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Details Title Wangrin 4 Description more words from Total Cards 110 Subject Language - French Created 12/26/2010

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Term leste	Definition nimble
Term on le surnommait tantôt "belle bichette des, carrefours", tantôt "aigrette des caravansérails" (notez la répetition de "tantôt"- il est nécessaire pour utiliser cette structure.)	Definition she was called sometimes "hot lady at the crossroads", other times "egret of the caravanserais"
Term affaler	Definition to collapse, slump
Term daigner	Definition to deign
Term le pâturage	Definition the pasture, terrain
Term une moue	Definition a pout
Term un trousseau	Definition a bunch (of keys, generally, can mean a drawerful of clothes)
Term un canif	Definition a pocketknife
Term rengainer	Definition to sheath
Term (s')entailler	Definition to cut, gash (oneself)
Term un oisillon	Definition a fledgeling
Term transi(e) de peur	Definition paralyzed by fear
Term nicher	Definition to nest
Term bercer	Definition to rock (a boat, baby)
Term un pilon	Definition a pestle
Term une foule	Definition a crowd
Term un fanion	Definition a pennant (in procession, on car)
Term un préau	Definition a covered playground, exercise ground, inner courtyard
Term un cour	Definition a courtyard
Term davantage	Definition more (adverb)
Term Wangrin se contenta d'un verre de limonade.	Definition Wangrin contented himself with a glass of lemonade (in passé anterieur)
Term le lendemain de son arrivée,	Definition the day after he arrived,
Term un écart	Definition a distance, gap (in space, time, or amount)
Term chatouiller	Definition to tickle
Term fredonner	Definition to hum
Term tracasser	Definition to worry, bother
Term un beignet	Definition a doughnut, fritter
Term une fosse	Definition a pit
Term s'affoler	Definition to panic
Term parer de	Definition to adorn with
Term parer à	Definition to deal with, guard against
Term l'hygiène de la ville t'importe peu?	Definition The hygiene of the city doesn't matter to you?
Term esquisser	Definition to outline, draft
Term molle	Definition soft, weak
Term gâter	Definition to spoil
Term une moustiquaire	Definition a mosquito net
Term cimenter	Definition to cement
Term il ne savait que faire	Definition he didn't know what to do.
Term serrer qqn dans les bras	Definition to hug someone
Term une étreinte	Definition a hug
Term frôler (pas de mot petit)	Definition to brush against
Term braquer sur	Definition to point at, aim at
Term devancer ex, ils ont devancé la police sur les lieux de l'accident	Definition to (ex, arrive) ahead of somebody, to anticipate
Term la tracasserie	Definition harrassment
Term museler	Definition to muzzle
Term relever	Definition to season (also to raise, to take note, to relieve someone from a duty)
Term un outil	Definition a tool
Term bredouille, les mains vides	Definition empty-handed
Term le gré	Definition a preference, liking, pleasure
Term une bribe	Definition a snippet
Term une écorce	Definition the bark (of a tree)
Term un bolide	Definition a fireball, or racing car
Term recueillir (des choses abstraite), ramasser (des objets)	Definition to gather
Term la popote (la cuisine est plus commun)	Definition the cooking
Term être en vadrouille	Definition to be wandering about
Term chaude alerte!	Definition red alert!
Term sous les verrous	Definition under lock and key
Term fébrile	Definition feverish (excitement, activity)
Term le cuivre	Definition copper
Term un buffle	Definition a buffalo
Term une fois prêt,	Definition once ready,
Term reluire (le métal, etc), briller (le soleil, la lumière, les cheveux)	Definition to shine
Term nonobstant	Definition notwithstanding, without regards to
Term le comptoir	Definition the counter, bar
Term arracher	Definition to dig up, tear down
Term les menottes	Definition handcuffs
Term une civière	Definition a stretcher
Term dénouer	Definition to undo, unravel
Term épancher	Definition to pour out, to vent one's emotions
Term un lascar	Definition a rascal
Term s'avachir	Definition to let oneself go
Term prêt à tout	Definition ready for anything
Term il me faut cette fille.	Definition i need this girl.
Term le comble	Definition the most extreme point (of an emotion or an object)
Term délester (décharger: meilleur traduction pour "unload")	Definition to unload, to divert traffic or electricity from
Term coudre	Definition to sew
Term pulluler	Definition to swarm
Term grouiller de	Definition to be swarming with (people)
Term un badaud, un spectateur	Definition an onlooker
Term évoluer	Definition to evolve
Term nous ne pouvons faire autrement	Definition there's nothing else we can do
Term agenouiller	Definition to kneel
Term user	Definition to wear out
Term un autel	Definition an altar
Term chuchoter	Definition to whisper
Term amorcer	Definition to begin, activate, boot up (a computer)
Term une pene glissante	Definition a slippery slope
Term un bouc	Definition a male goat, or a goatee
Term une dot	Definition a dowry
Term une fourche	Definition a fork (ex, in a road)
Term avoir le cafard	Definition to be down in the dumps
Term un pompier	Definition a fireman
Term un astre	Definition a celestial body (including the stars)
Term divaguer	Definition to ramble on, rave, talk nonsense
Term la floraison	Definition the blooming
Term embaumer	Definition to give out a fragrance
Term le roucoulement	Definition cooing
Term fatidique	Definition fateful, prophetic
Term la guigne	Definition bad luck
Term un miaulement	Definition a meowing
Term bondir sur	Definition to pounce on
Term un clochard (urbain), un vagabond (rural)	Definition a tramp
Term fortuné, riche, aisé, nanti	Definition well-off
Term l'écume (f)	Definition the froth
Term la crinière	Definition mane (of an animal)
Term puer (qqch)	Definition to stink (of something)
Term un van	Definition a large basket for grain, also a minibus
Term jadis	Definition ages ago, in the past (adverb)
Term la ouïe	Definition a sense of hearing
Term habile	Definition skillful, clever

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