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* '''victory''' | * '''victory''' | ||
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| + | * '''Victor:''' Victor Hugo, the French novelist who included a lengthy discussion of Waterloo in ''Les Miserables'' | ||
* '''victorieux:''' (''French'') victorious | * '''victorieux:''' (''French'') victorious | ||
| − | * '''fig tree''' → Matthew 21.19, in which Christ curses a fig tree | + | * '''fig tree''' → Matthew 21.19, in which Christ curses a fig tree; according to some traditions, Judas hanged himself on a fig tree |
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| + | * '''fig:''' (''Shakespearean'') to insult someone by making an obscene sexual gesture in which the thumb is placed between the next two fingers | ||
* '''yew:''' a species of tree associated with cemeteries | * '''yew:''' a species of tree associated with cemeteries | ||
* '''fichtre!''' (''French'') fuck you! | * '''fichtre!''' (''French'') fuck you! | ||
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| + | *'''figtreeyou:''' Adam and Eve covered themselves with fig leaves after their fall | ||
[[Category: French phrases]] | [[Category: French phrases]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:57, 15 June 2019
- victory
- Victor: Victor Hugo, the French novelist who included a lengthy discussion of Waterloo in Les Miserables
- victorieux: (French) victorious
- fig tree → Matthew 21.19, in which Christ curses a fig tree; according to some traditions, Judas hanged himself on a fig tree
- fig: (Shakespearean) to insult someone by making an obscene sexual gesture in which the thumb is placed between the next two fingers
- yew: a species of tree associated with cemeteries
- fichtre! (French) fuck you!
- figtreeyou: Adam and Eve covered themselves with fig leaves after their fall
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