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Passe-Muraille Vocabulary
Vocabulary found in the short story Passe-Muraille by Marcel Aymé
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Language - French
Undergraduate 1
09/05/2009
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Term
un don
 Definition
gift, talent
Term
une barbiche
 Definition
goatee
Term
un chapeau melon
 Definition
bowler hat
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une panne d'électricité
 Definition
blackout
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une muraille
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wall
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les ténèbres
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darkness
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le surmenage
 Definition
extreme physical extertion
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un cachet
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tablet (of medicine)
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un réduit
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recess, cubbyhole
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un fait divers
 Definition
short news item
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un torchon
 Definition
rag
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un but
 Definition
goal
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un cambriolage
 Definition
burglary
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un cambrioleur
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burgler
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une bijouterie
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jewelry store
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un cachot
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prison cell
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une flânerie
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stroll
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un cinéaste
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movie director
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une persienne
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shutter (for a window)
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l'ivresse
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intoxication
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un frottement
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rubbing, friction
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un noctambule
 Definition
one who walks at night
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tâtonner
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to feel about
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se dresser
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to stand up, to rise
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balbutier
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to stammer
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boucler
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to lock up
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fermer à clé
 Definition
to lock
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avaler
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to swallow
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éprouver
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to feel, to experience (a sensation)
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singulier/ière
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singular, noteworthy
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écœuré/e
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nauseated, disgusted
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figé/e
 Definition
stuck
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mettre à l'épreuve
 Definition
to test, to put to the test
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avoir la parole brève
 Definition
to be curt, brusque
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mettre le comble à
 Definition
to top off (as in, "to top off our bad luck, we ran out of gas")
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se faire pincer
 Definition
to get nabbed, caught
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