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| à jamais:
forever
à sa suite: following him aboyer: to bark abri (un): shelter achever: to finish, terminate affamée: starving, famished affreux: horrifying agiter (se): to move, agitate ainsi: thus autrefois: in the old days; in the past apercevoir: to see, perceive (from a distance) voir - to see arracher: to tear away, pull out assaillant: attacking, aggressive baisser (se): to lower oneself battre (se): to fight bélier (le): battering-ram |
bonne volonté (la):
good will
bouger: to move bouquins: livres le bruit: the noise bûches (les): logs cachot (un): a dungeon cell, jail cell carnassier: carnivor casqué: helmeted cependant: however cerf (un): stag (male dear) chauves-souris: bats un souris - a smile une souris - a mouse coincé: cornered compère: pal, good companion couloir (un): a corridor courant d'air (un): draft |
| découper: to
cut up
défilé: parade déluré: wide awake, sharp, dont: of which éclairer (se): to illuminate, light up effrayé: frightened, scared élever (se): to rise, to ascend emparer de (se): to get hold of onself, secure; to make oneself master of; to engross empoigner: to grab en voyant: in seeing enfoncer: to thrust, to drive in, to break in enfuire (se): fly off, run away quickly engouffrer (se): to be engulfed , swallowed up entêter: stubborn, obstinate |
entouré par:
surrounded
entraîner: to draw or drag along épais: thick épouser: to marry épouvantable: frightful, dreadful épuisé: exhausted espions: spies étaler (se): to spread out étincelles: sparks faner (se): to wither, wilt fée (une): fairy fichus: pitiful fier: proud figer (se): to freeze in motion filer: to go flanquer: banked, accompanied frapper: to knock |
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| gâté:
spoiled
gerbe d'étincelles: shower of sparks grogner: to growl gronder: growl, snarl guérir: to recover, to heal guetter: to lie in wait for habit (un): dress coat hurler: to howl, roar interdit: forbidden |
jaillir: to spurt,
gush
jamais: ever là-dedans: inside there laisser: to let, allow lancer (se): to throw oneself lisière (la): edge, border loup (un): wolf lugubre: dismal, lugubrious |
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| majordome: major-domo
malgré : in spite of mare aux cochons (la): pigs pond maudit: cursed méfier de (se): to mistrust, to be cautious of mendiante (une): beggar |
mettre en selle (se):
to mount a horse (saddle)
mettre pied à terre: to dismount meute: pack mourra: future of "mourrir" (to die) nul: none, no oser: to dare |
| panser: to dress (a
wound)
pas (les): the steps pénétrer: to penetrate pétillant: crackling, sparkling pilier: pillar, column, post piquet (un): stake plein de: full of plus moyen: no longer the means/way poêles à frire (les): frying pans poignard (le): dagger, knife poignée (la): door knob pourtant: however pourvu que: provided that prendre la peine: to take the trouble |
qu'on en veut: what
one wants
raccourci (un): short cut raide: stiff, straight ravi: thrilled, excited reculer: to draw back redresser: to make straight, true; to set up again relâcher: to release rendre: to make, to render; to return retentir: to resound, echo, ring rêver: to dream ricaner: sneer, snicker rire aux éclats: to burst out laughing rugir: to roar, bellow |
| sain et sauf: safe
and sound
sanglier (un): wild boar sauter: to jump sauver: to save, deliver secouer: to shake, jog, jolt; to shake off séduisant: attractive serré: clenched, closed tight soigner: to heal soin: care soit: imperative of "etre" (to be) sort en est jete (le): the die is cast soudain: suddenly souhaiter: to wish soupirant: wooer, lover stupéfaite: stupified tabouret (le): foot stool |
tâcher: to strive,
try
telle que: such that/as tendre: to give, offer tenir: to have, hold on to tenter de: to attempt to théière (une): tea pot tire-d'aile: at full speed tourbillon: whirlwind traître: treacherous, false; traitor tuer: to kill vaillamment: valiantly, courageously valet de chambre: valet, footman, manservant vint: passe simple of "venir" (to come) vit: passe simple of "vivre" (to live) voix (la): voice vous-même: yourself |
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