400-599 Flashcards
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Sake For sb’s sake
the couple moved to the coast for the sake of her health.
I have to make an effort for John’s sake.
For your sake (1)
For the sake of clarity (2)
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Pour le bien de qq
Par égard pour qq
Pour l’amour de qq
syn: behalf, consideration, good, interest, profit, regard, respect, welfare, well-being
(1) pour votre bien
(2) par souci de clarté
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To scold
She scolded him for being late
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Gronder Réprimander
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Scolding
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Gronderie Réprimande
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To scoff
Don’t scoff, I am serious
I left three pies in the fridge and someone’s scoffed the lot (2)
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Se moquer (1)
Bouffer, s’empiffrer (2) = syn: to scarf sth up/down
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Scorn
He could barely disguise his scorn for her
she was the scorn of the whole school
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Mépris, dédain
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To scorn
countries that scorn human rights…
the first step is to scorn the notion that length is a measure of thoroughness
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Mépriser
bafouer
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Scornful Scornfully
He smiled in a scornful way
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Dédaigneux, méprisant Avec mépris
syn: arrogant, contemptuous, disdainful, sneering, snooty
anonyms: admiring,gracious, respectful
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Derelict (adj) (n)
adj -
a derelict olf building
the derelict vessel leaked diesel oil
it was in a derelict condition after being sunk
n-
derelicts who could fit all their possessions in a paper bag.
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adj= Abandonné, délaissé
n= vagabond, clochard (n) = someone who has no money or home and who has to live in the streets
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To bemoan
She was bemoaning the fact that they had no money
I bemoan the fact that this initiative ….
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1-pleurer, se lamenter
2-déplorer, regretter qquechose
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Complacency
Docteurs have warned against complacency in fighting common diseases.
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Autosatisfaction
A feeling of satisfaction with a situation or with what you have achieved so that you stop trying to improve or change things.
syn: contentment, smugness
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Complacent
the nation cannot become complacent about the quality of our schools
we’ve been winning but we’re not going to get complacent
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satisfait ou content de soit
pleased with a situation, especially something you have achieved, so that you stop trying to improve or change things
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To cuddle
Jenny sat on the couch, cuddling a stuffed toy dog.
He cuddles the baby close.
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Se faire un câlin, se câliner
=to hold someone or sth very close to you with your arms around them, especially to show that you love them
Câliner, bercer
to hold fondly, closely
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A cuddle
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Un câlin
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Deterrence
Nuclear deterrence.
The death penalty for murder is a combination of punishment and deterrence.
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Dissuasion Force de dissuasion
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Deterrent (adj) (n)
The small fines do not act as much of a deterrent. (n)
The deterrent effect of prison sentences. (adj)
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Dissuasif (adj) - dissuasion (n)
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To deter sb from doing sth
It is not clear wether the death penalty deters crime.
The study may have deterred women from regular checkups.
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Disssuader
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Doom (n)
I sat there with a sense of imminent doom (=doom that will come very soon)
Thousand of soldiers met their doom (=died) on this field
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Destin (malheureux) Sort (tragique) Perte, ruine Mort (death)
Destruction, death or failure that you are unable to avoid.
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Doomsday
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Jour du jugement dernier
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Filth
Filth in the streets.
Some of the filth they show on television.
Filthy
Filthy clothes.
The bathroom was absolutely filthy.
Filthy language.
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Crasse Saleté - An extremely dirty substance
Obscénités Grossièretés - Very offensive language, stories, or pictures about sex.
filthy=adj
thesaurus: dirty, dusty, muddy, grimy, grubby, greasy, soiled, contaminated, polluted
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Fart
To fart
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Pet
Pêter
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Flabbergasted
I was absolutely flabbergasted by her attitude
Doctors said they were flabbergasted by/at the decision to close the hospital
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Sidéré
extremely surprised or shocked
thesaurus: amazement, surprise, astonishment, speechless, to be at loss for words, dumbfounded,
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Blatancy (n)
One had only to go to the working-class quarters of the city to be struck by the blatancy of that.
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l’évidence, le caractère flagrant
A blatant quality or thing
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Blatant
Blatant discrimination.
Blatant lies.
