French Audio Dictionary D, E F Words

Give your French vocabulary a boost by reviewing words starting with letters D, E and F. Hear the pronunciation of these words and try  using them in context. Words Starting With D Word Definition Category D the letter D French alphabet d'abord (adv) - first, in the first place d'accord OK Basic vocabulary dada (figurative) hobby-horse d'ailleurs (adv) - besides, moreover, for that matter une dalle paving stone, slab Daniel Daniel French names la danse dancing Hobbies la date date Dates David David French names dà ©baller to unpack, display, let out dà ©barrasser to clear, to rid (someone) of dà ©bile (adj) - weak, frail, sickly, poor; (inf) - stupid dà ©biter to produce, to sell dà ©blayer to clear away, remove, tidy up; to prepare (ground) dà ©boà ®ter to disconnect, dislodge, dislocate; (driving) to pull out dà ©bordement overflow(ing), boiling over, (out)burst dà ©border to overflow, to stick out; (fig) - to be bursting with un dà ©bouchà © opening, outlet, prospect debout (adj, adv) - standing, upright dà ©brouiller to untangle, sort out, teach someone the basics dà ©butant (adj) - beginning, novice dà ©ca decaf (informal) le dà ©calage horaire time difference, jet lag dà ©cembre December Calendar dà ©clencher to release, set off, trigger, launch, work dà ©coiffer to muss (one's hair), to take one's hat off dà ©contractà © (adj) relaxed, laid back, casual en dà ©coudre to fight, do battle dà ©crà ©ter to order, declare, decree, ordain, decide dà ©crocher to pick up (the phone) On the phone dà ©daigner to despise, look down on, scorn, disdain, spurn le dà ©dommagement compensation, something to make up for a problem dà ©fense d'entrer do not enter Travel dà ©fense de fumer no smoking Restaurant un dà ©fi challenge, defiance un dà ©gà ¢t (often plural) - damage dà ©glinguer (inf) - to bust, break dà ©goiser (inf) - to spout, rattle on dà ©gommer (fam) - to demote, ire; to lay into, get told off dà ©goter (inf) - to dig up, find dà ©gringoler to collapse, fall; to rush/fall down dà ©guerpir (inf) - to clear off/out, scarper dà ©gueulasse (fam adj) - lousy, rotten, filthy, disgusting dà ©guster to taste, sample, savor; (inf) - to suffer, have a rough time le dà ©jeuner lunch Food dà ©laisser to abandon, quit, give up, neglect de l'aprà ¨s-midi in the afternoon Telling time se dà ©lecter to (take) delight in, to revel in dà ©lester (technical) to cut off power, relieve congestion / a burden; (transportation) to remove ballast se demander to wonder, to ask oneself dà ©manger to itch (literally and fig) le dà ©maquillant make-up remover Toiletries dà ©marrer to start up, to move off, to get moving un dà ©mà ªlà © dispute, quarrel se dà ©mener to thrash about, struggle, exert oneself dà ©mettre to dislocate, dismiss la demeure residence, home (old-fashioned, literary) demeurer to stay/live somewhere, to remain la dà ©mission resignation, abdication dà ©modà © (adj) - old-fashioned, out-of-date le dà ©ni denial (law and psychology) Denis Dennis French names Denise Denise French names la dent tooth Body le dentifrice toothpaste Toiletries le dà ©odorant deodorant Toiletries dà ©poser to lay/put/set down, dump, leave; to deposit; to file, register; to testify dà ©poussià ©rer to remove dust from (literally and fig) depuis un an for a year Optional liaisons dà ©ranger to disturb, bother, trouble; to mix/mess up dà ©raper to skid, slip, soar derechef (literary, archaic adv, used in jest) - once again, once more de rien you're welcome Politeness dà ©river to divert, derive, stem from dessaisir (legal) - to remove le dessert dessert Dessert desservir to clear (away), to do a disservice to, to harm; (transportation) - to serve dà ©suet (adj) - outdated, old-fashioned, quaint dà ©taler (inf) - to bolt, take off, clear out, skedaddle dà ©tourner to divert, hijack; turn away, avert; embezzle se dà ©traquer to break down, to be upset deux 2 Numbers deux cent un 201 Numbers deux cents 200 Numbers deux enfants two children Liaisons deux mille 2,000 Numbers deux millions 2,000,000 Numbers devancer to get/be/arrive/do ahead of devant in front of la dà ©veine (informal) rotten luck deviner to guess, solve, foresee; to make out dà ©voiler to unveil, disclose, reveal des devoirs (m) homework School Diane Diane French names un diapason (music) range, tuning