Chapter 11 Flashcards

(72 cards)

1
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L’aumônier

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Chaplain

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La méchanique

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The mechanic/the inevitable

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3
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Une issue

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A way out

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4
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Allongé

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Lying down

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5
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Implacable

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Pitiless

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6
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Le cordon

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Possee

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7
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Prêter attention à

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To pay attention to

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8
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Un récit

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Account

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9
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Un ouvrage spécial

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Special magazine

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10
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Le déroulement

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Sequence of events

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11
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Imperturbable

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Unshakeable

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12
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Le linge

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Underwear

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13
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Au crédit de

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On behalf of

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14
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Imprécis

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Vague

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15
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Enlever

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Remove/take away

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16
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Écraser

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To crush

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17
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Se recroqueviller

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To curl up

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18
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Défectueux

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Faulty

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19
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Le couperet

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Guillotine

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20
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Un accord entendu

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An understood agreement

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21
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Rater

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To fail

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22
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Sans accroc

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Without a hitch

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23
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Un échafaud

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A scaffold

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24
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gravir des marches

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To climb steps

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Retentissant
Spectacular
26
Étroit
Narrow
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S’aviser
To inform oneself
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Le cliché
The picture
29
Étincelant
Sparkling
30
L’aube
Dawn
31
S’efforcer de
To try
32
Se contraindre
Force onself
33
Guetter
To keep my eye open
34
Ténu
Faint
35
Éclater
Burst
36
le moindre glissement
The slightest slip
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Éperdument
Frantically
38
Rauque
Hoarse
39
La supposition
Assumption
40
Un bond
A leap
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Étouffer
To stifle
42
Gracier
To pardon
43
Fougueux
Firey
44
Élan
Momentum
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Piquer
To sting
46
Insensé
Crazy
47
Une onde
A wave
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La couchette
Bunk
49
Frotter
To rub
50
Une bête
A beast
51
Se renverser
To bend backwards
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S’adosser
To lean against
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La cuisse
Thigh
54
Certes
Admittedly
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Un péché
A sin
56
Se débarrasser
To get rid of
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Remuer
To move
58
Lasse
Tired
59
Surgir
To come out of
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Peser
To oppress
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Crever
To crack
62
À plein gosier
At the top of my voice
63
Déverser
To pour out
64
Le bondissement
Leap
65
Égaliser
To equal
66
Étouffer
To suffocate
67
Arracher
To pull away
68
Les larmes
Tears
69
Une marée
Tide
70
S’éteindre
To go out/be extinguished
71
Éprouver
To feel
72
Consommer
To consummate