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Full Glossary for Jane Eyre

par parenthèse by the way.

passées out-of-style.

paysannes peasant women.

père noble de théâtre a grand patriarch of the theatre.

petit coffre a small trunk.

porte cochère a carriage entranceway.

portent a supernatural warning or hint of danger.

pour me donner une contenance for me to give myself airs.

prête à croquer sa petite maman Anglaise ready to devour her little English mother.

Qu'avez-vous . . . des cerises! What's wrong, Miss? your fingers tremble like a leaf, and your cheeks are red: as red as cherries!

Qu'avez-vous donc? lui dit un de ces rats; parlez! "What do you have, then?" says one of the rats, "Speak!"

Rencontre a meeting.

Resurgam I will rise again.

Revenez bientôt, ma bonne amie, ma chère Mdlle Jeanette. Hurry back, my good friend, my dear Miss Jane.


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