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VOCAB > A Tale Of Two Cities > Flashcards

A Tale Of Two Cities Flashcards

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Barrister

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Lawyer who handles court cases

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Château

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French aristocrat’s country home

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Conciergerie

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Prison in Paris

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Doll

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Disparaging term for women in the 19th century

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5
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Flambeau

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A torch

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Fortnight

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2 weeks; fourteen days

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Garret

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Attic or room on top floor of house

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Guillotine

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Machine to cut off a victim’s head

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Hackney-coach

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Old version of a taxi

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Head drawer

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Man in charge of a hotel

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Incarceration

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Imprisonment

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Jackal

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Accomplice who helps in menial or bad acts

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Letter de cachet

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A seal letter

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14
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Miller

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Man who grinds wheat

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Old bailey

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Central court where criminals were prosecuted

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Pike

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Long spear

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Postilion

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Man who rides the near horse of leaders to guide horses drawing a coach

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Punch

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Fruit beverage

19
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Quartering

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Punishment for criminals where they are cut into four parts

20
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Quid

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Pound

21
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Saint Antoine

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District in Paris that is very active In revolution

22
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Scrivener

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Copier

23
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Snuff

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Powdered tobacco inhaled through nose

24
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Solicitor

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Lawyer handling matters not evolving court

25
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Specter

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Ghost

26
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Temple bar

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London landmark

27
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Tumbril

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Cart used to carry prisoners to be executed in French Revolution

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Turnkey

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Jailor

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Versailles

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City southwest of Paris

30
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Ward

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Someone responsible of someone else

31
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Whitefriars

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Disreputable time in London

32
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Wood-sawyer

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Man who chops wood

33
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Ancien régime

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Pre-revolutionary monarchical, aristocrat rule of France

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