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La Veuve Vocabulary

Vocabular

QuestionAnswer
le brouillard fog
un pêcheur a fisherman
une taverne an inn
un pari a bet
la morue cod
un meutrier a murder
le bagne convict prison
le rachat (d'un péché) atonement (for a sin)
la bonté goodness
le pardon forgiveness
un bourreau an executioner
une serre a greenhouse
la cour the courtyard
une cellule a cell (in a prison)
le Conseil the Council
les notables the leading citizens
une émeute an uprising
une barque a row boat
l'abnégation self-sacrifice
la clémence mercy
la traihison treason
la sédition sedition
la cour martiale court martial
la peine de mort the death penalty
une hache an axe
un plaidoyer pour/contre a plea for or against
se soûler to get drunk
commettre un crime to commit a crime
se venger to have one's revenge
avoir du mal à (faire qqch) to have a hard time doing something
perdre la face to lose face
pardonner to forgive
avoir confiance en qq'un to trust someone
ramer to row
s'enfuir to flee
s'échapper to escape
faire fusiller qq'un to have someone shot
être revelé(e) de ses fonctions to be dismissed from functions
avoir raison/tort to be right or wrong
soûle et ivre drunk
sobre sober
entêté(e) stubborn
pudique modest
ambiguë ambiguous
lâche cowardly
lucide clear-sighted
déchirant(e) heartrending
digne dignified
résigné(e) submissive
abolitionniste aobolitionist
autrement otherwise
parmi among
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