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Les Chaises, 25--28
Ionesco play
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| l'escabeau | stepladder |
| le Vieux | Old man |
| la Vieille | Old woman |
| tirer | to pull |
| la manche | sleeve |
| croupir | to stagnate, rot |
| Laisse-moi tranquille! | Leave me alone! |
| pencher | to lean, bend |
| mon chou | my sweetie |
| ma crotte | old term for my sweetie |
| la barque | boat |
| les taches | spots |
| C'est pas la peine! | It's not worth it! |
| se laisser traîner à regret | to drag on with regrets |
| traînant | trailing |
| le vertige | dizziness |
| jadis | formerly, long time ago |
| ainsi | like that |
| pourtant | however |
| s'enforcer | to sink, to dig one's own grave |
| Sémeramis | mythological wife of Onnes and Ninus from Babylonia |
| le savant | scholar |
| doué | gifted, talented |
| le maréchal | Marshall |
| vécu, vivre | lived, to live |
| le logis | home, dwelling |
| le concièrge | caretaker |
| mon mignon | my cutie |
| je m'ennuie | I am bored |
| faire semblant | to pretend |
| se gratter | to scratch oneself |
| j'en ai assez | I have had enough |
| Je ne m'en lasse pas. | I can't get enough of it. |
| pareil | same |
| se passionner | to be excited |
| exprès | deliberately |
| la grille | gate |
| claquer | to flap, slam, chatter |
| tous mouillés, glacés jusqu'aux os | all wet, frozen to the bone |
| un sentier | path |
| conduire | to steer |
| s'effrondrer | to collapse, to demolish |
| s'éteindre | to extinguish |
| la berceuse | lullaby |
| le trou | hole |
| la pièce de théâtre | play |