évoquer
to remind sb of sth, to evoke sth, to conjure up sth
écarter
to discard, to dismiss, to rule out
se rendre
to go
un rédacteur
writer, author, editor
une polémique
argument, controversy
soumettre
to submit, subdue, defeat, to subject
l'inutilité
uselessness
sanglant
bloody, cruel, harsh
cependant
yet, nevertheless
entraîner
to lead to, to bring about
fermement
firmly, solidly, steadfastly
l'impuissance (f)
helplessness, powerlessness
le blâme
blame, censure, disapproval
romanesque
fictional, novel, books
une esclave
slave
routinier (adj)
routinely
s'aviser
to realize, to notice, to become aware of;
to risk, to dare
scellé
sealed
le meurtre
murder, assassination
un détachement
detachment
la plénitude
fullness, richness
l'aboutissement
completion, result, outcome
un élan
impulse
la lutte
fight, struggle
le recueil
collection
exilé
cut off, exiled
les noces
honeymoon, wedding anniversary
l'attente (f)
expectation
l'asile de vieillards
old people's home
veiller
to stay up
en somme
in short, all in all
l'angoisse (f)
anguish
assoupi
dozing, dull, numb, calm
une allure
look, appearance
étourdi
absent
emprunter
to borrow
tassé
stiff, shrunken, slumped
subvenir
to fulfill, to meet, to provide for
retirer
to take back
un jacassement
chattering
athée
atheist
une verrière
glass roof, glass wall, canopy
la chaux
whitewash
le chevalet
easel, tripod, support
une bière
coffin, casket
le couvercle
lid, cover
la planche
plank, board
un sarrau
smock, overall
un foulard
scarf
dévisser
to unscrew, to detach
bégayer
to stammer, to stutter
gêné
self
tortiller
to roll, to wiggle
un teint
complexion, cast
un bandeau
blindfold, eye patch
le frelon
hornet
bourdonner
to buzz
indigent
impoverished
l'éclaboussement
splashing, spattering
la coutume
custom, tradition
empiler
to pile up
la garde
guard, watch, care
une ombre
shade
les courbes
curves, contour
une pureté
purity
un tablier
apron
le cordon
cord, string
bombé
bulging, rounded, convex
une lueur
glow, gleam, flash
un nid
nest, den
dodeliner
to sway
affaisser
to lower
morne
gloomy, dismal, lugubrious, dreary, bleak
bredouiller
to mumble, to mutter
le soupir
sigh
le sanglot
sobbing
renifler
to sniff
le clappement
clapping
agripper
to hang on, to grasp, to grip
fixement
(to state) fixedly
cracher sur
to turn your nose up at sth; to spit
l'arrachement (m)
wrenching
incommode
inconvenient
la cendre
ashes, cinders
l'intimité
intimacy
le rougeur
redness
une cloche
bell
la funèbre
funeral
le pensionnaire
boarder, lodger, resident
le convoi
convoy, group
un puéril
childish, juvenile
le curé
cleric, vicar
le prêtre
priest
un drap
sheet, bath towel
déléguer
to delegate, to appoint
osseux
bony, skeletal, wasted
un plumier
pencil case
un feutre
felt hat, fedora
mou
soft, weak, meek