At first, I tried ignoring his blatant sexual hints
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évident, flagrant, Manifeste
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Bewilderment
A bewilderment of smoke, noise and pushing people
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Confusion,
perplexité
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**Bewildered**
The kids seemed bewildered and scared after the accident
perplexe, dérouté, déconcerté
totally confused
thesaurus: bemused, mixed-up, puzzled, baffled, perplexed, mystified
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**Bewildering**
A bewildering number of options
Déconcertant
Confusing, especially because there are too many choices or things happening at the same time.
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**To bewilder**
To confuse someone.
These shifting attitudes bewilder me.
Déconcerter, rendre perplexe
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Bewilderingly
De manière déconcertante, déroutante
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Bloom
Fleur
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To bloom
éclore Fleurir
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**to blossom,**
**a blossom**
The apple trees are just beginning *to blossom*
The cherry trees are just coming into *blossom*
The chestnut trees are in full blossom
éclore, fleurir
fleur
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**a blunder**
She stopped finally aware of the terrible blunder she had made.
Une bourde, gaffe, impair
thesaurus: indiscretion, to put your foot in it, faux pas, gaffe, to make a mistake, to get sth wrong, to go wrong, to slip up
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**To blunder**
Police admitted that they blundered when they let Wyllie go.
Just pray that he doesn't blunder again and get the names wrong.
Without my glasses I blundered into the wrong room.
Faire une gaffe ou un impair
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Bluntly
To put it bluntly, the situation has gotten much worse.
Carrément Franchement
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**Bliss**
I didn't have to get up until 11 - it was sheer bliss
Bonheur, contentement
Perfect happiness or enjoyment
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Bruised
Meurtri, blessé
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**Bruise**
A few cuts and bruises
Bleu, contusion Meurtrissures
A purple or brown mark on your skin that you get because you have fallen, been hit etc.
thesaurus: black mark, blemish, contusion, injury, swelling, wound
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To bruise
Contusionner, blesser
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**Conundrum**
One of the most difficult conundrums for the experts
Devinette, énigme
a confusing and difficult problem
thesaurus: puzzle, brain-teaser, enigma, mystery, mystification, problem, riddle, puzzlement
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**To thrive, thrived/throve, thriven**
Concerned about their baby daughter's failure to thrive.
These traditions continue to thrive
The plant needs direct sunlight to thrive
Business thirved in the freedom of the 1920s
Playing music helped my daughter to thrive
Pousser (plant) Grandir (child) Se porter bien, respirer la santé (adult)
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**Threshold**
The country is on the threshold of a new era.
He stood on the threshold of Kim's bedroom.
She was on the threshold of a dazzling career.
Seuil, pas de porte
Le seuil d’une époque, siècle
La limite, seuil financier
syn doorstep
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**Thwart**
I was thwarted in my attempts to leave the country
Efforts to clean up the oil spill have been thwarted by storms
Contrecarrer, contrarier (plan) Déjouer (a plot) Contrarier les efforts (person)
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**Thrilled**
I was thrilled with the new chairs
We're thrilled with the results
The were thrilled that you came.
I am thrilled to be here
Ravi
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**Teeming**
The teeming city streets.
Every garden is teeming with wildlife.
Grouillant de monde (streets) Grouillant, fourmillant (crowds, shoppers) Grouillant (insects, ants)
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**To swathe**
to be swathed in something
his hands were swathed in bandages
Envelopper Emmailloter
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**To swagger**
He swaggered along the corridor
Se vanter, Se pavaner
to walk in a relaxed way, taking large steps, in a way that shows you are extremely confident.
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**A swagger**
He entered the room with a swagger
Air arrogant (manner) Démarche arrogante (walk)
A way of talking or behaving that shows you are very confident
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**Stubborn**
She's as stubborn as a mule.
Tétu, obstiné Récalcitrant
thesaurus: obstinate, unyielding
adamant, balky, bullheaded, dogged, inflexible,mulish, perservering, pigheaded,single-minded, tenacious, willful
antonyms= broad-minded, complacent, compliant,giving, willing, yielding
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Dumbness
Mutité
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**Dumb**
She's always asking such dumb questions.
I just did the dumbest thing back there, I forgot my briefcase.
She was born dumb and deaf.
1-Muet (unable or unwilling to speak) : mute
2- Stupide (that was a dumb thing to do)
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Empty-handed
The burglars fled empty-handed.
Les mains vides
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**Encroachment**
Minor encroachments on our individiual liberties
Empiètement (on land, rights) Envahissement (by sea)
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**To encroach on / upon**
The sea is encroaching on the land.
