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Les Misérables I:I
Vocabulary from Les Miserables volume 1 book 1
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Language - French
12th Grade
10/19/2011
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Term
la charge
 Definition
burden/responsibility
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nonobstant
 Definition
notwithstanding
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subitement
 Definition
suddenly
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replet
 Definition
chubby
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en sus de
 Definition
on top of
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le soulagement
 Definition
relief
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une charette
 Definition
cart
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l'âpreté
 Definition
fierceness
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pour ainsi dire
 Definition
so to say
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venir à but
 Definition
to win through
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âpre
 Definition
harsh
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un écolier
 Definition
schoolboy
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le carême
 Definition
Lent
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un mendiant
 Definition
beggar
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tremper
 Definition
to soak
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un froncement de sourcils
 Definition
a frown
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un écrivain public
 Definition
letter writer
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bégayer
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to stammer
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attenuer
 Definition
to weaken/soften/lessen
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être au chevet de quelqu'un
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to be at someone's bedside
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auprès de
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beside
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pourrir
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to rot
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cuit
 Definition
cooked
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la miséricorde
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mercy
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au-dessus
 Definition
above
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au-dessous
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below
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entretenir
 Definition
to look after/to support
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acajou
 Definition
mahogany
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emprunter
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to borrow
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le lait de chaux
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whitewash
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le puisard
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cesspool
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arroser
 Definition
to water
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la frayeur
 Definition
fright
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un gite
 Definition
abode
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aviser
 Definition
to notify
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rebrousser chemin
 Definition
to turn back
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attendrir
 Definition
to move/to soften
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un gendre
 Definition
son-in-law
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cligner de l'œil
 Definition
to wink
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déparer
 Definition
to spoil
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étendre
 Definition
to stretch
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gronder
 Definition
to grumble
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veiller
 Definition
to watch over
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veiller
 Definition
to watch over
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un vautour
 Definition
vulture
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cheveux en broussaille
 Definition
tousled hair
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une jatte
 Definition
bowl
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guérir
 Definition
to heal
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velléité
 Definition
vague desire/attempt
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les mœurs
 Definition
morals/customs/habits
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dégager
 Definition
to free/to let out
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se dresser
 Definition
to stand up
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faire bonne contenance
 Definition
to have an air of composure
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une aiselle
 Definition
armpit
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ébranler
 Definition
to shake
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le coude
 Definition
elbow
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pavaner
 Definition
to strut
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hautain
 Definition
haughty
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avoir tort
 Definition
to be wrong
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il sied que
 Definition
it is fitting that
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meurtrir
 Definition
to hurt
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froisser
 Definition
to crumple/to hurt
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le moribond
 Definition
the dying
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panser
 Definition
to dress a wound
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maudire
 Definition
to curse
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se figurer
 Definition
to imagine
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opiniâtre
 Definition
relentless
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lâcher
 Definition
to drop/to let go/to reveal
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méconnaître
 Definition
to be mistaken
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empressé
 Definition
prompt/attentive
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une pépinière
 Definition
nursery
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