Les misèrables vocabulaire

unit 2 french 3U

recueil

collection

obsèques

funeral; funeral service

farouchement

fiercely; bitterly; hotly

bagne

labour camp

bagnard

convict

trapu

brainy; bright; tough

mairie

city hall

auberge

inn; hotel

se diriger

direct; find your way

renseigner

to inform

bout

piece; bit

cheminée

fireplace; chimney

propriétaire

owner; proprietor

vous êtes au courant vous aussi

you know too

s’allogner

lie down; stretch out

évêque

bishop

diocèse

diocese

se consacrer

to dedicate oneself

galérian

galley slave

chasser

to chase

rude

hard; tough

carreau

panel; tile

galère

gallery; pain; chore

escalvage

slavery; bondage

argenterie

silverware

s’enfuire

to flee; take flight

s’écrier

to exclaim; cry out; shout

chandelier

candlestick; candelabras

vous n’appertenez plus au mal, mais au bien

you no longer belong to evil, but to good

bouleversé

shaken; overwhelmed

échapper à

escape from; avoid

coûteux

costly; expensive

émeute

disturbance; riot

minutieusement

meticulously; carefully

maîtresse

mistress

ouvrière

worker

amant

lover

préfet

prefect

digne

dignified; honourable; worthy

grossier

rude; impolite

charrette

cart; barrow

paysan

farmer; peasant

couvent

monastery; convent

atelier

workshop; studio; factory floor

elle se porte à merveille

she is doing wonderfully

maigreur

thinness

hélas

unfortunately; sadly; alas

couturière

dress maker; seamstress

coudre

to sew

prétexter

claim; pretend; profess

surnommer

nickname

ramasser

to pick up

enfoncer

to sink

au paravent

formerly; before; back in the day

redevenir

become (smt) again

soigner

to treat; care for

étaint

being; as a + noun

nier

to deny; refute; adjure

récidire

repeat offence

soupçonner

to suspect

il s’agit bien du lui

it is really about him

auprès de

beside; close to

saisir

to grasp

corrée

duty chore

noyé

drowned person

metelot

sailor

navire

ship

dérisoire

ridiculous; unbelievable

aviron

oar

cesse

stop; cease

purger

drain; bleed

atentours

surroundings; vicinity

tricoter

to knit

bas de laine

wool socks

trouer

to tear

dernier-né(e)

youngest child

agir

to act

s’agir de

to be a question of (smt); concerning

tablier

apron

seau

bucket

se pencher

to lean over

peser

to weigh

secousse

tremor; jolt

fouetter

to whip

usé

worn out

envahir

invade; overrun

rez-de-chaussée

ground floor

entrepôt

warehouse; depot

horticulteur

gardener

sursant

start; jolt; jerk

affreux

awful; atrocious

balayer

sweep

prier

to pray

crépuscule

twilight; dusk

aumône

charity; favour

mendiant

beggar

réverbère

lamppost

éteint

extinguished

carrefour

crossroads

étroite

narrow