Urban development is encroaching on rural land.
Gang members who encroach on other gangs' territory.
Empiéter sur
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**Flagging**
The nation's flagging economy
Qui baisse (strenght, enthusiasm)
=becoming tired, weaker or less interested
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**To flag**
By the end of the day her enthusiasm had begun to flag.
Faiblir (strenght, energy, enthusiasm, interest …)
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**To flaunt**
She's always flaunting her hewelry.
If you've got it, flaunt it (spoken, humorous)=used to tel so not to hide their beauty, wealth or abilities
étaler, faire étalage (wealth, knowledge, jewellery…) Afficher (bad manners, ignorance)
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**To downplay**
She downplays the seriousness of her health problems.
Minimiser l’importance Dédramatiser
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**Drawback**
The major drawback of being famous is the lack of privacy.
Inconvénient, désavantage
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**To embroil**
**To embroil sb in sth**
**To get embroiled in sth**
She is embroiled in a child custody battle with her ex-husband.
The organization is currently embroiled in running battles with pressure groups.
Mêler, impliquer
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**To entangle**
The bird was entangled in the net.
They were suspiciois of becoming entangled ina civil war.
Empêtrer, enchevêtrer Emmêler (hair, threads) Impliquer (envolve)
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**Epoch**
These events marked an epoch in their history.
époque
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**Fluke**
Their victory was a bit of a fluke.
We wanted to show that the win was not just a fluke.
Coup de bol Hasard
thesaurus: chance, occurence
blessing, fortuiy, fortunate, fortune, good fortune, good luck, odd chance, quirk
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**Damp**
The room smelled damp.
The rain had made the walls damp.
Our clothes got a little damp.
Humide Moite
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***Bully***
Leave him alone, you big bully !
The school bully
Brute, tyran
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**To bully**
He used to bully the younger kids.
Brutaliser
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**Disincentive**
Taxes are a disincentive to expansion
Facteur décourageant
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**To incent= to incentivize**
The government should incentivize the private sector to create jobs
Encourager
to give incentives to
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**Incentive**
**L**ow prices give the farmers little incentive.
The high-tech industry was lured here by tax incentives.
Motivation Incitation
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**Wiry**
She was a small, wiry woman.
His wiry black hair
1 -Sec et musclé Nerveux
2- wiry hair is stiff and curly
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**Wisdom**
An old man of great wisdom.
Wisdom tooth.
Sagesse
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**To wiggle**
To wiggle one’s hips
Remuer, Se remuer
thesaurus: to shake back and forth
jerk, jiggle, squirm, twist, wave, worm, wriggle, writhe
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Whore
Putain
prostitute, harlot
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To go whoring
Se prostituer Fréquenter les prostituées
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Whorehouse
Maison close
thesaurus: brothel
bawdy house, call house, cathouse, house of ill fame, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, massage parlor, red-light district
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Whoremonger
Vicieux
A person who has dealings with prostitutes, especially a sexually promiscuous man
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**Compelling**
A compelling speaker.
There is no logically compelling argument to support their claims.
His eyes were strangely compelling.
1 - Convaincant
2 - Envoûtant (film, book)
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**To compel**
The law will compel employers to provide health insurance.
Harris felt compelled to resign.
His performance compels attention.
Contraindre, obliger (force) Imposer, forcer
thesaurus: to force, to act
coerce, constrain, enforce, drive, impel, make necessary, oblige, squeeze
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Compellingly
Irresistiblement
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**To enforce**
The police are strict about enforcing the speed limit.
The difficulties of enforcing discipline.
she enforced strict order on her children.
Mettre en oeuvre, appliquer: policy, décision Mettre en vigueur: law Faire exécuter Faire respecter
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Enforceable
Enforceable judgement
Exécutoire
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**Enforcement**
The strict enforcement of environmental regulations.
Mise en oeuvre: policy, decision Application, execution: law Execution: contrat
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**Expendable**
No one's job is safe. Everyone is expendable.
Superflu (equipment, workforce)
Qui peut être sacrifié (troops, spies)
thesaurus: not important
dispensablle, disposable, nonessentiel, replaceable, superfluous, unimportant
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Fated
He was fated never to return.
Achilles was fated to die after Hector.
Destiné (destined) Voué au malheur (doomed)
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Fleeting
Fugace
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**Realm**
The spiritual realm.
