Kim Thúy, Ru - Vocabulaire à apprendre (Automne 2025)

déchirer en deux

to tear in two

remplacer

to replace

prolongement (m)

extension

bateau (m)

boat

paradis (m)

paradise

enfer (m)

hell

emprissoner

to imprison

berceuse (f)

lullaby

choix (m)

choice

vaincu/e

defeated (verb is vaincre)

nu/e

naked

rêve (m)

dream

havre (m)

heaven

becrer

to cradle/soothe

expulser

to expel

marcher dans les traces de 

to walk in someone’s footsteps

guerre (f)

war

paix (f)

peace

inutile

useless

ombre (f)

shadow

honte (f)

shame

outil (m)

tool

s’enraciner

to put down roots

étranger, étrangère

foreign

s’évader

to escape

babouche (f)

slipper

vider

to empty

éviter

to avoid

libéré/e de

freed from

mur de brique (m)

brick wall

vainqueur/vaincu

winner/loser

laisser en héritage

to bequeath

encombrer

to hamper

trajet (m)

journey

pont (m)

bridge

élever

to raise

compromis (m)

compromise

se soutenir

to support one another

partage (m)

sharing

protéger

to protect

effacé/e

retiring, self-effacing

critiquer

to criticize

uniquement

only

enviter

to envy

hériter de

to inherit from

bol (m)

bowl

rêve américain (m)

american dream

la malaisie

malaysia

cadeau (m)

present

mon propre rêve

my own dream

greffe (f)

graft

excroissance (f)

outgrowth

cacher

to hide

survive (f)

survival

muet

mute

autiste

autistic

prisonnier (m)

prisoner

geste (m)

gesture

nuance (f)

subtle distinction

sauver

to save

fruite (f) en bateau

escape by boat

Détruire

to destroy

survivreà 

to survive (PC: j’ai survécu)

déménager

to move

modeler

to shape

manquer à

to miss (tu me manques)

à l’écart

standing apart

enregistrer

to tape (sound)

grille-pain (m)

toaster

ancrage (m)

anchoring, roosting

parfum (m)

scent, fragrance

assouplissant (m)

softener

chez-soi (m)

home, place of their own

mal du pays (m)

homesickness

blesser

to harm

cicatrice (f)

scar

station d’essence (f)

gas station

moment de complicité (m)

shared moment

recul (m)

hindsight

apatride

stateless person