| A | B |
|---|
| reculer | to move back; stand back |
| viser | to aim |
| le gaillard | the robust/strapping guy |
| ligoter | to bind; truss; tie up |
| mitrailler | to machine gun |
| la besogne | the job |
| tirer les vers du nez | to worm information out of someone |
| la langue | the tongue |
| le tabac | the tobacco |
| épouvantable | dreadful; appalling |
| rétablir | to restore; reestablish |
| couvrir / couvert | to cover |
| entêté | stubborn; pigheaded |
| écraser | to crush |
| le prisonnier | the prisoner |
| un avion | an airplane |
| dénicher | to dig out; track down; unearth |
| avoir un étourdissement | to feel dizzy |
| le coup de bambou | the last straw; the straw that broke the camel's back |
| briser | to break; shatter |
| un puits | a well |
| se reposer | to rest |
| à l'ombre (f) | in the shade |
| déboucher | to uncork |
| la blague | the joke |
| le cauchemar | the nightmare |
| le roumi | the young boy |
| la fumée | the smoke |
| la patrouille | the patrol |
| le verre | the glass |
| atterrir | to land |
| capoter | to overturn; collapse |
| la tempête | the storm |
| la perte | the loss |
| couler | to sink; bring down |
| un équipage | a crew |
| au large | offshore |
| capter | to pick up; get; catch |
| croiser | to cross; meet |
| les parages (m/pl) | the neighborhood; vicinity |
| une épave | a wreck; flotsam |
| naufragé | shipwrecked; a survivor of a shipwreck |
| le corps | the body |
| les biens (m/pl) | the goods; assets; commodity; estate |
| une coquille | a shell; scallop |
| la noix | the nut |
| couler | to sink; pour; flow; leak |
| le canot | the dinghy |
| un(e) pillard(e) | a looter; pillager |
| signaler | to point something out; indicate; report |
| le tonnerre | the thunder |
| sûr | reliable; safe; sound; certain |
| la cible | the target |
| repérer | to spot; locate; mark; scope out |
| viser | to aim at; take aim; zero in |
| un emplâtre | a wimp |
| la grenouille | the frog |
| un(e) froussard(e) | a coward; chicken |
| une moule | a mussel |
| une gaufre | a waffle; honeycomb |
| la crosse | the butt (of a rifle); the crook (of a cane) |
| détaler | to bolt; take off |
| à pic | in the nick of time |
| la selle / seller | the saddle / to saddle |
| circuler | to move about; pass around; move; run |
