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1
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la traite

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trade

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l’esclavage (m)

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slavery

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l’esclaverie (f)

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slave house/transit camp for people who would depart for the Middle Passage

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(un/une) esclavagiste

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enslaver

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le poids

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weight

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le mépris

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disdain

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la vente

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sale

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la honte

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shame

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arraché

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ripped away

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10
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le requin

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shark

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11
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le naufrage

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shipwreck

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s’échouer

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run aground/wash ashore

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le marin / la marine

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sailor

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14
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penché

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leaning/hunched over

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accablé

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overwhelmed

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le rescapé, la rescapée

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survivor

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17
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se moquer de

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not care about/mock /make fun of

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18
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les potins (m)

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gossip

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19
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malfaisant(e)

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evil

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20
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mal élevé(e)

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ill-mannered

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21
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menteur(-se)

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dishonest / liar

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recevoir un coup

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get smacked/beaten

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hanter (h aspire)

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haunt/frequent

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tituber

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to stagger; adj. = titubant(e), staggering unsteady

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entourer
surround
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un sentier
trail
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l'humeur (f)
mood
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mouiller
wet (verb); mouillé(e) = wet (adj.)
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écraser
crush/squash
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se sauver
escape/run away/dash off
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coupable
guilty (adj.)/ guilty person (noun)
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ivre
saoul(e)/soûl(e) = drunk
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incendier
burn down
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mettre le feu à
set fire to
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s'éteindre
go out/die out/extinguish
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avouer
confess/admit
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le déracinement
uprooting; déraciner = uproot
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être frappé(e) (par)
be struck (by)
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le malheur
misfortune/tragedy/hardship
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renier
deny/disavow/disown
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le bruit
noise
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le malaise
uneasiness/faintness
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franchir
cross (e.g., a barrier)
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s'écarter
move aside/move away from
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éblouissant
dazzling/stunning
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anéantir
destroy/annihilate
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une goutte
drop
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grignoter
nibble/snack (on)
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pittoresque
quaint/picturesque
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(se) tenir au courant
remain in the loop/keep up to date with/keep posted
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s'éloigner (de)
distance oneself/go away
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éclater
burst/break out
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hurler
shout/yell/scream
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avaler
swallow