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Huis Clos Vocabulaire 60-Fin
From Yellow Packet
63
Language - French
9th Grade
05/11/2009
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Term
rigoler
 Definition
rire, s'amuser
Term
Vous n'y etes pas du tout
 Definition
You're off track/base
Term
se pencher sur
 Definition
to lean over
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se faire sauter la tete
 Definition
to blow one's head off
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haïr
 Definition
to hate; je hais, il hait, nous haïssons, ils haïssent, p.p.: haï(e)
Term
un sanglot
 Definition
a sob
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couler
 Definition
to flow
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lâche
 Definition
cowardly; imperative of lâcher - to let go
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en vouloir à qqn
 Definition
to resent, bear a grudge against sb.
Term
embrouiller les fils
 Definition
to tangle up the strings
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une secousse
 Definition
a jolt
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chuchoter
 Definition
to whisper
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la bonne volonté
 Definition
good will
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pourrir
 Definition
to rot; p.p.: pourri
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un piège
 Definition
a trap
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avoir pitié de
 Definition
to pity, feel sorry for
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faire mieux de
 Definition
to do better to
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en sorte de (+inf.)
 Definition
in such a way that
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l'eau vive
 Definition
running water
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à bout de souffle
 Definition
out of breath
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la poitrine
 Definition
chest
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une ordure
 Definition
a piece of garbage
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verser
 Definition
to pour
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avoir le toupet de
 Definition
to have the nerve to
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un cil
 Definition
an eyelash
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s'écarter
 Definition
to move away, aside
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tromper
 Definition
to fool; être infidèle, to cheat on
Term
je m'en moque
 Definition
I could care less, je m'en fiche
Term
cracher à la figure de qqn.
 Definition
to spit in someone's face
Term
Pas d'histoire
 Definition
Don't make a scene/trouble.
Term
N'importe qui ferait l'affaire
 Definition
Anybody would do.
Term
distrait
 Definition
distracted
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s'agripper à
 Definition
to clutch/grab on to
Term
rompre le pacte
 Definition
to break the pact
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avoir son tour
 Definition
to have one's turn
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grelotter
 Definition
to shiver
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avoir confiance en qqn.
 Definition
to trust someone, have confidence in someone
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coffrer
 Definition
mettre en prison
Term
étouffer
 Definition
snuff out, suffocate
G: "Je ne voulais pas qu'ils
Term
étouffer
 Definition
snuff out, suffocate
G: "Je ne voulais pas qu'ils étouffent ma voix."
Term
raisonner
 Definition
to think rationally through something
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une cellule
 Definition
salle dans une prison où l'on met un prisonnier
Term
éclater de rire
 Definition
to burst out laughing
Term
s'accrocher à
 Definition
s'agripper à, to grab onto
Term
être hors jeu
 Definition
to be out of the "game"
Term
rendre un service à qqn.
 Definition
to do someone a favor
Term
croire en qqn.
 Definition
avoir confiance en qqn.
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mou, molle
 Definition
squishy
Term
une pieuvre
 Definition
octopus
Term
un marécage
 Definition
a swamp
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les griffes
 Definition
claws
Term
se débrouiller
 Definition
to manage, get along
Term
le fouet
 Definition
the whip
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la voie
 Definition
the way (path)
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traîner
 Definition
to drag
Term
un but
 Definition
a goal
Term
juger sur
 Definition
to pass judgment on
Term
une faiblesse
 Definition
a weakness
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faire la somme (de ses actes)
 Definition
to take the sum of one's acts
Term
ne pas avoir le/de choix
 Definition
LE
Term
se venger (de qqn.)
 Definition
to avenge oneself, to get back at
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transpirer
 Definition
suer, to sweat
Term
la foule
 Definition
the crowd
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