day 43a novel on holiday
unit 7 · summer of the artsa novel on holiday
Read the passé simple of novels and tales: il fut, elle eut, ils partirent, elle se leva.
today’s words
- mythique · mythical; legendary
- effrayer · to frighten, to scare
- surgir · to appear suddenly, to loom up
- effrayant · frightening, scary
- monstrueux · monstrous; huge
- chérir · to cherish
- s'écrouler · to collapse
- hanter · to haunt
- s'attarder · to linger, to stay on
- le narrateur · narrator
- terrifiant · terrifying
- le protagoniste · protagonist, main character
- la prose · prose
- errer · to wander, to roam
- la fureur · fury, rage; a craze
- la lanterne · lantern
- secrètement · secretly
- bondir · to leap, to jump up
- guetter · to watch out for, to lie in wait for
- la lueur · glimmer, faint light
- s'élancer · to dash forward, to spring
- désespérément · desperately
- dérober · to steal (formal); (se dérober) to slip away
- le crépuscule · dusk, twilight
- gravir · to climb (a slope, steps)
- terrifier · to terrify
- tremblant · trembling, shaking
- sombre · dark, gloomy
- éblouir · to dazzle
- sursauter · to jump, to start (in surprise)
- frissonner · to shiver, to shudder
sentences
- Au crépuscule, la protagoniste prit sa lanterne et sortit. · At dusk, the protagonist took her lantern and went out.
- Une lueur surgit entre les arbres, et elle frissonna. · A glimmer appeared between the trees, and she shivered.
- Pendant des heures, elle erra dans la forêt sombre. · For hours she wandered in the dark forest.
- Un loup la guettait, mais il ne bondit pas. · A wolf was watching her, but it did not leap.
- Ce bruit monstrueux effraya les enfants du village. · That monstrous noise frightened the village children.