Test your French with Victor Hugo
France’s answer to Shakespeare, Victor Hugo was amongst other things, a poet, playwright, philosopher and author.
Many a Bac (equivalent of A-Levels) student has quivered at the sight of his name on the test paper…
How will you fare?
Useful vocab
sourire – smile
doux – gentle
Suivi – followed
housard – cavalry man
Parcourait à cheval – was travelling on horseback
Il lui sembla – he seemed to
l’ombre – the shadow
en déroute – defeated
sanglant – bloody, bleeding
Râlant – groaning, moaning
brisé – broken
ému – moved
tendit – held out
qui pendait – hanging
sa selle – his saddle
blessé – wounded man
Tout à coup – suddenly
Saisit – grabbed
il étreignait – he was clutching
vise – aims
front – forehead
Le coup – the shot
un écart en arrière – jumped back
quand même – anyway