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Camus L’étranger

Question	Answer
sentiments distingués nm	yours sincerely
l’asile des viellards nm	old people’s asylum
veiller à	to make sure of
le congé	leave
l’excuse pareille nf	such an excuse
plutôt	rather, instead
en deuil	in mourning
une affair classé	a closed case
revêtu	coated
étourdir	to stun
le brassard	armband
un cahot	bump, joltr
assoupir	to doze off, to numb
tassé	slumped
se faire une garde	to take care of onesself
blanchie à la chaux	whitewashed
le chevalet	easel or sawhorse
le couvercle	lid
la vis brillante	shiny screws
un jacassement	a chattering
la perruche	parrot
la verrière	a glass roof, a canopy
enfoncer	to press in, to sink in
le sarrau	smock
bégayer	to stutter
gêner	to disturb, to annoy, to embarrass, to get in the way
le frelon	hornet
bourdonner	to buzz
bavarder	to chat
le commutateur	the switch
le éclaboussement	splash
se rendre à	to go to
avoir envie de	to want to
éclater	to burst
empiler	to stack
le frôlement	rustling
le fourgon	the van
grinçer	to squeak
le tablier	apron
serrer	to squeeze
ressortir	to bring out
bombé	bulging
hocher la tête	to nod
avec gêne	with embarassment
à dodoliner de la tête	to nod the head gently
affaiblir	to weaken
morne	dreary, gloomy
la canne	cane
se pencher	to bend over
secouer la tête	to shake the head
bredouiller	to stammer, to mumble
renifler	to sniff
elle s’est tue enfin	she finally shut up
pénible	painful, hard
la joue	cheek
aux enchères	at auction
se dérouler	to take place
le mouchoir à carreaux	checkered handkerchief
cracher	to spit
l’arrachement nm	tearing
le remue-ménage	commotion
auparavant	previously
se ranger	to line up
vernie	patent leather
le plumier	pencil box
emprunter	to borrow
traîner	to drag, to lug around
songeur	thoughtful
luire	to shine
se ranger	to line up, to pull in (car)
verni	varnished (wood), patent-leather (shoes), polished
plumier	pencil box
emprunter	to borrow, to take a route
traîner	to drag, to lug around
songeur	pensive, thoughtful
s’amonceler	to pile up, to accumulate
dépouiller	to peruse, to go through
un tas de	a pile of
amonceler	to accumulate
la serviette roulette	rolling towel
le cargo	freighter (ship) or cargo plane
noyer, se noyer	to drown or to flood wet, to bog down in , to be overwhelmed
la poussière	dust
le treuil	winch
la coque	shell, hull
longer	to go along
l’appui nf	support
sauter	to jump
en nage	bathed in sweat
bouiller	to boil
heurter	to bump into
s'évanouir	to faint
subvenir	to meet (one’s needs)
impressioner	to impress, upset
disparu, disparue	the deceased
de son vivant	in his/her lifetime
le chevalet	sawhorse, easel
le brou	wood stain
le chancre	canker, abscess
un bandeau	headband
la plaine	plains, prairie
le corbillard	hearse
valid, valide	healthy
le commutateur	switch
un éclaboussement	splashing
disposer	to arrange, to dispose
somnoler	to doze
dessiner	to appear, to draw
blessant	hurtful, offensive
le tablier	apron, floor or deck
un èclat	sliver, shard, radiance, brilliance
se saluer	to greet, to salute
affaisser	to lower, to collapse
tassé	packed, slumped
le réveil	alarm clock, waking up
la veille	the day or night before, wakefulness
accroître	to increase, to accrue
se préparer	to get ready, to be brewing
le platane	plane tree
distrait	distracted, absent-minded
le remue-ménage	commotion
rayé	striped
pompes funèbres	funeral home
en l’espèce	in this instance
enfoncée	sunken in
délégué	delegated
ordonnateur/ordonnatrice	scheduler
à l’allure empruntée	awkward looking
un feutre	felt, felt-tip pen, fedora hat
mou/mol	soft
la calotte	skullcap
tire-bouchonner	to twist, to coil, to curl
un soulier	shoe
truffé	stuffed, filled
ballant	dangling
ourlé	hemmed
blafard	pale, pasty
une trêve	break; truce; let up
déborder	to overflow
tressaillir	to shudder; to quiver
déprimant	depressing; sad
claudiquer	to limp slightly
crépitement	crackling; rustling
un éventail	fan
s’éventer	to fan oneself
ça tape	It is beating down
perler	to bead; to drip
un éclat	brightness
éclater	to smash, to split, to burst
le goudron	tar, tarmac
le cocher	coachman
pétrir	to knead
la boue	mud
gluant	sticky
