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The Modern Millionaire Flashcards

1
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Romance

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Love,adventure

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2
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Prosaic

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Boring,lacking interest and imagination

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Bequeathed

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Passed on to someone by somebody after his/her death

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Bulls and bears

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Speculators who try to lower the price of stocks and shares

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5
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Pekoe and souchong

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Different varieties of tea

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Ineffectual

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Not skilled at achieving or unable to produce good results

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7
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Glum

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Unhappy and quiet

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Freckled

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Having small,flat, brown spots

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Ragged

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Uneven

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Bète

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Foolish or annoying

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11
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Repose

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Rest

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12
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Dandies

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Men who spend a lot of time and money on clothes and personal appearance

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Buoyant

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Ability to stay happy

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14
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Entreè

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Right to enter

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Wizened

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Having dry skin with lines on it, especially because of old age

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Piteous

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Causing you to feel sadness

17
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Cobbled

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To make aomething quickly and not very carefully

18
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A trouvaille, mon cher

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A lucky find my dear

19
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Easel

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A wooden frame to hold a picture while it is being painted

20
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Forlorn

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Alone and unhappy

21
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Hansom

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A two wheeled horse drawn carriage

22
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Extravagance

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To spend more than necessary

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Prospects

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The possibilities of being successful

24
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Picturesqueness

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The quality of being attractive in appearance

25
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A chacun son mètier

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To each one his trade

26
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Que voulez vous

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What you want

27
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La fantaisie d’un millionaire

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The whim of a Millionaire

28
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Dismay

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A feeling of unHappiness and disappointments

29
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Son affaire c’est l’argent des autres

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Other peoples money is his business

30
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Sulkily

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With anger for a slight cause

31
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Recless

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Do something without caring about the risks

32
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Duffer

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Foolish person

33
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In the row

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In apublic space

34
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Philanthropic

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Helping poor people by giving them money

35
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Monsieur

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Mister

36
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De la part de

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On behalf of

37
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Best man

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The friend and attendant of the man to be married

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