| Term | Definition |
|---|
| hâlé, bronzé | tanned |
| le marais | swamp, marsh |
| impitoyable | pitiless/merciless |
| tressaillir, trembler | to shiver |
| l'amertume | bitterness |
| amer / amère | bitter |
| refouler | to draw back, hold back |
| impudeur | indecency, immodesty, shamelessness |
| dévoiler | uncover, unveil |
| la profondeur | depth |
| voiler | to veil |
| profond(e) | deep |
| redouter | to fear |
| redoutable | fearful |
| la maladresse | clumsiness |
| maladroit | clumsy |
| la plaie | wound |
| cicatrisé | scarred, healed |
| le repentir | repentance, remorse |
| le carrefour | crossroads |
| s'élancer à | to rush forward |
| la rêverie | daydream |
| rêver | to dream |
| le lointain | distance |
| le bâtiment | building |
| bâtir | to build |
| jadis | formerly |
| le moine | monk |
| le chêne | oak tree |
| le ruisseau | scream |
| çà et là | here and there |
| pittoresque | picturesque |
| l'asile | asylum, shelter |
| jouir de | enjoy |
| la joie | joy |
| un lieu funeste | deadly place |
| les mousses | mass |
| usé | worn out |
| creusé | dug, hollowed |
| luisant | shining |
| luire | to shine |
| la mélancolie | melancholy |
| le désordre | disorder |
| l'ordre | order |
| les rayons de soleil | sunbeams |
| à travers | through/across |
| illuminer | illuminate |
| à demi sauvage | part-wild |
| resplendir | to sparkle |
| briller | to shine |
| les feuillages | foliage |
| une feuille | a page, a leaf |
| la clarté | clarity |
| clair | clear |
| ombre | shadow |
| appartenir à | to belong to |
| l'ombre d'un nuage | shadow of a cloud |
| se frotter les yeux | to rub your eyes |
| le monde des vivants | the world of the living |
| peureux | frightened |
| la peur | fear |
| avoir peur de | to fhave fear of |
| se figer le sang dans les veines | to have your blood run cold |
| prendre au piège | to trap |
| froissé | creased, crumpled |
| retentir | resound. echo |
| une onde agitée | agitated wave |
| silencieux | quietly |
| le silence | the quiet |
| l'inconnue | unknown woman |
| le connu | known man |
| la connue | known woman |
| connaître | to know |
| << Voilà qui est singulier >> | here's what's weird |
| à son comble | at it's height |
| pourrir | to rot |
| rouillé | made rusty |
| la grille | the gate |
| toutefois | nevertheless |
| l'être | the being |
| << aucun rayon d'intelligence... >> | no sign of intelligence |
| la chaleur | heat |
| chaud | hot |
| terne | tern |
| un air niais | seeming silly |
| glapir | to yap |
| grogner | to growl |
| glousser | to cluck |
| ensevelir | to enshroud |
| le gazon | grass, lawn |
| le tonnerre | thunder |
| laisser échapper | allow to escape |
| s'agenouiller sur | to kneel on |
| le genou | knee |
| tomber goutte à goutte | to drip |
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