Chapître 2
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53 Terms
un contour
edge, outline
volontiers
willingly (IT: volontieri)
percevoir
to perceive, detect, sense
blessé
upset, hurt
s’empêcher
to stop o.s. from doing something
cueillir
to pick up, gather
glaïeul
gladeolus (flower)
accablant(e)
overwhelming
clouer
to pin down, nail to
un clou
nail
une épave
flotsam and jetsam, junk
se déchirer
to tear, damage
oblique
slanted
rancunier
resentful, bitter
un coup de boutoir
(verbal) assault
éclatant
brilliant, dazzling
une paupière
eyelid
serré
closed
étourdissement
dizziness, drunkenness
un soupir
sigh
vanné
spent, ready to drop
machinalement
automatically
méprisant
scornful, contemptuous
une défaillance
breakdown
la tête en arrière
PENDING
la portière
(car) door
se précipiter
to rush forward
s’ébrouer
to snort, (dog: to shake o.s.)
tour à tour
in turns
être haute en couleur
to be flamboyant, colourful
microcéphale
PENDING
avouer
to confess
rapidaire
short and sharp, concise
un carnet
notebook, book (of stamps)
éclater
to break, burst
rancunière
resentful
malveillant
malevolent, malicious
un chandail
jumper
bafouiller
to stammer, stutter, mumble
un tilleul
lime tree
la cour
courtyard
avoir des nattes
to have plaits (hair)
la Vilaine
Vilaine (river in Brittany)
le chagrin
grief, sorrow
édifiant
enlightening
quelunque
ordinary, any
ostentation
ostentation
se borner à
to limit o.s. to
convenable
suitable
provisoire
temporary
jaillir
to spring (to mind)
la turpitude
depravity
la bassesse
meanness
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