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La Chevelure et la poésie sensuelle
Le poème en prose, et le poème, de Baudelaire selon La Chevelure
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Physiology
Graduate
03/01/2012
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Term
Le toison
 Definition
Mane, fleece
Term
Moutonnant (moutonner)
 Definition
To become fleecy
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L'encolure
 Definition
Neck, neckline
Term
La boucle
 Definition
Loop (curl)
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... parfum chargé de NONCHALOIR
 Definition
... perfume charged/filled with nonchalance (chaloir = to be of importance; "il ne chaut pas" = to not be important)
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La houle
 Definition
A swell (as on ocean)
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Un ÉBLOUISSANT rève
 Definition
A dazzling dream
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Retentissant
 Definition
Bustling, resounding (retentir)
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La moire
 Definition
Moiré
Term
Frémir
 Definition
Shudder, shimmer
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Le roulis
 Definition
Rolling (e.g. of sea)
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Le bercement
 Definition
Rocking
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Une mèche
 Definition
Lock (of hair)
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Tordu(e)
 Definition
Twisted ... "Vos mèches tordues" = your twisted locks (of hair)
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La crinière
 Definition
Mane
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Semer
 Definition
v.t. To sow
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Sourd(e)
 Definition
Deaf
Term
La gourde
 Definition
Flask
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Humer
 Definition
Inhale
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La chevelure
 Definition
Hair ... head of hair
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Secouer
 Definition
Shake / shake loose
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Une voilure
 Definition
Sail
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La mâture
 Definition
Masts (pl.); "dans la mâture" = aloft (in the masts)
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fourmillant
 Definition
swarming (une fourmilière = ant hill; un fourmi = ant)
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se prélasser
 Definition
To lounge / bask
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Duveté(e)
 Definition
Downy ("les rivages duvetés" = the downy bank or shore)
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Le goudron
 Definition
Tar; asphalt
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Le musc
 Definition
Musk
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Courbé
 Definition
Bent (courber = bend) "L'ouvrier courbé"
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Cogner
 Definition
Knock, hit hard "[Les démons] cognent en volant les volets et l'auvent" = The demons smash, while stealing the shutters and awnings...
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Le lueur
 Definition
Glimmer, gleam
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Une fourmilière
 Definition
Ant-hill (un fourmi = ant)
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Remuer
 Definition
Move (le bras)
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La fange
 Definition
Mud (la boue)
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Un ver
 Definition
Worm
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Glapir
 Definition
Screech, yelp
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Ronfler
 Definition
Snore; also roar
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La catin
 Definition
Prostitute
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L'escroc
 Definition
Swindler, crook
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Rugissement
 Definition
Roaring, howling
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Rugir
 Definition
Roar
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Le gouffre
 Definition
Abyss; gulf
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