200-399 Flashcards
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Embodiment
The new building is the embodiment of modernity
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Incarnation Personnification
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To linger
The camera lingered on the scene
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Persister, subsister s’attarder, traîner
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Reluctantly
Reluctant
Reluctance
To do sth with reluctance
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À contrecœur,
Avec réticence
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Aim With the aim of His aim is to get rich
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But
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To aim He aimed his gun at the man’s head
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Braquer
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Alloy
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Alliage
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To embed, embedded Embedded in concrete To be embedded in somebody’s memory
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Enfoncer Incruster Intégrer Imbriquer Sceller
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Pit
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Marque, piqûre, cicatrice
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Compendium
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Abrégé Précis
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Oversized
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Enorme Trop grand
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Aloof She keeps aloof from her colleagues
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Distant
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Assignment
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Tache
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Astute How astute of you !
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Astucieux, fin, perspicace Que vous êtes malin !
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Astuteness
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Finesse Perspiscacité
synonymes: acumen, perspicacity
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Bashful
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Timide pudique
synonym: shy, timid, embarrassed, diffident
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To beguile
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Envoûter Séduire Enjôler Tromper
to influence by trickery, flattery etc…
to mislead
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Benchmark
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Repère, point de référence, étalon
something that is used as a standard by which other things can be judged or measured
thesaurus: criterion, gauge, standard, touchstone
it constitutes the world benchmark ….il constitue la référence mondiale
benchmark indices …. les indices de références
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Besotted To be besotted with sb She is besotted with her grandchildren
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Fou épris
être follement épris de
elle est folle de ses petits enfants
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To bid, bid, bid To bid for sth We bid 300 £ for the statue
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Faire une offre, offrir
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Bond There is a very close bond between us
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Lien Attachement Contrat Engagement
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Bosom In the bosom of the community
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Sein (femme) Sein, fond (au sein de la communauté)
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To bump into He bumped into a lamppost I bumped into an old school friend
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Rentrer dedans, tamponner Rencontrer par hasard, tomber sur
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Busybody
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Fouineur
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To carry away He was carried away by his enthusiasm Don’t get carried away !
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Emporter, enlever
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To carve up
Découper, morceler, démembrer balafrer Taillader
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**Challenging** To find oneself in a challenging situation
demanding - ideas, theory] provocateur, stimulant, exaltant [- job, activity] stimulant, qui met à l'épreuve
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Chatty
Bavard
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**To clench**
to clench your fists/teeths/jaw etc.
to hold sth tightlly in your hand
Serrer,
empoigner, agripper
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**Close-knit** Community, family
a close-knit of people have good relationships with each other and support each other
Très uni
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**Compelling** Her book makes compelling reading
a compelling story
Envoutant, captivant (book, film, performance)
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To con Con
Arnaquer, duper Arnaque, duperie
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The pros and cons
Le pour et le contre
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Conceit
Vanité, suffisance
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Conceited
Vaniteux, Suffisant
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Crappy
Merdique, à la con, dégueulasse
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To feel crappy
Se sentir mal fichu Se sentir coupable
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**Cunning** He is cunning as a fox
Astucieux, habile, Finesse, astuce, ruse, habileté, adresse
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**Diffidence Diffident Diffidently** He was diffident about speaking out
Manquer d’assurance ou de confiance en soi, timidité Timide, hésitant
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**Diligent** He is very diligent in his work
Assidu Appliqué
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Conscientious Conscious
Consciencieux Conscient
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**Disdain** To disdain He disdained to reply to his lettet To be disdainful of sb
