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MB, Ch 1 & 2 Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| l'étude | study |
| le proviseur | principal |
| un nouveau | a new student (male) |
| dans les grands | among the greats (academically) |
| un gars | a boy |
| les clous | nails |
| la prière | prayer |
| bredouilla (bredouiller) | mumble |
| le banc | bench |
| la chaire | pulpit |
| le curé | cleric, parish priest |
| un chirurgien | a surgeon |
| muet | mute |
| le marmot | kid |
| gâté | spoiled |
| une veuve | a widow |
| le seuil | threshold, doorstep |
| les coussinets | small cushions |
| les attelles | splints |
| une hardiesse | audacity |
| les sabots | clogs |
| détenteur | holder, bearer |
| des fonds | capital, money |
| les funérailles | funerals |
| le maleur | misfortune, hardship |
| tant | as much as |
| fou | crazy |
| répandu | common, popular |
| les champs | fields |
| cousait (coudre) | to sew |
| le sueur | sweat |
| se mit (se mettre) à | to start, begin (to) |
| un couvent | a convent |
| ruminer | to think, ruminate on |
| osa (oser) | to dare |
| balbutia (balbutier) | to stammer, stutter |
| l'auvent | canopy, awning |
| un gendre | son-in-law |
| le deuil | mourning period |
| une noce | wedding ceremony |
| une redingote | fitted coat |
| la serrure | lock |
| les calembours | pun, play on words |
| le potage | soup |
| séjournait (séjourner) | stay, spend time |
| coller/décoller | to attach/to detach |
| meublée | furnished |
| l'acajou | mahogany |
| un bassin à jet d'eau | a water jet pool |
| un baiser | a kiss |
| le bonheur | joy, pleasure |
| la félicité | bliss, sheer happiness |
| l'ivresse | drunkeness |
| un rêve | a dream |
| des bonnes soeurs | nuns |
| un langueur | dreaminess, languor |
| jeûner | to fast |
| la lingerie | laundry |
| la cachette | hiding place |
| frémissait (frémir) | tremble, shake |
| la foi | faith |
| la lune de miel | honeymoon |
| goûter | to taste |
| la douceur | sweetness |
| sonores | loud, resounding |
| ne...rien | nothing |
| auprès | near, close to |
| épluchait (éplucher) | to peel |
| vidait (vider) | to empty |
| ronflait (ronfler) | to fill |
| la bru | daughter-in-law |
| un garde-chasse | gamekeeper |
| une levrette | greyhound female |
| une hêtraie | beech wood forest |
| araignée | spider |
| soigner | to care for |
| un lampion | lantern |
| le fumet | aroma |
| frissonner | shiver |
| gêner | bother |
| froisser | crease, crumple |
| le souper | supper |
| bourdonnait (bourdonner) | buzz, hum |
| enceinte | pregnant |
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