Shelley Vocab jan 2023 Flashcards

(104 cards)

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despised

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regarded with contempt, scorn

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dregs

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the last drops (la lie)

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3
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dull

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unshining / unintelligent

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4
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a muddy spring

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une source boueuse

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5
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leechlike

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comme des sangsues

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6
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fainting

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évanouissant

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7
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cling

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hold onto tightly

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8
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blind in blood

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having sucked so much blood they are blind

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9
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a blow

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un coup

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10
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starved and stabbed

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affamé et poignardé

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11
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slay

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tuer

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12
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sealed

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scellé

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13
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repeal (a law)

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cancel, abolish, rescind

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14
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creep

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move timidly, discreetly

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15
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beams

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rayons

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piny

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covered with pines

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hues

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colours, shades

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18
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starlight

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the light of the stars

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19
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spread

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étendu, étalé

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20
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fled

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that has run away

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21
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aught

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anything

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22
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that dost

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that do

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23
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thine / thou

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your / you

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art thou

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are you

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dim
mal éclairé
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vale
valley
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weaves
tisse
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o'er
over
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yon mountain-river
the mountain-river over there
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fade
s'estomper, s'effacer
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cast
throw, project
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gloom
obscurité / morosité
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scope
capacity
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despondency
melancholy, despair
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hath ever
has ever
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vain endeavour
fruitless / vain efforts
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frail spells
frêles sortilèges
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uttered
spoken
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avail
succeed
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sever
cut, separate
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driven
pushed
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still
unmoving
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unquiet
uncomfortable, tormented
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lent
prêtés
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awful
awe-inspiring, intimidating
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train
procession (of followers)
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within
inside
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sympathies
compassions, empathy
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wax and wane
increase and decrease
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nourishment
food
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lest
in case (de peur que)
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sought
looked for
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sped
rushed, ran
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musing
pondering, thinking
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the lot of life
our destiny (notre sort)
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wooing
courting
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thy shadow
your shadow
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shrieked
screamed
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clasped my hands
joined my hands
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vowed
swore, promise
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thee and thine
you and yours
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vow
promise, oath
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streaming eyes
les yeux ruisselants
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bowers
bedroom ? chambrées ?
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zeal
enthusiasm
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outwatched
watched longer than
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my brow
my face (forehead)
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a lustre
a shine
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my onward face
my life moving forward
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supply
provide
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worship
vénérer, adorer
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fair
beautiful / just
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bind
attach, compel, oblige
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human kind
humankind, humanity
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wherefore
what for
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plough
labourer la terre
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lay ye low
oppress you
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weave
tisser
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toil and care
dure labeur et soin
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clothe
vêtir
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from the cradle to the grave
du berceau à la tombe
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drones
male bees
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sweat
sueur
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nay
no
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scourge
whip
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stingless drones
abeilles sans dard
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your toil
your hard work, your endeavour
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balm
baume
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ye buy
you buy
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the seed ye sow
les grains que vous semez
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to reap
récolter
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heap
pile up, accumulate
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idle
lazy, unproductive
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shrink
rétrécir / reculer, battre en retraite
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your cellars
vos caves
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ye deck
that you decorate
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dwells
inhabits
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wrought
made, created, forged
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tempered
hardened in the smith's fire
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glance on ye
reflects on you
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plough and spade
charrue et bêche
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hoe and loom
houe/râteau et métier à tisser
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winding-sheet
linceul
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fair / England
beautiful/just England