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Undergraduate 2
12/26/2010
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Term
leste
 Definition
nimble
Term
on le surnommait tantôt "belle bichette des, carrefours", tantôt "aigrette des caravansérails" (notez la répetition de "tantôt"- il est nécessaire pour utiliser cette structure.)
 Definition
she was called sometimes "hot lady at the crossroads", other times "egret of the caravanserais"
Term
affaler
 Definition
to collapse, slump
Term
daigner
 Definition
to deign
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le pâturage
 Definition
the pasture, terrain
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une moue
 Definition
a pout
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un trousseau
 Definition
a bunch (of keys, generally, can mean a drawerful of clothes)
Term
un canif
 Definition
a pocketknife
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rengainer
 Definition
to sheath
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(s')entailler
 Definition
to cut, gash (oneself)
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un oisillon
 Definition
a fledgeling
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transi(e) de peur
 Definition
paralyzed by fear
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nicher
 Definition
to nest
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bercer
 Definition
to rock (a boat, baby)
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un pilon
 Definition
a pestle
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une foule
 Definition
a crowd
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un fanion
 Definition
a pennant (in procession, on car)
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un préau
 Definition
a covered playground, exercise ground, inner courtyard
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un cour
 Definition
a courtyard
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davantage
 Definition
more (adverb)
Term
Wangrin se contenta d'un verre de limonade.
 Definition
Wangrin contented himself with a glass of lemonade (in passé anterieur)
Term
le lendemain de son arrivée,
 Definition
the day after he arrived,
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un écart
 Definition
a distance, gap (in space, time, or amount)
Term
chatouiller
 Definition
to tickle
Term
fredonner
 Definition
to hum
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tracasser
 Definition
to worry, bother
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un beignet
 Definition
a doughnut, fritter
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une fosse
 Definition
a pit
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s'affoler
 Definition
to panic
Term
parer de
 Definition
to adorn with
Term
parer à
 Definition
to deal with, guard against
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l'hygiène de la ville t'importe peu?
 Definition
The hygiene of the city doesn't matter to you?
Term
esquisser
 Definition
to outline, draft
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molle
 Definition
soft, weak
Term
gâter
 Definition
to spoil
Term
une moustiquaire
 Definition
a mosquito net
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cimenter
 Definition
to cement
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il ne savait que faire
 Definition
he didn't know what to do.
Term
serrer qqn dans les bras
 Definition
to hug someone
Term
une étreinte
 Definition
a hug
Term
frôler (pas de mot petit)
 Definition
to brush against
Term
braquer sur
 Definition
to point at, aim at
Term
devancer

ex, ils ont devancé la police sur les lieux de l'accident
 Definition
to (ex, arrive) ahead of somebody, to anticipate
Term
la tracasserie
 Definition
harrassment
Term
museler
 Definition
to muzzle
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relever
 Definition
to season (also to raise, to take note, to relieve someone from a duty)
Term
un outil
 Definition
a tool
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bredouille, les mains vides
 Definition
empty-handed
Term
le gré
 Definition
a preference, liking, pleasure
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une bribe
 Definition
a snippet
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une écorce
 Definition
the bark (of a tree)
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un bolide
 Definition
a fireball, or racing car
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recueillir (des choses abstraite), ramasser (des objets)
 Definition
to gather
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la popote (la cuisine est plus commun)
 Definition
the cooking
Term
être en vadrouille
 Definition
to be wandering about
Term
chaude alerte!
 Definition
red alert!
Term
sous les verrous
 Definition
under lock and key
Term
fébrile
 Definition
feverish (excitement, activity)
Term
le cuivre
 Definition
copper
Term
un buffle
 Definition
a buffalo
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une fois prêt,
 Definition
once ready,
Term
reluire (le métal, etc), briller (le soleil, la lumière, les cheveux)
 Definition
to shine
Term
nonobstant
 Definition
notwithstanding, without regards to
Term
le comptoir
 Definition
the counter, bar
Term
arracher
 Definition
to dig up, tear down
Term
les menottes
 Definition
handcuffs
Term
une civière
 Definition
a stretcher
Term
dénouer
 Definition
to undo, unravel
Term
épancher
 Definition
to pour out, to vent one's emotions
Term
un lascar
 Definition
a rascal
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s'avachir
 Definition
to let oneself go
Term
prêt à tout
 Definition
ready for anything
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il me faut cette fille.
 Definition
i need this girl.
Term
le comble
 Definition
the most extreme point (of an emotion or an object)
Term
délester (décharger: meilleur traduction pour "unload")
 Definition
to unload, to divert traffic or electricity from
Term
coudre
 Definition
to sew
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pulluler
 Definition
to swarm
Term
grouiller de
 Definition
to be swarming with (people)
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un badaud, un spectateur
 Definition
an onlooker
Term
évoluer
 Definition
to evolve
Term
nous ne pouvons faire autrement
 Definition
there's nothing else we can do
Term
agenouiller
 Definition
to kneel
Term
user
 Definition
to wear out
Term
un autel
 Definition
an altar
Term
chuchoter
 Definition
to whisper
Term
amorcer
 Definition
to begin, activate, boot up (a computer)
Term
une pene glissante
 Definition
a slippery slope
Term
un bouc
 Definition
a male goat, or a goatee
Term
une dot
 Definition
a dowry
Term
une fourche
 Definition
a fork (ex, in a road)
Term
avoir le cafard
 Definition
to be down in the dumps
Term
un pompier
 Definition
a fireman
Term
un astre
 Definition
a celestial body (including the stars)
Term
divaguer
 Definition
to ramble on, rave, talk nonsense
Term
la floraison
 Definition
the blooming
Term
embaumer
 Definition
to give out a fragrance
Term
le roucoulement
 Definition
cooing
Term
fatidique
 Definition
fateful, prophetic
Term
la guigne
 Definition
bad luck
Term
un miaulement
 Definition
a meowing
Term
bondir sur
 Definition
to pounce on
Term
un clochard (urbain), un vagabond (rural)
 Definition
a tramp
Term
fortuné, riche, aisé, nanti
 Definition
well-off
Term
l'écume (f)
 Definition
the froth
Term
la crinière
 Definition
mane (of an animal)
Term
puer (qqch)
 Definition
to stink (of something)
Term
un van
 Definition
a large basket for grain, also a minibus
Term
jadis
 Definition
ages ago, in the past (adverb)
Term
la ouïe
 Definition
a sense of hearing
Term
habile
 Definition
skillful, clever
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