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La Légende baoulé
vocab from the story
50
Language - French
11th Grade
05/30/2010
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Term
le griot
 Definition
the griot chants and tells about the stories of tribes. it's an african tradition.
Term
les palabres
 Definition
words
Term
il y a
 Definition
ago
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au bord de
 Definition
at the edge of
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parmi
 Definition
among
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le paix
 Definition
peace
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un esclave
 Definition
slave
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révolu
 Definition
past
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auprès de
 Definition
very close to, with
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un magnan
 Definition
silkworm
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une paillote
 Definition
a grass hut or shack made out of some natural material
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poissoneux, poissonneuse
 Definition
full of fish
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un filet
 Definition
net (for trapping fish)
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un épine
 Definition
prickle, thorn
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la chair
 Definition
flesh/skin
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sans trêve
 Definition
nonstop, ceaselessly
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talonné
 Definition
hounded, followed from a close distance
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ricaner
 Definition
sneer/laugh
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le sanglier
 Definition
boar
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grogner
 Definition
growl (shows displeasure)
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étonné
 Definition
astonished
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s'écarter
 Definition
to scatter or disperse to let others through
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la broussaille
 Definition
undergrowth, low plants with thorns
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la savane
 Definition
savannah
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le rônier
 Definition
the African Palm
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la horde
 Definition
group of nomads
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entonner
 Definition
singing
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la brousse
 Definition
jungle
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exténué
 Definition
exhausted
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amaigri
 Definition
made thinner, lost wait
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un fleuve
 Definition
big river
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se briser
 Definition
to break/fall
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le cours
 Definition
current of the river
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mugir
 Definition
bellow
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un flot
 Definition
a mass of moving water
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la cime
 Definition
the peak/summit
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glacé d'effroi
 Definition
petrified, frozen with fear
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naguère (adv.)
 Definition
newly, recently
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devenir
 Definition
to become
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le sorcier
 Definition
witch doctor
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s'apaiser
 Definition
to quieten/calm down
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cher
 Definition
precious/dear
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retenir
 Definition
to make oneself heard with force
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effrayé
 Definition
terrified
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serrer
 Definition
to grip, hold against oneself
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droit
 Definition
right
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lancer
 Definition
to throw
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un pont
 Definition
bridge
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un peuple
 Definition
a community/society
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la rive
 Definition
riverbank
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