Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
272 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
brouillé
|
mixed up, scrambled
|
|
|
désemparé
|
disconcerted
|
|
|
dirigeant
|
leading, leader
|
|
|
battant
|
flap, door
|
|
|
renouveler
|
to renew
|
|
|
rugueux
|
rough, gnarled
|
|
|
grimper
|
to climb
|
|
|
bouger
|
budged, moved
|
|
|
puits
|
well
|
|
|
fronca le sourcil
|
frowned (knit one's brow)
|
|
|
le somme
|
nap
|
|
|
attrapait
|
caught?
|
|
|
retomber
|
to fall
|
|
|
le tison
|
firebrand
|
|
|
l' effroi (m.)
|
horror
|
|
|
remplissait
|
filled
|
|
|
ressaisit
Il a perdue son livre, mail il le ressaisit. |
recovered
|
|
|
empêcher
|
to prevent
|
|
|
prévenir
|
prevent; notify, inform
|
|
|
palefreniers
|
grooms
|
|
|
s'activaient aux ecuries
|
busy in the stables
|
|
|
Il ferma à demi les yeux
|
he half closed his eyes
|
|
|
la foire
|
fair
|
|
|
accourait
|
ran
|
|
|
il se pencha
|
he bent
|
|
|
par devant
|
in front
|
|
|
tâta
|
felt
|
|
|
raide
|
stiff
|
|
|
il n'en est rien
|
It is not
|
|
|
l'herbe autour
|
the grass around
|
|
|
soulagé
|
relieved
|
|
|
du moins
|
at least
|
|
|
voie
|
road
|
|
|
secoua
|
shook
|
|
|
c'est un fou
|
He's crazy (it's crazy?)
|
|
|
sembable
|
similar
|
|
|
conciliabule
|
confabulation
|
|
|
de les éloigner
|
to remove them
|
|
|
alezan
|
chestnut
|
|
|
drap
|
cloth
|
|
|
petit-gris
|
squirrel
|
|
|
fermail en émaux cloisonné
|
cloisonne enamel brooch
|
|
|
fente
|
slit
|
|
|
paon
|
peacock
|
|
|
Il mit pied à terre
|
He dismounted
|
|
|
écartant
Il est écartant ses habitudes mal! |
discarding
|
|
|
la plaie
le chevalier a recu une plaie terrible en bataille. |
wound
|
|
|
désinvolture
|
airiness, flippancy
|
|
|
se tournant vers une trés jeune fille
|
turing to a very young girl
|
|
|
étroit
|
narrow
|
|
|
encadrant
|
enclosing? boxing?
|
|
|
le brin
|
sprig
|
|
|
houx
|
holly
|
|
|
pétillement de ses yeux
|
twinkling of his eyes
|
|
|
noisette
|
hazlenut
|
|
|
sauta
Il sauta sur l'herbe. |
jumped
|
|
|
écuyer
|
squire
|
|
|
affluer
|
stream, flow
|
|
|
en dépit
|
despite
|
|
|
la rixe
Étudients, n'onts une rixe! |
brawl
|
|
|
s'entêta
Classe, vous entétez en parlé! |
persisted
|
|
|
pourrir
|
rot
|
|
|
la charogne
|
carrion
|
|
|
on dit tant de choses
|
they say so much
|
|
|
de retour
|
back
|
|
|
brûlée
|
burned
|
|
|
manants
|
peasants
|
|
|
hardes
|
clothes
|
|
|
Eux avaient plus à perdre
|
They had more to lose
|
|
|
les châteaux se prenaient
|
castles were taken
|
|
|
se déprenaient selon les mises et les victoires
|
were detached according to the defeats and victories
|
|
|
réduit à courir les tournois
|
reduced to engaging in tournaments
|
|
|
vieilli
|
aged, matured
|
|
|
se plissait
|
was wrinkled
|
|
|
les noces
|
the wedding
|
|
|
par-dessus
|
over
|
|
|
hâlé
|
tan
|
|
|
bruiner
|
drizzle
|
|
|
debout
|
standing
|
|
|
teint
|
complexion
|
|
|
enlèverait
|
rob
|
|
|
franchir
|
to cross
|
|
|
fuir
|
flee
|
|
|
bien en chair
|
plump
|
|
|
courtise
|
courting
|
|
|
oiselle
|
ladybird
|
|
|
Ne rougis donc pas
|
Don't blush, then
|
|
|
le repaire de brigands
|
robber's lair
|
|
|
lâche
|
coward
|
|
|
cuir
|
leather, hide
|
|
|
Il a été frappé en face.