terne	colorless
laqué	laquered
le crottin	dropping
la nuée	swarm or cloud
le tempe	the temple
une insolation	heat stroke
la transpiration	perspiration, sweat
attraper	to catch
étaler, s’étaler	to spread
un vernis	varnish, polish
détruit	destroyed
un évanouissement	fainting, vanishing
un pantin disloqué	a broken puppet
le ronflement	rumbling, snoring
le nid	nest
d’une part	what’s more
de toute façon	anyway
se bagner	to bathe, to go swimming
une dactylo	typist
une bouée	buoy, floatie
effleurer	to brush
la nuque	neck
sécher	to dry, to dry up
fautif	guilty, faulty
le traversin	bolster
à même le plat	directly on the plate
s’ennuyer	to get bored
errer	to wander, to err (archaic)
commode adj	handy
creuser	to dig, to hollow out
à l’abandon	abandoned
cependant	yet
gras	greasy
pressé	rushed
empêtrer	to entangle
le canotier	boater hat
cintré	fitted
tôt	early
dépêcher	to dispatch, to hurry
boutiquier	storekeeper
enfourcher	to get on, to straddle
tout à l’heure	in a little while, just now, right away
la sciure	sawdust
le manger	food
assombrir	to darken
la nuée	cloud, swarm
la grappe	cluster, bunch
le marchepied	step, stepstool
la rambarde	guardrail
perir	to perish
affluer	to converge,, to flow
laisser traîner	to leave lying around, to let drag on
faire du signe	to wave, to signal
le reflet	reflection
insensiblement	gradually
dimanche de tiré	Sunday off
une expédition	dispatch, shipping, mail, expedition
un fracas	crash, roar, racket
une chaîne	chain, TV station
un élan	run-up, momentum
désordonné	disorderly, untidy
un treuil	winch
prendre appui sur	to lean on
á perdre haleine	until out of breath
ressembler	to resemble
périr	to perish
Si c’est pas malheureux!	That’s unfortunate!
le boudin	blood sausage
éviter de faire	to avoid doing
en stuc	in stucco
un cliché	cliché, sterotype
un pansement	dressing, bandage
douteux	doubtful, dubious
une bagarre	fight
se mûrir	to ripen
un taquet	doorstop, bracket, slap
avoir son compte	have had it
le couvert	cutlery
pour autant	for all that
entretenir	to maintain, to look after
s’apercevoir	to notice
la tromperie	trickery
soulager	to relieve
le mont-de-piété	pawnshop
engager	to appoint, to start, to oblige, to pawn
taper	to hit
jaloux, jalouse	jealous
charbonner	to blacken
le coït	coitus
emmener	to take, to lead
les moeurs	customs, habits, traditions
mettre en carte	to chart
ciré	waxed
quadrillé	checkered, locked down
un porte-plume	dip pen
un encrier	inkwell
mauresque	Moorish
glissement	sliding
avoir de la peine à faire	to have trouble doing
la profundeur	depths
sourdement	dully, secretly
convenir	to agree, to suit
deviner	to become, to perceive
un visage	face, appearance
reserré	to tighten, to narrow
paresseux	lazy
une dentelle	lace, intricate
mousseux	foamy, frothy
une amertume	bitterness
gronder	to rumble, to scold
une semelle	sole, footstep
á propos de	about, concerning
hurler	to howl, to scream
le palier	landing
emplir	to fill
un agent	officer, agent
plombier/plombière	plumber
gifler à toute volée	to slap as hard as possible
le mégot	cigarette butt
un maquereau	mackerel, pimp
se retrouver	to meet, to find yourself
convoquer	to summon
soûl	drunk
forcé	forced, inevitable
se peigner	to comb your hair
une fine	fine champagne cognac
de loin	from a distance
la volubilité	garrulousness
la baraque	shack
foraine	fairground
s’égarer	to get lost
recueillir	to collect
une croûte	bread crust, cheese rind, scab
alors que	while, even though
la fourrière	the pound, tow yard
le moyen	way, means, average
le droit	right, law, tax or fee
crever	to burst, to die (argot)
croûteux/ croûteuse	scabby
raccrocher	to hang, to hang up
téléphoner de la ville	to call outside
ennuyer	to bore, to annoy, to bother
dans le fond	basically
valuer	to cost, to be worth
mécontent	discontented
à côté	by comparison
mécontenter	to displease, to annoy
abandonner	to abandon
se contenter de faire	to do little more than do something
dégoûter	to disgust
le cour	courtyard, playground
remarquer	to notice, to stand out
avoir à faire	to have to do
empetré	tangled up, mixed up
saccadé	jerky
une figure de pomme	apple-shaped
se débarrasser	to be done with, to take off
