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Rue Case-Nègres p4-7
Voacbulary for the test on pages 4 through 7 of La Rue Case-Nègres
French | English |
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entretenir | to talk |
propos | remarks |
entrailles | intestines |
se taire | to be quiet |
se mordre | to bite |
ivresse | ecstacy |
maudit | cursed |
fouetter | to whip |
soumis | submissive |
demeurer | to live |
certes | indeed |
froncer les sourcils | to frown |
d'ailleurs | besides |
chique | chew wad |
crapaud | toad |
pourri | rotten |
pagne | loincloth |
troué | full of holes |
s'éteindre | to go out(light) |
gambader | to leap about |
se dissiper | to misbehave |
chiper | to steal |
béer | to be wide open |
alentours | surroundings |
friande | fond |
spectre | ghost |
gueule | mouth |
grené | grainy |
ronce | bramble |
crasse | filth |
griller | to toast |
gammes | gamut |
achever | to finish |
inertie | apathy |
se racler la gorge | to clear one's throat |
brule pour-point | point blanck |
bond | leap |
énigme | riddle |
feignant | lazy |
se trémousser | to wiggle |
devinette | guess |
ongle | fingernail |
vrille | tendril |
grimper | to climb |
rame | stake |
attrait | attraaction |
goulot | bottleneck |
étrangler | to strangle |
poteau | post |
grouiller | to swarm |
broussaille | brushwood |
crissant | rustling |
s'embraser | to flare up |
enfourcher | to mount |
éperonner | to spur on |
monture | moount |
fer du cheval | horseshoe |
féerique | magical |
hatif | hasty |
inapaisé | unappeased |
poigné | handful |
trempé | soaked |
se régaler | to eat well |
ravaudage | mending |
hativement | hastily |
zélé | zealous |
apaisant | appeasing |
sournoise | sly devil |
inondé | bathed/flooded/full |
caler | to prop |
soigneusement | carefully |
éraflure | scratch |
calebasse | gourde |
bourrer | to stuff |
rein | back |
cordon | cord |
béké | blanc-créole |
ordure | garbage |
drivailler | to waste time |
endever | to anger |
se ruer | to rush into |
accueillir | to greet |
effusion | burst of emotion |
baraque | hut |
tole ondulée | corrugated iron |
flanc | side |
trone | throne |
tuile | tile |
géreur | manager |
engrais | fertilizer |
usine | factory |
musant | dawdling |
jouir | to enjoy |
entraineur | leader |