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Le Petit Nicolas Vocabulary
Vocabulary found in the short story collection Le Petit Nicolas
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Language - French
Undergraduate 1
09/30/2009
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Term
la maîtresse
 Definition
elementary school teacher
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la cour
 Definition
play area at a school
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la récréation (la récré)
 Definition
recess
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le/la chouchou
 Definition
the teacher's pet
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donner un coup de poing
 Definition
to punch someone
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le rang
 Definition
row
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crier
 Definition
to yell
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le guignol
 Definition
a marionnette, a clown, or a person acting like a clown (a person clowning around)
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epatant(e)
 Definition
great
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mouillé(e)
 Definition
wet
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être coincé(e)
 Definition
to be stuck
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un avertissement
 Definition
warning
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mordre
 Definition
to bite
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la tache
 Definition
stain
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empêcher
 Definition
to keep from, to hinder, to make impossible
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chercher noise
 Definition
to look for a quarrel/fight
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faire de la peine à quelqu'un
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to make someone sad
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être de la faute de
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to be the fault of
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défendre à quelqu'un de + infinitif
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to forbid someone to do something
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enrager, être enragé
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to be rabid
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la rage
 Definition
rabies
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un balai
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a broom
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cracher
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to spit
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gratter
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to scratch
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la patte
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leg or foot of an animal
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baver
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to drool
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un bienfaiteur/un bienfaitrice
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a benefactor
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guérir
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to heal, to recover
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lécher
 Definition
to lick
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mignon/mignonne
 Definition
cute, adorable
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une niche
 Definition
a doghouse
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une planche
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a board
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un outil
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a tool
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trier
 Definition
to choose
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garder
 Definition
to guard
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faire le beau
 Definition
to show off
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un gamin/une gamine
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kid, child
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un collier
 Definition
necklace, dog collar
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porter plainte contre quelqu'un
 Definition
to file a police report against someone
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les sous
 Definition
money, pocket change
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une tirelire
 Definition
piggybank
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le boudin
 Definition
sausage
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fourrer
 Definition
to hide
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un pot-au-feu
 Definition
sort of beef stew
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avoir l'air andouille
 Definition
to look like an idiot
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déchirer
 Definition
to rip, tear
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faire une partie de + sport
 Definition
to play...
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viser
 Definition
to aim
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le trottoir
 Definition
sidewalk
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s'entraîner
 Definition
to practice
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chiffonné(e)
 Definition
wrinkled
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avoir une boule dans la gorge
 Definition
to feel ready to cry, to be overcome with emotion
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un carnet
 Definition
report card
Term
faire foi
 Definition
to prove, to demonstrate
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priver quelqu'un de quelque chose
 Definition
to deprive someone of something
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pourrait faire mieux
 Definition
could do better
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appliqué(e)
 Definition
studious
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le bagne
 Definition
prison
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un vaurien
 Definition
a "bad boy," a hooligan
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trainer les pieds
 Definition
to walk slowly
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bon à rien
 Definition
a good-for-nothing
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fier/fière de
 Definition
proud of
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tableau d'honneur
 Definition
honor roll
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se saigner aux quatre veines
 Definition
to bleed oneself dry
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un gigot
 Definition
leg of lamb
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se faire mal
 Definition
to hurt oneself
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la composition d'arithmétiques
 Definition
math exercise
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avoir de la chance/avoir le la veine
 Definition
to be lucky
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avoir la grippe
 Definition
to have the flu
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deviner
 Definition
to guess (NOT devenir, to become)
Term
un sonnette
 Definition
bell
Term
s'y connaître en + noun
 Definition
to be an expert in (something)
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le guidon
 Definition
handlebars
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une tanière
 Definition
den, home of a wild animal
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faire honte
 Definition
to humiliate, to put to shame
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atteindre
 Definition
to reach, to attain
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faire un tour
 Definition
to go for a ride
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déraper
 Definition
to slip, to swerve
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à son tour
 Definition
in turn
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un course contre la montre
 Definition
a race against the clock
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le pâté de maisons
 Definition
block of houses
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dégonflé(e)
 Definition
discouraged
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le chronométreur
 Definition
a timer, the person with the stopwatch
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radin(e)
 Definition
stingy, cheap
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à pied
 Definition
on foot
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tordu(e)
 Definition
twisted
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une poubelle
 Definition
trashcan, wastebasket
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pareil/pareille
 Definition
identical, similar
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