Set: Les Djinns vocab

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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

Set Information

Terms 120
Creator jalenack
Created September 2, 2007
Group AP French Selvin
Tags ap, french, selvin
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jalenack : Changed une feuille séché → a dried leaf to une feuille séchée → a dried leaf
mrkyleshipley : Changed un saint → a saint to une sainte → a saint
mrkyleshipley : saint can be either gender but in the poem it's feminine sooo yeah
mrkyleshipley : Changed petiller → to sparkle to pétiller → to sparkle
mymarvelousworld : hey guys, it's madeleine. la grele is actually hail in the poem, the noun. i think. the hail on the roof...it makes more sense i'm going to change it.
mymarvelousworld : . . .good thing i know how to. can someone do that for me
mymarvelousworld : GAH i'm such an idiot. i just didn't see the two "grele"s... shouldn't the adjective mean "shrill" instead of pockmarked?
mrkyleshipley : i personally don't know what pockmarked is
Jenkins : Changed le plomb → the fuse to le plomb → the lead
Jenkins : Changed s'élèver → to arise, go up to s'élever → to arise, go up
Jenkins : Changed s'éteindre → to blow out, fade away to s'éteindre → to blow out, extinguish
Jenkins : Changed grincer → to squeek to grincer → to squeek/screech
Jenkins : Changed hideux → hideous to hideux → hideous (m)
Jenkins : Changed narguer → to disdain to narguer → to scoff/disdain
marissar : hello?
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  1. s'éteindre → to blow out, extinguish - 29 misses
  2. chanceler → to stagger, totter - 29 misses
  3. descellé → freed, come loose - 27 misses
  4. ramper → to crawl, creep - 26 misses
  5. s'élancer → to thrust - 23 misses
  6. décroître → to fade, die down - 21 misses
  7. arracher → to pull out, to rip out - 20 misses