, exténué, fourbu(e)

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The retinue

The king’s retinue

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Le cortège

Le cortège du roi

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Vicious, aggressive, quarrelsome

A vicious animal

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Hargneux, hargneuse

Un animal hargneux

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Sadistic

A

Sadique

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The panic

A general panic

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L’affolement (m)

Un affolement général

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A bolt

To unbolt the door

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Un verrou

Tirer le verrou

50
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To put one’s trousers back on

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Se reculotter

51
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To wind up into a ball, to curl up

The king was curled up in his bed.
To snuggle up to someone.

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Pelotonner, se pelotonner

Le roi était pelotonné dans son lit.
Se pelotonner contre quelqu’un.

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To cut and run, to decamp, to bolt

The kids scattered like rabbits!

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Détaler

les gamins ont détalé comme des lapins!

53
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A comforter, a quilt

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Un édredon

54
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Treacherous, deceitful

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Fourbe

55
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In snatches, bit by bit

I heard the story in snatches

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Par bribes

Je connais l’histoire par bribes

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A whole bunch of

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Une flopée de

57
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A piece of gossip, the gossip; the idle rumours

It’s only hearsay.
The rumours that circulated.

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Un commérage, les commérages; les potins

Ce ne sont que des commérages.
Les potins qui circulaient.

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To sprinkle, to dust

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Saupoudrer

59
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A deceased person

Prayer for the dead.
Her late cousin.

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Le défunt

Prière pour les défunts.
Son défunt cousin.

60
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Pigtails

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Des couettes (f)

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The widow, the widower

The war widow.
Mrs. Dupont (when addressing a widow in formal correspondence).
Mrs. Dupont (slightly informal way of referring to a widow).

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La veuve, le veuf

La veuve de guerre.
Madame veuve Dupont.
La veuve Dupont.

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Cunning, sly

His cunning brain started to hum again.

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Sournois(e)

Son cerveau sournoise se remit à vrombir.

63
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The saddle

A

La selle

64
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To get rid of

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Se délester de

65
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A frock coat, fitted or tailored coat

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Une redingote

66
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To shout, to yell

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Vociférer

67
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A change of clothing

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Des vêtements de rechange

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Pale, wan, ashen-faced

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Blême

69
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To take off, to remove from

To take hairpins out of a bun.

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Ôter

ôter des épingles d’un chignon.

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To bruise, to hurt, to wound

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Meurtrir (tuer ou assassiner veut dire ‘to murder’)

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To plot

She’s plotting something!

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Tramer

elle trame quelque chose!

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To grumble

To grumble about something

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Maugréer

maugréer contre quelque chose

73
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To wear out

To be worn out, to wear oneself out

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Éreinter

être éreinté, s’éreinter

74
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To polish or to shine

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Astiquer

75
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To be left unsatisfied or frustrated

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rester sur sa (ou leur) faim

76
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To be on alert, or on edge

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être sur le qui-vive

77
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To overpower

It took three men to bring him under control

A

Maîtriser

il a fallu trois hommes pour le maîtriser

French Life Vocab (2 decks)

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