L'Etranger

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