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Themed Vocab Workout > Churches and religion > Flashcards

Churches and religion Flashcards

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la nef

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the nave

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la voûte

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the vault

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haut, élevé

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lofty

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une rosace

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a rose-window

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les fidèles

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the congregation

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un banc d’église

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a pew

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l’autel

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the altar

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le choeur

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the choir, the chancel

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des vitraux

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stained glass windows

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le clocher

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the steeple

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une flèche

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a spire

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roman

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Norman

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les païens

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the heathens

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une croyance, une foi

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a creed

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le Tout-Puissant

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the Almighty

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un reliquaire, un sanctuaire

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a shrine

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l’Evangile

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the Gospel

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le jour du jugement dernier

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doomsday

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pieux

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pious

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maudire

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to curse

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les 7 péchés capitaux

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the seven deadly sins

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une paroisse

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a parish

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le curé

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the vicar

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le vicaire

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the curate

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un bénéfice, une cure

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a living

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un pratiquant

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a churchgoer

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une prière

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a prayer

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la quête

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collection

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aller à la messe

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to go to mass

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dire la messe

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to say mass

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un frère

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a friar

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un couvent

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a convent

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un abbé

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an abbot

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un Franc-maçon

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a Freemason, a mason

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la franc-maçonnerie

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freemansonry

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“bien mal acquis ne profite guère”

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“ill-gotten goods seldom prosper”

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“ne fais pas à autrui ce que tu ne voudrais pas que l’on te fît”

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“do unto others as you would be done by”

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“fais ton devoir, advienne que pourra”

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“do your duty, come may what”

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“le mieux est l’ennemi du bien”

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“let well alone”

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“péché avoué est à moitié pardonné”

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“a fault confessed is half redressed”

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“il n’est jamais trop tard pour s’amender”

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“it’s never too late to mend”

42
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“aide-toi et le ciel t’aidera”

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“God helps those who help themselves”

43
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“il vaut mieux être le premier en enfer que le dernier au ciel”

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“better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven”

44
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the nave

A

la nef

45
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the vault

A

la voûte

46
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lofty

A

haut, élevé

47
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a rose-window

A

une rosace

48
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the congregation

A

les fidèles

49
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a pew

A

un banc d’église

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the altar

A

l’autel

51
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the choir, the chancel

A

le choeur

52
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stained glass windows

A

des vitraux

53
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the steeple

A

le clocher

54
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a spire

A

une flèche

55
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Norman

A

roman

56
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the heathens

A

les païens

57
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a creed

A

une croyance, une foi

58
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the Almighty

A

le Tout-Puissant

59
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a shrine

A

un reliquaire, un sanctuaire

60
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the Gospel

A

l’Evangile

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doomsday

A

le jour du jugement dernier

62
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pious

A

pieux

63
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to curse

A

maudire

64
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the seven deadly sins

A

les 7 péchés capitaux

65
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a parish

A

une paroisse

66
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the vicar

A

le curé

67
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the curate

A

le vicaire

68
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a living

A

un bénéfice, une cure

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a churchgoer

A

un pratiquant

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a prayer

A

une prière

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collection

A

la quête

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to go to mass

A

aller à la messe

73
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to say mass

A

dire la messe

74
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a friar

A

un frère

75
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a convent

A

un couvent

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an abbot

A

un abbé

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a Freemason, a mason

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un Franc-maçon

78
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freemansonry

A

la franc-maçonnerie

79
Q

“ill-gotten goods seldom prosper”

A

“bien mal acquis ne profite guère”

80
Q

“do unto others as you would be done by”

A

“ne fais pas à autrui ce que tu ne voudrais pas que l’on te fît”

81
Q

“do your duty, come may what”

A

“fais ton devoir, advienne que pourra”

82
Q

“let well alone”

A

“le mieux est l’ennemi du bien”

83
Q

“a fault confessed is half redressed”

A

“péché avoué est à moitié pardonné”

84
Q

“it’s never too late to mend”

A

“il n’est jamais trop tard pour s’amender”

85
Q

“God helps those who help themselves”

A

“aide-toi et le ciel t’aidera”

86
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“better to reign in Hell than to serve in Heaven”

A

“il vaut mieux être le premier en enfer que le dernier au ciel”

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