Le Horla

Glossary (Le Horla)

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abbaye

abby


accroupi

crouching

affolé

distraught

affreuse

awful

anéanti

wrecked

angoisse

anguish

apeuré

frightened

aplomb

composure

assombri

clouded

aïeux

ancestor

aurore

dawn

baisa

kissed

banalement

trivially

bégayait

stuttered

bourrasques

gusts

bourdonnement

buzzing

brisants

breakwaters

cachot

dungeon

cadenas

padlock

cessant

stopping

chêne

oak

colonnes

colmuns

cordons

cords

crainte

fear

cuirasse

armor

d’ailleurs

incidentally

d’acier

d’airain

brass

déliai

lead

démence

madness

demeure

residence

ébranlé

shook

engourdie

numb

énervement

nervousness

entrebâillai

half-open

éperdu

distraught

épouvantables

terrible

épreuve

ordeal

exorcisaient

exorcize

eusse

falaises

cliffs

feuilletée

leafed

filet

net

frêles

frail

frémissent

shudder

frôlant

touching

gai

gémit

groan

goélettes

sailboat

gouffre

abyss

gravi

climbed

guéri

healed

haletant

panting

hantise

fear

harcelée

harrassed

hâtai

hurried

hérissées

bristling

hirondelles

swallows

invraisemblables

incredible

insoupçonnable

the unexpected

jaillit

gushed

jurent

swear

 

maître

master

meurtri

bruised

moquais

tease

mordent

bite

mugit

roar

navires

ships

nerfs

nerves

niais

silly

obéit

obey

ondoyait

waved

opprime

oppress

ordonnait

ordered

oscilla

swayed

oser

to dare

palper

palpate

paraître

seeming

parurent

appeared

péniblement

with difficulty

perturbation

disturbance

peuple

people

platane

plane tree

plomb

graphite

pressenti

sense

prestidigitateurs

magicians

profondes

deep

putréfactions

rotten

querellant

quarelling

ranimer

revive

redoutable

formidable

redoutais

fear

remorqueur

tugboat

repu

full

s’agenouille

kneeling

s’assoupit

doze

s’éclaircissant

clearing

s’égare

wander off

s’engloutit

engulfed

s’éparpillait

scattered

sangsue

leech

scintillements

sparkling

secousse

shock

serrurier

locksmith

somnambule

sleepwalker

songeais

was thinking

subissons

experience

suraigu

shrill

surexcités

excited

surprenante

surprising

sveltes

slender

tordus

twisted

troupeau

herd

verrous

locks

volontés

wishes

 

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