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HuntforRedOctober

French vocabulary

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La flotte fleet
la passerelle footbridge, gangway
engoncer to be cramped in
rude rough, harsh
un ciré oilskin
un remorqueur de port harbour* tugboat
l`étrave stem (of submarine)
interminables neverending
échouer to be grounded
un bassin à l'abri des intempéries dock undercover from the bad weather
le bâtiment ship, vessel
l'appareillage casting off, getting under way
machines avant lentes *
jeter un coup d'oeil to take a look
le bouillonnement bubbling
démarrage des hélices starting of the propellers
exécutée rondement executed briskly
en designant un brise-glace indicating, pointing out an ice-breaker
acquiescer agree
ell serait néanmoins éprouvante nevertheless, it would be trying
la neige était encore rare *
le littoral the coast
(glaçons) à la dérive icicles drifting or (center-board)
fort utile very6 useful
écarter move apart or separate
dernier-né *
Hachée ground (like beef)
soulevée lifted
déferler to break, surge
le pont des missiles missile ramp
é l'avant du kiosque in front of the stall
le froid vif bitter cold
un anneau noir les murailles rocheuses black ring the rocky walls
crasseux filthy
songer muse, reflect upon
il savait ce que c,était que vivre en harmonie avec la nature he knew what it was like to live in harmony with nature
machines avant un tiers *
l'agitation agitation, unrest
chassait son poste pursue its position
le comportement the performance
battre la semelle stamp one,s feet (to keep warm)
un tablier blanc de cuisinier white cooking apron
d'ailleurs besides
n'importe quoi anything
prendre garde to be careful
à bien d'autres choses encore *
nous voilà here we are
repartis en mer embarking on the sea
frégate warship
le panneau sign, panel (board)
une gaucherie de terrain awkwardness of land...
encombré clutter, obstruct, crowd, block, saturate
veilleur watchman
zampolit du bord official of the Communist Party who was assigned to teach party principles to a military unit (on-board).
la Rodina (Motherland-National Patriotic Union) one of the four parties that controlled seats in the Russian Legislature in 2003-2007...
qu'il n'en éprouvait that he didn`t feel there (the warmth)
surchargée overburdened
et puis nous aurons chaud and then, and anyway, we would be warm
s'etonna Poutine Poutine was surprised
humeur trop affectée a mood, temper very sound or provocative*
j'ai trop vécu I`ve seen a lot
bien stable pretty stable
ne releva pas l'insulte violée did not make a comeback...*
un escorteur escort vessel
à cause du mal de mer because of seasickness
alors que when
et quel genre de fleurs serait-ce donc and so what kind of flowers would it be (then)
à peine scarcely
perce-neige snowdrop
le visage rosé vif bright, vivacious, vivid pink face
lance de jolis petits nuages de buée lets out happy little clouds of steam, condensation
ce salaud bastard or scum
l'intourist russian travel agency
marmonna intérieurement muttered inwardly
sauf que except that
d'immeubles délabrés run-down buildings
de même que same as
saleté dirtiness
village côtier inshore village, town
des rangées an arrange
quelqu'un d'autre qu'un Grand Russe someone other than a Great Russian
arrestation des dissidents politiques, commerçants, des prêtres the arrest of political dissenters (break-aways, traders, priests
lors de during, at that time
s'était battu comme un lion had fought like a lion
en tant que commissaire politique as political commissioner
la terre natale native land
l'avant-garde in the vanguard, advance guard
la 11e armée était une armée (regroupement d'unités de l'Armée de terre allemande (Heer) au sein de la Deutsches Heer pendant la Première Guerre mondiale puis au sein de la Wehrmacht lors de la Seconde Guerre mondiale
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