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Vol de nuit : Vocabulaire : Préface - Chapitre 5
For WORD SEARCH, find the French equivalent of the English clue.
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| l'héroïsme | heroism |
| le devoir | duty, moral obligation |
| un réseau | network system (of railroads, etc.) |
| un berger | shepherd |
| un cyclone | cyclone, tornado |
| atterrir | to land (boat or airplane) |
| un télégramme | telegram |
| le moteur | engine, motor |
| une tempête | storm, tempest |
| le vent | wind |
| un hangar | hangar, shed |
| creuser | to cut, dig, plow |
| un sillage | furrow, wake (of a ship) |
| ramener | to bring (back) |
| une ride | furrow, ripple, wrinkle |
| à peine | scarcely |
| une rade | roads, roadstead (for ships) |
| brouter | to browse (on) |
| une steppe | pampas, steppe |
| une houle | surge, swell (of the sea) |
| atterir | to land (boat or airplane) |
| un détroit | strait; example: Magellan |
| une escale | airport, port (of call for air mail), stop (in port) |
| s'échelloner | to be established at intervals |
| une bourgade | large straggling village, (small) town |
| soumis(e) | conquered, (brought) under submission |
| un écouteur | listener, earphone, receiver (telephone) |
| un ver | worm |
| gâté(e) | spoiled, tainted |
| répugner | «il lui répugne de» with inf. it is repugnant to him |
| ralentir | «au ralenti» (past part.) (brought to the point of) running slowly, idling (motor) |
| las, -asse | tired |
| se pencher | to bend down |
| ressentir | to feel, to resent |
| la lourdeur | clumsiness, weight |
| la courbature | stiffness, sore joint (of body) |
| immuable | unchanging |
| borner | to confine, to limit |
| clos | closed; «clos de» completely surrounded by |
| un équipage | crew |
| s'apprivoiser | to become familiar, to become less shy |
| le ras | «au ras de» close to, on a level with |
| écoulé(e) | disposed of, past, spent |
| une poignée | handful |
| un cadran | dial |
| la carlingue | cockpit (of airplane) |
| verser | to cast, to pour, to shed |
| une aiguille | hand, indicator, needle |
| une ampoule | vial, (electric light) bulb |
| teinter | to tint |
| combler | to fill to the brim, to fill up |
| cligner | to blink, to wink |
| un phare | beacon, light, light-house |
| scintiller | to sparkle, to twinkle |
| enfouir | «enfouir la tête dans» to bend or lean down into |
| effleurer | to graze, to touch slightly |
| un longeron | (longitudinal) beam (usually two in each wing) |
| ruisseler | to flow, run, stream |
| le vertige | dizziness, giddiness, vertigo |
| l'ivresse (f) | elation, intoxication, rapture |
| une chair | flesh, meat, pulp (fruit) |
| tapoter | to pat, strum, tap |
| remuer | to move, to stir |
| s'adosser | to lean back |
| épauler | to lift or take on one's shoulders |
| tâtonner | to feel about, to fumble |
| la lampe de secours | emergency lamp |
| une manette | control, hand lever |
| orner | to adorn, to deck |
| la plongée | dip, dive, plunge |
| s'étirer | to stretch |
| un veilleur | watchman |
| accoudé(e) | leaning or resting on one's elbows |
| une lame de fond | ground swell |
| l'acier (m) | steel |
| ainsi | so, thus |
| un capot | hood (of airplane, of automobile) |
| un chaland | barge, lighter |
| responsable de | responsible for |
| de long en large | up and down, backward and forward |
| le terrain d'atterrissage | landing field |
| redoutable | to be dreaded or feared |
| à mesure que | (in proportion) as |
| parvenir | to arrive, come, reach |
| arracher | to snatch, to tear up or away |
| hors de | except, out of, outside |
| le rivage | shore |
| livrer | to deliver, give up, yield |
| flux et de reflux | ebb and flow |
| ballotter | to toss about |
| liquider | to liquidate, to wind up (business) |
| user | to use up, to wear out |
| ne... point | not at all |
| un lutteur | wrestler |
| vieillir | to age, to grow old |
| un contremaître | foreman, master mechanic |
| un axe | axle, spindle |
| reprendre | to catch (again), come upon (again), continue, overtake (again), take (again) |
| le grippage | gripping, binding (of bearing) |
| amer/amère | bitter |
| éprouver | to experience, feel, test |
| un menusier | cabinetmaker, joiner, carpenter |
| polir | to polish |
| gronder | to drone, roar, rumble |
| bleui(e) | made blue, tinged with blue |
| mûrir | to become ripe, to ripen |
| le balisage | beacon; series of beacons outlining airport |
| dessiner | to delineate, design, draw, set off, show |
| un pylône | pylon |
| TSF | (abbreviation for télégraphie sans fil) wireless (telegraph) |
| le faisceau | sheaf, cone (of light) |
| stopper | to stop (train, steamer, automobile) |
| tandis que | while |
| décharger | to unload |
| la besogne | job, matter, task |
| daigner | to condescend, deign |
| hocher | to nod, shake, toss |
| fuir | to flee |
| le cuir | leather, flying clothing |
| morne | dreary, gloomy |
| lâcher avec santé de bonnes injures | to blurt out a string of abusive language |
| franchir | to clear, cross, pass (over) |
