Ridicule Flashcards

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1
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the king

A

le roi

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the queen

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la reine

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a countess

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une comtesse

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a marsh

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un marais

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a peasant

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un(e) paysan(ne)

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a fool

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un(e) sot(te)

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a diving suit

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un scaphandre

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a widow

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une veuve

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the court

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la cour

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a courtier

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un(e) courtisan(e)

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a noble person

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un(e) noble

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nobility

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la noblesse

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13
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a family tree

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un arbre généalogique

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to drain (a marsh)

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assécher (un marais)

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to be in mourning

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être en deuil

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to do experiments

A

expérimenter

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to do research

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faire des recherches

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to raise (a child)

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élever (un enfant)

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19
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to cheat

A

tricher

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20
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to thank s.o for sth

A

remercier qq’un de qqch

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21
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to commit suicide

A

se suicider

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22
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to hang oneself

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se pendre

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23
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to ridicule s.o

A

ridiculiser qq’un

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24
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to make fun of s.o

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se moquer de qq’un

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25
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to humiliate s.o

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humilier qq’un

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to betray s.o

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trahir qq’un

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27
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to take one’s revenge for sth

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se venger de qqch

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to trip s.o

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faire un croc-en-jambe à qq’un

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29
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to reach one’s goal

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atteindre son but

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30
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to take refuge (somewhere)

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se réfugier (quelque part)

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31
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enlightened

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éclairé(e)

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costly

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coûteux (-se)

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humiliated

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humilié(e)

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deaf

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sourd(e)

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mute

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muet(e)

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corrupt

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corrumpu(e)

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selfish

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égoïste

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shrewd

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rusé(e)

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calculating

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calculateur(-trice)

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self-satisfied

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fat

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influential

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influent(e)

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pitiless

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impitoyable

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absolutism

A

l’absolutisme

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the kingdom

A

le royaume

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royalty

A

la royauté

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a monarch

A

un monarque

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a sovereign

A

un sovereign

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the crown

A

la couronne

49
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the coronation

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le couronnement

50
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to lay claim to the throne

A

prétendre à la couronne

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hereditary

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héréditaire

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to succeed to the throne

A

succéder au trône

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to put s.o on the throne

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placer qq’un sur le trône

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a pun, a play on words

A

un calembour

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a flash of wit

A

une boutade

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a joke

A

un blague

57
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a jest

A

une plaisanterie

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a double entendre

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une équivoque

59
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a witticism

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un mot d’esprit, un trait d’esprit

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a paradox

A

un paradox

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to be witty

A

faire de l’esprit

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irony

A

l’ironie

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biology

A

la biologie

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physics

A

la physique

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chemistry

A

la chimie

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medicine

A

le médecine

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technology

A

la technologie

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space exploration

A

la conquête de l’espace

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research

A

la recherche

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a researcher

A

une chercheur

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a laboratory

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un laboratoire

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to perform an experiment

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faire une expérience

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a discovery

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une découverte

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to be an expert in one’s field

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être expert(e) dans sa matière

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a specialist in sth

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un(e) spécialiste en qqch

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to be an authority on sth

A

faire authorité en qqch