Life of Jean de La Fontaine
Word | Meaning |
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broderie (nf) | embroidery |
cigale (nf) | cicada |
corbeau (nm) | crow |
d'origine | original (that hasn't been changed from the beginning) |
droit d'auteur (nm) | royalty payment |
fourmi (nf) | ant |
lièvre (nm) | hare |
mécène (nm) | patron, sponsor |
morale (nf) | moral of the story |
noblesse (nf) | nobility, gentry |
parrain (nm) | godfather |
péché (nm) | sin |
renier | to deny; to disown; to renounce; to abandon one's convictions |
vivre de sa plume | to live on one's writings |