| A | B |
|---|
| afin de | in order to/that |
| éviter | to avoid |
| rayer | to cross out; scratch |
| douloureux | painful; distressing |
| une étourderie | an absent-mindedness |
| se traîner | to drag; crawl |
| une attente | a wait; waiting |
| se passer | to happen |
| délivrer | to free; liberate |
| le prisonnier | the prisoner |
| prier | to pray; beg |
| le chemin | the country road; lane; path; way |
| environnant | surrounding |
| une bougie | a candle |
| s'agenouiller | to kneel |
| le plâtre | the plaster |
| tapoter | to tap; pat |
| a l'aveuglette | blindly; at random |
| un os | a bone |
| une doudou | une dame créole (a girlfriend in the Antilles) |
| le seau | the bucket; pail |
| s'en faire | to worry |
| enlacer | to embrace; wrap itself around; intertwine |
| une prise | a hold; outlet/jack (eletrical) |
| infaillible | infallible |
| coincé | wedged; jammed |
| nicher | to nest; nestle; roost |
| une aisselle | an armpit |
| un remous | an stirring; eddy; backwash; swirl |
| un ventre | a stomach |
| le gaz | the gas |
| le voisin/la voisine | the neighbor |
| la cour | the courtyard |
| le pêcheur | the fisherman |
| une nasse | a conical fishing basket |
| se fendre | to split (open); crack |
| doux, douce | soft; sweet; gentle |
| ménager | to handle; be gentle/careful with |
| la voix | the voice |
| murmurer | to murmur; whisper |
| bâillonner | to gag; muzzle |
| la peau | the skin; leather; peel |
| un chasseur | a hunter |
| le rêve | the dream |
| remporter | to win |
| une corvée | a chore |
| balayer | to sweep |
| le remplissage | the filling (up); replenishment |
| pesamment | heavily |
| filer | to rush; go off; leave; get away |
| patati et patata | etc |
| retenir | to keep; hold; retain |
| glisser | to slip; slide |
| une oreille | an ear |
| s'envoler | to take off |
| au-delà | beyond; over |
| la savane | the savannah |
| morne | gloomy; dreary; glum |
| le coucher du soleil | the sunset |
| endiablé | furious |
| la concurrence | the competition |
| un tambour | a drum |