la jaquette	jacket
un gousset	fob pocket, armpit
cocher	to check off
la bordure	edge, border
écraser	to press, to flatten, to crush
mâchonner	to chew
une retraite	retirement, pension, retreat
dans l’ensemble	on the whole
une prise de bec	argument, quarrel
passer	to pass, to apply
bâiller	to yawn, to gape
à cet égard	in this regard
paraître	to appear
s’ennuyer	to bore, to annoy
se faire	to be acceptable, to do for oneself
avoir de la peine	to have difficulty
avoir une tête d’enterrement	looked glum
lâcher ses cheveux	to let down ones hair
une persienne	shutter
un maillot	undershirt, jersey, swimsuit
siffler	to whistle
adossé	leaning on
la devanture	shop window, storefront
soulager	to relieve
dévaler	to hurtle down, to rush downhill
un asphodèle	plant with white flowers
éparpiller	to scatter, to divide
une file	queue, lane
enfouir	to bury
un tamaris	flowering mediterranean shrub
un cap	cape, headland, course
le chalutier	trawler, fishing boat
un pilotis	pile, piling
une friture	fried dish
s’entendre	to get along with one another
avancer	to move forward, to progress
épatant	marvellous
un tic	a tic, a habit
éprouver	to feel
retardé	delayed
se jeter	to fling yourself on
nager à la brasse	to swim breast stroke
s’éloigner	to draw away
au large	in the open sea
faire la planche	to float on ones back
un voile d’eau	mist
regagner	to return to
en battant des pieds	by kicking the feet
à plat ventre	flat on the stomach
visqueuse	slimy
remonter	to go up
s’étaler	to spread
se coller	to stick together
une tête lourde	a groggy head
à frais commun	with fees shared
aplomb	perpendicular, confidence
un éclat	brilliance
le couvert	silverware, place setting
à peine	hardly
mouiller	to soak or dampen
apercevoir	to catch sight of, to notice
le bleu de chauffe	blue denim overall
charger	to load, to make responsible for, to charge at
faire mine de faire	to act as if you do
la figure en sang	face bloodied
taillader	to slash
reculer	to go back
clouer sous le soleil	to be rooted under the sun
dégoûtter	to drip with
la bulle	bubble
bander	to bandage, to blindfold
se mettre en colère	to get angry
quand même	still, all the same
écraser	to press, to crush, to be overwhelming
se briser en morceaux	to break into pieces
la source	the source, the spring
graisseux	greasy, fatty
la venue	arrival, appearance
souffler	to blow
un roseau	reed (flute)
porter la main à	to bring the hand to
écarter	to spread
descendre	to go down, to bring down, to gun down
vilain	awful, foul, nasty
à reculons	backwards, reluctantly
gravir	to climb
retentir	to ring out to reverberate
un étage	floor
aborder	to reach, to,approach
pénible	hard, difficult
revenir	to come back
un éclatement	bursting, explosion
étouffer	to suffocate, to muffle
gagner	to win, to reach
un sourcil	eyebrow
se soulever	to rise
gicler	to spurt
atteindre	to attain, to reach
le glaive	sword
éclatant	brilliant, dazzling
jaillir	to spring
ronger	to gnaw
le cil	eyelash
vaciller	to stagger, to shake
charrier	to carry along
se tendre	to tense
la gâchette	trigger
la crosse	stick, rifle butt, pistol grip
secouer	to shake
s’enfoncer	to sink
une instruction	education, training, investigation
reconnaître	to recognize, to admit
commode adj	handy, convenient
tendu	taut, outstretched
semblable	similar
paraître	to appear
un trait	feature, line
somme toute	on the whole, all in all
collé	stuck, glued
un col cassé	wing collar
entrer dans le vif du sujet	to get to the heart of the matter
un renseignement	information
une insensibilité	insensitivity, callousness
gêner	to bother, to annoy, to disturb
avoir de la peine	to grieve
renseigner	to inform
souhaiter	to want, to wish for
une audience	an audience, a hearing
déranger	to disturb
de sorte que	so that
à coup sûr	definitely
un sentiment	a feeling
méchamment	maliciously
un rapport	report, account
facher	to anger
renouncer	ro renounce
la paresse	laziness
tamisé	sieved, subdued
s’embarasser	to embarrass, to trouble yourself over
regarder	to look at, to concern
endurci	hardened
las	weary
se borner à	to be confined to
méchant	mean
ainsi que	just as, as well as
crier	to scream
s’accroupir	to squat, to crouch
