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The Strangers French Vocabulary
Chapter 1
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Literature
11th Grade
04/14/2011
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l'asile
 Definition
home for the elderly
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l'enterrement
 Definition
funeral
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veiller
 Definition
sit at a wake
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le patron
 Definition
boss
Term
classé
 Definition
settled
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revêtir
 Definition
to put on, to take on
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la peine
 Definition
grief, sorrow
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étourde
 Definition
dizzy
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un brassard
 Definition
armband to show you are in mourning
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les cahots
 Definition
jolts
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s'assopuir
 Definition
to doze off
Term
un dossier
 Definition
a file
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le soutien
 Definition
support
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subvenir aux besions de quelqu'un
 Definition
to meet the needs of someone
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un pensionnaire
 Definition
boarder
Term
la disparue
 Definition
the dead woman
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athée
 Definition
athiest
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blaochie à la chaux
 Definition
white-washed
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une verrière
 Definition
sky light
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une bière
 Definition
coffin
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un couvercle
 Definition
lid
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une vis
 Definition
a screw
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un sarrau
 Definition
a smock
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begayer
 Definition
to stammer
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dévisser
 Definition
unscrew
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tortiller
 Definition
to twist
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un frelon
 Definition
a hornet
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bourdonner
 Definition
to buzz
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le commutateur
 Definition
light switch
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l'éclat
 Definition
brightness
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tricoter
 Definition
to knit
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somnoler
 Definition
to doze
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un frolement
 Definition
light touch
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aveuglant
 Definition
blinding
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avoir peine à, avoir du mal à
 Definition
to have difficulty
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un tablier
 Definition
apron
Term
le ventre
 Definition
abdomen, belly
Term
frapper
 Definition
to strike
Term
une lueur
 Definition
a faint light
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un nid de rides
 Definition
a nest of wrinckles
Term
hocher la tête
 Definition
to shake one's head
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un tic
 Definition
a twitching
Term
dodeliner
 Definition
rock, wag
Term
bredouiller
 Definition
mumble, stammer
Term
être lié avec
 Definition
to be connected intimately
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le soupir
 Definition
sigh
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les sanglots
 Definition
sobs
Term
renifler
 Definition
to sniffle
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pénible
 Definition
difficult
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sucer
 Definition
to suck
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un clappement
 Definition
smacking
Term
incommode
 Definition
inconvenient
Term
l'intimité
 Definition
intimacy
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un platane
 Definition
plane trane
Term
un remue-ménage
 Definition
commotion
Term
une pièce
 Definition
document
Term
assister à
 Definition
to be present at
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interdire
 Definition
to forbid
Term
le curé
 Definition
catholic priest
Term
les enfants de choeur
 Definition
choir boys
Term
un drap
 Definition
a sheet
Term
osseux
 Definition
bony
Term
un plumier
 Definition
a pen case, box
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un ordonnateur
 Definition
manager
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un feutre mou
 Definition
soft felt hat
Term
aux ailes larges
 Definition
wide brimmed hat
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tirebouchonner
 Definition
sag
Term
blafard, pâle
 Definition
wan
Term
se recouvrir
 Definition
to put one's hat back on
Term
une trêve
 Definition
truce, relief
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dêbordant
 Definition
brust forth, overflow
Term
déprimant
 Definition
depressing
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claudiquer
 Definition
to limp
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à mon niveur
 Definition
at my level, next to me
Term
le crépitement
 Definition
crackling
Term
s'éventer
 Definition
to fan oneself
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unsoutenable
 Definition
unbearable
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le goudron
 Definition
tar
Term
le cocher
 Definition
coachman
Term
pétrir
 Definition
form, knead, mold
Term
la vase
 Definition
mud
Term
gluant
 Definition
sticky
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terne
 Definition
dull, without luster
Term
le cuir
 Definition
leather
Term
le crottin
 Definition
horse dung
Term
le vernis
 Definition
varnish
Term
une nuée
 Definition
cloud
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une insolation
 Definition
sunstroke
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la transpiration, la sueur
 Definition
sweat
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ruisseler
 Definition
to run down, stream
Term
l'évanouissement
 Definition
action of fainting
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la racine
 Definition
root
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