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La Veuve de Saint-Pierre Vocab
Vocabulary from the movie La Veuve de Saint-Pierre
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Language - French
Undergraduate 2
04/04/2011
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Term
La Veuve
 Definition
the widow
Term
Une ile
 Definition
an island
Term
le brouillard
 Definition

fog

 
Term
un pecheur
 Definition
fisherman
Term
une taverne
 Definition
an inn
Term
un pari
 Definition
a bet
Term
la morue
 Definition
cod
Term
un meurtrier
 Definition
a murderer
Term
le bagne
 Definition
convict prison
Term
le rachat (d'un péché)
 Definition
atonement (for a sin)
Term
la bonté
 Definition
goodness
Term
le pardon
 Definition
forgiveness
Term
un borreau
 Definition
executioner
Term
une serre
 Definition
greenhouse
Term
la cour
 Definition
courtyard
Term
une cellule
 Definition
a cell (prison)
Term
le Conseil
 Definition
the council
Term
les notables
 Definition
the leading citizens
Term
une émeute
 Definition
an uprising
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une barque
 Definition
a row boat
Term
l'abnégation
 Definition
self-sacrifice
Term
la clémence
 Definition
mercy
Term
la trahison
 Definition
treason
Term
la sédition
 Definition
sedition
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la cour martiale
 Definition
court martial
Term
la peine de mort
 Definition
the death penalty
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une hache
 Definition
an axe
Term
un plaidoyer pour/contre
 Definition
a plea for/against
Term
se souler
 Definition
to get drunk
Term
commettre un crime
 Definition
to commit a crime
Term
se venger
 Definition
to have one's revenge
Term
perdre la face
 Definition
to lose face
Term
pardonner
 Definition
to forgive
Term
faire pousser des fleurs
 Definition
to grow flowers
Term
avoir confiance en qq'un
 Definition
to trust someone
Term
ramer
 Definition
to row
Term
s'enfuir
 Definition
to flee
Term
s'échapper
 Definition
to escape
Term
faire fusiller qq'un
 Definition
to have someone shot
Term
etre relevé de ses fonctions
 Definition
to be dismissed
Term
avoir raison/tort
 Definition
to be right/wrong
Term
soule/ivre
 Definition
drunk
Term
sobre
 Definition
sober
Term
enteté
 Definition
stubborn
Term
pudique
 Definition
modest
Term
ambigue
 Definition
ambiguous
Term
lache
 Definition
cowardly
Term
lucide
 Definition
clear-sighted
Term
déchirant
 Definition
heartrending
Term
digne
 Definition
dignified
Term
résigné
 Definition
submissive
Term
abolitionniste
 Definition
abolitionist
Term
autrement
 Definition
otherwise
Term
parmi
 Definition
among
Term
un cambriolage
 Definition
a housebreaking
Term
un vol
 Definition
a robbery
Term
un viol
 Definition
a rape
Term
un homocide volontaire
 Definition
a murder
Term
un homocide involontaire
 Definition
manslaughter
Term
l'enquete
 Definition
the investigator
Term
une piste
 Definition
a leade
Term
un mobile
 Definition
a motive
Term
une preuve
 Definition
a piece of evidence
Term
un témoin
 Definition
a witness
Term
le tribunal
 Definition
the courtroom
Term
le proces
 Definition
the trial
Term
le juge
 Definition
the judge
Term
les jurés
 Definition
the jury
Term
un avocat
 Definition
a lawyer
Term
etre arreté
 Definition
to be arrested
Term
etre interrogé
 Definition
to be questioned
Term
avouer
 Definition
to confess
Term
etre condamné a
 Definition
to be sentenced to
Term
etre incarcéré
 Definition
to be jailed
Term
la réclusion a perpétuité
 Definition
life sentence
Term
un bateau de peche
 Definition
a fishing boat
Term
un filet
 Definition
net
Term
une truite
 Definition
a trout
Term
un saumon
 Definition
a salmon
Term
un thon
 Definition
a tuna
Term
une sole
 Definition
a sole
Term
des fruits de mer
 Definition
seafood
Term
une huitre
 Definition
an oyster
Term
une moule
 Definition
a mussel
Term
un crabe
 Definition
a crab
Term
une crevette
 Definition
a shrimp
Term
un homard
 Definition
a lobster
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