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Le Silence de la Mer
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Language - French
Undergraduate 1
05/01/2011
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Term
commode
 Definition
pratique; pratical
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eviter
 Definition
to avoid
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gravir
 Definition
monter; to climb
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le seuil
 Definition
threshold
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luire
 Definition
to glow
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une vitre
 Definition
pane of glass
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la veille
 Definition
yesterday
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la poignee
 Definition
handle
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le moindre
 Definition
the smallest; le plus petit
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il se peut
 Definition
il est possible
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une volonte
 Definition
un desir; une decision
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mouiller
 Definition
to wet
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secouer
 Definition
to shake
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de nouveau
 Definition
encore; again
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ramasser
 Definition
to pick up
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poursuivre
 Definition
to go on; to continue
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epargner
 Definition
to spare; to save
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la lachete
 Definition
cowardice
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mepriser
 Definition
to scorn
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tetu
 Definition
stubborn
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envahir
 Definition
invasion
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a l'aise
 Definition
comfortable
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jadis
 Definition
il y a longtemps; long ago
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guerir
 Definition
to cure
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eclairer
 Definition
illuminer
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se balancer
 Definition
sway
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le menton
 Definition
chin
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effraye
 Definition
scared
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autrui
 Definition
les autres
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plaindre
 Definition
to pity; feel sorry
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morne
 Definition
triste
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la chair
 Definition
flesh
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accueillir
 Definition
to welcome
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regagner
 Definition
to go back to
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s'efforcer
 Definition
to strive
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moite
 Definition
moist
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croitre
 Definition
augmenter; increase/grow
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subir
 Definition
to undergo
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une epreuve
 Definition
un test
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la lassitude
 Definition
la fatigue
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s'attendre a
 Definition
to expect
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aussitot
 Definition
immediatement
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sans issue
 Definition
with no way out; hopeless
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davantage
 Definition
plus; more
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la temoin
 Definition
witness
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avouer
 Definition
admettre; to admit
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se taire
 Definition
to become silent; ie tais-toi
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accabler
 Definition
to overwhelm
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une constatation
 Definition
an observation
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a la fois
 Definition
simultaneously
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inattendu
 Definition
unexpected
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certes
 Definition
to be sure
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nier
 Definition
to deny
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affreux
 Definition
frightful
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tantot...tantot
 Definition
at times...at other times
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a jamais
 Definition
always
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des cendres
 Definition
ashes
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s'ecrier
 Definition
to shout
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a peine
 Definition
barely
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amer, amere
 Definition
bitter
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se detendre
 Definition
to relax
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jaillir
 Definition
to spring out; to spurt
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s'evanouir
 Definition
fade away
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acharne
 Definition
fierce
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trahir
 Definition
betray
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une tache
 Definition
a stain; a spot
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farouche
 Definition
savage; ferocious
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franchir
 Definition
go over; beyond; overcome
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un devoir
 Definition
duty
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un carrefour
 Definition
crossroads
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les tenebres
 Definition
blackness
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