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KSU Readings in French
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Language - French
Undergraduate 3
09/13/2010
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Auteur/écrivain m.
 Definition
author, writer
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Cadre m.
 Definition
framework, plan, setting
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Caractère m.
 Definition
personality, quality, moral strength, disposition
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Conte/histoire f.
 Definition
tale, story
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Dénouement m.
 Definition
solution, conclusion, winding down of plot
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Genre m.
 Definition
Kind, sort, or style (of writing) (such as: une comedie, un conte, un piece, etc.)
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Héro m. / Héroïne f.
 Definition
Hero,heroine
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Intrigue f.
 Definition
Plot (of a story or novel, etc.)
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Lecture f.
 Definition
reading
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Ligne f.
 Definition
line of prose
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Narrateur m. / Narratrice f.
 Definition
narrator
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Nouvelle f.
 Definition
short story (longer than a conte)
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Œuvre f. / Ouvrage m.
 Definition
work (of literature or art)
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Personnage m.
 Definition
character in a literary work
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Protagoniste m. / f.
 Definition
main character
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Roman m.
 Definition
novel
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Romancier m. / Romancière f.
 Definition
novelist
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Avoir lieu
 Definition
to take place
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Cheminée f.
 Definition
fireplace
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Démodé
 Definition
outdated
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Eteindre
 Definition
to extinguish
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Feu d’artifice m.
 Definition
fireworks display
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Fusée f.
 Definition
firecracker, rocket
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Incendie m.
 Definition
fire
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Se passer
 Definition
to happen, to not live without
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Avoir honte (de)
 Definition
to be ashamed of
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Blâmer
 Definition
to blame
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Cacher
 Definition
to hide
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Confus(e)
 Definition
confused
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Domestique m./f.
 Definition
servant
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Échouer
 Definition
to fail
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Éclater de rire
 Definition
to burst out laughing
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Faire de son mieux
 Definition
to do one's best
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Mentionner
 Definition
to mention
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Mettre le feu à
 Definition
to set fire to
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Plaindre
 Definition
to pity
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Pleurer
 Definition
to cry
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Protéger
 Definition
to protect
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Rendre malade
 Definition
to make sick
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Se moque de
 Definition
to make fun of
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Souvenir m.
 Definition
memory
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Au devant
 Definition
on the front
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Bâton m.
 Definition
hockey stick
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Chandail m.
 Definition
jersey
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Coup m.
 Definition
blow
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Déchiré
 Definition
torn
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Équipe f.
 Definition
team
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Faire la loi
 Definition
to make the rules
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Frapper
 Definition
to strik, hit
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Lacer
 Definition
to tie, lace up
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Penser à
 Definition
to think about
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Permettre
 Definition
to allow
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Persécuter
 Definition
to persecute
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Prier à
 Definition
to pray to
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Rêver à
 Definition
to dream about
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Saigner
 Definition
to bleed
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Se mettre en colère
 Definition
to become angry
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Taille f.
 Definition
size
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Troué
 Definition
tattered, full of holes
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