fork, pitch pipe un dico (inf) - dictionary (short for dictionnaire) un dictionnaire dictionary School un dicton saying, dicton, expression Didier French names la diffà ©rence difference, identity, dissent diffà ©rer to differ, be different; to postpone le digestif after-dinner drink Drinks dimanche Sunday Calendar la dinde turkey Meat le dà ®ner dinner Food dingue (inf adj) - crazy, nuts, barmy direct (adj) - direct, straight les directions (f) directions Directions dirigeant (adj) - ruling, senior un dispositif device, mechanism; plan (of action, attack...) le dissolvant nail polish remover Toiletries dix 10 Numbers dix-huit 18 Numbers dix-neuf 19 Numbers dix-sept 17 Numbers une dizaine about ten le dodo beddy-bye, sleepy-time Baby talk le doigt finger Body Dominique Dominic, Dominica French names dompter to tame, subdue, master, overcome les DOM-TOM (acronym) - Dà ©partements d'outre-mer, Territoires d'outre-mer Acronyms donc (conjunction) so, therefore dorà ©navant (adv) - from now on, henceforth Dorothà ©e Dorothy French names le dos back Body dotà © (adj) - equipped/endowed with la douane customs Travel doublà © (adj) - lined, dubbed le doudou blankie, blanket Baby talk douà © (adj) - talented, gifted, endowed with douillet (adj) soft, cozy, snug doux (adj) - sweet, soft, gentle, mild douze 12 Numbers un drap sheet, large towel dresser to stand up, raise, erect; to draw or write up la droguerie drugstore Shopping drà ´le (adj) funny, peculiar drà ´lement (inf) awfully, terribly, very Trà ¨ssynonyms du brouillard foggy Weather du matin in the morning Telling time du soir in the evening/at night Telling time du soleil sunny Weather du vent windy Weather Words Starting With E Word Definition Category E the letter E French alphabet l'eau (f) water Drinks l'eau dentifrice mouthwash Toiletries à ©branler to shake, weaken, compromise à ©carter to move apart, to spread (open), to dismiss une à ©chà ©ance expiration/maturity/redemption/payment/due date; term un à ©chec failure, defeat, setback, breakdown à ©chouer to fail; to end up un à ©clair lightning, flash, (fig) - spark à ©clater to burst, blow up, explode; to break out; to make noise; to shine à ©clipser to eclipse, overshadow une à ©cole school School à ©conomies (f plural) savings, conservation à ©corce (fem noun) - bark, peel, skin à ©couler to sell à ©courter to shorten, cut short, curtail un à ©cran screen à ©craser to crush, grind, squeeze; run over un à ©crivain writer Professions s'à ©crouler to fall down, collapse, crumble à ©culà © (adj) - worn down, worn out à ©cume (fem) foam, froth, scum, lather Édith Edith French names Édouard Edward French names à ©dulcorer to water/tone down; to sweeten effacer to erase effectuer to carry out, to make (happen), to accomplish effondrà © (adj) - shattered, crushed, collapsed s'efforcer to try hard, endeavor, do one's best to effrayà © (adj) - scared Mood effroyable appalling, horrifying à ©gal (adj) equal, even, unchanging à   l'à ©gard de toward, concerning à ©gards (m) consideration à ©garà © (adj) - lost, stray, distraught une à ©glise church Directions Égyptien(ne) Egyptian Lang + Nat à ©hontà © (adj) shameless, brazen un à ©lectricien electrician Professions Élà ©onore Eleanor French names Élisabeth Elizabeth French names Élise Elisa French names elle she, it Subject pronouns elle est she is Enchaà ®nement Elle prend un livre She is taking a book Optional liaisons elles they Subject pronouns Elle s'appelle .... Her name is... Introductions Élodie French names à ©loigner to move away (transitive), remove, estrange, banish, dismiss à ©lucubrations (f) wild imaginings emballer to pack; (inf) - to thrill; (fam) - to arrest; to seduce un embouteillage traffic jam, holdup, (fig) bottleneck embrouillà © (adj) - confused, mixed-up Émile Emile French names Émilie Emily French names Emmanuel Emmanuel French names s'emparer to seize, snatch, grab, take over empiler to pile, stack up; (fam) - to have, swindle un(e) employà ©(e) employee Professions emprunter to borrow en arrià ¨re de in back of Directions en avant de in front of Directions en bas down Directions encastrer to embed, fit encenser to burn incense; to flatter, praise excessively enciente (adj) - pregnant encenser to flatter, praise excessively enchantà ©(e) (adj) - delighted (to meet you) Introductions