The Modern Millionaire Flashcards
Romance
Love,adventure
Prosaic
Boring,lacking interest and imagination
Bequeathed
Passed on to someone by somebody after his/her death
Bulls and bears
Speculators who try to lower the price of stocks and shares
Pekoe and souchong
Different varieties of tea
Ineffectual
Not skilled at achieving or unable to produce good results
Glum
Unhappy and quiet
Freckled
Having small,flat, brown spots
Ragged
Uneven
Bète
Foolish or annoying
Repose
Rest
Dandies
Men who spend a lot of time and money on clothes and personal appearance
Buoyant
Ability to stay happy
Entreè
Right to enter
Wizened
Having dry skin with lines on it, especially because of old age
Piteous
Causing you to feel sadness
Cobbled
To make aomething quickly and not very carefully
A trouvaille, mon cher
A lucky find my dear
Easel
A wooden frame to hold a picture while it is being painted
Forlorn
Alone and unhappy
Hansom
A two wheeled horse drawn carriage
Extravagance
To spend more than necessary
Prospects
The possibilities of being successful
Picturesqueness
The quality of being attractive in appearance
A chacun son mètier
To each one his trade
Que voulez vous
What you want
La fantaisie d’un millionaire
The whim of a Millionaire
Dismay
A feeling of unHappiness and disappointments
Son affaire c’est l’argent des autres
Other peoples money is his business
Sulkily
With anger for a slight cause
Recless
Do something without caring about the risks
Duffer
Foolish person
In the row
In apublic space
Philanthropic
Helping poor people by giving them money
Monsieur
Mister
De la part de
On behalf of
Best man
The friend and attendant of the man to be married
