Vocabulearn Tr 61 Waterloo Flashcards

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1
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un mousqueton

A

a musket or a carabiner

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2
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la cuisse

A

thigh

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3
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songeant

A

thinking

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4
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le chêne

A

oak

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5
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représenter

A

to picture, to show, to represent

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6
Q

appelaient

A

called

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7
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le caille

A

the quails

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8
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le marmite

A

the pot

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9
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effaroucher

A

startle

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10
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cuiller d’étain

A

spoon tin

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11
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aurait fallu voir

A

should have seen

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12
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gamelle

A

bowl

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13
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le chaume

A

thatch; straw; stubble

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14
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le clocher

A

steeple; bell-tower

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15
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la ardoise

A

slate

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16
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la moisson

A

the harvest; the crop

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17
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le blé

A

wheat

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18
Q

le caille

A

quail

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19
Q

la lisière

A

the edge

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20
Q

plaira

A

pleases

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21
Q

le poudriere

A

powder magazine

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22
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la diane

A

reveille

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23
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arrive

A

arrives

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24
Q

trahis

A

betrayed

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25
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canailles

A

scoundrels

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26
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s’indignait

A

was indignant

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27
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bredouillait

A

sputtered

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28
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chouans

A

royalist

29
Q

culbuté

A

tumbled

30
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enfoncé

A

pressed

31
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la croûte

A

the crust

32
Q

leurs grosses cruches

A

their big jugs

33
Q

nous vîmes

A

We saw

34
Q

tendant

A

tending

35
Q

le faisceaux

A

bundle; stack

36
Q

le verger

A

orchard

37
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les chasseurs

A

the hunters

38
Q

sur le pont

A

on the bridge

39
Q

la lieue

A

league

40
Q

le hêtre

A

the beeche

41
Q

carrés de blé

A

square of wheat

42
Q

la ronces

A

bramble; blackberry bush

43
Q

la genêts

A

broom

44
Q

bruyères

A

heather

45
Q

les escadrons

A

squads

46
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cassâmes

A

we broke; we cracked

47
Q

se découvrait

A

was discovered

48
Q

bien loin

A

very far away

49
Q

la fusillade

A

the shooting

50
Q

s’étaient mis en carrés

A

were put into squares

51
Q

les feux de peloton

A

the platoon firing

52
Q

les coups de canon

A

the cannon shots

53
Q

replièrent

A

retreated

54
Q

déployée

A

deployed

55
Q

en tirailleurs

A

as skirmishers

56
Q

la charrette

A

cart

57
Q

se remit

A

resumed

58
Q

avertissement

A

warning

59
Q

la orge

A

barley

60
Q

creux

A

hollow

61
Q

le renflement

A

the bulge

62
Q

la ardoise

A

the slate

63
Q

un pignon

A

a gable or a pine nut

64
Q

la chaumière

A

thatched cottage

65
Q

renflé

A

belly out

66
Q

le verger

A

orchard

67
Q

par la suite

A

thereafter

68
Q

gueux

A

pauper; derelict; highwayman