Oxford (England) -- Description and travel; University of Oxford
L’Américain. The Anglo-Saxon.
L’Espion. The proctor.
Le Chauvinisme. Imperialism.
Le Morgue. Self-respect.
Le Noble. The good fellow.
Le Bourgeois pauvre. The tosher [an unattached student].
Le Mauvais Repas. Hall [dinner].
Le Repas. The Grid [iron; an Oxford social club].
Le Culte. The Salvation Army.
Le Fou. The earnest man.
Le Lion. The don.
L’Intellectuel. The Prig.
Merci. ----
Vous me devez cinq francs. Oh! it doesn’t matter.
Je suis Athée. I am broad.
Il est dans le mouvement. He is a gentleman.
Il a manqué son coup. I hate that man.
Suivre les cours. Reading for a second.
Républicain de Vieille Roche. Little Englander.
Opportuniste. Conservative (or) Liberal.
Socialiste. Radical.
Collectiviste. Socialist.
Le vertu. Our English way.
Etre vicieux. To be out of it.
Il arrivera. His father got that place.
J’ai peur. Where’s the good of ragging?
C’est faux. In some respects you are right.
Tu en as menti. Surely you must be mistaken.
Abruti. My dear Sir!
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