Ne discoveries in the realm of science.
The real of applied chemistry
Domaine, apanage
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**Reckoning**
By my reckoning, you own £50.
Calcul, compte Estimation Avis opinion
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Redudancy
Licenciement (layoff) Chomage
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Redudancy
Licenciement (layoff) Chomage
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Redundant (adj)
Licencié, au chômage Redondant
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**Blurred**
Blurred vision
The blurred distincttions between childhood and adulthood.
Flou
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**To blur**
His novels tends to blur the distinctions between reality and fantasy.
Estomper, effacer Brouiller
thesaurus: to cloud, fog
becloud, befog, blind, darken, daze, dim, glare, make hazy, make indistinct, make vague, mask, obscure, shade
antonyms=clear, uncloud, unsmudge
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**Eerie**
An eerie silence.…
I had the eerie feeling that sb was watching me.
Inquiétant, sinistre
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Flamethrower
Lance-flammes
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Flimsily
D’une manière peu solide
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Flimsiness
Légèreté Fragilité Faiblesse
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**Flimsy**
A flimsy summer dress.
A flimsy argument.
The evidence against him is very flimsy.
Fin, léger Fragile
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**To flip out**
The guy just flipped out and started shooting.
Exploser, piquer une crise (to get angry) Craquer (under effects of stress)
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**Flip-flop**
An embarassed flip-flop on the goovernment's domestic policy.
Tong (sandal)
Volte-face, revirement (in attitude, policy…)
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**To foreclose**
The mortgage company has threatened to foreclose on their home
Saisir un bien hypothéqué
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Foreclosure
Saisie (juridique)
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**Hinterland**
The port cities relied on their immediate rural hinterlands for foods.
Arrière pays
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**To indict -** *for/on sth*
Two men were indicted on fraud charges.
Three men were indicted for kidnapping
Inculper, mettre en examen
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**Indictment**
An indictment for murder.
Owners of the city's biggest casino are *under indictment* (=charged with a crime)
Inculpation, mise en examen Acte d’accusation
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**To avenge**
He avenged his brother’s death.
Venger
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Avenger (n) Avenging (adj)
Vengeur
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**Aftermath** The aftermath of war
Séquelles, suites (of event) Regain
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**To defuse**
To defuse a situation/crisis
A joke can often defuse the situation.
Diplomats are trying to defuse the situation.
Explosive specialists tried to defuse the grenade.
Désamorcer une situation ou une bombe
thesaurus: to disarm, smooth over
deactivate, alleviate, disable, mollify, soften, soothe, subdue.
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**To disentangle**
It was difficult to disentangle fact from fiction.
The president was eager to disentangle himself from the scandal.
Démêler (string, mistery)
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**Diffidence**
Manque d’assurance ou de confiance en soi Timidité
thesaurus: hesitancy, lack of confidence
backwardess, bashfulness, constraint, doubt, fear, reluctance, reserve, shyness, timidness, timorousness, unassertiveness
antonyms: boldness, confidence
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**To castigate**
In his speechn he castigated the president for being soft onb drugs.
Corriger, punir, réprimander Critiquer sévèrement,
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**To scold**
She scolded the boys for taking the candy whout permission.
Our parents were strict and we were frequently scolded for our bad behaviour.
Gronder, réprimander
Thesaurus
to rebuke, reprimand
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**Scolding**
Betty got a severe scoding and had to apologize.
Gronderie, réprimande
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Dusk - At dusk
Crépuscule
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**Flurry**
A flurry of activity.
After his statement, he received a flurry of phone calls.
A few flurries are expected tonight.
Rafale (snow, wind) Un branle bas de combat
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**To flurry**
The waiter flurried between them.
Gusts of snow flurried through the door.
*_verb used with object_*
to put a person into a flurry
*_verb used without object:_*
1-(of snow) to fall or be flawn in a flurry
2-to move in an excited or agitated manner
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**Frenzy**
**To work yourself in a frenzy.**
Doreen worked herself into a frenzy of rage.
There are just two minutes to go of this game, and the crowd is in an absolute frenzy.
People were in a frenzy when this shop opened.
Frénésie
Folie.
Excitation
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**Frenzied**
A frenzied applause
Frénétique Forcené Déchainé
Wildly excited or uncontrolled.
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**Grief** ☝️faux ami
The man's grief over /at the death of his wife.
