The pardoner does a "bait and switch" in order to comment on his listeners' dishonesty about what they really want.
He does a "bait and switch" in order to comment on his listeners' dishonesty about what they really want.
The Pardoner launches into a tale about greed after the passage that tells about how he would like to cash in on religion in any way he possible can. The Pardoner's Tale is one of the stories in The Canterbury Tales which was written by Geoffrey Chaucer.
She was a prostitute. She worked in a house of ill-repute. ill repute = bad reputation
We need a person of good repute to be the spokesperson for our product.
repute
'Of ill repute' refers to a bad reputation, and yes, absolutely it can be harmful, regardless of the truth.
It is not a single word, it's a phrase--a euphemism, as in "House of ill repute." It means bad (ill) reputation (repute).
Because it is a bank of repute.
Réputé means renowned .
"Reputation" is a noun. "Repute" is also a noun, while "to repute "is a verb. "Reputed" is an adjective whilst the adverbial form is "reputedly".
He was REPUTED to be a millionaire.
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