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Gothic Flashcards

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A mansion

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a very large or stately house as a place to live, un manoir

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an abbey

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the building in which a christian group of monks or nuns lives. une abbaye

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a vault

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a room with an arched roof or ceiling.
une voûte

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a cellar

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a room underground and usually beneath a building. une cave

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a dungeon

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an underground prison cell. Un cachot

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a cell

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une cellule. A small room often in a prison

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a keep

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un dungeon. t he place of last resort in case of siege or attack.

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a maze

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un labyrinthe. A system of connected path ways in which it’s easy to lose your way

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a cemetery

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an area of land where the dead are buried (not next to a church)

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a graveyard

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an area of land where the dead are buried, next to a church

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a tomb

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a grave or structure where a dead person is buried. Un tombeau

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A coffin

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Un cercueil. A box in which a dead body is placed for burial.

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a grave

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a place where somebody is buried. Une tombe sans ornements

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Crumbling

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partir en miette, falling apart, break into small pieces

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decaying

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pourrir, to become decomposed

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desolate

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empty, w/out life, abandonné

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remote

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located far away from other places. Éloigné

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dimly-lit

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lit with very little light, no bright. Faiblement éclairé

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damp

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sightly wet. Humide

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dank

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wet and cold.

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clammy

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moite. unpleasant moist and sticky

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a maiden.

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a young woman married. Demoiselle

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a prey

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a person or thing that is victim of an enemy. Une proie

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a scoundrel

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a person who has no moral principles. Une canaille

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a villain

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a cruel or evil person who is considered harmful

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a bone

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hard piece that form the skeleton of a human. Un os

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a skull

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the bone of the head that encloses and protect the brain. Un crâne

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awed

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feeling great respect sometimes mixed with fear. Impressionné

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a corpse

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a dead body of human being. Cadavre

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powerless/ helpless

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Impuissant. unable to control or influence ppl or events. W/out power of control

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wicked

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Mauvais esprit. morally bad. Intending to cause harm

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evil

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Bad, cruel, of harmful causing harm and suffering. Maléfique

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pitiless, merciless, ruthless.

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w/out compassion, determined to get what you want

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a storm

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an extreme weather condition with very strong wind, heavy rain, often thunder and lighting. Une tempête

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thunder

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the sudden loud noise that comes from the sky caused by the discharge of electricity during a storm. Tonnerre

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lighting

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a sudden flash of light in the sky caused by the discharge of electricity during a storm. Eclair

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confinement

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the situation in which a person or animal is kept somewhere, usually by force

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entrapment

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the act of causing someone to do something they would not usually do by tricking them. Piège

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a curse

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a wish that bad things will happen to someone often believed to bring misfortune. Malediction

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an omen

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something that is considered to be a sign of how a future event will take place. Un présage

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a warning

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a statement or event that indicated possible danger or a problem. Un avertissement

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lugubrious

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looking or sounding sad or dismal excessively mournful. Lugubre

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Dreary

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dull, bleak, lifeless. Maussade

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dismal

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causing a mood of gloom or depression bleach and cheerless. Piètre

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gruesome

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really unpleasant causing horror disgust or often related to death. Épouvantable

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Ghastly

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shockingly, unpleasant

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horrendous

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extremely unpleasant. affreux, epouvantable

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Uncanny

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strange or mysterious. Inquiétant

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odd, weird

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strange or unexpected, unusual. Bizarre

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spooky

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frightening. Effrayant, sinistre

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dreadful

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Effroyable. Causing fear, shock or suffering

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Nightmarish

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Cauchemardesque. Extremely unpleasant and very upsetting

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Bloodcurdling

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causing a feeling of fear. A glacer le sang

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spine chilling

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very frightening.

55
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hair raising

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very frightening. Dresser les cheveux sur la tête

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