A | B |
un décile | a delight; pleasure |
une bouchée | a mouthful |
une pellicule | a film; dandruff |
une lèvre | a lip |
lécher | to lick (conjugated like préférer) |
durer | to last; endure |
le plaisir | the pleasure |
la grosseur | the size; thickness |
blinder | to harden; bulletproof; reinforce |
rattacher | to attach; fasten; link |
une recette | a recipe |
une vitrine | a window; display cabinet; shop window; showcase |
le bec | the beak; lip; spout |
le narguilé | the water pipe; hookah |
la fumée | the smoke |
le flacon | the flask; decanter; small bottle |
remplir | to fill |
le cuivre | the copper |
traduire | to translate |
débarquer | to disembark; land; get off |
le mari | the husband |
le tapis | the rug |
dérouler | to uncoil; unwind |
les rideaux (m) | the curtains |
lourd | heavy |
une frange | a fringe; bangs |
la narine | the nostril |
agacer | to annoy; irritate |
se souvenir de | to remember |
avoir beau dire | to say in vain; however much one tries to say... |
avoir beau + infinitive | no matter/regardless/despite/in vain... |
vivre / vécu | to live / lived |
un(e) ancêtre | an ancestor |
longer | to follow; go along; run alongside |
ocre | ochre (a darkish yellow) |
ombrager | to shade |
la chèvre | the goat |
le chèvre | the goat cheese |
un cavalier | a horseman; rider; knight; cavalryman |
le chameau | the camel |
puisque | since |
un(e) Touareg | a Tuareg; a nomadic tribe in North Africa |
se déplacer | to move; travel about |
le voile | the veil |
la voile | the sail |
une tempête | a storm; gale; uproar; tempest |
le sable | the sand |
la jalousie | the jealousy |
brandir | to brandish; display |
le drapeau | the flag |
valeureux | valorous; stout-hearted; brave |
grandir | to magnify; grow; grow up; exaggerate |
une ombre | a shadow; shade |
l'esclavage (m) | the slavery |
craindre | to fear |
se révolter | to rebel; revolt |
briser | to break; shatter; destroy |
une chaîne | a chain |
fuir | to flee |
rattraper | to catch up with; catch; make up for |
la patte | paw; let; foot |
récidiver | to reoffend; recur; do again; commit; backslide |
couper | to cut |
s'en sortir | to get out of it; pull through; cope |
tellement | so much |
laisser | to leave; allow; let |
au milieu de | in the middle of |
apparaître | to appear |
la dent | the tooth |
le fer | the iron |
ralentir | to slow down |
la poche | the pocket |
une pièce | a coin; room; play |
lancer | to throw; launch; toss |
faire semblant de | to pretend |
attraper | to catch |
un tourbillon | a whirlwind; whirlpool; swirl |
cesser de | to stop; cease |
carié | decayed |
une carie | a cavity |
triturer | to fiddle with; knead; pummel |
le récit | the narrative; story; recounting; telling |
analphabète | illiterate |
tarder | to delay; be slow to act |
traîner | to dawdle; drag; move slowly |