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Petit Prince ch. 1-5
vocab for chapters 1 through 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| la Forêt Vierge | the Virgin Forest |
| avaler | to swallow |
| un fauve | a wild beast |
| la proie | the prey |
| mâcher | to chew |
| bouger | to move, budge, stir |
| un dessin | a drawing |
| un chef-d'oeuvre | a masterpiece |
| afin que | so that |
| conseiller | to advise |
| le calcul | arithmetic |
| un peintre | a painter |
| un métier | a trade |
| voler | to fly |
| un coup d'oeil | a glance |
| s'égarer | to get lost, wander away |
| un tas | a pile, a lot |
| améliorer | to improve, get better |
| une étoile | a star |
| se mettre à la portée de | to come down to the level of |
| le chiffre | number, figure |
| le pilote | pilot |
| un serpent boa | a snake (boa) |
| digérer | digest |
| décourager | to discourage |
| un éléphant | elephant |
| une panne | a breakdown |
| à peine | hardly, scarcely |
| un(e) naufragé(e) | a shipwrecked person |
| s'endormir | to fall asleep |
| un radeau | a raft |
| le lever du jour | daybreak |
| un mouton | a sheep |
| sauter | to jump |
| la foudre | lightning |
| frotter | to rub |
| un bonhomme | a fellow, gentleman |
| ravissant(e) | delightful, entrancing |
| l'étonnement (m) | astonishment |
| la faute | the fault |
| sauf | except |
| égaré(e) | lost |
| doucement | softly, gently |
| oser | to dare |
| encombrant(e) | encumbering |
| un bélier | a ram |
| une corne | a horn |
| griffonner | to scrawl, scribble |
| une caisse | a box, packing case |
| dedans | inside |
| pencher | to lean, bend |
| le désert | desert |
| le sable | sand |
| à mille milles | a thousand miles |
| fier, fière | proud |
| un éclat de rire | a burst of laughter |
| prendre au sérieux | to take seriously |
| un malheur | a misfortune |
| ajouter | to add |
| entrevoir | to glimpse |
| aussitôt | at once, immediately |
| une lueur | a glimmer, gleam |
| hocher | to shake, nod |
| là-dessus | on that |
| s'enfoncer | to sink, plunge |
| se plonger | to immerse oneself |
| un trésor | a treasure |
| en savoir plus long | to know more about |
| un piquet | a stake |
| choquer | to shock |
| ramoner | to clean |
| une corde | a rope |
| n'importe où | anywhere |
| étonner | to astonish, suprise |
| en dehors de | outside of |
| turc, turque | Turkish |
| la peine de mort | the death penalty |
| un avis | an opinion |
| un papillon | a butterfly |
| peser | to weigh |
| une colombe | a dove |
| le toit | the roof |
| s'écrier | to exclaim |
| hausser les épaules | to shrug one's shoulders |
| traiter de | to call (a name) |
| convaincu(e) | convinced |
| en vouloir à | to hold a grudge against |
| se moquer de | not to care |
| une conte de fées | a fairy tale |
| il était une fois | once upon a time |
| à la légère | lightly |
| se tromper | to be mistaken, to be wrong |
| la taille | the size |
| tâtonner | to grope |
| vieillir | to grow old |
| arroser | to water |
| le chenille | caterpillar |
| surprendre | to be suprised |
| j'ai dû vieillir | i must have gotten old |
| un astronome | astronomer |
| la planète | planet |
| l'astéroïde (m) | asteroid |
| le télescope | telescope |
| grâce à | thanks to |
| un doute | a doubt |
| un arbuste | a bush, shrub |
| ajouter | to add |
| venir à bout | to get the better of |
| la sagesse | wisdom |
| s'agir de | to be a question of |
| une mauvaise herbe | a weed |
| s'étirer | to stretch |
| pousser | to push, grow |
| une brindille | a sprout |
| arracher | to uproot, pull up |
| se débarrasser de | to get rid of |
| encombrer | to overcrowd |
| soigneusement | carefully |
| s'astreindre | to force oneself |
| ne ... guère | hardly, not much |
| avertir | to warn |
| frôler | to graze, brush against |
| un arbuste | shurb, bigger than a flower and smaller than a tree |
| un baobab | a baobob |
| une graine | a seed |
| infesté(e) | infested |
| perforer | to punch holes |
| les racines | roots |
| faire éclater | to burst |
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