une enchà ¨re bid encore une fois one more time Basic vocab un(e) à ©nergumà ¨ne firebrand en fait in fact, as a matter of fact enfin (adv) - at last, finally; (interj) - well, in a word engelures frostbite engourdir to make numb en haut up Directions ennuyà © (adj) - bored, annoyed Mood ennuyeux (adj) - boring Personality en panne out of order, broken down Travel une enquà ªte inquiry, investigation, survey enrayer to (keep in) check, curb, jam enrhume (adj) - having a cold en route on the way Driving en souffrance pending, awaiting delivery entacher to soil, taint, tarnish (fig); riddled, marred (with errors) entourer to surround, rally around un entracte (theater, cinà ©ma) interval, intermission; (figurative) interruption, interlude, break entraà ®ner to take, drag (a person), to lead, influence; to bring about, lead to; to entail, mean entre eux between them Enchaà ®nement entretenir to maintain, keep, look after, support; (formal) to talk, converse entrouvrir to half-open à ©olien (adj) related to wind à ©pais (adj) thick; (derog) dense, dull, thick à ©parpiller to scatter, disperse à ©pater to amaze, impress une à ©paule shoulder Body à ©pi spike, tuft une à ©picerie grocery store Shopping les à ©pinards (m) spinach Vegetables une à ©pingle pin Jewelry une à ©pouse wife Love language un à ©poux husband Love language une à ©preuve test, ordeal, hardship à ©prouver to feel, experience, suffer, sustain, test à ©puisà © (adj) - worn-out, exhausted Éric Eric French names à ¨s Contraction of en + les, used for university degrees. une escale stopover, port of call un escalier stairway Home escamoter evade, get around; to conjure away; (inf) - to steal les escargots (m) snails Meat escrime (f) fencing une esgourde archaic and slang for ear (used in jest) Espagnol(e), l'espagnol Spanish Lang + Nat une espà ¨ce species, kind, type; (inf pej) - some, stupid espià ¨gle (adj) - mischievous, impish un espion spy une esquisse sketch, outline; beginnings, hint un essaim swarm (literally and figuratively) une essence petrol/gas, spirit, essence, gist, species of a tree essence ordinaire regular gas Driving l'essentiel the basics Basic vocab un essor rapid growth, development, boom; (formal/elegant) flight les essuie-glaces windshield wipers Driving est east Directions estimer to appraise, value, estimate; to (hold in) esteem; to consider, judge estival (adj) summer(y) un estomac stomach Body estomaquer (informal) to stun, stagger, flabbergast, gobsmack estomper to blur, dim, soften, become indistinct et and Basic vocab une à ©tagà ¨re (book)shelf Furniture à ©taler to spread, strew et demie and a half Telling time à ©tà © summer Calendar à ©ternuer to sneeze Étienne Steven French names à ©tirer to stretch à ©toffer to enrich, fill in, flesh out, extend, beef up, strengthen une à ©tourderie absent-mindedness; (fam) - careless mistake et quart quarter after Telling time à ªtre coupà © to be cut off On the phone un à ©tudiant, une à ©tudiante student Professions Eugà ¨ne Eugene French names Europà ©en(ne) European Lang + Nat à ©vanouir to faint, pass out; to disappear à ©veillà © (adj) - alert, bright, awake à ©ventuellement (adv) - possibly, if need be un à ©vier sink Furniture exact (adj) exact, right, accurate, correct; on time exagà ©rer to exaggerate, overdo un examen test School exaucer to fulfill, grant, answer excellent excellent Bonsynonyms exceptionnel exceptional Bonsynonyms exceptionnellement exceptionally Trà ¨s synonyms excità © (adj) - hyper(active) Mood une excursion trip Driving excursionner to go on trips, walks excusez-moi excuse me Politeness Excusez-moi de vous dà ©ranger I'm sorry to disturb you Politeness exemplaire (adj) - model, exemplary; un exemplaire - copy exigeant (adj) demanding, exacting une expà ©rience experience, experiment exprà ¨s (adv) - on purpose, deliberately un express espresso Drinks exprimer to express extraordinaire extraordinary Bonsynonyms extraordinairement extraordinarily Trà ¨ssynonyms extrà ªmement extremely Trà ¨ssynonyms Words Starting With F Word Definition Category F the letter F French alphabet fabriquer to make, produce; fabricate, make up; (inf) to do, to be up to fabuler to fantasize la fac (inf, short for facultà ©) - university fà ¢chà © (adj) - angry Mood faible (adj) - weak Personality la faim hunger Food fainà ©ant (adj) lazy, idle faire le plein to fill it up Driving faire sisite to sit Baby talk se faire les ongles to do one's nails Toiletries au fait by the way en fait in fact, as a matter of fact un faix burden une falaise cliff falot (adj) - colorless, wan, pale un falot lantern fameux adj before noun) - first-rate; real; famous, much talked-about une famille family Family fanà © (adj) - faded, wilted le fard make-up, greasepaint le fard à   joues blusher Toiletries le fard à   paupià ¨res eyeshadow Toiletries farfelu (inf adj) - cranky, scatty, hare-brained, eccentric fastueux luxurious, sumptuous fatiguà © (adj) - tired Mood faufiler to baste, tack fauteur one who does something (usually bad) fà ªlà © (adj) cracked, (informal) crazy une femme wife, woman Family une femme de chambre maid Professions une fenà ªtre window Furniture fermà © (adj) - closed Travel la fermetà © firmness, solidness, confidence fà ©ru (adj) - interested in / keen on la fesse buttock le feu fire, stoplight, stove burner une feuille de​ papier piece of paper Office feuilleter to leaf through, skim; to roll out (pastry, dough) le feu rouge stop light Driving les feux de route high beams Driving le feux de stop brake lights Driving fà ©vrier February Calendar fiable (adj) accurate, reliable, dependable fianà §ailles (f) engagement un(e) fiancà ©(e) fiance Love language une ficelle string, type of bread ficher (slang) - to do, give, put, leave fichu (informal adj) - lousy, rotten, foul; done for, bust; put together, dressed; damned figurer to represent, to appear le fil dentaire dental floss Toiletries une fille daughter, girl Family un film a movie Hobbies un fils son Family un fixe-cravate tie-clip Jewelry flairer to smell, sense le flamand Flemish Lang + Nat un flà ©au curse, plague, bane; flail la flemme (inf) - laziness une fleur flower Love language un flic (inf) - cop, copper, bobby un flingue gun, rifle un flocon flake, fleck flopà ©e (informal) - a bunch, tons, loads, masses Florence Florence French names flotter to float, drift, hang (in the air), flutter, hover fofolle (inf adj) - scatty, crazy le foin hay follement (inf) incredibly Trà ¨s synonyms foncà © (invariable adj) - dark (color) foncer to charge at or into; to make darker; (inf) - to rush, tear, charge along foncià ¨rement (adv) - fundamentally, basically un(e)​ fonctionnaire civil servant Professions le foot, football soccer Hobbies le footballamà ©ricain football Hobbies un forain fairground entertainer, carnie forcà ©ment (adv) - necessarily, inevitably une forme form, shape Formidable! Great! Accent affectif fort (adj) - strong Personality un fossà © (lit, fig) - ditch, gulf, gap des fossettes dimples Descriptions la foudre lightning un fouet whip, whisk la fougue ardor, spirit la fouille search, excavation, dig un fouillis jumble, muddle un foulard scarf Accessories un four oven Furniture un four à   micro-ondes microwave oven une fourchette fork Dishes fourrer to stuff, fill; (info) - to put, stick, shove la fourrià ¨re dog pound, impound yard fourvoyer to mislead, get someone lost, lead astray frais (adj) - cool, crisp, fresh une fraise strawberry Fruit une framboise raspberry Fruit Franà §ais(e), le franà §ais French Lang + Nat franchir to cross, get over, overcome Francis Francis French names Franck Frank French names Franà §ois Francis French names Franà §oise Frances French names francophone (adj) - French-speaking un/e​ Francophone (proper noun) - French speaker à   la bonne franquette simple, without any fuss frapper to hit, stab, strike, knock frasques (f) escapades Frà ©dà ©ric Frederick French names fredonner to hum les freins brakes Driving frà ªle (adj) - flimsy, fragile, frail frà ©mir to quake, tremble, shudder, shiver un frà ¨re brother Family friand de (adj) - partial to, fond of le fric (fam) - cash, bread, lolly le frigo (inf) - fridge (short for rà ©frigà ©rateur) Apocopes frileux (adj) - sensitive to cold; (econ) - overcautious, nervous une friperie used/second-hand clothing store un frisson shiver, shudder, thrill les frites (f) fries Food froid (adj) - cold, unfriendly Weather,Personality froisser to crumple, offend frà ´ler to brush against, skim, verge on le fromage cheese Dairy le fromage blanc cream cheese Dairy se frotter to rub (one another), to fight; (slang) - to have sex le fruit fruit Fruit fugace (adj) - fleeting, transient fuguer (inf) - to run away, run off fuir to flee, avoid, fly off, shun, shirk fulgurant (figurative adj) lightning, dazzling, blinding, searing futà © (adj) - wily, crafty, cunning, sly

