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Vocabulaire Lois Lowry
La Longue Quete de Natalie
70
Language - French
Undergraduate 2
10/30/2011
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Term
un pissenlit
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dandelion
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siroter (v)
 Definition
to sip
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un chignon
se faire en chignon
 Definition
an up-do hairstyle
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un/une laureat(e)
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prize winner
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une larme
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tear
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un/une veinard(e)
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lucky devil
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vexer (v)
se vexer
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to offend
to take offense
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prendre la fuite
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take flight/get out of here!
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scruter (v)
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to scruitinize
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connerie (f)
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stupidity
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s'évanouir
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to faint
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inonder (v)
une inondation
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to flood
a flood
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la nuque
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nape of neck
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la colère
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anger
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une frasque
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prank
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trainer sa vielle carcasse
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amener qq'n
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sage (adj)
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wise
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fugace (adj)
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fleeting/brief
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la bandoulière
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shoulder straps
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la poterie
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pottery
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patelin (adj)
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old-looking (adj)
a small village (nom)
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un colis
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parcel/package
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dévoiler (v)
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to divulge
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hérisser
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mettre en colère
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un chevet
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headboard
bedhead
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un poêlon
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saucepan
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la gaîté
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cheerfulness
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criblée (adj)
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covered with
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nichons
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boobies
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flou(e) - adj
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blurred
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regorger (v)
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to be packed with
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surplomber
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to overhang
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coup d'oeil
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at a glance or regard quickly
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le élan
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momentum
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le néant
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nothingness
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une tartine
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slice of bread and butter
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garer (v)
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to park
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tumultueux (adj)
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turbulent, tumultuous
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songer à
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to think about
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une ménagère
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someone who cleans
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soupirer (v)
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to sigh
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une aiguille
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a needle
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un remous
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movement of water
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bibliothécaire (m,f)
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librarian
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bredouiller (v)
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to mumble
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griffer (v)
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to scratch
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dégouliner
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to drip, to trickle
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une bourrade
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a shove
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frissonner (v)
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to shiver, to tremble
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emmerdeur (nom)
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a nuisance, someone who looks for trouble
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longer (v)
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to run along, parallel
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fard à paupières
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eyeshadow
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un coup de poing
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a punch
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avoir la trouille
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avoir peur
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luire (v)
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to shine
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chatouiller (v)
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to tickle
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dingue (adj)
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crazy
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ficelé (adj)
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tied up
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éphémère (adj)
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fleeting, ephemeral
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heurter (v)
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to collide with, to offend
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étouffer (v)
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to suffocate
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un tabouret
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stool
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parvenir (v)
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to achieve
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une paroisse
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church parish
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bourgeois (adj)
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middle class
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néanmoins (adv)
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nevertheless
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machinalement (adv)
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mechanically, without thinking
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ronronner (v)
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to purr
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élargir (v)
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to widen
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paisible (adj)
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peaceful
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