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13 Cards in this Set
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le gueux (-euse) |
(n, adj) a beggar of a repulsive kind |
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les mœurs |
(n pl) manners, morals |
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le paravent |
(n) large screen for a room |
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souffleté(e) |
(adj) slapped |
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vérolé(e) |
(adj) "poxy," afflicted with skin lesions of secondary syphilis |
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les sillons |
(n pl) Furrows in a plowed field |
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le palefrenier |
(n) a groom for horses |
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fesser |
(v) to spank (Voltaire, with typical understatement, here is describing a whipping) |
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interdit(e) [émotion] |
(adj) left speechless, so troubled that one is unable to speak |
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la rade |
(n) harbor |
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l'étoffe |
(n) fabric |
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la cochenille |
(n) a scale insect that produces a carmine die |
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le quartier de noblesse |
"quarter of nobility," based on the number of generations holding a title of nobility on both the paternal and maternal side. The higher a family's number, the better its pedigree. |
