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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| l'espèce | the type (kind,sort) |
| cocodrie | crocodile (alligator) |
| tit poème | small poem |
| j'vas donner | I will give |
| le nom | the name |
| l'armure | the armor |
| la raison | the reason |
| ce trouve | finds itself |
| dans le fait | in the fact |
| une peau | a skin (hide) |
| qui le sert | which serves him |
| comme | like |
| avait faim | was hungry |
| son ventre | his belly |
| très creux | very deep (empty) |
| au même temps | at the same time |
| la pluie | the rain |
| tombê à freux | fallen heavily |
| l'eau | the water |
| de la coulée | the canal (small bayou) |
| et pis là | and then |
| débordé | overflowed |
| le vivier | the pond |
| après | after |
| avait abaissé | had subsided (lowered) |
| s'a perdu | lost himself |
| autre place (lieu) | another place |
| habiter | to inhabit or live |
| talheure | after a while, later, shortly |
| bien isolé | very well isolated |
| toucher | to touch |
| son rentier | his backbone |
| rien | nothing |
| manger | to eat |
| sauf que | except for (that) |
| des écreuvisses | some crawfish |
| envaler (avaler) | to swallow |
| les bêtes | the cattle |
| la savane | the pasture |
| boir | to drink |
| ils venaient | they would come |
| comme des bon | like some good |
| morceaux | pieces (morsels of food) |
| les voyait | he would see them as |
| mais | but |
| les Cajuns | the Cajuns |
| sont aperçu | they realized |
| quoi | what |
| il faisait | he was doing |
| là | there |
| pour eux | for them |
| quelques | some |
| daubes | roast (big cuts of meat) |
| il les fournira | he will furnish them |
| eh bien | so well |
| l'ont attrapé | him they caught |
| avec adresse | adroitly, with expertise |
| peur | fearful |
| d'être | of being |
| un repas | a meal |
| sa détresse | his distresse (debacle) |
| les voisin | the neighbors |
| partagé | shared |
| bien taillé | well cut or trimmed |
| la peau | the skin (hide) |
| bien nettoyè | well cleaned |
| et graté | and cleaned (scraped) |
| la leçcon | the lesson |
| appris | learned |
| au cas | in the case |
| en tête | in head |
| calé | sunk (absorbed) |
| il faut jamais | it must never |
| ailleurs | elsewhere |
| malgré | despite |
| l'eau haute ("h" is apirated) | the high water |
| s'escriver | to escape oneself |
| une affaire | an event, happening, thing etc. |
| notre faute | our fault |
| peut-être | maybe |
| se trouver | to find oneself |
| du tracas | some trouble |
| plus pire | much worse |
| est mieux | is better |
| d'essayer | of to try |
| chez-nous | at our home |
| prendre | to take |
| j'veux dire | I want to say |
| le dessus | the upperhand |
| d'un malheur | of a misfortune |
| empêcher | to prevent |
| à la fin | at the end |
| bien blesser | well hurt |
| bouledogue | (look that one up in the Cajun dictionary) |
| Terms | 94 |
| Creator | titchien |
| Created | April 26, 2008 |
| Groups | None |
| Subjects | None |
| Access | Anyone |
| Edit | Creator Only |
words and word phrases to "L'Espèce de Cocorie"