Advanced 50-100 Flashcards
beneficent
Bienfaisant, helping people and doing good acts (perform acts of kindness and charity)
“a beneficent leader”
to benefit
bent
Personal inclination or tendency
Amel bent qui penche pour voyage lune
students with a scientific bent
besiege
assiégée, attack with an army OR with many requests
“When the pop star tried to leave her hotel, she was besieged by waiting journalists and fans.”
bevy
a large group of people, especially women or girls, or a large group of similar things
“Victorian postcards often featured bevies of bathing beauties./a bevy of girls”
Beverly groupe girls similar
bifurcate
to divide into two parts
“A sample of water was taken from the point where the river bifurcates.”
bilk
Escroquer, to get money from someone unfairly or dishonestly.
Bill casino 20m, but bilk
“It is no good bilking about this; the mass media like trouble and sensation and will get it if they can.
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blight
a disease that damages and kills plants / something that spoils or has a very bad effect on.
“Her career has been blighted by some clashes with the authorities
His arrival cast a blight on the wedding day.”
grenade flashante, détruit plante et gache garden
blithe
Joyous, merry; excessively carefree.someone who isn’t paying attention the way they should.
“She shows a blithe disregard for danger.
They cannot pass on increased costs to their customers with blithe disregard for the consequences.”
Lithe = souple; barbara souple circle, tres happy mais danger
bombastic
Marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means. Someone that is overly wordy, pompous, or pretentious,
Like a politician who makes grand promises and doesn’t deliver.
“It is a monument of bombastic proportions.”
Bombarder hé hé ; speech présidence faux
bonhomie
Friendliness and happiness,a cheerful friendly sort of person
“There was a lot of cheerful bonhomie amongst the people on the trip.”
Bon homme, bonhomme en mouse
to wave
To raise your hand and move it from side to side as a way of greeting someone, telling someone to do something, or adding emphasis to an expression, brandish
imite vague
“I was waving my hand like mad but he never once looked in my direction.”
brook
Tolerate
“She won’t brook any criticism of her work.”
Brook don’t tolere destroy casttle
bucolic
relating to the countryside, often referred as ideal
“The painting shows a typically bucolic scene with peasants.”
burnish
Polir / take action to improve it and make it more attractive.
chaussure en cuire, avec briquet
“The company is currently trying to burnish its socially responsible image.”
calumny
(the act of making) a statement about someone that is not true and is intended to damage the reputation of that person
“He was subjected to the most vicious calumny, but he never complained and never sued.”
canard
a false report or piece of information that is intended to deceive people
“It may also introduce a canard: as if only a few people built all the speculative houses.”
Canard kill jules césard
cardinal
high rank in the Roman Catholic Church/Very important
“Cardinals elect and advise the Pope.
A cardinal rule is one that is central and should not be broken,It’s a cardinal principle that you use it to describe words of behavior like rule or sin”
catholic
Universal, including many different types of thing.
“As a young person he had more catholic tastes than he does now.”
Catholic from spain conquer the world
chicanery
Clever, dishonest talk or behaviour that is used to deceive people.
He wasn’t above using chicanery to win votes.
chercher querelles
circumscribe
to limit/restrict something
“Their movements have been severely circumscribed since the laws came into effect.”
circumspect
Think carefully before doing or saying anything,
“Officials were circumspect about saying what the talks had achieved.”
suspect, so know need to be circumspect and circumscribe ce dont je veux parler
clamber
to climb up, across, or into somewhere with difficulty
“I clambered into/onto the bus.”
Climb –clamb
foolish
insensée
fool
cloying
Ecoeurant , cause too sweet
“She criticized the cloying sentimentality of the film.
This is a wonderful wine - honeyed and rich without being remotely cloying.”
Cloy==perdre son charme chanson suisse oyiyo
