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Vol de Nuit : Vocabulaire : Chapitres 14-19
For WORD SEARCH, find the French equivalent of the English term.
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| écarter | to put aside, to thrust back |
| un rideau | curtain |
| là-haut | up there |
| une fourberie | knavery, trickery |
| étaler | to display, to lay out |
| oisif, -sive | idle, lazy, unoccupied |
| par un temps pareil | in such weather, with the weather as it is or was |
| c'est convenu | it's agreed, settled |
| dès que | as soon as |
| s'éponger | mop or wipe (perspiration from) one's brow |
| récuser | to reject, to thrust aside |
| brancher | turn or switch (a telephone call) |
| parvenir | to arrive, come, reach |
| se dresser | to rise, to stand up |
| le partage | division, sharing |
| une patrie | home, native country |
| le poing | fist |
| auprès de | near, by the side of |
| épargner | to save, to spare |
| dépasser | to exceed, go or come beyond, transcend |
| le cœur serré | with a heavy heart |
| une brise | breeze |
| arracher à | to snatch from |
| s'évanouir | to fade away, faint, pass away |
| une pierre | stone |
| un remords | regret, remorse |
| contraindre | to compel, constrain, force |
| un harnais | armor, fetter, harness |
| ensevelir | to bury, to swallow up |
| un espoir | hope |
| droite | right, straight, upright |
| une étincelle | spark, shock (of electricity) |
| lâcher | to blurt out, let go, release |
| casser la figure à quelqu'un | smash somebody's face (in) |
| un abîme | gulf, abyss |
| une auberge | inn, tavern |
| prouver | to show (in this context) |
| enseveli(e) | buried |
| à l'abri de | under cover or shelter of |
| un éboulement | cave-in, landslide |
| mettre le cap (à) | to steer one's course (toward) |
| la matière | matter |
| enfoncé(e) | sunk |
| se mêler | to mingle, to mix |
| arracher de | to tear loose from |
| déboulonné(e) | unriveted |
| ivre | drunk, ecstatic, transported |
| emboutir | to crash |
| n'importe où | no matter where, anywhere |
| une fusée éclairante | (landing) rocket |
| dériver | to drift, to go off one's course |
| une poussière | dust |
| effrayer | to frighten, to terrify |
| un bélier | ram, battering-ram |
| amortir | to break, deaden, diminish |
| une baudruche | (toy) balloon |
| mou / molle | flabby, soft |
| tenter sa chance | to try one's luck |
| une déchirure | break, rent, rift |
| un appât | bait, decoy,lure |
| mordre | to bite, bite at (like a fish), nibble at |
| une trombe | waterspout, whirlwind |
| mortel / mortelle | fatal (in this context) |
| un repère | guiding mark, mark |
| peindre | to depict, to paint |
| la boue | mud, sediment |
| éblouir | to dazzle |
| une barque | barge, (small) boat |
| la digue | dike, embankment, mole |
| une rafale | gust, squall |
| une trombe d'eau | waterspout |
| les limbes (m) | limbo |
| dénouer | to untie |
| errer | to roam, to wander |
| muré(e) | locked or walled in |
| une pierrerie | jewel, precious stone |
| Commodoro Rivadavia | Comodoro Rivadavia (seaport of Argentina, about 900 miles southwest of Buenos Aires) |
| Patagonie | Patagonia (vast region in South America forming southern portion of Argentine Republic and Chile) |
| grésillement | crackling (noise), static |
| faire la chaîne | to relay (a message from station to station) |
| drosser | to take (a ship) off the course |
| méditer | to meditate (upon), to muse or ponder (over) |
| sombrer | to founder, to go down |
| vider | to drain, to empty |
| un étang | pond, pool |
| un corps | body, corpse |
| au coude plié | with elbows folded |
| un fond | bottom, (sandy) bottom (of the sea) |
| noyer | to drown |
| un agneau | lamb |
| un sillon | furrow, field (under cultivation) |
| mouillé(e) | drenched, soaked, wet |
| la luzerne | luzerne grass, (field of) clover |
| prêter | to lend |
| rendre | to surrender, throw off, yield |
| relier | to bind, to join |
| paisable | calm, peaceful, tranquil, undisturbed |
| couler | to flow, glide, run (of water) |
| le désespoir | despair |
| se témoigner | to give evidence or proof of |
| borner | to confine, to limit |
| désarmé(e) | disarmed, helpless |
| un équipage fantôme | phantom crew, phantom ship |
| à la dérobée | slyly, stealthily |
| éprouver | to experience, feel, test |
| entrouvert(e) | half-open, turned back (of a bed-sheet) |
| le juron | oath |
| réclamer | ro claim, to demand |
| un bordereau | account, memorandum |
| expédier | to dispatch, to forward |
| étaler | to display, to lay out |
| la gêne | embarrassment, torment, torture |
| tousser | to cough |
| insolite | unprecedented, unusual |
| inconvenant(e) | improper, unconventional |
| auguste | august, holy |
| agir | to act |
| plaider pour | to plead for or in behalf of |
| fervent(e) | earnest, fervent |
| le dévouement | devotion |
| importun(e) | importunate, obtrusive, troublesome |
| fuir | to flee |
| un haussement | raising, shrug (of shoulders) |
| taire | to make silent, to silence |
| indisponible | unavailable |
| ralentir | to slacken, to slow down |
| un voilier | sailing vessel |
| ranimer | to give new life to, to revive |
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