sourd	deaf, muffled
franc	frank, direct
à tue-tête	at the top of your voice
en sortant	in getting out
serrer	to squeeze
un pli	a fold
le greffe	court office
se gonfler	to blow up, to swell
un îlot	small island, block of houses
écarteler	to stretch on the rack, to tear
de toute façon	anyway
la délivrance	release, relief
la fleur de ciel	skyflower
patienter	to wait patiently
étreindre	to embrace, to hug
se peupler	to populatepriver
priver	to leave without, to deprive
défendu	forbidden
sucer	to suck
une incrustation	inlay
une fêlure	hairline crack
ébréché	chippedméconnu
méconnu	unknown
une gamelle	bowl
garder	to keep
une cortège	procession, cortege
la lucarne	skylight
le fond d’été	the depth of summer
la voiture cellulaire	paddy wagon
un remue-ménage	commotion (‘stirred household”)
avoir le trac	to have stage fright, to have nerves
les menottes	handcuffs
épier	to spy, to observe
niaiseux, niaiseuse	stupid
cependent	yet
le prétoire	courtroom
se presser	to hurry
grimacer	to grimace
s’interpeller	to call out to each other
monter	to raise, to climb
creusèr	to dig, to hollow out
valoir	to cost, to be worth
montrer	to show
une belette	weasel
un lorgnon	pince-nez eyeglasses
le huissier	court bailiff
la tribune	rostrum, platform
narquois	sneering
définissable	definable
le tirage au sort	random draw
le sein	breast, heart, center
prendre la parole	to speak, to take the floor
s’éventer	to fan yourself
froissé	crumpled
un éventail	a fan, a range
un agacement	irritation, annoyance
une automate	automaton, robot
feuilleter	to leaf through
de fort prèt	closely
un conciliabule	a chat
se plaindre	to complain
la manie	the habit
préciser	to specify, to explain
se recueillir	to reflect, to gather your thoughts
un éclat	sliver, chip, brightness, outburst
salir	to soil
écraser	to press, to flatten, to crush
tonner	to thunder
la peine	punishment, sorrow, effort
s’évanouir	to faint, to vanish
se fâcher	to get angry
retrousse	to roll up
piquer	to jab, to sting
renfermer	to contain, to withdraw
un malheur	misfortune, bad luck
interdit	not allowed, speechless
deviner	to guess, to sense
amidonné	starched
ébranlé	shaken
un tournant	a corner or bend
léger	light
puisque	since
une plaidoirie	plea
se régler	to be settler
d’ailleurs	by the way
lasser	to bore, to tire
démontrer	to demonstrate
une insensibilité	insensitivity
projeter	to throw, to plan
la besogne	work, labor
á coup sûr	definitely
irréfléchi	thoughtless
atténuer	to soften, to reduce
un forfait	flat fee, contract, a crime
accabler	to overcome, to overwhelm, to condemn
acharnement	relentlessness,
se pencher sur	to study
se muer	to evolve
un gouffre	chasm, abyss
ressentir	to feel
se retrancher	to entrench yourself, to hide away
méconnaître	to be ignorant about
subventionner	to subsidize
incolore	colorless
le vertige	vertigo
la trompette	trumpet
un égarement	confusion, distraction
un châtiment	punishment
décliner	to weaken, to decline, to fade
le bagne	labor camp
la cassation	quashing
se rendre	to go
la paperasse	papers, paperwork
le pourvoi	appeal
aumonier/aumonière	chaplain
le déclin	setting, decline
rompu	worn out, exhausted
un compte-rendu	report
la roue	wheel
á la folie	madly
abattre	to cut down
á la volée	in mid flight
insolent	cheeky
fondé	well-founded
le déroulement	proceeding
cependant	nevertheless
se recroqueviller	to curl up
le couperet	guillotine blade, cleaver
une affaire classée	a done deal
sans accroc	without a snag
un échafaud	scaffold
retentissant	significant, resounding
raisonner	to reason, to appeal
contraindre á faire	to force to do, to constrain to do
naître	to emerge, to be born
guetter	to watch for
approuver	to approve, to agree with
éperdument	madly
rauque	hoarse
rendement	yield, return
étouffer	to suffocate, to deaden, to stifle
gracier	to pardon
fougueux	hot-headed
bondeur	blondness, fairness
une onde	a wave
agacement	irritation
aborder	to reach, to approach
s’appuyer	to lean on
débarasser	to clear
remuer	to stir, to move
crier á plein gosier	to shout at top volume
déverser	to pour out
un bondissement	leaps
une marée	tide

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