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Question 1

dire

Answer 1

adj.:terrible, désespéré, “dreadful”→ “dire straits” = situation désespérée

Question 2

devise [sth]

Answer 2

v.: concevoir, imaginer, inventerouv.:échafauder, manigancer ou léguer

Question 3

drawn-out

Answer 3

adj.: interminable, à n’en plus finir, qui n’en finit pas

Question 4

disabuse

Answer 4

v.: “disabuse [sb] of [sth]” = détromper, “disillusion”, “enlighten”