Dostoïevski Flashcards

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dès

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from

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centre de tirage

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center of circulation

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un parricide

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killing of a parent

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fauchée

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thieving, hard up

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écrasante

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overwhelming

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les brouillons

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drafts

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lorsque

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when, during

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des séquelles

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after effect

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clandestin

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underground, illegal

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«qui avait rompu»

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who had broken

passive voice

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inavouées

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unacknowledged

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«n’allez pourtant pas croire que»

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yet, don’t forget that

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«nous aussi, d’ailleurs»

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we also, elsewhere

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aussitôt

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straight away

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rusés

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cunning

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l’aîné

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oldest

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dotée

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(well) equipped, such as a person of status

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éveillée

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alert

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en tout repos

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at all rest

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son imagination

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(it’s male)

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prosaïque

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mundane

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pique-assiette

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scrounger, parasite

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hardis

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daring, bokd

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«en voie d’amélioration»

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being improved (to best describe)

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bouffon

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buffoon

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mépris

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contempt

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les railleurs

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people looming down on someone, scoffers

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dessein

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intention

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tant

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so much

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«qui sait, d’ailleurs»

A

who knows, besides

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se soûler

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to get drunk

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un taudis

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hovel, unfit place of living

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ivre

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drunk

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le dégoût

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disgust