Popova 17

• détruite - destroyed (adj)
• une estrade - a stage, a platform
• dresser - to dress, to set up, to train, to draw up, to stand up / rise (verb, 1st group)
• à mille visages - with 1000 faces (multifaceted, versatile, or has many different aspects or appearances)
• un visage - a face
• un flambeau - a torch, a candle, a light
• en même temps - at the same time
• de tous côtes - from all sides
• un côté - a side
• célébrer - to celebrate (more formal and often involves solemnity or ceremony)
• une prise - a take over, gaining control over sth
• un Etat - a state
• un peuple - people (implies a sense of unity and identity)
• populaire - popular
• flotter - to float, to wave in the wind (verb, 1st group)
• orner qch - to decorate sth (verb, 1st group)
• la veille - the eve, the day before
• un bal - a dance
• se diriger vers qch - to go towards someone/something (verb, 1st group)
• un air - a melody, a song
• un danseur / une danseuse - a dancer
• partout - everywhere
• militaire - military (adj)
• une capitale - a capital
• un(e) hôte - a guest
• défiler - to walk down ( the street ), to parade, to march (verb, 1st group) (pecifically refers to the action of marching or parading in a formal procession, often in a coordinated manner and usually in a specific direction)
• une république - a republic
• républicain(e) - republican (adj)
• la gloire - the fame, the glory
• officiel(le) - official (adj)
• puisque - since that
• la liberté - liberty
• une chanson - a song
• un chanteur / une chanteuse - a singer
• un feu d'artifice - a firework
• illuminer qch - to light up sth, to illuminate (verb, 1st group)
• un rire - a laugh
• plaisanter - to joke (verb, 1st group)
• une plaisanterie - a joke
• un habitant(e) - a resident