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Panache Marley
Comprehension a la page 116
Question | Answer |
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Un collier en or dix-huit carats | a gold 18 carat necklace |
un jolie petit fermoir | a pretty little clasp |
elle avait mis | she had put |
porta (porter) | carried |
cria (crier) | shouted ( to shout) |
Je ne l'ai plus | i haven't it any longer |
une voix stridente | a strident voice |
Ce truc qui pend de sa gueule | this thing which is hanging from his mouth |
Pas de gestes brusques | no sudden gestures |
lança (lancer) | threw ( to throw) |
se muer (se muant) | se transformer ( transformant) |
prÎmes (prendre) | took ( to take) |
une lenteur mesurée | a measured slowness |
On aurait dit | one would have said |
chargé d'explosifs | loaded with explosifs |
que | that |
le moindre faux mouvement | the least mouvement |
Doucement | gently, softly |
fit (faire) | made/did |
personne ne sera blessé | no-one will be injured |
avaler ( il val l'avaler) | to swallow ( he is going to swallow it) |
nous nous jetâmes sur lui se jetter sur | we threw ourselves on him to throw oneself |
immobilisa | immobilised |
ses pattes | his paws |
je plongeais (plonger) | I plunged |
au plus profond de sa gorge | as deep into his throat |
donna | gave |
sur l'arrière- train | hindquarters |
en criant | while shouting |
crache-le | spit it |
Bon sang | Good grief |
une bataille | a battle |
pas la guerre | not the war |
la nature etait de notre côté | nature was on our side |
tôt ou tard | sooner or later |
ingéré | ingested |
aussi pénible que me fût cette idée | as painful as was the idea to me |
je savais | I knew |
C'est ainsi | it is |
une mangue | a mango |
chaque fois | each time |
Je me sentais | I felt |
un chercheur d'or | a gold miner |
des lacets de chaussures | shoe laces |
les clés de guitare | guitar keys |
furent ( être ) | were |
récompensés récompenser | rewarded |
les selles | the soles |
j.aperçus apercevoir | I noticed to notice |
une boule | a ball |
attira attirer | attracted to attract |
Grace à | thanks to |
puissant | powerful |
parvins parvenir | managed to manage |
démêler | untangle |
retrouva retrouver | found again to find again |
sa forme | it's shape |
neuve | brand new |
enore plus belle | even more beautiful |
nous nous émerveillâmes s' émerveiller | we marveled at to marvel at |
un bijou | a piece of jewellery |
plus étincillant | more shiny |
les sucs gastriques | the gastric juices |
C'était l'or le plus pur | It was the purest gold |
une boutique de nettoyage | a cleaning shop |