avaricious in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for avaricious in the English»French Dictionary

avaricious in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for avaricious in the English»French Dictionary

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They are reputed blind, avaricious, envious and proud.
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Seen as extremely avaricious, he was distrusted even by most of his cabinet colleagues.
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It is in the form of a fabliau and tells the story of a miserly merchant, his avaricious wife and her lover, a wily monk.
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They include the avaricious or miserly (including many clergymen, and popes and cardinals), who hoarded possessions, and the prodigal, who squandered them.
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He is an avaricious old wizard who seeks immortality and world conquest.
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Nobody knows when exactly the tournament is held, since only an avaricious will was spiraling over there.
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Her instincts about the musical were wrong; audiences had difficulty accepting her as an avaricious woman who double-crosses her lover, and it ran for only 68 performances.
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It is managed by two men, one a scoundrel, the other an avaricious trader.
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Be it the avaricious moneylender or the capricious henchman plotting and scheming, people just loved to hate his presence.
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It explores aspirations and cravings for material pleasures, tensions between the traditional and post-modern, the city and the country, avaricious capitalism and traditional modesty.
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