| Term | Definition |
|---|
| un mur | a wall |
| un port | a port, harbor |
| un asile | an asylum |
| la brise | the breeze |
| briser | to smash, break up |
| l'haleine (f) | the breath (g) |
| un grelot | a bell (small) |
| un nain | a dwarf (midget) |
| le galop | the gallop |
| fuir | to flee |
| s'élancer | to thrust |
| en cadence | in step |
| un flot | a tide |
| la rumeur | the noise |
| un écho | an echo |
| la cloche | the bell (instrument, signal) |
| un couvent | a convent |
| maudit | cursed |
| la foule | the crowd |
| tantôt | sometimes (e.g. sometimes this, sometimes that) |
| sépulcrale | funereal (about the grave) |
| un djinn | a genie |
| un escalier | a stairway |
| s'éteindre | to blow out, extinguish |
| la rampe | the banister, handrail |
| le long de | along |
| ramper | to crawl, creep |
| le plafond | the ceiling |
| un essaim | a swarm |
| tourbillonner | to whirl |
| sifflant | whistling, blowing |
| un if | a yew tree |
| fracasser | to knock (smash) |
| craquer | to crack (split) |
| un pin | a pine |
| brûlant | burning |
| un troupeau | a herd |
| un nuage | a cloud |
| livide | pallid, colorless |
| un éclair | a flash of lightning |
| au flanc | at the side (hip) |
| narguer | to scoff/disdain |
| le dehors | the outside |
| hideux | hideous (m) |
| un vampire | a vampire |
| un dragon | a dragon |
| la poutre | the beam (structure) |
| le toit | the roof |
| descellé | freed, come loose |
| ployer | to bend |
| une herbe | a grass |
| rouillé | rusty |
| trembler | to shiver, tremble |
| déraciner | to uproot |
| un gond | a hinge |
| un cri | a cry |
| un enfer | a hell |
| hurler | to shout, shriek |
| poussé | pushed |
| un aquilon | a North wind |
| s'abattre | to beat down, to storm |
| la demeure | the home, the abode |
| fléchir | to bend, flex |
| le bataillon | the horde |
| chanceler | to stagger, totter |
| penché | leaning, tipped |
| arracher | to pull out, to rip out |
| ainsi que | as well as, along with |
| chasser | to hunt |
| une feuille séchée | a dried leaf |
| le tourbillon | the whirlpool |
| le prophète | the prophet |
| impur | impure |
| le démon | the devil |
| prosterner | to prostrate, to bow down |
| le front | the forehead |
| sacré | sacred |
| un encensoir | a censer (vessel for burning incense) |
| un souffle | a breath |
| une étincelle | a spark, flicker |
| en vain | in vain |
| une aile | a wing |
| un ongle | a fingernail |
| grincer | to squeek/screech |
| un vitrail | a stained glass window |
| un cohorte | a cohort |
| s'envoler | to disappear, to take off, to vanish |
| battre | to knock (door) |
| frissonner | to quiver, shudder |
| un chêne | an oak |
| le battement | the flapping |
| décroître | to fade, die down |
| confus | ashamed, confused |
| ouïr | to hear |
| la sauterelle | the grasshopper |
| grêle | pockmarked |
| pétiller | to sparkle |
| la grêle | the hail |
| le plomb | the lead |
| une arabe | an arab |
| le cor | the horn (musical) |
| la grève | the shore |
| s'élever | to arise, go up |
| funèbre | ghastly, funereal |
| le trépas | the death |
| les ténèbres (f) | the darkness (g) |
| presser | to hasten, rush |
| le pas | the stride, gait, pace |
| gronder | to rumble, grumble, boom |
| un murmure | a murmur |
| une onde | a wave (waters) |
| une vague | a wave (burst) |
| le bord | the edge, bank |
| la plainte | the wail, complaint, lament |
| presque | almost, nearly |
| éteint | turned off |
| une sainte | a saint |
| un mort | a dead man |
| effacer | to erase, wipe away |
| bramer | to bellow |
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