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80 days 2-5
Le Tour du Monde chapitres 2-5
Question | Answer |
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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 |