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Petit Prince 15-20
Petit Prince chapters 15-20
Term | Definition |
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Souffler | To puff, to pant |
Les mers | The oceans, seas |
Les fleuves | The rivers |
Les montagnes | The mountains |
Les déserts | The deserts |
Un explorateur | An explorer |
Un géographe | A geographer |
Un coup d’œil | A glance |
Déçu | Disappointed |
Un souvenir | A recollection, a memory |
Entrainer | To draw, to bring about |
Fournir | To furnish |
Tailler | To sharpen |
Ephémère | Ephemeral, temporary |
Se démoder | To go out of fashion, to become obsolete |
Se vider | To empty |
Disparition | Vanishing |
Savant | Wise man |
Une enquête | An inquiry, investigation |
Pour flâner | To saunter about |
Mentir | To lie |
Exiger | To require |
Soudain | Suddenly |
Ouvrir | To open |
A l’encre | In ink |
Terre | Earth |
Quelconque | Ordinary, “any old” |
Milliards | Billions |
Entretenir | To maintain |
Lampions | Types of lanterns |
Confrère | Colleague, fellow-member |
Oisiveté | Idleness, sloth |
Nonchalance | Non-caring, ease |
Se tromper | To make a mistake, error |
S’escamotaient dans les coulisses | Vanish in the wings |
faire d l’esprit | try to be witty |
Vous leur conseillerez | You should advise them |
Pensum | Task, chore |
Anneau | Loop, ring, coil |
Que chacun puisse un jour retrouver la sienne | So that each of us can find his own, someday |
Ils se turent | They were both silent |
pattes | paws |
navire | ship |
La cheville | Ankle |
Tu me fais pitié | I take pity on you |
Enigmes | Riddles |
Je les rous toutes | I solve them all |
Se taire | To be quiet |
Résoudre | To resolve |
Rendre | To give back, return, pronounce, produce |
Enroule | Roll up, wind up |
Serré | Compacted, closed |
Honnête | Honest |
Peupler | To people, to inhabit |
Se tenir debout | To stand |
Entasser | To pile up, to put in one place |
Îlot | Islet, small island |
Remuer | To stir, to move |
Une pierre | A rock |
Mince | Thin, skinny |
Mordre | To bite |
Tuer | To kill |
Traverser | to cross |
Rien du tout | Nothing at all |
Racines | Roots |
Gêner | To bother |
Baute | High |
Un tabouret | Footstool |
Aiguille | Pointed |
Aiguisé | Pointed |
Sèche | Dry |
Pointue | Pointed |
Salée | Salted |
Fleuri | Flowered |
Echapper | To escape |
Il y a des années | Years ago |
Qui lui arrivaient au genou | That came up to his knee |
Une route | A road |
Vexée | Annoyed |