Yevi Flashcards
chaleureusement
warmly, cordially
affamé
hungry, famished
échapper
breakaway, slip
la conjuncture
situation, condition
fanfaronnades
boasting
le coq
rooster
inventer
to make up
le tas
pile
le gourmand
person who likes to eat
le mouton
sheep
le chèvre
goat
la palme
palm leaf
le chemin
path, way
rient (rire)
laugh
la casserole
saucepan
épauler
to assist
percer
to pierce
somptueux
splendid
cendre
ashes
aperçu
glimpse, insight
jete
to throw
tant pis
what a shame
facon
fashion or a way of doing something
genoux
knee
désormais
from now on
dévouement
dedication, devotion
rigoler
to laugh
auquel
in/to whom, to/at which
se livrer
to give yourself up
béant
gaping, wide open
posséder
to have, possess, own
cadeau
present
collier
necklace, collar
attraperais
to catch
bouillante
boiling
la fanfaronnade
bragging, boasting
frappe
to strike
un con
idiot (rude/vulgar)
les veillées
evening gatherings
les gaspilles
gaspiller: to waste
écraser
to crush
le pouce
thumb
mentir
to lie
forcément
inevitably
injurier
to insult, to abuse
les narines
nostrils
étendre
to stretch
cocotiers
coconut trees
hâter
to hasten
funérailles
funeral rites
s’enivrer
to get drunk
transpirer
to sweat
tituber
to stumble
le moyen pour qu’il fasse vite jour
a way to make the day come more quickly
marigot
creek
jaser
to chat, to prattle
des calebasses
gourdes
d’étouffer
to stifle, smother
Que tu prennes patience
(I want you to) have patience
s’enterrer
to bury
deuil
mourning (clothes)
à mes dépens
at my expense
la cendre
ashes
il s’en ira
he will go away
se répandra
will scatter
sans qu’il le sache
without his knowing
j’ai droit
I have the right
s’égarer
se pendre
je m’en fous
I don’t give a damn
un gri-gri
a charm
supplier
to beg, plead
feras
will make
émettras
will emit
salauds
bastards
retirer
to take back
s’agiter
to bustle about
trêve de
enough
se taire
to be quiet
glisser
to slide
les miettes
crumbs
gratter
to escape
saigner
to bleed
sadique
sadistic
courroucé
wrathful, incensed
remplir
to fill
lâches
toward
les fesses
rear end
avaler
to swallow
collier
necklace
fous le camp
get the hell out of here
le rend esclave
makes him a slave
où qu’il soit, quoi qu’il fasse
wherever he is, whatever he’s doing
bouffe
to eat
farfelu
eccentric
délivrer
to set fire
l’avidité
greed
il aurait pu
he could have
étouderie
absent-mindedness
réclamer
to call for
mouton
sheep
de quoi s’agit-il?
What’s it about?
je sois
je suis
saurai
will know
débrouiller
to manage things
exténué
exhausted
évanoui
fainted, unconscious
sagesse
wisdom
reconnaîtra
will recognize
