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Vol de Nuit : Vocabulaire : Chapitre 1
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| creuser | to cut, to dig, to 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» bend or lean down into |
| effleurer | to graze, to touch slightly |
| un longeron | (longitudinal) beam (usually two in each wing) |
| ruisseler | to flow, to run, to stream |
| le vertige | dizziness, giddiness, vertigo |
| l'ivresse (f) | elation, intoxication, rapture |
| une chair | flesh, meat, pulp (fruit) |
| tapoter | to pat, to strum, to 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 |
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