Vocab from Song to the Men of England Flashcards

1
Q

Wherefore

A

What for

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2
Q

Plough

A

Labourer la terre

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3
Q

Lay ye low

A

Oppress you

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4
Q

Weave

A

Tisser

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5
Q

Toil and care

A

Dur labeur et soin

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6
Q

Clothe

A

Vêtir

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7
Q

From the cradle to the grave

A

Du berceau à la tombe

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8
Q

Drones

A

Male bees (that make no honey and have no sting)

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9
Q

Sweat (“swett”)

A

Sueur

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10
Q

Nay

A

No

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11
Q

Scourge

A

Whip

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12
Q

Stingless drones

A

Abeilles sans dard

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13
Q

Your toil

A

Your hard work, your endeavour

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14
Q

Balm

A

Baume

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15
Q

Ye buy

A

You buy

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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
Q

Tempered

A

Hardened in the smith’s fire

26
Q

Glance on ye

A

Reflect on you

27
Q

Plough and spade

A

Charrue et bêche

28
Q

Hoe and loom

A

Houe / rateau et métier à tisser

29
Q

Winding-sheet

A

Linceul

30
Q

Fair / England

A

Beautiful England (pun with just)?