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Little Prince 9-14
PP Chapters 9-14 Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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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 |