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Cinq semaines en ballon
vocab from this book.
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Language - French
Undergraduate 2
01/20/2011
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Term
trancher
 Definition
to slice
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hâlé, bronzé
 Definition
suntanned
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causer de
 Definition
to talk, chat about (fam.)
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le perron
 Definition
the stoop, front steps
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une théirère
 Definition
a teapot
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un noyau (abricot, pêche, prune, cerise), un trognon (pomme, poire)
 Definition
core of a fruit
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contourner
 Definition
to bypass
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parvenir à
 Definition
to reach, attain
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gravir une montagne, faire l'ascension d'une montagne
 Definition
to climb a mountain
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enfoncer
 Definition
to push in, sink in
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un pelage
 Definition
coat, pelt
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(se) renfermer
 Definition
to contain (to become withdrawn)
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carré
 Definition
square (adj)
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le chanvre
 Definition
hemp
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un tuyau
 Definition
a pipe (as in cylinder)
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un robinet
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a faucet, tap
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il y a peu d'arbres.
 Definition
there aren't many trees.
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une boussole
 Definition
a compass
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un tonneau (vin, bière), un baril (pétrole)
 Definition
a barrel
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le charbon
 Definition
coal, charcoal
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un sortilége, un charme, une formule magique
 Definition
a spell
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la grêle
 Definition
hail (as in, the meteorological event)
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une entaille (bois), une bosse (métal)
 Definition
a dent
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changer d'aspect
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to start looking different
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un étang
 Definition
a (large) pond
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la charpente
 Definition
the structure, framework
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hérisser
 Definition
to raise, ruffle, bristle
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le tréfle
 Definition
clover
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l'ensens (m)
 Definition
incense
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le vacarme
 Definition
din, racket
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épurer
 Definition
to purify
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une crête
 Definition
a crest (as in, like, mountain ridge)
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au ras de
 Definition
at the level of
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un rameur
 Definition
a rower
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plier (bras, jambe, doigt, fil), courber (dos, tête)
 Definition
to bend
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une pelouse
 Definition
a lawn (more for sports than residences)
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une hache
 Definition
an axe
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sommaire
 Definition
perfunctory (summary)
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l'orge (f)
 Definition
barley
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ébahi
 Definition
dumbfounded
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la marée
 Definition
the tide
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des roseaux (m)
 Definition
reeds
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puisque
 Definition
since
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la netteté, la méticulosité, l'aspect soigné (m)
 Definition
neatness (3)
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égayer
 Definition
to enliven
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suinter de
 Definition
to seep through
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aimanté
 Definition
magnetic
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un apôtre
 Definition
an apostle
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ensevelir
 Definition
to entomb
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déblayer
 Definition
to clear (a site)
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emplir
 Definition
to fill
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un puits
 Definition
a well
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la pureté
 Definition
purity
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bouffi, boursouflé, ballonné
 Definition
puffy, bloated
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un amoncellement
 Definition
a pile, accumulation
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(tout) bonnement
 Definition
(quite) simply
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pinter
 Definition
to get drunk (colloq)
note- ...not actually in this book
Term
se tarir
 Definition
to dry up, run dry
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la défaillance
 Definition
failure (of a body part)
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clouer
 Definition
to pin, nail down
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déceler (un erreur, un changement), détecter (un son, un crime)
 Definition
to detect
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épuiser
 Definition
to exhaust
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râler
 Definition
to grumble, moan
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l'acharnement (m)
 Definition
furious energy
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une trombe
 Definition
a waterspout, cyclone
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un rugissement
 Definition
a roaring, howling
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un appât
 Definition
bait
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en vigie (vigie lit.= le nid de courbeau dans un navire)
 Definition
on the lookout
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atteler
 Definition
to harness
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une tige
 Definition
a stem
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une ruche
 Definition
a beehive
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les fientes
 Definition
animal droppings, shit
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un canot
 Definition
a small boat, dinghy
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nous ne tarderons pas à descendre.
 Definition
we wont waste any time in descending; we will immediately descend.
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(se) jucher (sur)
 Definition
to perch (on)
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un postiche
 Definition
a wig, false hair
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un enchevêtrement
 Definition
a tangle, labyrinth
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une nappe
 Definition
a layer, coating, tablecloth
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dégourdir
 Definition
to warm up, loosen up
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cela n'en vaut vraiment pas la peine.
 Definition
It's really not worth your trouble.
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un crochet (vêtements, peinture), un hameçon (la pêche)
 Definition
a hook
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je ne serai pas longtemps absent.
 Definition
I won't be gone for long.
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la ferraille
 Definition
scrap metal
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un chiffon
 Definition
a rag
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la boue
 Definition
mud
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maussade
 Definition
bleak, sullen, grey (mostly pertaining to landscape or weather)
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