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Vol de Nuit : Vocabulaire : Chapitres 10-13
For WORD SEARCH, find the French equivalent of the English clue.
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| faire demi-tour (m) | to turn around or back |
| l'aile (f) | wing |
| la boussole | compass |
| une rafale | burst (of wind or of rain) |
| cerné(e) | surrounded |
| l'échappement (m) | exhaust |
| contourner | to bypass, go around |
| renoncer (à) | to give up |
| la foi | faith |
| ligoté(e) | bound, tied up |
| avertir | to warn |
| un pont | bridge |
| caréné(e) | not hollow-chested, robust |
| un pli | crease, fold, wrinkle |
| apaiser | to calm, to quiet |
| dominer | to look out on (in this context) |
| répandre | to send forth, to spread abroad |
| se dresser | to rise, to stand up |
| redoutable | redoubtable, to be dreaded or feared |
| vain(e) | futile, useless, vain |
| le sort | fate |
| apprivoiser | to tame |
| s'étirer | to stretch |
| rejetter | to cast aside, to reject |
| renverser | to invert, overturn, turn around |
| s'émouvoir | to be roused, be moved, stir |
| tiède | lukewarm, tepid |
| l'étoffe (f) | cloth, fabric, stuff |
| rude | coarse, rough, rude |
| boucler | to buckle, to fasten |
| un cordon | cord, twine |
| le défaut | break, defect, flaw |
| frotter | to rub |
| redresser | to raise, straighten, set upright |
| faiblir | to grow dim or weak |
| un trou | hole, pit |
| un remous | eddy, squall, swirl |
| un manomètre | gauge, pressure gauge, manometer |
| la pelouse | grassplot, lawn |
| plaindre | to pity |
| un puits | well |
| l'épaisseur (f) | densest darkness, distance or stretch (freely), thickness (literally) |
| du même bord | of the same crew, of the same type |
| redouter | to dread, to fear |
| une brousse | brush-covered waste, wilderness |
| échouer | fail, fall through; run ; aground or strand (a ship) |
| répliquer | to reply, to retort |
| un bilan | balance sheet |
| riposter | to reply (with anger or warmth), to retort |
| aborder | to approach |
| le menton au poing | with chin resting on one's hand |
| écarter | to put aside, to thrust back |
| dégager | to disengage, establish, find |
| à peine | scarcely |
| désavouer | to disavow, to disclaim |
| cependant | (in the) meanwhile |
| un éclair | (flash of) lightning |
| la paume | palm (of the hand) |
| une marge | margin |
| un éboulement | cave-in, landslide |
| virer | to change one's course, tack, turn, veer |
| Trelew | Trelew (city in Argentina, about 700 miles southwest of Buenos Aires, slightly inland) |
| un béton | concrete, mortar |
| déplier | unfold |
| donner cher | to give much or a lot |
| l'échappement (m) | escapement, exhaust (of a motor) |
| un néant | nothingness, void |
| tresser | to braid, to weave |
| dru(e) | lusty, sturdy, thick |
| un astre | star |
| trompeur -euse | delusive, false, misleading |
| le flot | billow, wave |
| un roc | rock |
| les épaves (f) | wreckage |
| chiffonné(e) | crumpled, rumpled |
| une déchirure | break, rent, rift |
| griffonner | to scrawl, to scribble |
| ignorer | to be ignorant of, not to know |
| sachez-moi | let me know, tell me |
| Commodoro (Rivadavia) | Comodoro Rivadavia (seaport of Argentina, about 900 miles southwest of Buenos Aires) |
| insolite | unprecedented, unusual |
| se rabattre | to fall (down) |
| rafler | to sweep away |
| San Antonio | San Antonio (seaport in Argentina, about 550 miles south of Buenos Aires) |
| les parasites (m) | (radio) interference |
| Foutez-moi la paix. | Buzz off! (but a bit stronger) |
| Bahia Blanca | Bahia Blanca (city in Argentina, about 375 miles southwest of Buenos Aires) |
| bouché(e) | blocked up |
| l'aube (f) | dawn |
| couler | to flow, glide, run (of water) |
| un troupeau | flock |
| Asuncion | Asunción (capital of Paraguay) |
| décoller | to undo, to take off (airplane) |
| découpé(e) (sur) | standing out (against) |
| la chevelure serrée | abundant foliage or tresses |
| inlassablement | tirelessly, without ceasing |
| inépuisable | inexhaustible |
| ordonner | order, set in order, set right |
| ébranler | to move, to shake |
| une fissure | fissure, flaw |
| désormais | henceforth, from this or that time on |
| un échec | failure, mishap |
| clos(e) | closed |
| convoquer | to call (together), to summon |
| écraser | to crush, defeat, overcome |
| un démenti | contradiction, proof to the contrary |
| s'éteindre | to be extinguished, go out, die away (of voice) |
| un pas | step |
| exécuter | carry out, execute |
| balayer | to sweep (away) |
| par plaques (f) | in spots |
| pourrir | to get rotten, ruin, rot |
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