|
He was struck in the face.
|
|
|
Aucun
|
none
|
|
|
la tenue
|
attire
|
|
|
déchirure de vêtements
|
torn clothing
|
|
|
fort usés
|
very worn
|
|
|
s'êtres améliorée
|
have improved
|
|
|
parages
|
vicinity
|
|
|
nid d'aigle
|
eyrie
|
|
|
valant de l'or
|
worth of gold
|
|
|
une canaille
|
a scoundrel
|
|
|
sa barbe ébouriffée
|
his disheveled beard
|
|
|
casaques
|
gowns
|
|
|
en peau
|
in skin
|
|
|
cerf
|
deer
|
|
|
couteau de chasse
|
hunting knife (cutter of the chase)
|
|
|
il est vêtu
|
he is dressed
|
|
|
demeurée
|
remained
|
|
|
droiture
|
uprightness
|
|
|
nous avons sucé le même lait
|
we have sucked the same milk
|
|
|
gronda
|
scolded
|
|
|
la foule
|
the crowd
|
|
|
la nef
|
the nave
|
|
|
de loin
|
far
|
|
|
se pouvait-il qu'il ait raison?
|
Could it be right?
|
|
|
ils aient traîné
|
they have dragged
|
|
|
régner l'ordre
|
keep order
|
|
|
emplacements
|
sites
|
|
|
le étal
|
stall
|
|
|
déçus
|
disappointed
|
|
|
échoppes
|
stalls
|
|
|
hâtivement
|
hastily
|
|
|
abritraient
|
sheltered
|
|
|
petits revendeurs
|
small retailers
|
|
|
bancs
|
benches
|
|
|
drapiers
|
drapers
|
|
|
blanchet
|
blanket
|
|
|
grossièrement tissées
|
coarsely woven
|
|
|
marron terne
|
dull brown
|
|
|
le chatoiement
|
sparkle, glimmering
|
|
|
laine
|
wool
|
|
|
peaux
|
skins
|
|
|
chaudrons de cuivre
|
copper kettles
|
|
|
cuillers d'argent
|
silver spoons
|
|
|
étain
|
tin
|
|
|
poêles à frire en fer
|
iron frying pans
|
|
|
barils
|
barrells
|
|
|
savon
|
soap
|
|
|
par désoeuvrement
|
from idleness
|
|
|
songer
|
to think
|
|
|
parti
|
away
|
|
|
le berceau
|
the cradle
|
|
|
la maldonne
|
the misdeal
|
|
|
une amertume
|
bitterness
|
|
|
convié
|
invited
|
|
|
en rentrant
|
in returning
|
|
|
la rancune
|
grudge
|
|
|
la fréquentation
|
attendance
|
|
|
inopiné
|
unexpected
|
|
|
il avait grandi
|
he grew up
|
|
|
ébulés
|
boiling
|
|
|
partout des ronces
|
brambles everywhere
|
|
|
le lierre
|
ivy
|
|
|
la mauvaise herbe
|
weed (bad grass)
|
|
|
se prenait à
|
He began to
|
|
|
terres desséchées
|
parched lands
|
|
|
tourbillons de poussières
|
dust devils
|
|
|
poussière
|
dust
|
|
|
baraque
|
hut
|
|
|
en train de
|
being (in the process of)
|
|
|
lointain
|
distant
|
|
|
gelé
|
frozen
|
|
|
éveille
|
awakens
|
|
|
ses yeux clairs papillotèrent
|
His eyes blinked
|
|
|
envie de
|
wanted to
|
|
|
elle avait fait taire
|
she had silenced
|
|
|
agaça
|
annoyed
|
|
|
repoussa
|
pushede
|
|
|
mèche de cheveux
|
lock of hair
|
|
|
tu n'as plus rien
|
you have nothing
|
|
|
débattre
|
to discuss
|
|
|
de nouveau
|
again
|
|
|
poignées de grain volées
|
stolen grain
|
|
|
braconnait
|
poaching
|
|
|
frêne
|
ash tree
|
|
|
légers
|
light
|
|
|
cire
|
wax
|
|
|
noeud
|
node
|
|
|
trou
|
hole
|
|
|
creusé
|
dug
|
|
|
lame
|
blade
|
|
|
ébréchée
