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L.P. V 10-13
le vocabulaire pour chapitres 10-13
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |