Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Vocab Lesson!

Our literature professor is always very concerned that we do not understand what she is saying. She very kindly spends a lot of time defining some of the really difficult vocab she uses. I've been writing these words down and now I'm going to share them with you because you'll probably find them interesting. Oh and don't worry, I've written the English equivalent for you!

diplômât -- diplomat
guillotine -- guillotine
métaphore -- metaphor
baroque -- baroque
mythe -- myth
intermédiaire -- intermediary
niche -- niche
ironie -- irony
tragédie -- tragedy
tailler -- tailor
carafe -- carafe
pantomime -- pantomime
manipulation -- manipulation
héros -- hero
personnification -- personification
autobiographie -- autobiography
vocation -- vocation
interprétation -- interpretation
strophe -- strophe
bohémien -- bohemian
péjoratif -- pejorative
fugue -- fugue
rébellion -- rebellion

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

You forgot definitions:
diplômât -- Pad for practicing your LEGALLY BLONDE moves
guillotine -- Great card game! REALLY!!! Buy it now! Check Amazon.com or E-Bay.
métaphore -- Yell by really loud golfer
baroque -- Parents with college kids! :)
mythe -- young lady with lispe
intermédiaire -- Someone who is always in the way.
niche -- Famous writer after he Americanized his name.
ironie -- Happens when pressing pants
tragédie -- Kids above drop out before getting degree
tailler -- See FEMA
carafe -- Long necked animal learning to drive
pantomime -- Pant a yours? Dunno, maybe pant a Mom's?
manipulation -- You know someone is making the stock market do their bidding.
héros -- Subs, grinders, hogies
personnification -- Making a man(or woman) out of you.. LISTEN to your parents!
autobiographie -- story that writes itself
vocation -- What you KNOW you wanna be. Not what you wanted to be last year, or the year before, or...
interprétation -- You know what I MEANT!!!
strophe -- Disco light
bohémien -- Let me Czech... It's a Rhapsody right?
péjoratif -- Taken before colonoscopy
fugue -- Number of good men the marines are looking for
rébellion -- Great big cat who is not going to follow the norm

Jill Flood said...

haha...how long did it take you to think of these? you're nuts!

Anonymous said...

I did em on the fly. No more than 10 minutes. Had to get outside and paint!

Anonymous said...

bahahah your dad rules

Anonymous said...

omg jill your dad is awesome!