Dédain, mépris Dédaigner Dédaigneux
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**Dogged**
The dogged persistence of the police finally paid off when Hopper told them that he knew
Tenace Déterminé Persévérant
Synonyms: etermined, resolute, obstinate, perseverant, pigheaded, relentless steadfast, stubborn, tenacious
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Doggedly
Avec ténacité ou persévérance
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Doggedness
Ténacité, persévérance
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**Doom** To meet one’s doom A feeling of doom Thousands were sent to their doom
The aircraft was sent crashing to its doom in the water
Destin, sort, perte, ruine, mort
death, destruction or some terrible fate
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Down-to-earth
Direct, simple Qui a les pieds sur terre
practical and realistic
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Draft To draft
Brouillon Faire un brouillon, esquisser (plan)
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Dread
Terreur, effroi
great fear or apprehension
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**To dread**
Jeanine was dreading the party
I dread to think what Russell will say
Craindre redouter
to anticipate with great apprehension of fear
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Dreadful
Redoutable, effrayant, affreux, épouvantable
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**To drop out** He dropped out of school
A dropout (n)
Renoncer Abandonner (ses etudes etc)
A dropout is a person who has abandoned a course of study or who has rejected conventional society to pursue an alternative lifestyle: a college dropout
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**Eager** To be eager to do sth
Impatient enthousiaste
strongly wanting to do or have sth
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**Effusive**
A effusive welcome
Expansif chaleureux
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**To encompass**
this area of London encompasses Picadilly to the borth and St. Jame's Park to the south
Englober, comprendre, regrouper
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**Endowment**
His natural endowments were his height and intelligence
Don, talent
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**To endow** To endow a hospice with £ 1 millio, To be endowed with great talents
Doter
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**Entitlement**
Holiday entitlements for temporary workers are less than for permanent staff
Droit
the official right to have or receive st, especially money, that you get from a government or employer
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Exciting
Palpitant, passionnant, sensationnel
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Extrovert
Extraverti
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**Faithful**
Many older people still remain faithful to the party
Fidèle, sûr
synonyms: devoted, staunch
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**Filth** (skin, clothes,street …)
Crasse Sâleté
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**Flaw**
A flaw in the glass
He had his flaws but was still a great teacher
Défaut
a mark, blemish or other imperfection which mars a substance or object
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To flaw
Endommager, altérer
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Flawless Flawlessly Flawlesness
Parfait Parfaitement Perfection
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**Fleeting** for a fleeting moment To give sb a fleeting glance
for a fleeting moment I saw the face of a boy
Fugace, passager
lasting for a very short time
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Fun-loving
Qui aime bien s’amuser ou rire
light-hearted and lively (gai et vivant)
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Gangling / gangly
Dégingandé
used about a youg person who is tall and thin, and has very long legs
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**Garrulous**
A garrulous cab driver
Bavard, loquace,
excessive talkative, especially on trivial matters
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**Wreath** For funeral
Couronne
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**Witty**
Marlowe was charming and witty
Spirituel Plein d’esprit
Showing or characterized by quick and inventive verbal humour
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**Whereabouts** Whereabouts are you from ? Whearebouts in France do you live ?
Ou
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**Swarthy** He has a swarthy complexion
Basané
dark-complexioned
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Stingy
Radin
ungenerous
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**Standpoint** From a late 20th - century stand point
Point de vue
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Shrewish
Acariâtre,hargneux
bad-tempered or aggressively assertive
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All-out Strike, war ...
Total
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All-over
Qui s’étend sur toute la surface (adjectif)
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**Anything but** This music is anything but relaxing
Tout sauf
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Blemish
Défaut, imperfection, tâche (fruit), bouton
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To blemish
Gâter (pour un fruit) Tâcher ( pour une réputation)
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**Deed** Ex: A brave deed
Action Ex: un acte de bravoure
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**Dimly**
a dimy lit corridor
a single lamp glowed diimly in the gloom
Faiblement, sans éclat Indistinctement, à peine Vaguement, à peine
with a faint light; not brightly
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**Disma**l Why are you looking so dismal ?
Lugubre, sombre (face,person,street) Triste, mélancolique (song)
causing a mood of gloom or depression
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**To dispirit**
the army was dispirited by the uncomfortable winter conditions
Décourager, abattre
to lose enthusiasm or hope
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**Dyed-in-the-wool** A dyed-in-the-wool communist
invétéré, profond, proondément ancré
syn: deep-rooted, absolute, fully-fledged,long-standing, entrenched, to the core (jusqu'à la moelle), entrenched, out-and-out, whole, etc...
