Shelley Vocab jan 2023 Flashcards
despised
regarded with contempt, scorn
dregs
the last drops (la lie)
dull
unshining / unintelligent
a muddy spring
une source boueuse
leechlike
comme des sangsues
fainting
évanouissant
cling
hold onto tightly
blind in blood
having sucked so much blood they are blind
a blow
un coup
starved and stabbed
affamé et poignardé
slay
tuer
sealed
scellé
repeal (a law)
cancel, abolish, rescind
creep
move timidly, discreetly
beams
rayons
piny
covered with pines
hues
colours, shades
starlight
the light of the stars
spread
étendu, étalé
fled
that has run away
aught
anything
that dost
that do
thine / thou
your / you
art thou
are you
dim
mal éclairé
vale
valley
weaves
tisse
o’er
over
yon mountain-river
the mountain-river over there
fade
s’estomper, s’effacer
cast
throw, project
gloom
obscurité / morosité
scope
capacity
despondency
melancholy, despair
hath ever
has ever
vain endeavour
fruitless / vain efforts
frail spells
frêles sortilèges
uttered
spoken
avail
succeed
sever
cut, separate
driven
pushed
still
unmoving
unquiet
uncomfortable, tormented
lent
prêtés
awful
awe-inspiring, intimidating
train
procession (of followers)
within
inside
sympathies
compassions, empathy
wax and wane
increase and decrease
nourishment
food
lest
in case (de peur que)
sought
looked for
sped
rushed, ran
musing
pondering, thinking
the lot of life
our destiny (notre sort)
wooing
courting
thy shadow
your shadow
shrieked
screamed
clasped my hands
joined my hands
vowed
swore, promise
thee and thine
you and yours
vow
promise, oath
streaming eyes
les yeux ruisselants
bowers
bedroom ? chambrées ?
zeal
enthusiasm
outwatched
watched longer than
my brow
my face (forehead)
a lustre
a shine
my onward face
my life moving forward
supply
provide
worship
vénérer, adorer
fair
beautiful / just
bind
attach, compel, oblige
human kind
humankind, humanity
wherefore
what for
plough
labourer la terre
lay ye low
oppress you
weave
tisser
toil and care
dure labeur et soin
clothe
vêtir
from the cradle to the grave
du berceau à la tombe
drones
male bees
sweat
sueur
nay
no
scourge
whip
stingless drones
abeilles sans dard
your toil
your hard work, your endeavour
balm
baume
ye buy
you buy
the seed ye sow
les grains que vous semez
to reap
récolter
heap
pile up, accumulate
idle
lazy, unproductive
shrink
rétrécir / reculer, battre en retraite
your cellars
vos caves
ye deck
that you decorate
dwells
inhabits
wrought
made, created, forged
tempered
hardened in the smith’s fire
glance on ye
reflects on you
plough and spade
charrue et bêche
hoe and loom
houe/râteau et métier à tisser
winding-sheet
linceul
fair / England
beautiful/just England