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80 days 2-5
Le Tour du Monde chapitres 2-5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| un vol | a flight |
| une livre | a pound (weight or money) |
| la terre | the earth |
| un pari | a bet |
| un naufrage | a shipwreck |
| les frais | the fees (cost) |
| les voleurs | the robbers/thiefs |
| la prime | here: the reward |
| s'engager | enter into (such as in an agreement); begin |
| parier | to bet |
| appartenir | to belong to |
| faire la une | to appear in the headlines |
| les escrocs | the crooks |
| une proie | the prey |
| une étape | a stage (in terms of development, not in terms of a physical stage in the theater) |
| le mal de mer | seasickness |
| le chemin de fer | the railroad |
| se mettre à | to begin |
| se contenter de | to be happy with |
| un buisson | a bush; shrub |
| un sutty | "death" ceremony (widows sacrifice themselves to be with dead husbands) |
| des gardes armés | armed guards |
| la foule | the crowds |
| les flammes | flames |
| une escale | a stopover |
| l'aube | dawn |
| une charette | a cart |
| trahir | to betray |
| s'échapper | to escape |
| tenter | to try; attempt |