1er Semestre 2022 Flashcards

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Maverick

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Dissident, non conformiste, marginal

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Menial

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Subalterne, ingrat, minable

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Squabble

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Chamailleries

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To be a homebody

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Être casanier, pantouflard / Être une fée du logis

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5
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Inflexion in your voice

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Modulation dans la voix

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6
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bed head hair

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Être complètement décoiffé (en sortant du lit)

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Don’t do unto others what you don’t want done unto you.

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Ne fait pas aux autres ce que tu n’aimerais pas qu’ils te fassent.

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8
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Scrumptious

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Délicieux

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Stand the test of time

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Durer longtemps, faire l’épreuve du temps

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Haunch

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Hanche, arrière train

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Carrion

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Charogne

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12
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Pearly white

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Nacré

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13
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Mother of pearl

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Nacre

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14
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Down (animal)

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Duvet

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15
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Sickle

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Faucille

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16
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Scythe

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La faux

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17
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Harbor illusions

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Se bercer d’illusions

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18
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Abet

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Être complice de

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19
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Blubber

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Graisse de baleine, gras, lard / Fondre en larmes, chialer

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To fell

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Abattre, couper (arbre) / terrible, cruel / colline (UK)

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21
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Fend for yourself

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Se débrouiller tout seul

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22
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Subsume

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Englober, inclure, intégrer

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23
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Subside

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Se retirer, baisser

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24
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Subdue

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Brimer, réprimer / adoucir, tamiser

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25
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Drawstring pouch

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Pochon à cordon coulissant

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26
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Sow the seed

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Semer les graines

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27
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Frilly

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À froufrous

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28
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Scurvy

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Scorbut

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29
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Carrot and stick

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La carotte et le bâton

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30
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Have tenure

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Être titularisé

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31
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Interloper, intruder

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Intrus

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32
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Ghastly, harrowing, dreadful

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Terrifiant, épouvantable, horrible

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33
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Keynote

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Thème majeur, axe central

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34
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Up in arms

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Scandalisé

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35
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Scrounge

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Quémander, grappiller

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36
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Inconspicuous

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Qui passe inaperçu

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37
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Alacrity

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Empressement, célérité, rapidité

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38
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Unnerving

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Troublant, perturbant, dérangeant

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39
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Perfunctory

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Négligent, détaché, sans conviction

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40
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Red herring

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Diversion, fausse piste

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41
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Ruthless

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Sans pitié

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42
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Abysmal

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Épouvantable, effroyable, abyssal

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43
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Jump/go a red light

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Griller un feu rouge

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44
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Reek

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Puer, empester

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45
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Fixture

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Équipement, aménagement

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46
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Appalled

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Attéré, choqué, consterné

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47
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Blather

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Ânerie, bêtise / blablater, jacasser

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48
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Aglow

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Illuminé / rayonnant, radieux

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49
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Despondent

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Déprimé, abattu

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50
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Strife

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Querelle, dispute, conflit, lutte

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51
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Enthralled

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Captivé, fasciné

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52
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Inane

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Inepte, stupide, idiot

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53
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Innocuous

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Inoffensif

54
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Admonition

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Remontrance, réprimande, sermon

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Whim

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Lubie, caprice, coup de tête, tocade

56
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Splay

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Écarter les jambes, étendre (jambes, bras)

57
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Baffled

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Perplexe, déconcerté

58
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Befuddled

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Confus, embrouillé

59
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Douse

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Tremper, arroser

60
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Slinky

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Moulant, à la grâce féline

61
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Rapturous

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Euphorique

62
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Demure

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Réservé, timide, pudique

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Rickety

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Branlant, bancal

64
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Bewilder

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Dérouter, rendre perplexe

65
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Flummox

66
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Self-taught, autodidact

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Autodidacte

67
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Gregarious

68
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Pollster

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Sondeur, sondage

69
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Aloof

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À l’écart / distant, froid, réservé

70
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Outlandish

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Excentrique (personne) / bizarre, étrange

71
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Astound

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Stupéfier, étonner

72
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Nefarious

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Abominable, infâme, malfaisant

73
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Confounded

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Déconcerté, confus

74
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Pauper

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Indigent, pauvre

75
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Fare

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Prix d’un ticket/billet, nourriture, prix

76
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Poise

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Maintien, élégance, port de tête / calme

77
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Languid

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Léthargique, indolent, languide

78
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Drat

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Zut, mince, crotte

79
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Careen

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Foncer, se précipiter / osciller, tanguer (nautique)

80
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Pier

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Jetée, appontement / pilier, colonne

81
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Plea

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Demande, requête

82
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Bequeath

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Léguer, transmettre

83
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Pesky

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Fichu, embêtant, enquiquinant

84
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Be toast

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Être fichu, mort, cuit

85
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Indictment

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Mise en examen, inculpation, accusation

86
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Slapdash, sloppy, careless, botch

87
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Imagine things

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Se faire des idées

88
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Fast track, rapidly promoted

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Être propulsé

89
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Riot

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Émeute / manifester violemment

90
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Sweeping

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Généralisé, de grande envergure, à l’emporte pièce / balayage

91
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Trailblazer

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Pionnier, innovateur

92
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Happy go lucky

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Insouciant (avec gaieté)

93
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Slapdash

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Bâclé, fait à la va-vite, fait n’importe comment

94
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With the wave of a magic wand

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En un coup de baguette magique

95
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Bailiwick

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Domaine d’expertise

96
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Trite

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Banal, d’une grande platitude

97
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Riveting

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Fascinant, captivant

98
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Disquieting

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Troublant, inquiétant

99
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Coarse

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Gros (sel), râpeux, vulgaire, grossier, rèche

100
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Discombobulated

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Tourneboulé, chamboulé, troublé

101
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Distraught

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Bouleversé, désemparé, fou d’inquiétude, désespéré

102
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Madcap

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Loufoque, fou / excentrique

103
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Swoon

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Se pâmer, tomber en pâmoison

104
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Begrudgingly

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À contrecoeur

105
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Redcurrant

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Groseilles

106
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Ensconce

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S’installer confortablement, se caler

107
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Cozy up

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Faire ami ami

108
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Unabashed

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Nullement déconcerté, sans complexe, sans honte / sans retenue

109
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Beats me

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J’en sais rien, aucune idée.

110
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Spell the end

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Annoncer la fin de

111
Q

A smattering of

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De vagues notions, quelques notions de, un petit peu

112
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On the ball

113
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Honeycomb

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Rayon de miel, nid d’abeille

114
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Clout

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Influence,poids / baigne, claque

115
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Pre-empt

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Prévenir, anticiper, devancer

116
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Rummage, fumble

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Chercher, fouiller

117
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Cuboid

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Parallélépipède rectangle

118
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Eschew

119
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Sleuth

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Groupe d’ours, enquêter

120
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Falter

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Fléchir, faiblir / vaciller, chanceler / bafouiller, hésiter

121
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Righteousness

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Vertu, rectitude, justesse

122
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Bodacious

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Géant, grand, fabuleux / sexy (femme)

123
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Lackadaisical

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Indolent, apathique

124
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Bouncer

125
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Bruiser

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Malabar, armons à glace

126
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Surrogate mother

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Mère porteuse

127
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Finicky

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Difficile, minutieux, faire la fine bouche / capricieux ???(pour la technologie) / minutieux (travail)

128
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Trounce

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Battre à plate couture, écraser

129
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Flounder

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Patauger, se débattre / ramer, être en difficulté

130
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Usher in

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Faire entrer, conduire, mener / Inaugurer, annoncer

131
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Bottleneck

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Ralentissement, embouteillage