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**To embezzle** - money from sb
Escroquer de l’argent à qqun
to steal or misappropriate money
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Embezzlement
Detournement
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Embezzler
Escroc Fraudeur
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Workplace
Lieu de travail
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Wishful thinking
Irrealiste
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**Hindsight** It is easy to say in hindsight that I should have done things differently
with hindsight, I should ever have gone
Sagesse acquise après coup
understanding of a situation or event only after it has happened or developped
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**To hit off** To hit it off with sb We hit it off immediately
Bien s’entendre avec quelqu’un
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**Hitherto** A hitherto incurable disease
Jusqu’ici, jusqu’à présent
until now or until the point in time under discussion
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**Hollow** Hollow eyes, cheeks…
Un creux, une cavité, un enfoncement, dénivellations
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To hone
Aiguiser, affuter
to sharpen a blade
to refine or perfect (sth) over a period of time
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Idle
Inoccupé,oisif, paresseux,desoeuvré
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Industrious
Travailleur
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**Infatuated with** To become infatuated with sb/sth
Entiché de S’enticher de
to be inspired with an intense but short-lived passion or admiration for
syn: to be besotted with
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Infatuation
Engouement
unreasonably strong feelings of love that you have for only a short time, especially for someone that you do not know very well
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Insecure
Inquiet, pas sûr de soi, qui manque d’assurance
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**Insight**
1- a woman of great insight
2- new insights into how the universe began
1- *perspicacité*
the ability to understand and realize what people or situations are really like
2- *idée, avancée*
a very useful understanding of sth that you did not have before
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**Choosy**
she's become very choosy about food
Difficile
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**Demise** End of newspaper, empire etc…
....will remember the demise of an airline company....
Mort, disparition
a person death
the end or failure of en enterprise or institution
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**To demise**
the father demised everything to his children
Léguer Transmettre
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**a dent**
my car has a small dent in the hood
Bosse …in metal, wall Creux … in bed, pillow
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**To dent**
the hail dented the roaf of the car
Cabosser
la grêle a cabossé le toit de la voiture
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**Buffer**
trains have buffers between wagons to absorb shocks
a buffer solution
Tampon Pare-chocs Butoir , heurtoir Substance (chimie) qui fait tampon
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**Endeavour**
to wish sb good luck in their endeavours....
despite her best endeavours....
Effort
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**To endeavour to do sth**
the surgeon endeavours to treat you ....
S’efforcer ou essayer de faire quelque chose
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Fateful
Fatal, funeste, fatidique, décisif, désastreux, catastrophique
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**Fondness**
I have a fondness for old cars
she has a fondness for reading
Affection
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To be fond of sb / sth
Avoir de l’affection pour quelqu’un Aimer
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Fond
Affectueux, tendre Fervent, cher
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Albeit
Bien que, quoique, encore que
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**Aftermath**
How does a country cope with the aftermath of war ?
The president visited the region in the immediate aftermath of the disaster
Séquelles, suites, répercussions, contrecoup
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**To bewilder**
songs that could bewilder listeners....
Rendre perplexe, derouter, déconcerter
to confuse someone
syn: to puzzle, confuse
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Bewildered Bewildering Bewilderment
Perplexe, Déconcertant, déroutant, Confusion, perplexité
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**-dweller (suffix)** City-dweller Cave-dweller
Habitant Citadin Triglodyte
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**Adrift**. (Adverb) To run or go adrift Their boat had gone adrift
à la dérive Aller à la dérive Leur bateau a été détaché
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**Ailing** The ailing state of the country
Souffrant, en mauvaise santé (personnes, économie, industrie,)
syn: feeble, ill, sick, unwell, weak ....
