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Rousseau
from Discours sur les sciences et les arts
91
Language - French
Undergraduate 3
05/28/2009
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Term
approprier
 Definition
to take, appropriate; to seize
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comparaître
 Definition
to appear (law)
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oser
 Definition
to dare
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blâmer
 Definition
to criticize; to blame
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le mépris
 Definition
contempt
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la probité
 Definition
integrity
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la érudition
 Definition
scholarship (as in profound knowledge)
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docte
 Definition
adj. learned
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redouter
 Definition
to fear, dread
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avouer
 Definition
to confess, admit
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le néant
 Definition
nothingness; adj. nil
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les ténèbres
 Definition
(f) darkness; uncertainty
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ramener
 Definition
to restore (order); to take [sb/sth] back
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se ramener à
 Definition
to boil down to, come down to
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la chute
 Definition
1. fall; collapse (empire); loss (hair); drop (pressure)
2. ending (of a film); punch line (of story)
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digne
 Definition
dignified; worthy
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digne de confiance/ de foi
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trustworthy
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un agrément
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charm; approval (by official body)
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pourvoir
 Definition
to fill (post)
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pourvoir qn de
 Definition
to endow sb with
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pourvoir à
 Definition
to provide for
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étouffer
 Definition
to suppress (protest); to hush up (scandal); to suffocate (person); to choke (plant); to smother (fire); to stifle (yawn, sigh); to deaden (noise)
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s'étouffer
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to choke
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le besoin
 Definition
need
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la envie
 Definition
urge, craving
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prévenant-e
 Definition
considerate
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éloigné
 Definition
distant
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la rusticité
 Definition
rustic character
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la décence
 Definition
decency
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la parure
 Definition
finery; set of jewels; array (fine clothing)
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la dorure
 Definition
gilt
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apprêté
 Definition
affected; fussy (hairstyle)
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au fond
 Definition
basically
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épargner
 Definition
to save (money); to spare
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un moule
 Definition
mold; tin, pan
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une moule
 Definition
mussel
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moudre
 Definition
to grind
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rustique
 Definition
rude (~ rough around the edges)
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un troupeau
 Definition
herd, flock, gaggle
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détourner
 Definition
to divert; to hijack; to misappropriate
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un cortège
 Definition
procession
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la trahison
 Definition
treachery; treason
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vanter
 Definition
to praise
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se vanter
 Definition
to boast
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rabaisser
 Definition
to belittle
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autrui
 Definition
others, other people
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outrager
 Definition
to offend; outrage
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calomnier
 Definition
to slander
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revandiquer
 Definition
to demand; to claim (territory); to claim responsibility for; to proclaim (origins)
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une contrée
 Definition
land, region
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une aurore
 Definition
dawn, daybreak
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un abaissement
 Definition
lowering; subsiding
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un astre
 Definition
star
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un toit
 Definition
roof
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le chaume
 Definition
stubble (in field); thatch
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jadis
 Definition
formerly, in the past, once, ages ago
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un rhéteur
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rhetorician
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un histrion
 Definition
wandering minstrel
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la proie
 Definition
prey
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briser
 Definition
to break; to break down (resistance); to shatter (dream)
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éblouir
 Definition
to dazzle
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la ciguë
 Definition
hemlock
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le châtiment
 Definition
punishment
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épais-se
 Definition
thick; dull (mind); deep (night); adv. a lot, much
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de près
 Definition
closely
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le repos
 Definition
rest, time off
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feuilleter
 Definition
to leaf through [sth]
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suppléer à
 Definition
to make up for, compensate for
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retracer
 Definition
to redraw (line); to recount (tale)
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se retirer
 Definition
to withdraw, leave
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une foule
 Definition
crowd, mob
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la oisiveté
 Definition
idleness
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la perte
 Definition
loss; waste; ruin
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courber
 Definition
to bend
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les oisifs
 Definition
the idle rich
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saper
 Definition
to undermine
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avilir
 Definition
to demean
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suffire
 Definition
to be enough
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reléguer
 Definition
to relegate
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athée
 Definition
atheistic; atheist
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le bétail
 Definition
livestock, cattle
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une poignée
 Definition
handful; handle (of door, handle, drawer); hilt (sword)
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momentané-e
 Definition
momentary
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faste
 Definition
auspicious
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le faste
 Definition
splendor, pomp
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un éloge
 Definition
praise; eulogy
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la pusillanimité
 Definition
shyness, spinelessness
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mâle
 Definition
male; manly
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le trépas
 Definition
demise; death
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la chaire
 Definition
pulpit; chair (university)
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un asile
 Definition
refuge; (political) asylum
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