She was overcome with grief.
Frank always gives me grief about my sloppy handwriting.
Good grief ! (an expression of surprise or alarm)
Chagrin, peine, tristesse
Embêtement
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**To grieve**
We are still grieving the death of our mother.
It grievs me to see him wasting his talent like that.
Peiner, chagriner Avoir de la peine, du chagrin
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**Grievance**
Smith has a legitimate grievance against the company.
One woman filed a grievance (=officially complained) after she was refused a promotion.
A deep sense of grievance.
Grief, sujet de plainte
Rancune, ressentiment Injustice, tort Mécontentement
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**Grieved** To be deeply grieved at something
The whole community is deeply grieved by her tragic death.
Peiné, chagriné Etre chagriné de quelque chose
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**Grievious**
A grevious error.
A grevious wound or pain is severe and hurts a lot.
Affreux, cruel, atroce Grave, sérieux
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Greviously
Gravement, sérieusement
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**Craving**
A craving for chocolate.
After a week without smoking , the craving began to disappear.
The symptoms include a craving for sweet foods.
Envie impérieuse ou irresistible Besoin impérieux
thesaurus: lust, appetite, temptation, compulsion, urge, whim, impulse
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**To crave**
I always craved love and acceptance
The review gave Picasso a taste of the recogition he craved.
Avoir terriblement envie de Cigarette, drink, affection, love
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**Dauting**
Climbing Everest is a daunting challenge for any montaineer.
I was faced with the daunting task of learning the wole script in 24hours
Intimidant
If sth is daunting, it seems almost impossible and the idea of doing it makes you feel nervous
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To daunt
the lightning did little to daunt local golfers
Intimider
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Dauntless
A dauntless courage
adj :
confident and not easily fightened
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**To disguise**
To get into the building, I disguised myself as a reporter.
The two women were disguised as nuns.
Se déguiser Dissimuler, masquer
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**Dismal**
They lived in a dismal apartment in the poorest part of the town.
A dismal gray afternoon.
Dismal economic news.
Lugubre, sombre Horrible (day, weather) Lugubre (streets, countryside) Mélancolique (so,g) Sombre (future, prospect) Lamentable (performance, résult)
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Enema
Lavement (méd)
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**Flaw**
It is half price because of a slight flaw.
There was a flaw in the glass.
Défaut (material, character)
thesaurus : defect, fault, weakness, bug
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**Flawless**
He spoke flawless Spanish
Flawless skin
Parfait
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Flawed
Défectueux
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Flawlessly
Parfaitement
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Flawlessnness
Perfection
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Fleabag
Sac à puces (animal, person) Hotel miteux
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**To flog**
People caught breaking the liquor laws may be flogged.
He's been on a lot of TV shows, flogging his new book.
There was a man at the market who was flogging watches at $10 each.
Fouetter (to beat)
Vendre Bazarder Fourguer
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**Foothold**
The company is attempting to gain a foothold in the Russian market
Prise de pied, position avantageuse
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**Forerunner**
Theleague was a forerunner of the NBA.
Cirrus clouds are usually forerunners of a cold front.
Précurseur Ancêtre Présage, signe avant coureur
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**Ominous**
An ominous silence.
There were ominous dark clouds gathering overhead.
Menaçant, inquiétant De mauvaise augure, de sinistre présage
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Ominously
The sea was ominously calm
De façon inquiétante ou menaçante
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**Gullibility Gullible**
An attempt to persuade a gullible public to spend their money.
A group of gullible tourists.
Crédulités Crédule, naif
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Gruesome
A gruesome accident.
Horrible (sight) Macabre (discovery)
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**Hardship**
Early settlers endured great hardship.
The new taxes are creating extreme hardship to poor families
épreuves
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**Haughty**
A haughty laugh
A look of haughty disdain
A haughty British aristocrat
Hautain, arrogant
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Haughtiness
Arrogance, de manière hautaine
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Haughtily
Avec arrogance, de manière hautaine
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**Insight**
New insights into how the universe began.
The reports provided little insight about the economy's condition
Perpiscacité Aperçu , idée
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**Insightful**
Thank you for all the insightful comments
I don't have anything insightful to say about that.
Pénétrant, perspicace
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Kindred (n)
= kinship
Relationship by blood: ties of kindred.
Parenté (relationship) Famille, parents
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**Kindred** (adj)
Books on kindred subjects.
