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Rue Case-Nègres p4-7
Voacbulary for the test on pages 4 through 7 of La Rue Case-Nègres
| French | English |
|---|---|
| entretenir | to talk |
| propos | remarks |
| entrailles | intestines |
| se taire | to be quiet |
| se mordre | to bite |
| ivresse | ecstacy |
| maudit | cursed |
| fouetter | to whip |
| soumis | submissive |
| demeurer | to live |
| certes | indeed |
| froncer les sourcils | to frown |
| d'ailleurs | besides |
| chique | chew wad |
| crapaud | toad |
| pourri | rotten |
| pagne | loincloth |
| troué | full of holes |
| s'éteindre | to go out(light) |
| gambader | to leap about |
| se dissiper | to misbehave |
| chiper | to steal |
| béer | to be wide open |
| alentours | surroundings |
| friande | fond |
| spectre | ghost |
| gueule | mouth |
| grené | grainy |
| ronce | bramble |
| crasse | filth |
| griller | to toast |
| gammes | gamut |
| achever | to finish |
| inertie | apathy |
| se racler la gorge | to clear one's throat |
| brule pour-point | point blanck |
| bond | leap |
| énigme | riddle |
| feignant | lazy |
| se trémousser | to wiggle |
| devinette | guess |
| ongle | fingernail |
| vrille | tendril |
| grimper | to climb |
| rame | stake |
| attrait | attraaction |
| goulot | bottleneck |
| étrangler | to strangle |
| poteau | post |
| grouiller | to swarm |
| broussaille | brushwood |
| crissant | rustling |
| s'embraser | to flare up |
| enfourcher | to mount |
| éperonner | to spur on |
| monture | moount |
| fer du cheval | horseshoe |
| féerique | magical |
| hatif | hasty |
| inapaisé | unappeased |
| poigné | handful |
| trempé | soaked |
| se régaler | to eat well |
| ravaudage | mending |
| hativement | hastily |
| zélé | zealous |
| apaisant | appeasing |
| sournoise | sly devil |
| inondé | bathed/flooded/full |
| caler | to prop |
| soigneusement | carefully |
| éraflure | scratch |
| calebasse | gourde |
| bourrer | to stuff |
| rein | back |
| cordon | cord |
| béké | blanc-créole |
| ordure | garbage |
| drivailler | to waste time |
| endever | to anger |
| se ruer | to rush into |
| accueillir | to greet |
| effusion | burst of emotion |
| baraque | hut |
| tole ondulée | corrugated iron |
| flanc | side |
| trone | throne |
| tuile | tile |
| géreur | manager |
| engrais | fertilizer |
| usine | factory |
| musant | dawdling |
| jouir | to enjoy |
| entraineur | leader |