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pendu

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nounmasculine
  1. person condemned to be hanged
  2. person killed by hanging
  3. hangmanpen and paper game
  4. hanged mantarot card

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  • — J’aurais cependant cru que l’autre était morte, je l’avais si bien pendue.»"I would have thought that the other one was dead, I had hanged him so well."B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
  • – Volontiers, mais de quelle manière? je vous préviens qu'il n'y a jamais eu de bourreau ni de pendu dans ma famille, de sorte que j'aurais la plus grande répugnance à vous enserrer le col de la corde que vous avez des mieux méritée.– Will, but in what way? I warn you that there has never been a executioner or hanger in my family, so that I would have the greatest repulsiveness to bind you to the collar of the rope that you have best deserved.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
  • Dans l’un et l’autre cas le procès était vite fait. m. le cardinal disait ce seul mot: Pendu!In one and the other case the trial was quickly completed. m. The cardinal said the only word: Hanged!B2Les Trois Mousquetaires

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