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paquet historique

French History Reading Vocabulary

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to clash with se heurter
commoner un roturier
a retort, line une réplique
a seal, stamp un sceau
prior, preliminary préalable
full plénier
to take place, proceed se dérouler
a tile une tuile
perched juché
assemblée des représentants des trois ordres du Royaume (les roturiers, les nobles, la clergé) les États généraux
to pacify, ease, calm apaiser
Swiss helvétique
to grow rich s'enrichir
rigged truqué
a sham or pretense un faux-semblant
to disappoint or fail to fulfill décevoir
to exceed, surpass dépasser
half la moitié
to split, share, distribute répartir
to fail échouer
to dissolve, disband dissoudre
a test l'épreuve
fulfilled comblé(e)
land holding / from land foncier
plaintes et vœux au roi par différents corps de l'État. Rédigées aussi par les trois ordres lors des convocation de États généraux (1614 et 1789) OR a complaint une doléance
dans 'Ancien Régime, l'ensemble des sugjets roturiers. Troisième ordre du royaume après le Clergé et la Noblesse Tiers État
to sit siéger
skies, heavens les cieux
to fight against s'acharner
drought une sécheresse
to spoil, ruin gâter
storm un orage
the harvest la moisson
to rival concurrencer
unemployment le chômage
to rage sévir
food shortage une disetter
to start entamer
property tax un impôt foncier
secular laïque
bluntly sans ménagements
to hurry, to flock se presser
showing, performance la représentation
a rank un rang
to bother to do something se donner la peine de + infinitif
un rieur laughing person
spoof satire
Created by: mrmo979
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