Question 1
le lauréat = prize winner
partager = to share
le bonheur = happiness
écrivain = writer
meilleur = better; best
s’habiller = to dress oneself
prévenir = to warn, give advance notice
s’enquérir = to make enquiries
perturbé = upset
la tenue = clothes (slang)
éviter = to avoid
faute = fault, mistake
le goût = taste
devenir (devenu) = to become (became)
célèbre = famous
connaissance = acquaintance
éloigné = far away, distant
impressionner = to impress
lorsque = when
émeute = riot
le photographe = photographer
mitrailler = to shoot with a machine gun/ riddle
passant = passer by
renverser = to knock over
Question 2
la marche = step
le palais de justice = “the law courts”
brouillé = “clouded”; confused
plaidoirie = pleading of a case in court
banal = banal, ordinary
lamentable = pitiful, appalling
le tribunal = court
audience = hearing
adresser un regard à = to look at
humilié = humiliated
éviter = to avoid
la piège = trap
le dossier = file, “case”
croire (cru) = to believe (believed)
se lever = to get up; stand up
ratrapper = to catch
offrir = to offer; to buy (eg. a cup of tea) for so.
la tasse = cup
malgré = in spite of
entraîner = to drag
fréquenter = to visit
avocat = lawyer
se ridiculiser = to make a fool of oneself
exprimer = to express
reconnaissant = grateful
ajouter = to add
prévenir (prévenu) = to warn (warned)
plaider = to plead a case
rater = to miss
quant à lui = as for him
épouvanté = horrified
un haussement d’épaules = a shrug of the shoulders
s’apaiser = to quieten down
craindre = to fear
supporter = to endure, bear
juger = to judge
démontrer = to demonstrate
amer = bitter
gentillesse = kindness
preuve = proof
d’ici peu = in a short time
complaisance = kindness
s’en sortir de = to make ones way out of (a difficulty)
mordu = bitten
mordre = to bite
séduisant = attractive, good looking
frangé de = fringed by
le cil = eyelash
adoucir = to soften
viril = manly
facilité = ability
briller = to shine
de surcroît = in addition
le sourire = smile
le gamin = kid
malicieux = mischievous
inutile = useless
mignon = cute
amoureux = in love
partager un opinion = to share an opinion
le mot juste = the right word
or = however
l’or = gold
songer = dream
l’avenir = future
jamais = ever
ne…jamais = never
faire des ménages = to do housework
gagner sa vie = to earn a living
redoutable = fearsome
issue d’un milieu modeste = of humble origins
filleule = god daughter
la cuisinière = the cook
s’émerveiller de = to wonder at, be amazed by
aigreur = sourness, sharpness
convaincre = to convince
ça regarde toi = it concerns you
majeur = grown up, adult
l’âme = soul
lutter contre = to fight against
reprendre = to continue (talking)
mettre à feu = to out to the torch, set fire to
mettre à sang = to put to the sword, kill
posément = seriously
être sûr de soi = to be sure of oneself
un coup de coeur = falling in love
de courte durée = of short duration
parole = word
crois-moi sur parole = believe my words
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