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Question | Answer |
quiconque | n. whoever |
des sornettes | n. nonsense |
diriger | v. to lead, to manage |
une perceuse | n. a drill |
quant à | as to |
une clotûre | n. a fence |
craindre | v. to fear |
remettre | v. to reset |
bon à rien | adj. good for nothing |
éloigné | adj. distant, remote, apart |
épouvante | n. dread, terror |
se mettre | v. to get set, to start to |
s'éveiller | v. to wake up |
fredonner | v. to hum |
nouer | v. to tie (e.g. a tie) |
badin | adj. playful |
les potins (m) | n. gossip |
s'efforçant | v. striving |
s'efforcer | v. to strive |
brailler | v. to bawl |
une chouette | n. an owl |
hulotte | adj. tawny |
voleter | v. to flutter |
être en proie à | v. to be plagued by |
glousser | v. to cluck, to chuckle |
reculer | v. to back, to retreat, to retire, to recede |
ce fut au coin | phrase: it was around the corner |
insolite | adj. unusual |
laisser | v. to permit, to allow, to let |
cligner (les yeux) | v. to wink, (to blink) |
tandis que | while |
s'engager | v. to engage oneself |
chasser | v. to chase, to hunt |
parvenir à | v. to manage |
gérer | v. to manage |
les abords (m) | n. surroundings |
un(e) passant(e) | n. a passer-by |
les accoutrements (m) | n. bizarre clothing, regalia |
pianoter | v. to drum one's fingers |
chuchoter | v. to whisper |
surexcité | adj. overexcited |
empêcher | v. to prevent |
œuvre (f) | n. artwork |
se remettre | v. to resume |
en plein jour | phrase: in daylight |
bouche bée | adj. agape, open-mouthed |
bée | adj. speechless |
filer | v. to spin, to run, to get away, to fly by |
vertement | adj. sharply |
coup de fil (m) | n. phonecall |
un hurlement | n. scream, yell |
songer | v. to wonder, to contemplate |
dégourdir | v. to stretch |
lancer | v. to launch, to throw, to cast |
courroucé | adj. wrathful, irate, angry |
récolter | v. to collect, to harvest |
un beignet | n. donut |
envahir | v. to invade |
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