Chapître 3

débattre

to wrangle over

débattre de

to debate

écarter

to move aside, take away

s’accorder

to be compatible, allow o.s. something

entamer

to start on, dip into

mordre

to bite (into)

gicler

to spurt, splash

creuser

to hollow, sag

somptueux

splendid

à pois

polkadot

rosse

mean, nag (horse)

s’esquiver

to avoid, slip away

cramoisi

crimson

un canot

small boat, rowing boat

suborneur

PENDING

la joue

cheek (face)

le cou

neck

arracher

to remove

la dérive

drift

insouciance

carefreeness

le peignoir

dressing gown

ôter

to take something off

la flétrissure

blemish, wrinkle

louper

to miss

clore

to close, shut off, end

epouventer

to scare, horrify

pérorer

to hold forth (on the subject of)

impavide

fearless

gémissant

moaning, wailing, whining

le coquillage

shell(fish)

la pierre

stone

tiede

tepid, lukewarm, halfhearted