| Term | Definition |
| to prowl, to be on the prowl | rôder |
| in the vicinity | aux alentours |
| abrupt, halting (contrasting (colors)) | heurté (e, s) |
| a tunic, loose jacket | une vareuse |
| to disperse, to scatter | s'égailler |
| disheveled (person), tousled (hair) | échevelé (e, s) |
| to pull, hoist oneself up | se hisser |
| hammered | martelé (e, s) |
| tossed, shaken about | ballotté (e, s) |
| to coagulate, congeal | se figer |
| intoxicated, inebriated (selvin did NOT say to freeze) | enivré (e, s) |
| awkwardness, clumsiness | par balourdise |
| the thickness (dictionary says: heaviness) | la lourdeur |
| two-headed | bicéphale |
| a houri | une houri |
| to track, trail | pister |
| herds of (elephants), bevy (I Believe this is "herds" not "heads") | hardes de |
| cured (meat) | boucané (e, s) |
| the hiding place (g) | l'affût (m) |
| to lie in wait | être à l'affût |
| to treat with care (as a verb), domestic (adj) | ménager |
| to startle, scare away, frighten away (animal) | effaroucher |
| the terror, fear, dread (g) | l'effroi (m) |
| scaly (f) | squameuse |
| some surveys, cadastres (g) | des cadastres (m) |
| to jolt, shake | cahoter |
| bony (f) | osseuse |
| the partition (wall) | le paroi |
| crested | crêté (e, s) |
| bristling, spiky (hair) | hérissé (e, s) |
| to strip, lay bare | dénuder |
| frizzy (hair) | crépelé |