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Vol de Nuit : Vocabulaire : Chapitres 6-9
For WORD SEARCH, find the French equivalent of the English clue.
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| somnoler | to drowse |
| le téléphoniste | telephone operator |
| franchir | to clear, to cross, to pass (over) |
| vanter | to cry up, to praise, to vaunt |
| jeter un coup d'œil | to take a glance |
| un veilleur de nuit | night watchman |
| une nef | nave (of church), ship, vessel |
| une voûte | arch, vault |
| guetter | to be on the lookout (for), to watch (for) |
| luire | to shine |
| le grondement | droning, rumbling |
| dégagé(e) | graceful, unhampered; clear (of sky) |
| enfoncé(e) | sunk |
| secourir | to aid, to help |
| le grésillement | crackling (noise), static |
| une gangue | matrix (of precious stone. etc.) |
| l'onde (f) | wave |
| déballer | to open, to unpack |
| piquer | to tack or pin (to the wall) |
| étaler | to display, to lay out |
| desserrer | to unclasp, to unlock |
| un déboire | disappointment, mortification |
| un caillou | pebble |
| noirâtre | blackish |
| l'Atlantide (f) | Atlantis (island which mythological tradition of antiquity claimed was situated west of Gibraltar) |
| la pudeur | modesty, sense of decency |
| digne | dignified, worthy |
| un rébus | conundrum, rebus, riddle |
| un songe | deep thought, dream, imagination |
| en faire part | to inform somebody of something |
| auprès de | near, by the side of |
| l'apitoiement (m) | commiseration, pity |
| gâcher | to do carelessly, make a mess of, spoil |
| une boutade | (sarcastic) jest or remark |
| une demi-boutade | half jest, remark not fully meant as sarcasm |
| lié(e) | linked |
| entraîner | to bear, bring, carry along, lead (along), train |
| ainsi | so, thus |
| se nouer | to contrive, form, invent, knot |
| un fléchissement | bending, weakening |
| valoir mieux | to be better, to be worth more |
| duper | to deceive, dupe, trick |
| épargner | to save, to spare |
| une corvée | duty, service, task (difficult or disagreeable understood with all three) |
| infliger | to impose, to inflict |
| quelconque | of any kind, of some kind or other |
| la baisse de régime | decrease of speed (of motor) |
| un lot | allotment, lot, share |
| tromper l'attente (f) | while away the time of (unavoidable) waiting |
| un balisage | beacon; series of beacons outlining airport |
| dès que | as soon as |
| les flancs (m pl) | womb |
| s'écouler | to run out, slip away or by, pass (of time) |
| sourd(e) | deaf, dull, hollow, rumbling |
| éteindre | to extinguish, to put out |
| le sol | ground, soil |
| un ver luisant | glow-worm |
| maussade | cross, sullen |
| une marche | march, movement, progress, walk |
| un contremarche | countermarch, countermovement |
| se heurter à | to run against, to meet |
| l'épaisseur (f) | densest darkness, distance or stretch (freely), thickness (literally) |
| un miroitement | flash, glitter |
| une lueur | gleam, glimmer, light |
| au ras de | close to, on a level with |
| un remous | eddy, squall, swirl |
| s'évanouir | to fade away, faint, pass away |
| se fondre | to melt |
| flotter | to float |
| se cramponner à | to cling, to hold fast on |
| un longeron | (longitudinal) beam (usually two in each wing) |
| oser | to dare |
| serré(e) | pressed, tight |
| la nuque | nape of the neck, back of the head |
| la faible clarté | dim light |
| appuyé(e) | inclined, leaning |
| une moue | pouting, pursing of the lips |
| la colère | anger, fury, rage, wrath |
| ramasser | to assemble, collect, concentrate |
| savourer | to enjoy, to savor |
| en croupe (f) | mounted behind the saddle |
| pesant(e) | heavy, weighty |
| un foyer | blaze, hearth |
| amorcer | to bait, to begin |
| la forge | blacksmith's shop, forge, smithy |
| le deuil | bereavement, mourning |
| s'acheminer | to go, to turn one's steps |
| stagner | to be stagnant, to stand |
| effacer | to blot out, efface, erase, obliterate, smooth |
| avouer | to acknowledge, avow, confess |
| parmi | among |
| par-dessus | above, over |
| bousculer | to jostle |
| une housse | cover (for furniture) |
| la cave d'une banque | bank vault |
| se romper | to break up, "crack up" |
| veiller | to stand watch, to watch |
| un aveu | admission, avowal, confession |
| le velours | velvet |
| cliquetis(e) | clicking |
| combler | to fill to the brim, to fill up |
| la sonnerie | bell, ringing, sound |
| indéchiffrable | undecipherable, unintelligible |
| le souffle | breath |
| aborder | to approach |
| une liasse | bundle, file |
| atteindre | to arrive at, attain, reach |
| ligoter | to bind, to truss up |
| envahir | to come over, to invade |
| aboutir à | to end, run (into), come (to) |
| se former | to form, to develop |
| essuyer | to wipe (away) |
| la sueur | perspiration, sweat |
| constater | to ascertain, to discover |
| le démontage | taking down or to pieces |
| engourdir | to benumb, deaden, dull |
| feuilleter | to leaf through, to turn (pages of) |
| congédier | to discharge, to dismiss |
| écarter | to put aside, to thrust back |
| arracher à | to snatch from |
| ébaucher | to outline, shape, sketch |
| le ruissellement | streaming, flow |
| déchirer | to tear, to tear up |
| la piste | runway, tarmac, track |
| manquer | to fail, miss, run short |
| la comptabilité | accounts |
| le dessus | top |
| sourdre | to rise, to well up |
| la liane | bindweed, tendril |
| crouler | to collapse, crumble, fall in, fall to pieces, go to ruin |
| se contredire | to contradict oneself |
| périssable | perishable |
| priver | to deprive, to take from |
| une quinzaine | group of fifteen, fortnight, two weeks |
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