| paisible | calm, peaceful, tranquil, undisturbed |
| une cordillère | chain of mountains (sometimes used for Cordillière des Andes, Andes) |
| l'épaisseur (f) | densest darkness, distance or stretch (freely), thickness (literally) |
| une arête | fish bone, ridge (of mountain) |
| frôler | to graze, just to touch |
| un pic | mountain peak |
| Tupungato | Tupungato (also called Pic Tupungato. Snow-covered mountain peak, about 75 miles west of Santiago, and on direct line between that city and Mendoza) |
| gêné(e) | bothered, disturbed, uneasy |
| suinter | to leak, to ooze |
| un serrement | contraction, pressing |
| une crête | brow, crest, ridge |
| s'aiguiser | to become clear |
| une étrave | prow, stem (of a ship) |
| virer | to change one's course, tack, turn, veer |
| dériver | to drift, to go off one's course |
| mêlé(e) | mixed, mingled |
| une issue | excape, exit, way out |
| jaillir | to gush, to spout up |
| s'enflammer | to burst into flame |
| un remous | eddy, squall, swirl |
| osciller | to oscillate, to quiver |
| auparavant | before, previously |
| craindre | to fear |
| fausser | to distort, twist, warp |
| entrevu | caught sight of, glimpsed, seen (for a brief moment) |
| repousser | to push back, to repulse, to thrust aside |
| un forgeron | blacksmith |
| une enclume | anvil |
| auveugler | to blind |
| soulever | to lift up, to raise |
| au ras de | close to, on a level with |
| obturer | to clog, plug, stop up (a valve) |
| le verglas | hoar frost, ice |
| culbuter | to upset, pitch, tumble |
| heurter | to hit, to strike |
| déboucher | to open, uncork, emerge |
| Mendoza | Mendoza; (city in Argentina, about 600 miles west of Buenos Aires, slightly north of a straight line between Buenos Aires and Santiago) |
| une lave | lava |
| engloutir | to engulf, to gulp down |
| se taire | to remain silent, to say nothing |
| paraître | to appear, to seem |
| la veille | eve, day or night before |
| la verve | animation, spirit |
| un calembour | pun |
| ne... guère | scarcely |
| la rédaction | drawing up or preparation (of statement) |
| fournir | to furnish, to submit |
| le zèle | ardor, zeal |
| une nuit blanche | sleepless night |
| rebondir | to rebound |
| la prime | bonus, premium |
| un cas de force majeure | case of impossibilities |
| la brume | haze, mist, (light) fog |
| tirer | to drag, draw, haul, pull on |
| balayer | to sweep (away) |
| un toton | teetotum, (six-sided) top (with figures or words on sides, used in gaming) |
| châtier | to chastise, to punish |
| la panne | breakdown, forced landing, (engine) trouble |
| l'ivresse (f) | elation, intoxication, rapture |
| ailleurs | elsewhere |
| un bois | wood |
| envers | toward, to |
| la cire | wax |
| la dureté | cruelty, hardness, harshness |
| se réjouir (de) | to be glad (of) |
| en haleine | in breathing, eager, straining at leash (of dogs eager to hunt) |
| l'armure (f) | armor, casing |
| primer | to excel, to take precedence over |
| entrouvrir | to open halfway, to open slightly |
| remuer | to move, to stir |
| l'atterrissage (m) | landing (of airplane) |
| or | now |
| tassé(e) | huddled, sunk |
| un échec | failure, mishap |
| s'embrouiller | to become confused |
| le montage | installation, mounting, setting |
| sournois | sly |
| flétrir | to brand, disparage, stigmatize |
| regagner | to regain, to return to |
| une rame | ream (of paper) |
| déchirer | to tear, to tear up |
| un moyeu d'hélice | boss or hub of the propeller |
| la rouille | rust; touché par la rouille slightly rusted |
| un subalterne | inferior, subaltern |
| affligé(e) (de) | afflicted (with) |
| gênant(e) | annoying, troublesome |
| l'orgueil (m) | pride |
| éblouir | to dazzle |
| la grippe | dislike, aversion |
| lutter | to fight, struggle, wrestle; «lutter de vitesse avec» to compete or vie in speed with |
| un navire | ship, vessel |
| désormais | henceforth, from this or that time on |
| impalpable | intangible, unseen |
| perfide | treacherous |
| (se) hâter | to hasten |
| une épopée | epic |
| saisissant(e) | remarkable, striking |
| frémissant(e) | trembling, vibrant |
| une déchéance | failure, fall, forfeiture |
| insuffler | to impart |
| exiger | to demand, to exact |
| la prouesse | feat |
| une défaillance | failing, lapse, weakness |
| non point | not |
| gré | «savoir gré à quelqu'un de quelque chose» to be grateful to somebody for something |
| entrevoir | to catch a glimpse of, to see (for a brief moment) |
| dévorer | to devour |
| survoler | to fly over |
| un dépannage | repair and recovery (of airplane forced to land by motor trouble) |
| Maure | Moor |
| siffler | to hiss, to whistle |
| une balle | ball, bullet; «sous les balles» under fire |
| Platon | Plato (Greek philosopher of first half of fourth century B.C.) |
| l'entêtement (m) | stubbornness |
| une épigraphe | epigraph, motto |
| un apophtegme | apothegm, maxim |
| Quinton | René Quinton (French biologist [1866-1925]; encouraged development of aviation) |
| l'aumône (f) | alms, charity |
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