huis clos first vocab set

stupid things that you say

an executioner/a torturer

a sofa

a break, interruption

a blink.

a corridor les enfants jouaient dans le couloir

a knock (with the fist)

a paper cutter

indications in the text.

hell

a joke

an armchair

hail

a switch

a misunderstanding

a piece of furniture

the appearance / look on your face

a word, utterances

eyelid

an answer (theatre, the fact of talking back)

sleep

a ring/ bell

a silly / idiot personn / a fool

a top

to turn on

to annihilate

to expect sth

to blink

to escape sth/ someone

to escape, run away from elle s'est échappée de prison

to turn off

to spare

to rub

to moan, groan.

to get used to sth

to shrug

to bother someone / to be an inconvenience to so.

to drown

to remove, take away

to stir / to move

to find out information

to dream / reflect, think

to startup, to jump

to tease.

to be mistaken on sth.

to make a mistake

to lock

comfortable / uncomfortable (feelings): cette question me met mal à l'aise

utterly boring

atrophied / badly damaged. Dans Huis-Clos, les paupières du garcon sont atrophiées

burgundy color / maroon

middle and upper class

soft/ cosy

vulgar

unbearable

the same (always after a verb).

bothersome, painful

sudden

in the end, after a long time .

off-guard ils les ont pris au dépourvu (they got them off-guard)

too bad!