Leçon 9 --- Text --- Vocabulaire

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pendant

during

les vacances

vacation

été

Summer

à Belle-Île

at Belle-Île (an island off the Brittany coast)

en Bretagne

in Brittany

leur, leurs

their

une maison

a house

loué(e)

rented

par

By

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notre

our

chance

luck

Il pleut.

It's raining.

Ça fait trois jours.

That makes three days.

Ça fait trois jours qu'il pleut.

It's been raining for three days.

beau, belle

beautiful

la mer

the sea

ne (verb) rien

nothing

mortel

boring

quand

when

Il n'y a rien à faire.

There is nothing to do.

Jouons.

Let's play.

la belote

pinochle

la pelote basque

Basque pelota (a ball game played in the Basque country ... aka jai alai)

On n'a pas la place.

One doesn't have the room.

bécasse

dummy, dodo

Tu es sourde ou quoi?

You are deaf or what?

On peut jouer ... (pouvoir)

One can play ...

à l'écarté

écarté (card game)

aux échecs

chess

aux dames

checkers

plutôt

rather, instead

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Jouons aux portraits.

Let's play portraits.

Faisons des portraits.

Let's do (make) some portraits.

Comment?

How?

facile

easy

Quelqu'un décrit une personne.

Someone describes a person.

phrase

phrase, sentence

puis

then

Les autres devinent.

The others guess.

qui c'est

who it is

ben

well (slang for bien)

Je ne sais pas. (savoir)

I don't know.

Ce n'est personne.

It's no one. (It's not a person.)

ce que

Normally means what. Here it's used for emphasis. Wow!, Gee!, etc.

bête

dumb, stupid

Ce que tu peux être bête!

Wow, can you be dumb!

On prend ... (prendre)

On picks (literally takes) ...

évidemment

obviously

sinon

if not, otherwise

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Allons-y.

Let's go.

Commençons.

Let's start.

des gens de la famille

people in the family

Allez!

Normally means go. Here it means OK, all right, come on now, etc.

Voyons. (voir)

Let's see.

n'importe qui

anyone at all (not important who)

Attends. (attendre)

Wait. (familiar imperative)

Chercher

Search, look for, get

y

there

Ça y est.

There is it. That's it. Etc.

Toujours

Always

bronzé

tanned, bronzed

des cadeaux

gifts

trop

too, too much, too many

trop facile

too easy

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C'est à moi.

It's my turn. (It is to me.)

Maintenant

Now

C'est mon tour.

It's my turn.

la voix pointue

the sharp (pointed) voice

agaçant

annoying, irritating

ce gamin

this kid, boy

le grand sportif

the great athlete

fier, fière

proud

passé(e)(s)

past

la course

running

au saut (sauter = to jump)

jumping

au saut en hauteur

high jumping

au saut à la perche

pole vaulting

parfait(e)

perfect

manquer

to miss

ne manque jamais

never misses

un événement

an event

même

even (can also mean same)

une fois par an

once (one time) per year

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tout le portrait de

looks just like (all the portrait of)

sa deuxìeme fille

her second daughter

dire

to say, tell

Dis.

Say. (familiar imperative)

Il est plus de quatre heures.

It's past four o'clock.

l'heure du goûter

snack time (the hour of the snack)

Je veux savoir. (vouloir = to want)

I want to know.

Na!

So there!

Tais-toi. (Taire = to silence)

Be quiet. Shut up. (Silence yourself.)

embêtant(e)

annoying

d'abord

first of all

ta bonne

your maid

Vas-y, toi.

Go, yourself. (familiar imperative of aller with an s because of the following y.)

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Ecoute.

Listen. (familiar imperative)

alors

so, then

Va chercher.

Go look for, get. (familiar imperative of aller)

Apporte.

Bring. (familiar imperative)

l'Orangina

An orange-flavored soft drink (brand name)

la limonade

any of the citrus-flavored soft drinks

des petits pains

rolls (little breads)

des galettes

cookies

breton, bretonne

Breton (of Brittany)

Il y a.

There is. There are.

ne (verb) plus

no longer, no more

en

some, any, of them

Il n'y en a plus.

There aren't any more of them.

rester

to remain

Il en reste _____________________.

There are _________________ remaining (left).

au moins cinq ou six

at least five or six

Il n'en reste plus.

There aren't anymore of them.

puisque

since, because

Je te le dis.

I'm telling you. (I say it to you.)

croire

to believe.

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les bouteilles

the bottles

les verres

the glasses

Attention à ...

Watch out! Pay attention to ... !

ce que tu fais.

what you are doing.

tomber

to fall

laisser

to let, allow

Elle laisse tout tomber.

She drops everything (lets everything fall).

malin

clever

pleurant (pleurer = to cry)

crying

ma faute

my fault