To find a kindred soul.
Inquirers who have kindred interests
Apparenté (related) Similaire, analogue
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**Leech**
1 - Sangsue
2- so who takes advatage of other people , usually by taking their money, food, etc....
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To leech on sb
S’accrocher ou coller à qqun comme une sangsue
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**Leer**
He gave me a sly leer
Regard méchant
Regard lubrique
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**To leer at sb**
Bystanders were leering at the nude painting.
Regarder qqun méchamment
Lorgner qqun
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Malevolent Malevolence Malevolently
He gave me a malevolent look.
Malveillant Malveillance Avec malveillance
Having or showing a wish to do evil to others.
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Leering ☝️☝️☝️ ne pas confondre avec « leery »
Méchant Ne pas confondre avec leery = méfiant
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Astute
Astucieux , fin, perpsicace Malin, rusé Astucieux
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Astuteness
Finesse, perspicacité
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Astutely
Astucieusement, avec finesse ou perspicacité
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To berate He berated them for being late
Réprimander
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To bolster
Soutenir
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Dismay To be filled with dismay by sth
Consternation, désarroi
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**To dismay**
The horrible pictures on TV dismayed the American public.
They were dismayed by the U-turn in poicy.
Consterner, emplir de désarroi
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To engrave Engraved in her memory
The crystal glasses were engraved with the Queen's cipher
Graver
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**To expend**
Manufacturers have expended a lot of time and effort to improve computer security
Billions of dollars have been expended on research
Consacrer à Dépenser à Utiliser à
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**Expenditure**
Unnecessary expenditure of time and money.
Cuts in public expenditure.
Dépense
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To embezzle
Détourner, escroquer
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**Embezzlement**
Charges of fraud and embezzlement.
Détournement (of funds)
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**Feud**
A bloody feud.
A long-running feud between the two brothers.
Querelle
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**To feud**
The two countries have long been feuding over the island.
Hoover feuded with the CIA for decades
Se quereller, se disputer
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Wreck
Epave Naufrage, déraillement, accident Guimbarde
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**To wreck**
She’s wrecked my plans.
The car was completely wrecked.
The store was wrecked by a bomb.
Alcohol problems wrecked their marriage.
Provoquer le naufrage Détruire Démolir Casser, démolir, Briser, anéantir
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Wrathful (formel)
En colère (literary or humorous)
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Wrath (formel)
Extreme anger (literary or humorous)
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**To wince**
To wince with pain
Grimacer Grimacer de dégout Crisper le visage
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**To usher**
A waiter ushered me to a table.
Security guards ushered the man out of the theater.
Conduire, accompagner Placer (at concert, theater…)
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Usher
Someone who guides people to their seats at a theater, wedding etc...
Portier (doorkeeper) Huissier (jur)
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**Turmoil**
His life was in turmoi
Most of the country is in political turmoil;
Agitation, trouble, chaos Trouble, émoi
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**To wane**
When the moon wanes, you gradually see less of it.
Confidence in the dollar waned
Décroitre, décliner Diminuer
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**To be on the wane**
The epidemic was on the wane
Décroitre, décliner Diminuer (popularity, power…)
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**Sallow** (adj)
Sallow skinlooks slightly yellow and unhealthy.
His skin was sallow and pitted.
derivative: sallowish - sallowishness
Jaunâtre Cireux
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Sallowness
Teint cireux (person, complexion)
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Scowling (adj)
Renfrogné, hargneux
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**Scowl**
She stamped into the room with a scowl on her face.
Mine renfrognée Air renfrogné, air menaçant.
An angry or disapproving expression on someone's face.
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**To scowl**
To scowl at sb
She scowled at him defiantly.
Se renfrogner, faire la grimace Prendre un air menaçant Jeter un regard mauvais
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**Scrawny**
He had a scrawny physique and a protuberant Adam's apple.
Efflanqué, décharné Maigre
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**Underweight**
A premature underweight baby
Trop maigre, qui ne pèse pas assez
thesaurus: thin, slim, slender, skinny, lean, slight, emaciated, anorexic, skeletal
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**Gaun**t
His gaunt face.
A tall, gaunt woman in black.
Gaunt tenement blocks.
derivatives: gauntly (adv) and gauntness
Creux, émacié Décharné (corps)
Grim or desolate in apparence (for a building or place)
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Slender
Mince, svelte
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**Flimsy**
Flimsy underwear
Fin, léger
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**To taper**
The jeans taper toward the ankle.
