9A Flashcards

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2
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A municipial subdivision in some large French cities

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Arrondissement

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3
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Go to

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Repair

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Next to or near something

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Adjacent

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To do something or try to achieve something over a period of time

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Pursue

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In the shape of a cross

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Cruciform

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Unparalleled

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Unequalled

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Not good enough

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Inadequate

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To build or place sth in a particular position

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Site

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Liquid waste, especially chemicals produced by factories, or sewage

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Effluent

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A large area covered with buildings that spreads from the city into the countryside in an ugly way

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Sprawl

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To make something that is complicated or confusing easier to deal with or understand

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To entangle sth

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Enough or more than enough; Plenty of

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Ample

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14
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Feel bitterness and indignation (anger and annoyance)

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Resent

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For which there is a fair and acceptable reason, valid, justifiable

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Legitimate

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A road junction designed on several levels so that traffic streams do not intersect

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Interchange

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To pay an informal visit to a person or a place

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Drop by

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To spend time in a pleasant lazy way

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While away

19
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To stroll

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Amble

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To make or write something that needs careful thought or planning

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Drow up

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To block or fill a passage, space, etc. so that movement is difficult

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Choke

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If something is _ _ _ _ _ _ _, it is a suitable thing to do or say on a particular occasion

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In order

23
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To make something less severe

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Alleviate

24
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With one single action

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At a stroke

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To spread things or people over an area; to be spread over an area

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Dot

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Having a curving and twisting shape

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Winding

27
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In order to help somebody/something or because you like somebody/something

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For the sake of