|
chipped
|
|
|
gratter
|
scratch
|
|
|
anneau
|
ring
|
|
|
faillit le lâcher
|
almost let go
|
|
|
merlettes
|
blackbirds
|
|
|
fièrement
|
proudly
|
|
|
en courant presque
|
almost at a run
|
|
|
défrichée
|
cleared
|
|
|
en lisière
|
at the edge
|
|
|
une cabane
|
a hut
|
|
|
pareillement
|
similarly
|
|
|
se chauffer
|
heating
|
|
|
il gelait à pierre fendre
|
it was freezing cold
|
|
|
dedans
|
inside
|
|
|
putois
|
polecat
|
|
|
belettes
|
weasels
|
|
|
lièvres
|
hares
|
|
|
sauvagine
|
waterfowl
|
|
|
poignées
|
handfuls
|
|
|
parvenu
|
reaching
|
|
|
le tas
|
the pile
|
|
|
cornouiller
|
dogwood
|
|
|
frêne
|
ash
|
|
|
la lueur
|
the glow
|
|
|
éblouissait
|
dazzled
|
|
|
en revanche
|
however
|
|
|
jointe
|
along with, attached
|
|
|
pesante
|
heavy
|
|
|
éprouvée
|
experienced
|
|
|
le logis
|
the house?
|
|
|
réprouvé
|
outcast
|
|
|
rudesse
|
rudeness
|
|
|
rentré
|
return
|
|
|
huttes de brachage
|
huts of branches (tree forts?)
|
|
|
qu'il est insensé
|
it is foolish
|
|
|
le gîte
|
cottage
|
|
|
se retrouvera
|
will be found
|
|
|
cuver son vin
|
sleeping off his wine
|
|
|
tapage
|
noise
|
|
|
se méfier
|
beware
|
|
|
un regard aigu
|
a sharp look
|
|
|
baissa
|
bowed
|
|
|
se tut
|
lowered
|
|
|
un coup d'oeil
|
a glance
|
|
|
le jour se levait
|
the day broke
|
|
|
geler
|
to freeze
|
|
|
Il s'apprêtait à
|
He was preparing to
|
|
|
noyer
|
drowned
|
|
|
tapait
|
tapped
|
|
|
reconnut
|
recognized
|
|
|
besognes
|
tasks
|
|
|
jugées
|
considered
|
|
|
le linge
|
the clothes
|
|
|
tremper
|
soak
|
|
|
tourner
|
turn
|
|
|
en bas
|
down
|
|
|
anse
|
loop
|
|
|
songeait à
|
thought about
|
|
|
au courant
|
aware
|
|
|
j'ai tout lieu de le croire
|
I have every reason to believe it.
|
|
|
tout en se hâtant
|
while hastening
|
|
|
réagirait
|
would react
|
|
|
comme figés
|
as if frozen
|
|
|
impressionnant
|
impressive
|
|
|
sanglots
|
sobs
|
|
|
grogna
|
growled
|
|
|
à trop boire
|
to drink too much
|
|
|
sursauta
|
started
|
|
|
toisa
|
eyed
|
|
|
un geste de colère
|
a gesture of anger
|
|
|
imparable
|
unstoppable, unrefutable
|
|
|
toujours muette et comme ailleurs
|
still and silent as elsewhere
|
|
|
averti
|
warned
|
|
|
les traits tirés
|
drawn features
|
|
|
se borna
|
merely
|
|
|
couché sur le dos
|
lying supine (on his back?)
|
|
|
remous
|
whirlpool
|
|
|
entraîné
|
led
|
|
|
ivre
|
drunk
|
|
|
il n'était pas intervenu
|
he was not involved
|
|
|
en tant que
|
as
|
|
|
revêt la pire
|
is the worst
|
|
|
concois
|
easily conceive
|
|
|
tout à l'heure
|
just a moment (?)
|
|
|
davantage
|
more
|
|
|
Ce faisant
|
In doing so
|
|
|
Elle m'importe peu
|
It matters little to me
|
|
|
oser
|
to dare
|
|
|
racheter
|
to buy
|
|
|
forfait
|
package
|
|
|
Qui de nous
|
Who among us . . . ?
|
|
|
le seuil
|
threshold
|