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To ail
Être souffrant
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Ailment
Mal, affection
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All-out All-out war
Total, maximum
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Animus
Animosité, antipathie
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**To arouse** The sound aroused their curiosity Sexually aroused
his strange behavior aroused my suspicions
Stimuler, provoquer
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**Arse** Move your arse ! My arse !
Cul Crétin
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Artful
Astucieux, habile, rusé, malin
syn: foxy, clever, proficient, sharp, shrewd, tricky
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Ashen
Cendré, couleur de cendres Blême, livide
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Ass
Ane Imbécile, Cul
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A kick in the ass
Un coup de pied au cul
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**Avail** To no avail To little avail
1-his efforts were of no avail
2 -to little avail
Effet, Sans effet, Sans grand effet
1-ses efforts sont resté ans effet
2sans grand effet
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**To demote**
the head of the army was demoted to deputy defence secretary
Rétrograder
to move so to a lower position or rank, usually as a punishment
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**Dire**
dire consequences
dire straits
dire need
Affreux, terrible, désastreuses, urgent
conséquences terribles
situation précaire
desoin patent
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**Charcoal** Charcoal grey
Charbon de bois Gris foncé
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To back down
Admettre qu’on est dans son tort Faire marche arrière
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**Backbone** She’s the backbone of the movement
Colonne vertébrale Pivot Fermeté, caractère
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**Evil** (adj)
people today are evil (1)
protected by evil means (1)
the police called it a brutal and evil attack (1)
there's an evil smell coming from the fridge (2)
1- Malveillant, Néfaste, Maléfique
2- extremement déplaisant
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Evil (name)
Le mal
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**Weaning**
to wean somebody from /off sth
she wanted to wean him off junk food
Sevrage
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**Bewilderment,**
the bewilderment of the mind
bewilderment of the public
Confusion, aveuglement, égarement
l'égarement de la pensée
la confusion du public
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**To blunt** (Blade, pencil, feeling …)
émousser (lame) épointer (crayon) émousser (sentiments)
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**Bluntly** To put it bluntly
Carrément, Franchement
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Bumbling
Empoté, maladroit
syn: clumsy, gauche, graceless, inept, awkward....
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Callous
Dur, sans cœur, Impitoyable, Calleux (peau)
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Dumbfounded
Abasourdi
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**Dubious**
dubious morality
dubious behaviour
dubious reputation
douteux, suspect
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**Elusive**
The gray fox is a very shy elusive creature.
A cure for the disease has proven to be elusive.
We repeatedly tried to contact the manager, an elusive man who was never in his office
Insaisissable,
difficile à définir
évasif
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**To encompass**
The Hindu religion encompasses many widely differing forms of worship.
It was a fruitful discussion which encompassed several differentviewpoints.
Englober, comprendre, regrouper
syn: to embrace, cover, incorporate, involve, comprise....
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**Far-fetched** A far-fetched alibi A far-fetched story
Farfelu
hard to believe
syn: doubtful, dubious, hard to swallow, incoherent, queer, unlikely, unbelievable ....
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Flunkey Flunky Flunkies
Laquais Larbins
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**Wanton** (adj or noun)
A wanton attack.
A wanton cruelty
Vicieux (syn: cruel, malicious)
licencieux, dévergondé (sexually lawless or unrestrained)
extravagantly or excessively luxurious, as a manner, person, manner of living or style.
Antonym: clean, decent, moral, righteous
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Warlock
Sorcier
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To weave
Tisser, tresser
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Uproot
Déraciné
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To vanquish
Vaincre
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Vanquisher
Vainqueur
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Vagrancy Vagrant
Vagabondage Vagabond
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**Unkempt**
Unkempt hair.
Unkempt clothes.
Unkempt lawn.
Mal peigné, Hirsute Négligé, débraillé Mal entretenu, en friche
syn: disordered, messed up, messy, neglected, grungy, coarse, untidy etc....
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**Unscathed** Luckily, he emerged unscathed from the accident
Sain et sauf Indemne heureusement, il est sorti indemne
not scathed, unharmed, uninjured
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**Scathing** He can be very scathing.
