Vocabulaire trouvé en "Nestor" par Michel Tournier Flashcards

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quiconque

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anyone

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conférer

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bestow/award

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chargé

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weighed down

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menues tâches domestiques

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list of chores

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une guise

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as one wishes/likes

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un recul

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postponement

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féerique

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magical

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nain

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dwarf

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bloqué

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stuck

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propos

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remarks

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reconstituer

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reconstruct/recreate

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fidèlement

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faithfully

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témoigner

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bare witness

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stupéfiant

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astounding

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précocité

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premature

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condisciples

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classmates

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attardé

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backward

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demeuré

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half-wit

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incertitude

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uncertainty

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retenir

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re-dye/recolor

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étonner

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surprise

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lors

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while

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échapper

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escape

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lenteur

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slowness

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redoutable

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impressive/formidable

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chaleur

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heat

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encombré

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congested

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componction

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melancholy (tristesse profond)

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fabriquer

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to make/create

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s’exprimer

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express oneself

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orbite

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orbit

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indiscuté

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undisputed

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paraître

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to seem like

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craindre

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to be afraid of

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concéder

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to allow/grant/give

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paru

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participe passé du mot paraître (to seem like)

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exorbitant

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excessive

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drôlerie

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funniness/comedy

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le chaire

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chair/position

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se diriger

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go toward/guide oneself toward

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opérer

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operate on

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plonger

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dive

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une poignée

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a handle

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se dispenser

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excuse oneself

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convenir

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to admit

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s’échapper

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to escape/slip away

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d’emblée

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immediately

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entreprendre

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to start doing

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échantillon

A

sample

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fourrager

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to feed

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bruyamment

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loudly

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une déchirure

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a tear/rip

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éprouver

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to experience

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éclaircir

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to lighten/fade

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un réfectoire

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cantine

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veiller

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to stay awake

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cesser

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to stop/cease

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surprendre

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surprise

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d’ailleurs

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elsewhere

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basculer

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to switch

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entourer

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surround/circle [something]

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offrande

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offering

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alimentaire

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dietary

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s’interrompant

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interrupt

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essuyer

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wipe dry

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la sueur

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sweat

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couler

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to flow/drain

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un ventre

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stomach/belly

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davantage

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more/harder/(plus)