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Eric Vincent Vocab
Eric Vincent Vocab
| French | English |
|---|---|
| à tâtons | by feeling, blindly |
| un sentier | a path, way |
| battu | beaten, battered |
| traîner | to dawdle, hand around |
| à genou x | on one's knees |
| au pied de | at the foot of |
| un royaume | a kingdom |
| fou/folle | crazy |
| car | because |
| avoir peur de | to be afraid of |
| le regard | expression |
| l'espoir | hope |
| pile | pounding |
| malice | mischief |
| sourires | smiles |
| docile | obedient, submissive |
| Jérémie, Jacmel, Les Cayes | communes in Haiti |
| écart♪0 | moved aside |
| des rails | railroads |
| coup♪0 | cut |
| les vivres | food supplies |
| l'exode | exodua |
| taper | to hit |
| m'emporte | carries me |
| la route du Cap | Cap Haitien |
| éclater | to burst |
| écarlates | vibrant red color |
| tandis que | while |
| s'éléver | to rise |
| en volutes | in smoke rings |
| en âtre | in a hearth/ fireplace |
| crépiter | to sizzle, crackle, patter |
| le charbon | coal |
| se tordre | twist |
| une hache | axe |
| aux abois | at bay |
| Préfète | Préfète Duffaut (Haitian artist from Jacmel) |
| éclairer | to light up, enlighten |
| déchouquer | interrupt??? |
| coup de folie | moment of craziness |
| j'en pince | I love you (slang) |
| en pincer pour quelqu'un | to have a crush on someone |
| saper | to undermine |
| fief | kingdom |
| l'agence | agency or office |
| déshabiller | to undress |
| épuisant | exhausting |