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La Retour de Martin Guerre Vocab. French 3010
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Un/e accusé /e | accused person, defendant |
| Affectueux/se | affectionate |
| Audacieux/se | bold, audacious |
| Avare | greedy |
| Un/e avocat/e | lawyer |
| Boudeur/se | sulky, pouting |
| Une calomnie, calomnier | slander, to slander |
| Chaste | chaste |
| Un/e complice | accomplice |
| Un cordonnier | shoemaker |
| Coupable | guilty |
| Un curé | priest |
| Un diable | devil |
| Un imposteur | imposter |
| Innocent/e | innocent |
| Jaloux/se | jealous |
| Un juge | judge |
| Maussade | sullen |
| La mémoire | memory (as in I have a good memory) |
| Paresseux/se | lazy |
| Un/e paysan/ne | peasant |
| Rusé/e | clever |
| Un/e servant/e | servant |
| Un soldat | soldier |
| Un témoin, un témoin oculaire | witness, eyewitness |
| Travailleur/se | hard working |
| Un/e vagabond/e | tramp, vagrant |
| Un bien | goods, property |
| Un champ | field |
| Une chandelle | candle (aka une bougie) |
| Les chausses (f. pl) | tights-like pants for men |
| Une combine, combiner | a scheme, a trick, to think up a plan, scheme |
| La cour | court of law ; courtyard |
| Un crime | crime, usually refers to a murder |
| Une dot | dowry |
| Une énigme | enigma, mystery |
| Un flashback | flashback |
| La loi | law |
| La magic | magic |
| Un non-lieu | case dismissed |
| Un péché | sin |
| Une potence | gallows |
| Un procès | trial |
| Un risque, prendre un risque | a risk, to take a risk |
| Une sentence | sentence (legal) |
| Les terres (f. pl) | property (land) |
| La chandeleur | Christian holiday celebrated on Feb. 2 |
| Un charivari | an old ritual where the community members gather to humiliate a member |
| Abandonner | to adandon |
| Avouer | to confess |
| Chausser de…+pointure | to wear a size…shoe |
| Condamner | to condemn |
| Convaincre | to convince |
| Défendre, se défendre | to defend, defend onself |
| Douter | to doubt |
| Engager, gagner, perdre un procès contre quelqu’un | to start, win, lose a law suit against someone |
| Faire semblant de | to pretend to |
| Se fier à | to trust |
| Humilier | to humiliate |
| Identifier | to identify |
| Interroger | to question, interrogate |
| Jeter un sort ( sur quelqu’un, quelque chose) | to cast a spell on someone/something |
| Jurer | to swear (all senses) |
| Se méfier de | to distrust, be suspicious of |
| Menacer | to threaten |
| Mentir | to lie |
| Mériter | to deserve |
| Se moquer de | to make fun of, laugh at |
| Négliger | to neglect |
| Nier | to deny |
| Pardonner | to pardon, forgive |
| Pendre, être pendu/e | to hang, be hanged/hung |
| Reconnaître | to recognize |
| Réfuter | to refuse |
| Respecter | to respect |
| Séduire | to seduce |
| Se souvenir de | to remember |
| Survivre | to survivc |
| Se transformer (en quelqu’un, en quelque chose) | transform onself/itself into someone, something |
| Tromper | to trick, to deceive, to mislead |
| Voler | to steal |