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Shelley Vocab jan 2023 Flashcards

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Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
1
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despised

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regarded with contempt, scorn

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dregs

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the last drops (la lie)

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dull

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unshining / unintelligent

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a muddy spring

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une source boueuse

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leechlike

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comme des sangsues

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fainting

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évanouissant

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cling

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hold onto tightly

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blind in blood

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having sucked so much blood they are blind

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a blow

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un coup

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starved and stabbed

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affamé et poignardé

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slay

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tuer

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sealed

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scellé

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repeal (a law)

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cancel, abolish, rescind

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creep

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move timidly, discreetly

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beams

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rayons

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piny

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covered with pines

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hues

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colours, shades

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starlight

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the light of the stars

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spread

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étendu, étalé

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fled

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that has run away

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21
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aught

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anything

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22
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that dost

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that do

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23
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thine / thou

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your / you

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24
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art thou

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are you

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25
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dim

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mal éclairé

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vale

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valley

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27
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weaves

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tisse

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28
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o’er

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over

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29
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yon mountain-river

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the mountain-river over there

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fade

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s’estomper, s’effacer

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31
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cast

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throw, project

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32
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gloom

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obscurité / morosité

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33
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scope

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capacity

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34
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despondency

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melancholy, despair

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35
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hath ever

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has ever

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36
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vain endeavour

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fruitless / vain efforts

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37
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frail spells

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frêles sortilèges

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38
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uttered

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spoken

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39
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avail

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succeed

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sever

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cut, separate

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driven

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pushed

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still

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unmoving

43
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unquiet

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uncomfortable, tormented

44
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lent

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prêtés

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awful

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awe-inspiring, intimidating

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train

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procession (of followers)

47
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within

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inside

48
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sympathies

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compassions, empathy

49
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wax and wane

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increase and decrease

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nourishment

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food

51
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lest

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in case (de peur que)

52
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sought

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looked for

53
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sped

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rushed, ran

54
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musing

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pondering, thinking

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the lot of life

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our destiny (notre sort)

56
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wooing

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courting

57
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thy shadow

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your shadow

58
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shrieked

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screamed

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clasped my hands

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joined my hands

60
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vowed

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swore, promise

61
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thee and thine

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you and yours

62
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vow

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promise, oath

63
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streaming eyes

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les yeux ruisselants

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bowers

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bedroom ? chambrées ?

65
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zeal

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enthusiasm

66
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outwatched

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watched longer than

67
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my brow

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my face (forehead)

68
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a lustre

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a shine

69
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my onward face

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my life moving forward

70
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supply

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provide

71
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worship

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vénérer, adorer

72
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fair

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beautiful / just

73
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bind

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attach, compel, oblige

74
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human kind

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humankind, humanity

75
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wherefore

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what for

76
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plough

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labourer la terre

77
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lay ye low

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oppress you

78
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weave

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tisser

79
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toil and care

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dure labeur et soin

80
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clothe

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vêtir

81
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from the cradle to the grave

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du berceau à la tombe

82
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drones

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male bees

83
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sweat

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sueur

84
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nay

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no

85
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scourge

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whip

86
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stingless drones

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abeilles sans dard

87
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your toil

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your hard work, your endeavour

88
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balm

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baume

89
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ye buy

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you buy

90
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the seed ye sow

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les grains que vous semez

91
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to reap

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récolter

92
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heap

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pile up, accumulate

93
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idle

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lazy, unproductive

94
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shrink

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rétrécir / reculer, battre en retraite

95
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your cellars

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vos caves

96
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ye deck

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that you decorate

97
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dwells

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inhabits

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wrought

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made, created, forged

99
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tempered

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hardened in the smith’s fire

100
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glance on ye

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reflects on you

101
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plough and spade

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charrue et bêche

102
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hoe and loom

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houe/râteau et métier à tisser

103
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winding-sheet

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linceul

104
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fair / England

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beautiful/just England

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