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Moliere
Vocab
73
Language - French
12th Grade
02/06/2011
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Term
un sot
 Definition
idiot
Term
guere
 Definition
pas beaucoup
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un supplice
 Definition
torture
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facheux
 Definition
annoying
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un accueil
 Definition
welcome
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essuyer
 Definition
endure, suffer
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approbation
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approval
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louanges
 Definition
enlightened praise
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davantage
 Definition
plus
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demeurer
 Definition
to remain, stay
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louer
 Definition
lod, praise
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a tort et a travers
 Definition
wrongly
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a contresens
 Definition
against common sense
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appuyer
 Definition
to rely on
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une drolerie
 Definition
trick
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a merveille
 Definition
perfectly
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auparavant
 Definition
avant
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une besogne
 Definition
task
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lugubre
 Definition
gloomy
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ragaillardir
 Definition
to cheer up
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les revers
 Definition
wrong sides
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les bevues
 Definition
blunders
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les manquements
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les fautes
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faute de
 Definition
for lack of
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faire un mauvais pas
 Definition
make a bad situation
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la vraisemblance
 Definition
likelihood
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faire une reverence
 Definition
bow, curtsy
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l'emporter sur
 Definition
get the better of
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des injures
 Definition
abuses, insults
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s'emporter
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lose one's temper
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honteux
 Definition
ashamed
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meprisant
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scorn, despise
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soutenir
 Definition
support, sustain, withstand
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impudemment
 Definition
cheekily, shamelessly
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dechirer
 Definition
tear
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rebarbatif
 Definition
forbidding, daunting
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le tintamarre
 Definition
din
Term
volontiers
 Definition
gladly, willingly
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faire la moue
 Definition
pout, pull a face
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une confidence
 Definition
personal secret
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par ma foi
 Definition
by my faith
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je vous prie de
 Definition
i beg you
Term
la peste
 Definition
nuisance, pest
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avoir toutes les peines du monde
 Definition
have all the trouble in the world
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une perruque
 Definition
wig
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une coquine
 Definition
rascal
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une friponne
 Definition
rascal
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se tenir de faire
 Definition
to stand
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se railler
 Definition
scoff at
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vacarme
 Definition
din, row
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ebranler
 Definition
shake, weaken
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songer
 Definition
dream, reflect
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avaoir affaire a
 Definition
have to deal with
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tenir parole
 Definition
keep one's word
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des bontes
 Definition
kindness, goodness
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accabler
 Definition
overwhelm, overcome
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anguille sous roche
 Definition
fishy
Term
oter
 Definition
take away/off, remove
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eblouir
 Definition
dazzle
Term
meprisable
 Definition
contemptible
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apaiser
 Definition
calm, smooth, quenche
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amadouer
 Definition
coax, cajole
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un gendre
 Definition
son-in-law
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se parer de
 Definition
to adorn
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gueux
 Definition
beggars
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vaincre
 Definition
conquer, defeat, overcome
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les chimeres
 Definition
dreams
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s'aviser de faire qqch.
 Definition
realize suddenly
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un temoignage
 Definition
evidence, testimony
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avoir beau faire
 Definition
be vain
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une bagatelle
 Definition
trifle
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effroyable
 Definition
appalling
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empressement
 Definition
attentiveness, eagerness
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