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French Chap 14
| french | English |
|---|---|
| carte(f) | map |
| chaleur(f) | heat |
| épaules(f.pl) | shoulders |
| étoile(f) | star |
| frontière(f) | border |
| genou(f.pl) | knee |
| nouilles(f.pl) | pasta, noodles |
| oeil(m) | eye |
| juif,juive | jewish |
| libre | free |
| racial(e) | racial |
| spontané(e) | spontaneous |
| avoir un geste | to make a gesture |
| économiser | to save |
| nier | to deny |
| passer en inspection | to inspect |
| plonger | (here) to dip |
| récupérer | to recover |
| à présent | now |
| au fait | by the way |
| avis(m) | notice |
| avoir mal à(plus inf) | to have a hard time |
| à voix basse | softly |
| avouer | to confess |
| billes(f.pl) | marbles |
| blouse(f) | (here)smock, hairdresser coate |
| boutonnière(f) | lapel buttonhole |
| cartable(m) | old-fashioned schoolbag |
| chuchoter | to whisper |
| cousu(e) (De coudre) | sewn |
| se débrouiller | to manage |
| descentes(f.pl) | (here)raids |
| s'en faire | to worry |
| en plein(e) | in the middle of |
| épingler | (to nick, to pin) |
| fuir | to run away |
| floraison(f) | flowering |
| hocher la tête | to nod |
| ils ne m'ont pas eu | they didn't catch me |
| portemanteau(m) | coatrack |
| prendre un ton de voix | to speak in a certain way |
| recensement(m) | census |
| régler ses affaires | to settle one's business |
| se secouer | to shake onself |
| soucieux(-euse) | worried |
| sous(m.pl) | money(fam.) |
| tablier(m) | pinafore, apron |
| dénoncer | to give away |
| dénonciateur(trice) | informer |
| s'évader | to escape |
| exode(m) | exodus |
| fusiller | to shoot(execution) |
| maquis(m) | bush underground |
| maquisard(e) | member of the underground |
| occupant(m) | occupying forces |
| prendre le maquis | to go underground |
| rafle(f) | police roundup |
| ravitaillement(m) | fresh supplies |
| renseignements(m.pl) | information |
| résau(m) | network |
| résistance(f) | resistance |
| restrictions(f.pl) | rationing |
| saboter | to sabotage |
| à mon avis | in my opinion |
| à ton tour | your turn |
| à voix haute | aloud |
| chacun son tour | each one in his turn |
| se faire épingler | to be caught |
| ils m'ont eu | i have been had |
| j'ai été eu | I have been had |
| passer un bon moment | to have a good time |