Caligula vocab act 2
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52 terms
French | English |
|---|---|
 les biens | property |
| Assez de bavardages | Enough chattering |
| la perte | ruin |
| insensé | crazy |
| nier | to deny |
| effrayer | to frighten |
| partager | to share |
| être tourné en dérision | to be held up to ridicule |
| ébranler | to shake |
| enlever | to take away |
| guetter | to look out for |
| c'est inouï | it is unheard of |
| s'affairer à | to busy oneself with |
| insupportable | unbearable |
| transpirer | to sweat |
| des vivres | food, rations |
| démentir | to belie, deny |
| à contrecoeur | unwillingly |
| faire mine de | to seem |
| dompter | to subdue, overcome |
| un brin | a little bit |
| cela me dépasse | that's beyond me |
| gronder | to scold, grumble |
| aux dépens de | at the expense of |
| une trouvaille | a find |
| décerner | to award |
| flairer | to sniff |
| contrecarrer | to thwart, oppose |
| cela revient au même | it's all the same |
| désemparé | in distress |
| se hâter | to hurry |
| voir d'un mauvais oeil | to look upon unfavorably |
| attirer | to draw toward |
| l'accord | harmony |
| un apaisement | calm |
| luisant | shining, bright |
| frémir | to tremble |
| pourri | rotten |
| une voix sourde | a muffled voice |
| infect | foul |
| ensanglanté | blood-stained |
| immonde | vile |
| secouer | to shake |
| le poids | the weight |
| lâcher | to let go, to release |
| retentir | to resound |
| la chair | the flesh |
| s'emplir | to fill up |
| exténué | exhausted |
| tendre | to stretch |
| une larme | a tear |
| le mépris | contempt |
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