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Ridicule
un film français
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Language - French
Undergraduate 2
01/09/2008
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Term
the king
 Definition
le roi
Term
the queen
 Definition
la reine
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a countess
 Definition
une comtesse
Term
a marsh
 Definition
un marais
Term
a peasant
 Definition
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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mosquito
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un moustique
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an abbot
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un abbé
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a widow
 Definition
une veuve
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the court
 Definition
la cour
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a courtier
 Definition
un(e) courtisan(e)
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a family tree
 Definition
un arbre généalogique
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to drain (a marsh)
 Definition
assécher (un marais)
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to be in mourning
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être en deuil
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to make experiments
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expérimenter
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to do research
 Definition
faire des recherches
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to raise (a child)
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élever (un enfant)
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to cheat
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tricher
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to thank s.o. for doing sth
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remercier qq'un de
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to commit suicide
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se suicider
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to hang oneself
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se pendre
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to ridicule s.o.
 Definition
ridiculiser qq'un
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to make fun of s.o.
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se moquer de qq'un

 

(use moi, toi, lui, elle, vous, nous, eux, elles) 
Term
to humiliate s.o.
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humilier qq'un
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to betray s.o.
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trahir qq'un
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to take one's revenge for sth
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se venger de qqch
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to trip s.o. up
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faire un croc-en-jambe à qq'un
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to reach one's goal
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atteindre son but
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to take refuge (somewhere)
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se réfugier (quelque part)
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enlightened
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éclairé(e)
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costly
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coûteux(-se)
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humiliated
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humilié(e)
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deaf
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sourd(e)
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mute
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muet(te)
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corrupt
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corrompu(e)
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selfish
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égoïste
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shrewd
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rusé(e)
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calculating
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calculateur (-trice)
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self-satisfied
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fat
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influential
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influent(e)
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pitiless
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impitoyable
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absolutism
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l'absolutisme
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the kingdom
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le royaume
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royalty
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la royauté
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a monarch
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un monarque
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a sovereign
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un souverain
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the crown
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la couronne
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the coronation
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le couronnement
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to lay claimto the throne
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prétendre à la couronne
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hereditary
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héréditaire
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the throne
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le trône
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to succeed to the throne
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succéder au trône
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to put someone on the throne
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placer qq'un sur le trône
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a pun, a play on words
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un calembour
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a flash of wit
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une boutade
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a joke
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une blague
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a jest
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une plaisanterie
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a double entendre
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une équivoque
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a witticism
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un mot d'esprit

 

un trait d'esprit 
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a paradox
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un paradoxe
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to be witty
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faire de l'esprit
Term
irony
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l'ironie
Term
biology
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la biologie
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physics
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la physique
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chemistry
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la chimie
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medicine
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la médecine
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technology
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la technologie
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space exploration
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la conquête de l'espace
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research
 Definition
la recherche
Term
a researcher
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un chercheur
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a laboratory
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un laboratoire
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an experiment
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une expérience
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to perform an experiment
 Definition
faire une expérience
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a discovery
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une découverte
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an expert
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un(e) expert(e)
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to be an expert in one's field
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être expert(e) dans sa matière
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a specialist in sth
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un(e) spécialiste en qqch
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to be an authority on sth
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faire autorité en qqch
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