Long tapering fingers.
Effiler, tailler en pointe
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**Very** + adverb or adjective
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I very nearly fell
Very few/very little
So very little
J’ai bien failli tomber
Très peu
Si peu
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Very : emphatic use
Our very best wine.
The very best of friends.
It’s the very worst thing that could have happened.
Notre meilleur vin
Le meilleur ami du monde
C’est bien ce qui pouvait arriver de pire
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The very first person
La toute première personne
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The very next day
Dès le lendemain, le lendemain même
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It’s my very own
C’est à moi
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The very same day
Le jour même
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At the very end (of street, row, …)
Tout au bout (de la rue, la rangée)
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At the very back
Tout au fond
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At the very beginning
Tout au début
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At the very bottom of the sea
Au plus profond de la mer
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At that very moment
Juste à ce moment là (dans le sens d’exact)
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The very man I need
Juste l’homme qu’il me faut
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There were his very words
C’est exactement ce qu’il a dit
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This is the very room where they were murdered
C’est dans cette pièce même qu’ils ont été tués
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**Heedful**
He is heedful of his own intuitions.
Attentif
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**To heed**
He should have heeded the warnings.
If he had heeded my advice, none of this would have happened.
Tom paid no heed to her warnings
Faire bien attention à Tenir compte de Prendre garde à …warning, words…
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Heedlessly
Sans faire attention, à la légère Avec insouciance
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**Heedless**
Heedless of danger, he ran out into the street.
Sans se soucier du danger
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**Kinky**
He likes kinky sex
She wears kinky clothes
Kinky hair has a lot of tight curls.
Farfelu, loufoque Qui a des goûts spéciaux
Qui fait des boucles, ondulé (cheveux)
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Kinkiness Sexual tastes
Bizarrerie
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Kink
Ondulation (hair)
Perversion, bizarrerie
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To kink
Tordre (cable)
Faire une boucle
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**Uncanny**
He has an uncanny ability to guess what you're thinking.
An uncanny feeling that she was being watched.
Troublant, étrange Sinistre, mystérieux
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**Undeterred**
She was undeterred by this setback.
He was undeterred by these disasters
Sans se laisser décourager Elle ne s’est pas laissée décourager par ce revers
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**Twilight**
We took a walk on the beach at twilight.
Crépuscule (in evening)
Aube (in morning) Pénombre, obscurité
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Twilight (adj)
The twilight hours.
A twilight word.
His twilight years .
A twilight zone in a city.
Nébuleux Le crépuscule Un monde nébuleux Les dernières années de sa vie Un quartier délabré dans une ville
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**Tearful**
A tearful goodbye.
Larmoyant
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Rampage
To be on the rampage
A shooting rampage.
Rioters went on a rampage through the city.
Fureur
Etre déchainé
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**To rampage**
They rampaged through the town.
Anto-government demonstrators rampaged through the capital today.
Se déchainer
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Rank and files (n)
Simple soldats La base
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Rank and file (adj) Rank and file soldiers
Adj: de la base
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Ranker
Officier, sorti du rang
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**Ranking**
She is now fifth in the world rankings.
Classement
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Rank
Grade, rang (grade) Rangée, rand (row, line)
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To rank
Classer Ranger Figurer
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**Behind-the-scenes**
A behind-the-scenes look
Is the commission involved behind-the-scenes party to negociations ?
....officially but behind-the-scenes...
Secret
un regard intime
La commission est elle impliquée officieusement dans des négociations ?
....officiellement mais en coulisses....
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To deem
Judges can give any punishment they deem appropriate
Juger, considérer, estimer
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Diehard[n]
A diehard opponent of new taxes
Conservateur, réactionnaire
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Diehard (adj)
Intransigeant Réactionnaire
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Idle
Inoccupé, désoeuvré (person) =lazy
Arrêté, à l’arrêt (factory, equipment)
Inutile, vain (futile, pointless)
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Idleness
Oisiveté Désoeuvrement Paresse
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Idling
Fainéantise
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Idler
Paresseux, fainéant
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Idly
Paresseusement Négligemment
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Jumpy
People still feel jumpy after last month's violence
Nerveux (edgy) Instable, fluctuant Saccadé (gestures, style…)
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To jolt sb
The passengers were jolted about in the bus
Secouer
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Jolt
Residents felt the first jolt of the earthquake at about 8:00 a.m.
