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La Chevelure et la poésie sensuelle
Le poème en prose, et le poème, de Baudelaire selon La Chevelure
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Physiology
Graduate
03/01/2012

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Le toison
Definition
Mane, fleece
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Moutonnant (moutonner)
Definition
To become fleecy
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L'encolure
Definition
Neck, neckline
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La boucle
Definition
Loop (curl)
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... parfum chargé de NONCHALOIR
Definition
... perfume charged/filled with nonchalance (chaloir = to be of importance; "il ne chaut pas" = to not be important)
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La houle
Definition
A swell (as on ocean)
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Un ÉBLOUISSANT rève
Definition
A dazzling dream
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Retentissant
Definition
Bustling, resounding (retentir)
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La moire
Definition
Moiré
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Frémir
Definition
Shudder, shimmer
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Le roulis
Definition
Rolling (e.g. of sea)
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Le bercement
Definition
Rocking
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Une mèche
Definition
Lock (of hair)
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Tordu(e)
Definition
Twisted ... "Vos mèches tordues" = your twisted locks (of hair)
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La crinière
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Mane
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Semer
Definition
v.t. To sow
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Sourd(e)
Definition
Deaf
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La gourde
Definition
Flask
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Humer
Definition
Inhale
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La chevelure
Definition
Hair ... head of hair
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Secouer
Definition
Shake / shake loose
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Une voilure
Definition
Sail
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La mâture
Definition
Masts (pl.); "dans la mâture" = aloft (in the masts)
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fourmillant
Definition
swarming (une fourmilière = ant hill; un fourmi = ant)
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se prélasser
Definition
To lounge / bask
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Duveté(e)
Definition
Downy ("les rivages duvetés" = the downy bank or shore)
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Le goudron
Definition
Tar; asphalt
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Le musc
Definition
Musk
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Courbé
Definition
Bent (courber = bend) "L'ouvrier courbé"
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Cogner
Definition
Knock, hit hard "[Les démons] cognent en volant les volets et l'auvent" = The demons smash, while stealing the shutters and awnings...
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Le lueur
Definition
Glimmer, gleam
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Une fourmilière
Definition
Ant-hill (un fourmi = ant)
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Remuer
Definition
Move (le bras)
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La fange
Definition
Mud (la boue)
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Un ver
Definition
Worm
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Glapir
Definition
Screech, yelp
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Ronfler
Definition
Snore; also roar
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La catin
Definition
Prostitute
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L'escroc
Definition
Swindler, crook
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Rugissement
Definition
Roaring, howling
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Rugir
Definition
Roar
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Le gouffre
Definition
Abyss; gulf
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