President Abraham Lincoln A Politics With A Purpose

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Henrik Ibsen Essay Research Paper Henrik Ibsen free essay sample

Henrik Ibsen Essay, Research Paper Henrik Ibsen was born at Skien in Norway on March 20, 1828. When he was eight, his male parent went bankrupt. This event made a deep feeling upon him. After they went insolvent, his household moved to a little farm North of the town where they lived in poorness. Henrik was forced to go to a little local school. He received a deficient instruction. In 1843, the household returned to town. Unfortunately they were still hapless. Ibsen came from a really dysfunctional household. His tyrannizing male parent was an alky who found consolation in intoxicant. His quiet female parent found comfort in faith. He used them as a theoretical account for his dramas. The blend of an overbearing hubby and a submissive married woman made visual aspects in his dramas Brand, A Doll # 8217 ; s House, and Ghosts. The acrimonious character of Hjalmar Ekdal in The Wild Duck was based on Ibsen # 8217 ; s male parent. When he was 16, he moved to Grimstad to work for a pharmacist. He had wanted to go a physician, but game up on the thought after he failed Grecian and Math on his! University entryway test. Medicine was non his merely aspiration. He besides wanted to be a painter. In 1850, Ibsen entered the first of his three composing periods. His romantic period went from 1850 to 1873. The greatest plant from this period are the Brandand Peer Gynt Most of the dramas that he wrote during these old ages are romantic historical play. Lady Inger of Ostraat was a romantic play with machination. The Vikings of Helgeland was a simple and sad calamity. The last drama of the Romantic period was Emperor and Galilean. It is similar to Ibsen # 8217 ; s other drama Catiline because it showed his restlessness with traditional attitudes and values. In both dramas he showed understanding for historical characters who were celebrated for being rebellious. Ibsen became the phase director and dramatist of the National Stage in Bergen in 1851. He worked there for six old ages. In 1857, he moved to Christiania ( Oslo ) , where he became manager of the Norse Theatre. He neglected both authorship and the theater. He plunged into societal life with his literary friends and drank to a great extent. In 1858, Ibsen married Suzannah Thoresen, with whom he had one kid, Sigurd Ibsen. This was a matrimony that was frequently every bit misunderstood as the matrimonies of Ibsen # 8217 ; s play. At the age of 30, Ibsen saw his first public presentations of Shakspere in Copenhagen and Dresden. Shakespeare # 8217 ; s work positive Ibsen that serious play must endeavor toward a psychological truth and organize its footing on the characters and struggles of world. Ibsen and his friend Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson founded # 8220 ; The Norse Company # 8221 ; in 1859. After the Norse Theatre went insolvents in 1862, Ibsen was depressed and broke. As a consequence, he was sometimes seen rummy on the streets of Christiani! a. His success with The Pretenders in 1863 inspired him to compose several verse forms. Ibsen became bitterly disappointed with current political events, particularly Norway # 8217 ; s failure to assist the Danes in their war against Prussia. In 1864 he left Norway. After he left, he spent most of his clip in Rome, Dresden and Munich. He was supported by a pension from the Norse province and income from his books. In 1866, he had a important discovery with his drama Brand. In his address to Christiania pupils in 1874, Ibsen said, # 8220 ; All I have written, I have mentally lived through. Partially I have written on that which merely by glances, and at my best minutes, I have felt stirring vividly within me as something great and beautiful. I have written on that which, so to talk, has stood higher than my day-to-day ego. But I have besides written on the opposite, on that which to introspective contemplation appears as the settlings and deposits of one # 8217 ; s ain nature. Yes, gentlemen, cipher can poetically show that to which he has non to a certain grade and at least at clip s the theoretical account within himself.