A scathing review of the play
Caustique, cinglant
1-bitterly severe, as a remark.
2-harmful, injurious or searing
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**Tuition** Tuition fees
Cours Frais de scolarité
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**Tizz** To be in a tizz Don’t get into a tizz about it
Panique Être dans tous ses états, Ne t’affole pas pour cela
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To tackle …a task, a problem
S’attaquer à Aborder
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Syllabus
Programme
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Swift
Rapide, Prompt, rapide Malin
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**To stir** Stir the flour in the sauce
Remuer, tourner, mixer
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**Stocky** He is a stocky man and he plays rugby
Trapu
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**Soothing** The music has a soothing effect on them
Apaisant, calmant
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To soothe
Calmer, apaiser
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Soothingly
D’une manière apaisante
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Sloth Slothful Slothfulness Slothfully
Paresse Paresseux Paresse Paresseusement
syn: do-nothingness, idleness, indolence, inertia, sluggishness, slackness
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Backdrop
Toile de fond Arrière plan
syn scenery
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**To baffle**
The exact nature of black holes continues to baffle scientists.
Déconcerter, Dérouter
=to confuse, to bewilder or to perplex
syn: to puzzle, bewilder, amaze,astound, disconcert, dumbfound, stun etc....
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**Battered**
She carried a battered old suitcase
A battered wife.
A pair of battered black boots
Délabré (building) Cabossé, bosselé (car, hat…) Meurtri, battu (wife…) Buriné (ravaged)
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**To bash**
I told him I'd bash his head in if he ever touched her again
Frapper, cogner Cabosser, bosseler
to hit someone very hard, especially in a fight
syn: to clobber, beat, beat up, batter, knock, club etc
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A bash
Un coup, une entaille, Une bosse
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Dent
Bosse Creux
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To dent
Cabosser, bosseler (metal, wall) Froisser,entamer
syn: chip, scrape, depress, furrow, hollow, indent, mark, notch, perforate, pit ....
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**Awe** He starred at her in awe
Admiration mêlée de respect
syn: admiration, esteem, regard, respect, reverence ...
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**To awe** The children were awed by the tone of her voice
Impressionner
syn: to daunt, frighten, impress, intimidate, scare,stun, terrify .....
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Axe
Hache
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To axe
Couper, hacher
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Booty
Butin
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Bottleneck
Retrécissement de la chaussée, étranglement (road) Embouteillage, bouchon (of traffic)
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Cesspool Cesspit
Fosse d’aisance Cloaque
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Chary
Précautionneux (wary)
Parcimonieux (ungenerous)
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Balloon
Ballon (toy) Ballon aerostat Bulle (comic strip)
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To balloon
Gonfler Augmenter démesurement
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**To covet**
I covet one of their smart bags.
I gave up a coveted job, that of editor-in-chief.
Convoiter Avoir très envie de
To yearn to possess (sth, especially sth belonging to another)
syn: to aspire to, envy, long for, lust after, yearn for,
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**To dangle**
Dangling from her ears were two large gold earrings.
He dangled helplessy from the cliff, trying not to look down.
We sat on the edge of the pool with our legs dangling in the water.
Laisser pendre (legs, arms, hands) Balancer (object on chain, string) Pendre
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Dagger
Poignard Dague
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**Cumbersome**
Organizations with cumbersome hierarchical structures.
Cumbersome diving suits
Encombrant, embarassant (bulky)
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To decay
Pourrir (food, flowers) Avarier (meat) Se carier (tooth) Tomber en décadence
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**Rowdy**
Rowdy behaviour at school.
Chahuteur Bagarreur
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**Run-of-the-mill**
A run-of-the-mill performance.
Ordinaire, banal
syn: ordinary, mediocre, everyday, routine unexceptional etc
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Ruthless
Impitoyable, sans pitié Brutal
syn: callous, adamant, dog-eat-dog, fierce, grim, hard-hearted, merciless, pitiless, revengeful etc...
