Ridicule Flashcards

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the king

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le roi

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the queen

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la reine

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a countess

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une comtesse

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a marsh

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un marais

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a peasant

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un(e) paysan(ne)

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a fool

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un(e) sot(te)

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a diving suit

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un scaphandre

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a widow

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une veuve

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the court

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la cour

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a courtier

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un(e) courtisan(e)

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a noble person

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un(e) noble

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12
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nobility

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la noblesse

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13
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a family tree

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un arbre généalogique

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to drain (a marsh)

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assécher (un marais)

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to be in mourning

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être en deuil

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to do experiments

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expérimenter

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to do research

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faire des recherches

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to raise (a child)

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élever (un enfant)

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19
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to cheat

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tricher

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20
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to thank s.o for sth

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remercier qq’un de qqch

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21
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to commit suicide

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se suicider

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22
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to hang oneself

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se pendre

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23
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to ridicule s.o

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ridiculiser qq’un

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to make fun of s.o

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se moquer de qq’un

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to humiliate s.o
humilier qq'un
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to betray s.o
trahir qq'un
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to take one's revenge for sth
se venger de qqch
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to trip s.o
faire un croc-en-jambe à qq'un
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to reach one's goal
atteindre son but
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to take refuge (somewhere)
se réfugier (quelque part)
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enlightened
éclairé(e)
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costly
coûteux (-se)
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humiliated
humilié(e)
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deaf
sourd(e)
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mute
muet(e)
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corrupt
corrumpu(e)
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selfish
égoïste
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shrewd
rusé(e)
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calculating
calculateur(-trice)
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self-satisfied
fat
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influential
influent(e)
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pitiless
impitoyable
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absolutism
l'absolutisme
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the kingdom
le royaume
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royalty
la royauté
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a monarch
un monarque
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a sovereign
un sovereign
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the crown
la couronne
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the coronation
le couronnement
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to lay claim to the throne
prétendre à la couronne
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hereditary
héréditaire
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to succeed to the throne
succéder au trône
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to put s.o on the throne
placer qq'un sur le trône
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a pun, a play on words
un calembour
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a flash of wit
une boutade
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a joke
un blague
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a jest
une plaisanterie
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a double entendre
une équivoque
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a witticism
un mot d'esprit, un trait d'esprit
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a paradox
un paradox
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to be witty
faire de l'esprit
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irony
l'ironie
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biology
la biologie
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physics
la physique
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chemistry
la chimie
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medicine
le médecine
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technology
la technologie
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space exploration
la conquête de l'espace
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research
la recherche
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a researcher
une chercheur
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a laboratory
un laboratoire
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to perform an experiment
faire une expérience
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a discovery
une découverte
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to be an expert in one's field
être expert(e) dans sa matière
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a specialist in sth
un(e) spécialiste en qqch
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to be an authority on sth
faire authorité en qqch