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65 Cards in this Set
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les remous (m)
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(n) stir, act of stirring up
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les pourparlers
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(n) talks, negotiations, as in "peace talks"
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le pèlerin
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(n) pilgrim
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le pèlerinage
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(n) pilgrimage
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savoir gré à _____ de _____
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(v phrase) to be grateful to _____ for _____
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l'aumône (f)
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(n) alms
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le jurisconsulte
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rédiger
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(v) to write, draw up (a letter or fatwa)
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le différend
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(n) difference of opinion
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le grief
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(n) grievance
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déchu(e)
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(adj) deposed; also has-been, waning
("Le califat ______.") |
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entreprendre
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=commencer
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tendu(e)
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(adj) tense
like the relations between As-Suyuti and the Sultan); taut (like a rope) |
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terne
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(adj) dull, uninteresting
"L'époque mameluke est beaucoup plus _____." |
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la bienséance
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(n) propriety, etiquette
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s'attarder
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(v) to linger
"______ au café." |
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tranchant(e)
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(adj) sharp
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le tranchant
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(n) the sharp side (of a blade)
"_____ du main:" the edge of the hand |
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ambigu(ë)
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(adj) ambiguous
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le couvent
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(n) ribat, convent, monastery
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la coupure (3 sens)
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(n) cut (from a sharp object);
a news clipping; a break (in a narrative) |
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la coupure publicitaire
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(n phrase) commercial break
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inique
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(adj) iniquitous
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pressentir
(comme "sortir" et "partir") |
(v) to sense
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échoir à
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(v) to accrue to, to fall to
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se heurter à
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(v) to collide with
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bien-fondé
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(adj) well-founded
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le bien-fondé
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(n) well-founded-ness
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rejeté(e) sur
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(adj phrase) thrown back upon,
blamed upon "_____ ___ la trahison d'un vizir hérétique" |
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le rouage
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(n) cogwheel
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les rouages
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(n pl) cogs
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les vicissitudes
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(n pl) ups and downs
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la crue
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(n) rise (of a river's flood waters)
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faire le voeu de _____
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(v phrase) to wish for _____
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la sagesse
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(n) wisdom
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l'aisance (f)
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(n) affluence
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la dotation
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(n) endowment (e.g. of a waqf or university)
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le tributaire
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(n) dhimi
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la contrepartie
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(n) compensation
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la charge
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(n) responsibility, burden
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l'avènement (m)
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(n) accession (of a ruler)
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tenir tête à
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(v phrase) to stand up to (esp verbally)
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du vivant de
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(adv phrase) during the life of
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licencier
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(v) to dismiss s.o.
(from a office because of a fault) |
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s'épanouir
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(v) to bloom, flourish
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éloigner
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(v) to move s.t. away from s.t. else
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affectif(ve)
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(adj) emotional
("L'attachement aux califes était presque ______.") |
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la voûte
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(n) vault
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les oripeaux
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(n) rags (of a sufi);
things that look attractive or shiny like gold from a distance, but the illusion fades close up |
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se raccrocher à ses oripeaux
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(v phrase) to cling to vestiges
of a faded glory ("Les traditions d'une vieille Europe catolique qui __ _____ _ ___ ________.") |
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relever
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(v) to pick up;
(fig) to help (someone who has fallen) |
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l'atteinte à
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(n phrase) an attack upon
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l'essentiel
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(nm) the principal thing or features; the most important thing
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l'accessoire
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(n) non-essential thing
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intéressé(e)
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(adj)self-interested
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l'effort
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(nm) effort
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altrui
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=les autres (others)
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l'anéantissement
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induire (2 sens)
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= entraîner (to lead);
to infer |
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l'ascèse
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=ascétisme
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pallier
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(v) to compensate for
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voyant(e)
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(adj) ostentatious, showy
("...tous les manifestations trop _______ de la vie mystique.") |
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le legs
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legacy
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trancher
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(v) to slice
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trancher sur ______
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(v phrase) to stand out against _______
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