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L.P. V 10-13
le vocabulaire pour chapitres 10-13
Question | Answer |
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s'instruire | to improve one's mind |
siéger | to be seated |
l'hermine (f) | ermine |
encombré(e) | encumbered, crowded |
interdire | to forbid |
ne pas pouvoir s'empêcher de | not to be able to help |
rougir | to blush |
tantôt ... tantôt | sometimes ... sometimes |
bredouiller | to stammer |
tenir à | to insist upon |
couramment | fluently, readily |
ramener | to draw up |
un pan | a flap, section, side (of a garment) |
se hâter | to hasten |
aussitôt | immediately |
tel (le) | such (a) |
émerveiller | to astonish, amaze |
détenir | to hold |
s'enhardir | to become bold |
une grâce | a favor |
être dans son tort | to be in the wrong |
exiger | to demand, require |
un royaume | a realm |
un carrosse | a carriage, coach |
jeter un coup d'oeil | to glance |
gracier | to pardon |
achever | to complete |
peiner | to pain, grieve |
un soupir | a sigh |
se dire en lui-même | to say to oneself |
un vaniteux, une vaniteuse | a vain, conceited person |
s'écrier | to exclaim |
dès que | as soon as |
un chapeau | a hat |
saluer | to bow |
frapper | to clap |
conseiller | to advise |
soulever | to rise |
la louange | the praise |
hausser les épaules | to shrug one's shoulders |
suivant(e) | following, next |
plonger | to plunge |
un buveur, une buveuse | a drinker |
s'enquérir | to inquire |
plaindre | to pity |
la honte | (the) shame |
avoir honte | to feel ashamed |
avouer | to confess |
baisser | to lower |
secourir | to help |
achever | to complete, finish |
s'enfermer | to shut oneself in |
rallumer | to relight |
la baliverne | (the) nonsense |
déranger | to disturb, bother |
un hanneton | a June bug |
répandre | to spread |
un bruit | a noise |
épouvantable | frightful, terrible |
manquer | to lack |
flâner | to stroll, loaf |
un espoir | a hope |
la paix | (the) peace |
une mouche | a fly |
briller | to shine |
une abeille | a bee |
doré(e) | gilded |
rêvasser | to daydream |
un(e) fainéant | a loafer, do-nothing |
un(e) ivrogne | a drunkard |
cependant | however, nevertheless |
riposter | to retort |
grincheux (-se) | grumpy |
breveter | to patent |
songer à | to think of |
gérer | to manage |
un foulard | a scarf |
le cou | the neck |
cueillir | to pick |
un tiroir | a drawer |
suffire | to be enough |
utile | useful |