Napoleon Vocabulary

À peine

Hardly / scarcely

À bout de souffle

Exhausted / out of breath / at the end of one's energy

Écraser

To crush / smash

Côtoyer

To socialize with / rub shoulders with

Foudroyant

Sudden and violent / overwhelming

Accueillir

To welcome / receive

Un échec

A failure

Renverser

To topple / knock over / overthrow

Un complot

A plot / scheme / conspiracy

Bouleverser

To upset / shake up / deeply trouble

Souder

To bring together / unify / bond

Issu de

Resulting from / stemming from

Un préfet

A prefect / high-ranking regional official

L'équilibre (m.)

Balance / equilibrium

Mettre à l'écart

To put to the side / sideline / isolate

Un réseau

A network

Disposer de

To possess / have at one's disposal

À la belle étoile

Under the stars / in the open air

Une borne

A limit / boundary / marker

Anéantir

To destroy / wipe out / annihilate