ARLE flashcards

underground shelter (m)

l'abri souterrain

annoyed

agacé (e)

warning (f)

l'alerte

public baths (m)

les bains publics

biscuit with vitamins given to young children during the war

le biscuit vitaminé

treasure hunt

la chasse au trésor

shortened form of the word 'collaborateur' used for French people who worked with the German soldiers

la collabo

to confess

se confesser

dormitory

le dortoir

gifted

doué (e)

stilts

les échasses

aggravated

exacerbé (e)

to smuggle

faire de la contrebande

to search/go through

fouiller

German secret police

la Gestapo

clue (m)

l'indice

to be up to something

manigancer

black market

le marché noir

Virgin Mary

Marie

mean

mesquin (e)

to separate yourself

se mettre à l'écart

French police working with the German army/police

la Milice

gloomy

morne

sign

la pancarte

faded

passé (e)

boarder

le pensionnaire

boarding school

la pensionnat

shortage

la pénurie

French person who believed Pétain would help France out of the war

pétainiste

to pray

prier

prayer

la prière

platform

le qual

to mock

railler

mockery (f)

les railleries

canteen, refectory

le réfectoire

eyes; the look

le regard

to notice

remarquer

lipstick

le rouge à lèvres

sermon

le sermon

to be suspicious

(avoir) des soupçons

to remember, to recall

se souvenir

memories (m)

les souvenirs

surprised

stupéfait (e)

sadness

la tristesse

changing room (m)

les vestiaires

negative word meaning a Jew

le youpin

insulting word for a Jewish person

youtre