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Le petit prince 17 +
Le vocabulaire de chapitres 17-27
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| faire de l'esprit | try to be witty/ clever |
| être serré | tight / close together |
| entasser | to stack |
| plaire | to please |
| un anneau | a ring |
| éclairé | light up |
| se taire (ils se turent, je me tus, il se tut) | to be quiet |
| une bête | an animal |
| un navire | a ship |
| une énigme | a riddle |
| des racines | roots |
| faire l'ascension | to go up (ascend) |
| un tabouret | a stool (a footstool) |
| des aiguilles | needles |
| aiguisé (aiguiser) | sharpened (to sharpen) |
| faire semblant de ... | to pretend |
| le renard | the fox |
| le pommier | apple tree |
| apprivoiser | to tame / to make social |
| un fusil | a gun |
| chasser / chasseur | to hunt / hunter |
| élever | to raise (to breed/ to grow) |
| créer des liens | to create bonds / connections |
| des pas | steps |
| semblable | similar |
| ensoleillé | sunny |
| un champ de blé | a wheat field |
| des rites | rituals |
| tu n'y gagnes rien | you gain nothing! |
| un passant | a passer-by |
| un aiguilleur | a switchman (to switch train tracks) |
| trier | to sort |
| le tonnerre | thunder |
| être pressé | to be in a hurry |
| gronder | to rumble (like a noise) |
| un échange | an exchange |
| poursuivre | to follow |
| écraser | to squish/squash |
| les vitres | "glass" like in windows |
| enlever | to remove |
| un marchand | a merchant |
| des pilules | pills |
| épargner | to save (time or money |
| un geste de lassitude | an act of hopelessness (it's pointless) |
| un puits | a well |
| de la fièvre | a fever |
| embellir | to embellish (to beautify) |
| enfoui (enfouir) | hidden (to bury / to hide) |
| au fond de | at the bottom of |
| ému | 'moved' (I was moved to tears) |
| clos | closed (synonyme de fermé) |
| une écorce | the bark (in this context, the "shell") |
| s'enfourner dans les rapides | to dive into something (with both feet) |
| ce n'est pas la peine | it's not worth it |
| une girouette | a weather-vane |
| la margelle | the edge (of the bucket) |
| le seau | the bucket |
| aveugle | blind |
| des choux | cabbage |
| une chute | a fall |
| ta machine | your plane (in this context) |
| une ruine | a ruin |
| les jambes pendantes | dangling legs (off the wall) |
| l'endroit | the place |
| du venin | venom |
| fouiller (fouillant) | to search / to dig around |
| son éternel cache-nez d'or | the yellow scarf (in this context) |
| un abîme | the abyss |
| le rire (rire) | the laugh (to laugh) |
| jouer un vilain tour | to play a trick on someone |
| un grelot | a small bell |
| la seconde morsure | the second bite |
| naïf / naïve | naive / innocent |
| un éclair jaune | a yellow flash of lightning |
| la fatigue | exhaustion |
| la courroie | a leather strap (for the muzzle) |
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