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Little Prince 9-14
PP Chapters 9-14 Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Escape | Evasion |
| Wild Birds | D’oiseaux sauvages |
| Carefully | Soigneusement |
| Very convenient | Bien commode |
| Very sweet | Extrêmement doux |
| I’ve been silly | J’ai été sotte |
| To try to be | Tâcher d’être |
| It was my fault, you never know | Tu n’en as rien su, par ma faute |
| The animals | Les bêtes |
| Caterpillars | Chenilles |
| Proud | Orgueilleuse |
| To take advantage of | Profiter |
| To clean out, to sweep | ramoner |
| To own | Posséder |
| To heat up, to warm | Chauffer |
| Worries, problems | Ennuis |
| Shoots, sprouts | Pousses |
| Cold, illness | Rhume |
| Disconcerted, upset | déconcerté |
| To lag behind | traîner |
| Aggravating, irritating | agaçant |
| Un roi | A king |
| Trône | Throne |
| Reconnaitre | To recognize |
| Tout fier | Very proud |
| Bailler | To yawn |
| Interdire | To forbid |
| empêcher | to prevent |
| Bredouiller | To stammer |
| Vexé | Annoyed |
| Ramener | To pull up, to draw up |
| Se hâta de dire | Simply said |
| Un tel pouvoir | Such power |
| Emerveiller | To amaze |
| Tirer sa chaise! | To move his chair |
| Se sentait un peu triste | Feeling a little sad |
| Il s’enhardit à solliciter | He ventured to ask |
| Royaume | Kingdom |
| Un carrosse | A carriage |
| Autrui | Others |
| Ne voulut point peiner | Didn’t want to aggrieve |
| Avec un soupir | With a sign |
| S’instruire | To instruct, inform oneself |
| Hermine | Ermine (a type of white fur with black flecks) |
| Sujet | A subject (person in a kingdom) |
| S’écrier | To cry out, exclaim |
| Tantôt | Sometimes |
| Un pan | A flap |
| Régner | To rule |
| Détenir | To possess |
| Un vaniteux | A vain person |
| Un admirateur | An admirerer |
| Saluer | To greet, bow |
| Acclamer | To acclaim, hail |
| Soulever | To raise, lift (tip) |
| Le jeu | The game |
| Les louanges | The praises |
| Hausser | To shrug |
| Un drôle de chapeau | A funny hat |
| Frapper les mains | To clap your hands |
| En lui même | To himself |
| Un buveur | A drinker, a drunk |
| Vide | Empty |
| Pleine | Full |
| Lugubre | Dismal, mournful, gloomy |
| Plaindre | To pity, feel sorry for |
| Avoir honte de | To be ashamed of |
| Baisser | To lower |
| Cercle vicieux | A vicious cycle |
| Grand mélancolie | Deep depression |
| Air lugubre | Gloomy expression |
| Eteinte | Gone out, extinguished |
| Rallumer | To relight |
| Toujours là ? | Still there? |
| Balivernes | Nonsense, trifles |
| Déranger | To disturb |
| Un hanneton | Beetle |
| Epouvantable | Terrible |
| Une crise | A fit |
| Je manque | I don’t get |
| De flâner | To take strolls |
| Mouches | Flies |
| Abeilles | Bees |
| Rêvasser | to daydream |
| Etoiles | Stars |
| L’ivrogne | A drunkard |
| A personne | To nobody |
| Gérer | To manage |
| Répandre | To spread, scatter |
| La paix | Peace |
| Dorée | Golden |
| Les fainéants | lazy people, the idle |
| Riposte | To reply, retort |
| Breveter | To patent |
| Songer | To dream, think |
| Un foulard | A scarf |
| Cueillir | To cut, pick |
| Enfermer | To enclose |
| Un réverbère | A streetlamp |
| Un allumeur | A lamp lighter |
| Utile | Useful |
| Aborder | To board |
| La consigne | The orders, the instructions |
| Un tour | A revolution |
| Fidèle | Loyal |
| Poursuivre | To pursue |
| Enjambées | Strides |
| Méprise | Despised |
| Oser | To dare |
| S’éponger | To wipe |
| Un mouchoir | Handkerchief |
| Un carreau rouge | Red checkered |
| Un métier | A job |
| Époque | Age, time period |
| Tellement fidèle | So loyal |
| Soupir | To sign |
| Avouer | To admit |
| Bénit | blessed |