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La gloire de mon pere
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86
Language - French
9th Grade
12/02/2011
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Term
ainsi que
 Definition
as well as, in addition to
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tel que, tout comme;
tel qu'elle nous les a laisses
 Definition
just as
Term
évoluer
 Definition
to journey
Term
au fur et a mesure que
 Definition
as, at the same time
Term
apercevoir
 Definition
glimpse, to make out, to catch sight of
Term
tenter
 Definition
attempt
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tenter
 Definition
to attempt
Term
parvenir à apprécier
 Definition
come to appreciate
Term
un cabinet d'architectes
 Definition
an architectural firm
Term
la demeure
 Definition
the family home
Term
égayer
 Definition
to brighten
Term
un bucher de brousailles
 Definition
A bonfire
Term
guetter
 Definition
to be on the lookout, to lie in wait for
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guetteur
 Definition
a look out
Term
allumer
 Definition
to light
Term
un tailleur de pierres
 Definition
a stone cutter
Term
Rentrer
 Definition
Return home
Term
Retourner;
J'ai quitté les Pays Bas et je n'y suis jamais retourné.
 Definition
Go back;
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apporter
 Definition
TO BRING SOMETHING (to a place)
Term
Amener
 Definition
Take someone somewhere syn. Emmener
Term
Apporter
 Definition
Bring somebody something;
Term
Emmener
 Definition
Take someone somewhere;
Emmenez les enfants à la campagne.
Syn. Amener
Term
emporter
 Definition
Prendre avec soi
Term
Siffler
 Definition
Whistle
Term
La pudeur
 Definition
Modesty
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Se moucher
 Definition
Blow your nose
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Tandis que
 Definition
While; whereas
Term
Cependant
 Definition
Yet, however, nevertheless
Term
Jaillir
 Definition
Gush out, spring out
Term
évaser
 Definition
To flare out
Term
Une apothéose
 Definition
A blaze
Term
Les étincelles (f)
 Definition
Sparks
Term
à travers
 Definition
Through
Term
Un aieul(e), les aieux
 Definition
Ancestor, grandparent
Term
Tournoyant
 Definition
Whirling
Term
Garnir
 Definition
Fill, stuff
Term
L'acier (m)
 Definition
Steel
Term
Lorsque (conj)
 Definition
When
Term
Les boucles (f);
Une boucle
 Definition
Curls;
Buckle,curl
Term
Le col
 Definition
Collar
Term
Nets
 Definition
Clear
Term
Authorité sur
 Definition
Authority over
Term
Redoutable
 Definition
Formidable, terrifying
Term
Enfoncer
 Definition
To stick into, push into
Term
Maîtee appareilleur
 Definition
?
Term
S'emboîter dans
 Definition
To fit into
Term
Queue d'arondes
 Definition
Dovetails
Term
La rainure
 Definition
Groove
Term
La rainure
 Definition
Groove
Term
Boucher les trous
 Definition
To fill the holes
Term
Noyer;
Se noyer dans un verre d'eau
 Definition
To drown;
To make a mountain out of a mole hill
Term
Patauger dans la rivière
 Definition
To paddle, splash
Term
Pousser de longs gémissements
 Definition
Let out long moans
Term
Allongé
 Definition
Elongated
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Entonnoir
 Definition
Crater, cavity
Term
Creusé
 Definition
Hollowed out
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refoulé
 Definition
Repressed
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Massette
 Definition
Sledgehammer
Term
Habile
 Definition
Clever
Term
Sommaire
 Definition
Rough, perfunctory, cursory
Term
Se saigner aux quatres veines pour qn
 Definition
To make big sacrifices for somebody
Term
entendre
 Definition
hear
Term
laisser entendre
 Definition
?
Term
la t^ache
 Definition
task, job
mener une tache bien
Term
nouer
 Definition
tie
Term
perfide
 Definition
perfidious, treacherous
Term
libidineux
 Definition
lustful
Term
suppo^ts
 Definition
henchmen, dangerous rectionary subversive
Term
percevoir
 Definition
(encaisser) collect taxes
(sentir) feel, experience
Term
atteingner
 Definition
reach, attain
Term
truque
 Definition
rigged
Term
je ne t'en fais pas grief
 Definition
I don't hold it against ou
Term
normalien
 Definition
student at an ecole normal superieure
Term
frais emoulu de
 Definition
fresh from
Term
laique
 Definition
secular, lay-people
Term
attirer leur attention
 Definition
draw their attention
Term
rebuter
 Definition
disgust, repel, reject
Term
Conseil de Famille
 Definition
Board of Guardians
Term
se borner a
 Definition
limit itself to
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rouga^tre
 Definition
reddish
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meconnaissable
 Definition
unrecognizable
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boursouflures (f)
 Definition
swelling, blister
Term
etranglement (m)
 Definition
strangulation
bottlneck
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violace
 Definition
purplish
Term
topinambour (m)
 Definition
jerusalem artichoke
Term
appetissant
 Definition
appealing, appetizing
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