Molière Flashcards

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an actor

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un(e) acteur(-rice)

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a playwright

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un dramaturge

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a director

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un metteur en scène

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a play

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une pièce

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a tragedy

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une tragédie

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a comedy

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une comédie

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a theater company

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une troupe

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a character

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un personnage

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a performance

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une représentation

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a tour

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une tournée

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a creditor

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un créancier

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a deeply religious person

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un dévot

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a cassock

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une soutane

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a tutor

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un précepteur

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an act of deception

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une supercherie

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a lie

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un mensonge

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an affair

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une liaison

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a merchant

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un marchand

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an estate

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une propriété

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a diamond (ring)

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un diamant

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a love letter

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un billet doux

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appearances

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le paraître = les apparences

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an arranged marriage

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un mariage arrangé

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a wig

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une perruque

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a gentleman

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un gentilhomme

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a title

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un titre de noblesse

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to act (in a play)

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jouer (dans une pièce)

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to persist in doing sth

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s’entêter à faire qqch

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to seduce s.o

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séduire qq’un

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to follow advice

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suivre un conseil

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to triumph

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triompher

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to ingratiate oneself with s.o

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se faire bien de qq’un

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to be ambitious

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avoir des ambitions

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to be in love with s.o

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être amoureux(-euse) de qq’un

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to woo s.o

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courtiser qq’un

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to bow

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faire la révérence

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to lend money to s.o

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prêter de l’argent à qq’un

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to make a fool of oneself

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se ridiculiser

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to marry one’s daughter to s.o

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marier (sa fille) à qq’un

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to appreciate s.o/sth

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apprécier qq’un/qqch

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to advise s.o

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conseiller qq’un

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to disguise oneself as

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se déguiser en

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to inherit sth

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hériter de qqch

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to flatter s.o

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flatter qq’un

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to take advantage of sth/s.o

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profiter de qqch/qq’un

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to save face

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sauver les apparences

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to be without scruples

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être sans scrupules

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to borrow money from s.o

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emprunter de l’argent à qq’un

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to deceive s.o

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tromper qq’un

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to fool s.o

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duper

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to lie to s.o

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mentir à qq’un

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to despise s.o

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mépriser qq’un

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to introduce s.o to s.o

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présenter qq’un à qq’un

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to hold court

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tenir salon

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to be witty

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faire de l’esprit

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to shine

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briller

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to charm

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séduire

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debt-ridden

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criblé(e) de dettes

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ambitious

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ambitieux(-euse)

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envious

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envieux(-euse)

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vain, conceited

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vaniteux(-euse)

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naive

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naÏf(-ve)

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gullible

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crédule

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old-fashioned

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vieux jeu

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ridiculous

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ridicule

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fooled, deceived

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dupé(e)

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humiliated

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humilié(e)

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clear-sighted

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lucide

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sincere

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sincère

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devout

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dévot(e)

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elegant

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élégant(e)

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attractive

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séduisant(e)

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penniless

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désargenté(e)

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sycophantic

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flatteur(-euse)

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disdainful

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méprisant(e)

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arrogant

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arrogant(e)

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lying

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menteur(-euse)

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scheming

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intrigant(e)

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lively, vivacious

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vif(-ve)

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bright

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brillant(e)

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bubbly

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pétillant(e)

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seductive

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séduisant(e)

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self-centered

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égocentrique

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disparaging

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médisant(e)