 | Term | Definition |
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piétiner |
to trample |
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le pouvoir |
power (m) |
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soupçonneux (euse) |
distrustful, suspicious |
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apitoyer |
to move, incite with pity |
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vouloir de |
want of |
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la puissance |
power (f) |
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éventrer |
to disembowel, slash open |
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chétif (ive) |
puny |
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gercé (e,s) |
cracked, chapped, cleft (hands lips) |
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hocher la tête |
to toss one's head ((to say "non") to shake one's head (to say "oui"), to nod, (horse = to toss its head)) |
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terreux (euse) |
earthy, grubby |
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avare (de paroles) |
miserly |
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cerné (e,s) |
surrounded |
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un pisteur |
a tracker |
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tendre (la main) |
to tighten (to reach out, extend one's hand) |
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la trêve |
the truce |
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une aigrette |
an egret |
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le truchement |
the medium, interpreter |
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ébauché (e,s) |
designed |
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les savanes (f) |
the savannas (g) |
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le dédale |
the maze |
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farouche |
wild, fierce |
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apprivoiser |
to tame |
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le brasier |
the glowing fire, blaze, inferno |
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une pelote |
a ball |
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la toison |
the fleece, mane |
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la livrée |
the livery, coat (of a fox etc), plumage (bird) |
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taciturne |
taciturn, silent, reluctant to speak |
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le four à charbon de bois |
the coal oven |
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s'emparer de |
to seize, grab hold of |
