BETE (bet)
Bete:
French for beast
Bete
Noire: Something particularly disliked, as a pet peeve
Common
clues:
_____
noire; Brest beast; Animal in Arles; Beast, in Bordeaux
Crossword
puzzle frequency:
once a year
Video:
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Pet Peeves
A
pet peeve (or pet hate) is a minor annoyance that can instill
extreme frustration in an individual. Typically each person has
several pet peeves that aggravate him more than the average
person. Another person may not react as negatively or at all to
the same circumstance.
Road
Rage itself is considered a pet peeve by many.
Pet
peeves are typically of common occurrences and a person may
encounter his pet peeve very often. Pet peeves involve complaints
about specific behaviors, rather than general complaining. Pet
peeves often involve specific behaviors of someone close such as
a spouse or significant other. These behaviors may include those
of disrespect, those involving manners, personal hygiene,
relationships, and family issues. An example of a pet peeve
involving disrespect is someone not using his turn signal while
driving; while some drivers feel frustrated when another driver
does not use his turn signal, other drivers do not care very
much, or consider something else, such as cell phone usage while
driving more annoying. Many pet peeves associated with driving
can result in road rage, where the person who feels peeved seeks
some sort of retribution for the action.
Often
a pet peeve will seem illogical to others. For example a
supervisor may have a pet peeve about people leaving the lid on
the copier up and react angrily, be annoyed when others interrupt
when speaking, or by messy desks of their subordinates. That same
supervisor may witness employees coming into work late, and not
feel any annoyance whatsoever.
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It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Pet
Peeve".
BETE
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We >1 08 ___ noire
4
Th >1 08 "La Belle et la ___"
4
Th LAT 05 Brest beast
08
___-noire (bugbear)
2
Fr NYT 02 Belle's counterpart
2
Sa NYT 05 Jean Renoir film "La ___ Humaine"
2
We CSy 06 ___ noire (fearsome entity)
09
___-noire
1
Th NYT 94 "La Belle et la ___" (Cocteau film)
1
Th LAT 08 "La Belle et la ___": 1946 film
1
Th CHE 08 'La Belle et la ___' (Cocteau film)
1
Sa NYT 05 Animal, in Arles
1
Th WaP 00 Beast of Biarritz
1
Mo LAT 09 Beast, in Bordeaux
1
We Tau 06 Beauty's foil, en français
1
Fr CSy 09 Belle's amour
1
Fr NYT 99 Belle's companion
1
Th NYT 96 Belle's partner in film
00
Bourges beast
05
Cocteau's "La Belle et la ___"
87
Crecy critter
1
Sa NYS 04 Phi ___ (honor society member)
02
___ noire (bugbear)
1
Th Rea 00 ___ noire (fearsome thing)
1
Th WSJ 02 ___ noire (pet peeve)
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