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Ruthlessness
Caractère impitoyable Dureté
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**To condone** We cannot condone such immoral behaviour
The state appears to condone police brutality.
I am not condoning his behaviour, but I can nderstand why he wanted revenge on his attacker.
Fermer les yeux Pardonner
to say or show that you approve of sth that most people think is wrong
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To debunk
Comedy takes delight in debunking heroes.
This article will debunk these myths...
Démystifier
to expose the falseness or hollowness of an idea or belief
syn: demystify, discover, show up, unmask ....
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**Delusion**
I was still under the delusion that everyone was trying to cheat me.
It is self-delusion to believe that we are safe....
illusion Délire Fantasme
syn: apparition, daydream, false impression, fallacy, fantasy, hallucination, ghost, phantasm,
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**Dearth**
A dearth of qualified workers
Pénurie
syn: lack need, paucity, poverty, deficiency, absence, defaut, shortage, want
antonym: abundance, excess, plentifulness
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**Discrepancy** There is a discrepancy between these reports
Contradiction Désaccord
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Disclosure The disclosure of classified information
Révélation Divulgation
synonyms: betrayal, broadcast, divulgation, divulgence, exposal, exposure,leak, revealing, snitch, unveilment
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**To disclose**
She was accused of disclosing confidential material to a competitor.
He failed to disclose all the information.
Révéler Dévoiler Divulguer
* synonyms*: to bring to light, communicate, display, divulge, let slip, make known, publish, reveal, unveil
* antonyms:* to conceal, hide, withold
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Cluster
A dense cluster of buildings
Grappe (fruits) Bouquet (flowers) Amas (stars) Essaim (bees)
syn: array, band, bunch, bundle, clutch gathering, lot, pack, party, set....
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To cluster around (people)
Se grouper autour de
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Craftsman
Artisan Homme de métier (writer, actor)
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**Credence**
1- to give or to lend credence to sth
2- I don't give any credence to these reumors
3- the DNA results lend credence to his claim of innocence
Croyance, foi
1- rendre quelque chose de crédible
2 -je n'accorde aucune crédiblité à ces rumeurs
3- les résultats ADN rendent crédible son innocence
syn: trust, acceptance, reliance, confidence, accepting....
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**To deem**
Judges can give any punishment they deem appropriate.
Officials deemed that the risks of the mission were to great.
Juger, considérer, estimer
to regard, to consider.
syn: believe, conceive, esteem, estimate,presume, reckon, supposethink, understand, view ....
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**To disclaim**
The group has disclaimed all responsability for the attack.
Rejeter, décliner Nier Démentir
syn: to deny
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**Disclaimer**
The president issued a disclaimer denying all knowledge of the affair
Démenti, désaveu
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**Demeanor**
A calm demeanor.
Carvell was brusque in demeanor...
As a leador, your attitude and demeanor can have a considerable impact on your subordinates.
Comportement
1-conduct; behavior, deportment
2-facial appearance; mien
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**Fallacy**
It's a fallacy that money brings happiness.
Erreur, Idée fausse
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Fallacious
Fallacieux Faux illusoire
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**To epitomize**
- the company **epitomizes** the problems faced by French industry.
- if we had a single word **to epitomize** our aspirations, it would....
- young business people who epitomize successful young entrepreneurs
Personnifier, Incarner, être l'exemple typique
To be a very typical example of something.
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**Erstwhile**
His erstwhile critics..
D’autrefois
syn: former, bygone, late, old, once, one-time, past, previous ....
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Evil-looking
Qui a l’air mauvais (person) Menaçante (weapon)
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Endeavour Endeavor
Effort
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To endeavour, endeavor
S’efforcer de faire quelque chose
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**Evil-minded**
An evil-minded person is always thinking of evil things to do.
Evil-minded calls and emails have been directed to Korean...
