Ridicule vocab Flashcards

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un(e) paysan(nne)

A

a peasant

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un marais

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a marsh

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un(e) sot(te)

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a fool

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un scaphandre

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a diving suit

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une veuve

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a widow

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la cour

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the court

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un arbre généalogique

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a family tree

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être en deuil

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to be in mourning

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expérimenter

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to experiment

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faire des recherches

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to do research

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10
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tricher

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to cheat

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11
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remercier qq’un de

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to thank someone for something

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12
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se pendre

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to hang oneself

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trahir qq’un

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to betray someone

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se venger de qqch

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to take one’s revenge for sth

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15
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atteindre son but

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to reach one’s goal

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se réfugier

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to take refuge

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coûteux

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costly

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rusé

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shrewd

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fat

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self-satisfied

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influent(e)

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influential

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impitoyable

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pitiless

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l’absolutisme

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absolutism

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le royaume

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the kingdom

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un monarque

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a monarch

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un souverain

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a sovereign

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la couronne

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the crown

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le couronnement

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the coronation

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prétendre à la couronne

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to lay claim to the throne

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héréditaire

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hereditary

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succéder au trône

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to succeed the theone

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placer qq’un sur le trône

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to put someone on the throne

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un calembour

A

a pun

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une boutade

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a flash of wit

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une blague

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a joke

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une plaisanterie

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a jest

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une équivoque

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a double entendre

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un mot d’esprit

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a witticism

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faire de l’esprit

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to be witty

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la conquête de l’espace

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Space exploration

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une expérience

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an experiment

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une découverte

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a discovery

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être expert(e) dans sa matière

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to be an expert in ones field

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un(e) spécialiste en qqch

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a specialist in something

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faire autorité en qqch

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to be an authority on something

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faire un croc-en-jambe

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to trip someone up