Le Petit Chose (Histoire d'un Enfant)Daudet, Alphonse
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Le Petit Chose (Histoire d'un Enfant)
Daudet, Alphonse
Autobiographical fiction; Bildungsromans; French fiction -- 19th century; French language -- Readers
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to lose
a leap
to complain
to drive away
to reassure
the triumph
to clap one’s hands
to bring some one to his senses
I was afraid in my turn
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to mumble
painful
guilty
the dormitory
the tie
the chin
he got off with a good fright
without appearing to do so, he was looking at them
towards seven o’clock
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the buffalo
wild
to avenge
to inflict
an insult
to wriggle
he has failed in his duty
he has been kept to his bed for the last two days
I was careful not to reply
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the executioner
to shudder
the neighbour-hood
the drawing-room
cruelty
a victim
they laughed in my face
such details as to make one’s hair stand on end
twenty times running
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to threaten
naked
the gymnasium
to superintend
the fencing-master
I take no more trouble about them
sheltered from the bad weather
here and there
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the ladder
the beam
the ring
noisily
the din
to surprise
half torn out
without saying anything to anyone
you did not suspect that I was here
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the fog
an event
elsewhere
deaf
the somersault
to resound
they were shouting at the top of their voices
I started reading again
for the time being
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the cask
the novel
a sign
broad
for fear of
the corner
as far as the eye can reach
that will please him very much
in reality he is very fond of him
75
the brain
on purpose
to disturb
to get rid of
a staircase
the certainty
he gave me a queer look
the most natural thing in the world
I went up the steps four at a time
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to lean
the mantelpiece
the contempt
the dressing-gown
to gush out
to jest
to recover one’s breath
I did not know what it was all about
in a clear voice
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to notice
the style
to cross
the brief
to lower
to suspect
the college is often mentioned
what have you to say to that?
I was ready to suffer anything
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precipitately
to betray
to deserve
to burst
the handkerchief
to smother
you know what remains to be done
to be dismissed there and then
what has happened?
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to sacrifice
the jacket
to weep
the wrist
somewhere
ajar
the butt-end of a pistol
as he spoke he approached the door
they were talking in an undertone
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to put off
resolutely
to outlive
moreover
desperate
the dishonour
to keep one’s word
in any case
you are in a position to do him a service
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the devotion
angry
to owe
to enter, book
the means
to be anxious
what was to become of me?
in Paris one can always make a living
to settle one’s affairs
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the trousers
the promise
mournful
a wing
to forgive
thematch, game
in such weather
at the rate I was going
to go in search of some one
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a stirrup
cross-eyed
yellow
the copse
an elm
numerous
ashamed of the infamous trade he plied
to take one’s leave
I had gone there more than once
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