Vocab from Song to the Men of England Flashcards
1
Q
Wherefore
A
What for
2
Q
Plough
A
Labourer la terre
3
Q
Lay ye low
A
Oppress you
4
Q
Weave
A
Tisser
5
Q
Toil and care
A
Dur labeur et soin
6
Q
Clothe
A
Vêtir
7
Q
From the cradle to the grave
A
Du berceau à la tombe
8
Q
Drones
A
Male bees (that make no honey and have no sting)
9
Q
Sweat (“swett”)
A
Sueur
10
Q
Nay
A
No
11
Q
Scourge
A
Whip
12
Q
Stingless drones
A
Abeilles sans dard
13
Q
Your toil
A
Your hard work, your endeavour
14
Q
Balm
A
Baume
15
Q
Ye buy
A
You buy
16
Q
The seed ye sow
A
Les grains que vous semez
17
Q
To reap
A
Récolter
18
Q
Heap
A
Pile up, accumulate
19
Q
Idle
A
Lazy, unproductive
20
Q
Shrink
A
1.Rétrécir 2. Reculer, battre en retraite
21
Q
Your cellars
A
Vos caves
22
Q
Ye decks
A
That you decorate
23
Q
Dwells
A
Inhabits
24
Q
Wrought
A
Made, created, forged
25
Tempered
Hardened in the smith's fire
26
Glance on ye
Reflect on you
27
Plough and spade
Charrue et bêche
28
Hoe and loom
Houe / rateau et métier à tisser
29
Winding-sheet
Linceul
30
Fair / England
Beautiful England (pun with just)?