Malveillant, mal intentionné
_Adj :wicked:_
depraved, malevolent, malicious
_Adj: licentious_
dirty-minded, lecherous, lewd, prurient, salacious
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**Evildoer**
Do not resist an evildoer.
To establish a distinction between the evildoers and the majority of Muslims.
malfaiteur
Wrongdoer.
syn: criminal, bad person, lawbreaker, sinner, evil person, etc...
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Evilly (adv)
Avec malveillance D’un mauvais oeil
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**Fate**
They saw themselves as victims of fate.
It was fate that brought us together.
Destin, sort
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**To fetch**
To fetch sb from the airport.
Fetch ! [to a dog]
Aller chercher
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**Yearning**
A yearning for freedom.
After a year abroad, he felt a yearning to be back home.
Désir ardent Nostalgie
Desire.
syn: aspiration, eagerness, longing, thirst etc.....
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**To yearn**
He yearned for a simpler life after retirement.
Désirer ardemment quelque chose Avoir la nostalgie
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Yearningly
Avec désir, avec envie Avec nostalgie
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**A longing**
A nostalgic longing for the past.
She had a desperate longing to go back.
Human longing for truth and meaning.
He felt an overwhelming longing to hea her voice again.
Une envie, un désir
A yearning desire (noun)
Having or showing a yearning desire (adjective)
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Longing (adj)
D’envie de désir A longing look …
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**Longingly**
A young girl looked longingly at a box of paints displayed in the window.
Avec désir, avec envie
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**Goodwill**
The scheme is dependent on goodwill between the two sides.
A goodwill gesture.
Bienveillance Bonne volonté
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**Gloom**
1- A prophet of doom and gloom.
2 - The staff are experiencing a feeling of gloom and distrust
Obscurité, ténèbres
Tristesse, mélancolie
1-un prophète de malheur
2-le personnel ressent un climat de mélancolie et de méfiance
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To gloom
Etre mélancolique Broyer du noir
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Gloomy
Triste, mélancolique Sombre, lugubre Déprimant
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Gloominess
Obscurité, ténèbres Tristesse, mélancolie
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**Hazard**
Flashing signs on the motorway warn drivers of hazards ahead.
Risque, danger
syn: danger, endangement, jeopardy, peril, risk, hot potato (informal !) risky business, threat, thin ice
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To hazard
The cargo business is too risky to hazard money on.
Risquer, hasarder
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**Hazardous**
He works on hazardous conditions.
It's hazardous to personal safety.
Dangereux, risqué Incertain, hasardeux
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Hazard lights
Feux de détresse
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**To rehearse**
The director made us rehearse the opening scenes over and over.
The band has been rehearsing at the studio all day.
Répéter Faire répéter Réciter, énumérer
syn: **to go /run through**
Let's go through it just once more
We went through the whole symphony four times and he still wasn't satisfied
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Rehearsal
Répétition
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**To encompass**
The Hindu religion encompasses many widely differing forms of worship.
Englober, comprendre,
syn:
To embrace.
The world "culture" embraces both artistic and sociological aspects of society.
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Encroachment
Minor encroachments on our individual liberties.
Empiètement, Envahissement
Intrusion on a personn territory, rights etc...
syn: inroad, intrusion, invasion, trespass
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Evildoer
Méchant scélérat
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Gotcha
Pigé ! Je t’y prends ! Je t’ai eu ! Je te tiens !
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Herein
En ceci, en cela Ci inclus (in this document)
syn: here, in this, in view of this, included, within
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to doom
Her plan was doomed to failure
condemn to certain death or destruction
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to be endowed with
Jefferson wrote that all citizes were endowed with the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness
to have sth good, especially a natural ability or social advantage
syn: gifted, blessed, enriched, equipped, supplied
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**excited**
## Footnote
When we get home, the dogs are excited to see us.
Doctors are very excited by the discovery
feeling happy and full of energy about sth good that has happened or is going to happen
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**filthy**
the inside of the oven was filthy
filty streets
the water looked filthy
extremely dirty
syn: foul, squalid
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