† In 1877, Ibsen entered his 2nd period of composing with his drama Pillars of Society. Ibsen wrote a series of dramas covering with societal jobs, such as A Doll # 8217 ; s House and Ghosts. He besides wrote a series of dramas covering with psychological jobs, such as The Lady from the Seas and Hedda Gabler. He wrote eight dramas during of this period and both originated and perfected the job drama. The term # 8220 ; job drama # 8221 ; refers specifically to the type of play which Ibsen wrote get downing with Pillars of Society in 1877. In these dramas, the accent is on the presentation of a societal or psychological job. These dramas deal with modern-day life in realistic scenes. The symbolism that existed in Brand and Peer Gynt is about gone. Ibsen presents his subjects or # 8220 ; jobs # 8221 ; to the audience with realistic characters and straightforward secret plans. In his dramas, Ibsen trades with the subject of persons seeking to happen themselves in the face of established conventions. Two illustrations of thi! s are Nora in A Doll # 8217 ; s House and Hedda Gabler. Ibsen besides used a # 8220 ; retrospective # 8221 ; attack in A Doll # 8217 ; s House and. The major events occur before the drape goes up. The dramas concern the manner the characters dealt with these past events. The subjects in A Doll # 8217 ; s House made Ibsen the enemy of conservativists everyplace. The thought of a drama that questioned a adult female # 8217 ; s topographic point in society and proposing that a adult female # 8217 ; s ego was more of import than her function as married woman and female parent, was unprecedented. The drama caused indignation in many authorities and church functionaries. Some people felt that Ibsen was responsible for the lifting divorce rate. Some theatres in Germany refused to execute the drama the manner Ibsen had written it. He was forced to compose an surrogate # 8220 ; happy # 8221 ; stoping in which Nora sees the mistake of her ways and doesn # 8217 ; Ts leave. The drama became popular in Europe despite its rough unfavorable judgment. It was translated into many linguistic communications and performed worldwide. The contention environing his drama made Ibsen! celebrated. Hedda Gabler was another experiment for Ibsen. Alternatively of showing a societal job, he presented a psychological portrayal of a absorbing and suicidal adult female. After a twenty-seven-year self-imposed expatriate, Ibsen returned to Norway in 1891. In October 1893, Ibsen # 8217 ; s married woman Suzannah, returned to Italy due to a repeating job with urarthritis. While she was gone, Ibsen found a immature lady comrade. She was a piano player named Hildur Andersen. Hildur became a changeless comrade on visits to theaters, talks, and galleries. He subsequently gave her a diamond ring as a symbol of their brotherhood. He wrote to her after his married woman returned place from Italy. Ibsen and his married woman had matrimonial jobs after she returned. He discussed his matrimony with an old friend Elise Auber. Harmonizing to Halvdan Koht, # 8220 ; [ Ibsen ] was clearly disturbed about his ain matrimony and spoke to Mrs. Auber about it. He had many struggles with his married woman at this clip, and on juncture his choler was so utmost that he threatened to go forth her. These effusions were merely fleeting, and he knew that they would neer separate. # 8221 ; Ibsen # 8217 ; s 3rd period of work started after he returned to Norway. It was referred to as the Symbolist Period. The dramas in this period contain elements of licking. The Master Builder trades with an aging designer who succumbs to get the better of. John Gabriel Borkman is about a adult male who sacrifices his love to go rich. Ironically, the rubric of Ibsen # 8217 ; s last drama was When We Dead Awaken. In 1900, Ibsen suffered a shot. He neer wholly recovered from his shot and was an shut-in for the remainder of his life. Despite his medical reverse, he was a combatant until the terminal. When he was coming out of a coma in 1906, the nurse commented that he appeared somewhat better. Ibsen replied # 8220 ; On the contrary! # 8221 ; Sadly, he died a few yearss subsequently.