His death was a jolt to the whole community
Electric jolts
Secousse,à-coup
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Chieftain
Chef (de tribu)
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**Outward** (adj)
To outward apparences
My parents showed no outward signs of affection
***To all outward apparences*** ( = as much as can be judged by the way things see) Jodie seemed like a normal 12-year-old.
Extérieur, externe Apparent
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To abscond
To abscond from prison
She absconded with our money
1 - Soustraire à la justice (escape, get away, flee, break out, break free/ break away, fly)
2- to suddenly leave the place where you work after having stolen money from it
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Absconding
Fuite évasion
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Adamant She is adamant that she saw him
Résolu, inflexible Elle affirme l’avoir vu
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Adze
Herminette
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To allude to sb/sth
Faire allusion à quelqu’un ou quelque chose
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Anguished
Plein de souffrance
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Appealing
Joli Séduisant Attrayant Sympathique, attachant émouvant, attendrissant Suppliant, ignorant
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Barnyard
Cour de ferme Basse-cour
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Barter
Echange, troc
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To operate
Vi: fonctionner, marcher Vt: faire fonctionner,
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To work reliably
Travailler de façon fiable
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To hail a cab
Héler un taxi
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To hail insults, blows…
Faire pleuvoir coups, insultes…
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Hail !
Salut !
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Geofenced
Géolocalisé
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The roll-out The roll-out of robotaxis in urban areas…
Le déroulement, l’extension…
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To run around the clock
Fonctionner 24/24
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To retrofit
Moderniser
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To manhandle
Transporter
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Platoon
Armée, sectio,
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Far-reaching (adj)
D’une grande portée
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Overseer
Surveillant, contremaitre, chef d’équipe
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Drawback
Inconvénient, désavantage
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To slam on
Freiner brutalement
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To slay, slew, slain
Tuer
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Grid The power grid
Réseau, Grille
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Urban dweller City-dweller
Habitant des villes
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A fix for the problems…
Une solution aux problèmes …
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Horse manure
Fumier
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To grapple with sth
Se débattre avec quelque chose (problème, ordinateur …)
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To reassign
Réaffecter
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To ferry
Conduire des passagers
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Sozzled
Bourré, beurré
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To kit out
équipper
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To pair up
Assortir, mettre par 2
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To herald
Annoncer, proclamer
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Errand
Commission, course
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To encroach on sth
Empiéter sur (freedom etc)
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To vanish
Disparaitre, s’évanouir
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To undermine
Ruiner, saper
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Sprawl Suburban sprawl
étendue (city) Banlieue tentaculaire
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Kerb
Bord du trottoir
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The fringes of cities
La périphérie des villes
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To subsidise
Subventionner
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To retrofit
Moderniser
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Thoroughfares
Voies de communications
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Roadway
Chaussée
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To hamstring
Handicaper
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To liken
Comparer
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To be in limbo
Etre dans l’incertitude
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Backlash
Retour de manivelle
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Fine-tuning
Réglage Peaufinage
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To fine-tune
Régler avec précision, Peaufiner
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To fence off
Séparer avec l’aide d’une clôture
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To be mindful of sth
Se souvenir de quelque chose Etre soucieux ou préoccupé par quelque chose
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With the benefit of hindsight
Avec du recul
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A wintry morning
Glacial, hivernal
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Pothole
Nid de poule
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Lane markings
Marquage au sol
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To jump or to climb on the bandwagon
Prendre le train en marche
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Metal-bashing
Métallurgie
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Entrant
Candidat
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Onlooker
Spectateur, Badaud
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Contraption
Engin, truc (fam)
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Mishap
Mésaventure Accident
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Ditch
Fossé, rigole
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To set the bar too high
Fixer la barre trop haute
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Broken-down
Détraqué, en panne
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To bend the rules
Faire une entorse au règlement
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To break the rules
Ne pas respecter les règles
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Cue
Signal
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On the cusp of the 20th century
Au tout début du 20 e siècle
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**To doom**
The threat of a costly legal battle doomed the proposal.
Are we doomed to lose our memory as we get older ?
Over 50,000 species a year are being doomed to extinction.
The marriage seems doomed to failure.
to make so or sth certain to fail, be destroyed, or die.
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