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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| projeter de | to plan |
| aux environs de | in the outskirts of |
| emprunter | to borrow |
| un emprunt | a loan |
| un drapeau | a flag |
| s'épanouir | to blossom |
| une cerise | a cherry |
| faute de | for lack of |
| franchir | to cross |
| le clocher | church steeple |
| une butte | mound |
| un reculement | a remote place |
| entrevoir | to catch a glimpse of |
| brûler | to burn |
| puant | smelly |
| la leper | leprosy |
| ravager | to devastate |
| ronger | to eat away |
| défoncé | broken down |
| une cabane | a hut |
| la buée | condensation |
| les miasmes | stench |
| un dépotoir | refuse dump |
| l'enseigne | sign board |
| une gargote | diner |
| les matelotes | fish dish |
| les fritures | fried fish |
| le chemin de halage | towpath |
| le marchepied | footboard |
| émoustiller | to exhilarate |
| pincer | to pinch |
| étranglé | compressed, constricted |
| le menton | chin |
| décharger | to unload |
| dételer | to unharness |
| les brancards | stretchers |
| une redingote | a frock coat |
| les escarpolettes | swings |
| se balancer | to swing |
| parvenir à | to succeed |
| capiteux | heady |
| cramponné | holding on to |
| étourdi | absentminded |
| polisson | mischievous |
| prodiguer | to lavish on |
| fureter | to rummage |
| un hangar | a shed |
| une yole | skiff |
| un canotier | a rower |
| reluisant | shiny |
| la berge | river bank |
| trembloter | to tremble |
| un roseau | a reed |
| un martin-pêcheur | a kingfisher |
| les avirons | oars |
| une rame | oar |
| rosser | to beat |
| pérorer | to speak eloquently |
| parier | to bet |
| un maillot de corps | skivvies |
| un forgeron | a blacksmith |
| un gaillard | strapping lad |
| une toque | cap |
| champêtre | pastoral |
| le couvert | place setting |
| gêner | to disturb, bother |
| hardi | audacious |
| la laideur | ugliness |
| se trémousser | to fidget |
| une fourmi | an ant |
| maussade | bleak |
| être privé de | to be deprived of |
| épouvanter | to horrify |
| la sueur | sweat |
| taper | to bang |
| le brouillard | fog |
| un hoquet | a hiccup |
| dégrafer | to undo |
| une tignasse | mop of hair |
| se sentir gris | to feel tipsy |
| pochard | drunk |
| un étendard | a banner |
| ballant | dangling |
| se dévouer | to dedicate oneself |
| l'ivresse | drunkenness |
| ruisseler | to stream |
| la jouissance | pleasure |
| un grondement | a groaning |
| la chute | waterfall |
| le barrage | dam |
| le fracas | loud noise |
| le rossignol | nightingale |
| le fourré | thicket |
| se courber | to duck |
| un asile | a refuge |
| abriter | to shelter |
| l'extase | ecstasy |
| s'envoler | to fly away |
| lutiner | to tantalize |
| chatouiller | to tickle |
| étreindre | to embrace |
| la brise | breeze |
| un crépitement | a crackling |
| une pâmoison | a swooning |
| se pâmer | to swoon |
| un soupir | a sigh |
| un sanglot | a sob |
| un buisson | a bush |
| rabattre | to shut, fold up |
| confus | embarrassed |
| sillonner | to traverse |
| dégrisé | sobered up |
| stupéfait | stupefied |
| une brute | a brute |
| défaillir | to faint |
French 36