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1 pilgrim
pilgrim ['pɪlgrɪm]pèlerin m►► the Pilgrim Fathers les (Pères) Pèlerins mpl;Pilgrim's Way = chemin suivi par les pèlerins de Londres à Cantorbéry, dont une partie constitue aujourd'hui un chemin de randonnéeⓘ THE PILGRIM FATHERS Puritains persécutés en Angleterre, les "Pèlerins" parvinrent en Amérique du Nord à bord du "Mayflower" et fondèrent la première colonie permanente du nouveau monde, à Plymouth (dans ce qui devait devenir l'État du Massachusetts), en 1620. -
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Ⅰ.slough1 [slaʊ](mud pool) bourbier m; (swamp) marécage m;∎ literary to sink into a slough of gloom/despair sombrer dans la mélancolie/le désespoir;∎ literary the Slough of Despond le plus profond désespoirⓘ Slough of Despond Il s'agit d'une allusion à l'oeuvre allégorique de l'écrivain puritain anglais John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress ("Le Voyage du pèlerin"). L'histoire raconte les tribulations du héros, qui entreprend un pèlerinage en quête du paradis céleste. En chemin, il rencontre toutes sortes d'obstacles, parmi lesquels figure un marécage profond et redoutable, le Slough of Despond, symbolisant l'abîme du désespoir mais que le héros arrive néanmoins à traverser. L'expression est couramment utilisée pour évoquer de façon facétieuse un état d'abattement et de découragement, généralement passager. Par exemple, it took him several weeks to emerge from this slough of despond ("il lui a fallu plusieurs semaines pour sortir de son abattement").Ⅱ.slough2 [slʌf]1 noun∎ to slough its skin (reptile, insect) muer;∎ literary to slough a bad habit se débarrasser d'une mauvaise habitude∎ to slough off its skin (reptile, insect) muer;∎ figurative to slough off one's worries chasser ses idées noires;∎ literary to slough off a bad habit se débarrasser d'une mauvaise habitude(scab) se détacher, tomber
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