QCM sur l’histoire “L’incroyable histoire du cartable perdu” – Audio Book

Vocabulary List for “L’incroyable histoire du cartable perdu” Here is a useful list of French words and expressions from the story to help with your reading.

French Word/Expression	English Translation	Context / Meaning
Un cartable	A school bag, a backpack	The main object of the story that Charlotte loses.
Tomber dans les bras de	To fall into someone’s arms	What Charlotte does to Nina, showing she is upset.
Se mettre en rangs	To line up	What the students do before going into class.
Tirer d’affaire	To get someone out of trouble	What Nina promises to do for Charlotte.
Un bouclier	A shield	What Charlotte supposedly used her bag as against the dog.
Un massacre	A massacre, a carnage	How Nina describes the dog “destroying” the school supplies.
La directrice	The headteacher, the principal	Madame Bichet, the school principal.
En rajouter	To lay it on thick, to exaggerate	What Nina does by adding more details to her story.
Échapper (à)	To escape (from)	What the girls did from the dog.
Une muselière	A muzzle	What Madame Bichet suggests for dangerous dogs.
La rage	Rabies	The serious disease the dog supposedly had.
Enragé	Rabid; furious	Describes the dog in Nina’s story.
Rôder	To prowl, to hang around	What the dangerous dog was doing near the school.
Le commissariat	The police station	Where Madame Bichet decides to call.
S’évanouir	To faint	What Nina pretends to do to stop the phone call.
Gémissant	Moaning, groaning	The sound Nina makes while pretending to faint.
Médusé	Stunned, astonished	How the teacher and principal look when Félix returns the bag.
Timidement	Timidly, shyly	How Félix acts when he comes to the office.
Stupéfaits	Astonished, amazed	How the adults are when they learn the truth.
Grommeler	To grumble, to mutter	What the teacher does, showing his annoyance.
Une carabistouille	A tall tale, a fib, nonsense	The word the principal uses for Nina’s lies.
Convouquer	To summon	What the principal threatens to do to Nina’s parents.
Suppliante	Pleading, begging	The tone of voice Nina uses to try and get out of trouble.
L’échapper belle	To have a close shave, to have a narrow escape	What Nina says at the end, meaning she got off lightly.