EN - voc #8 Flashcards by e b

Q

Well-worn

A

Usagé

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A trailblazer

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Un pionnier, un innovateur

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Bitterness

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Amertume, violence, sévérité

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Blatant

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Flagrant

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Grudging

A

Réticent

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To grudge sb sth

A

Envier, reprocher qqch a qun
En vouloir a qun de qqch
Donner qqch a contre-coeur

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Keenly

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Ardemment, vivement, avec enthousiasme

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To stammer

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Bégayer, balbutier

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A whim

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Un caprice, un coup de tête, une lubie

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To pilfer

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Voler, dérober, grappiller, chaparder

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To mutter

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Marmonner, bredouiller, grommeler, bafouiller

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To beckon (sb to do sth)

A

Faire signe a qun de faire qqch

Appeler

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The stoop

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Le perron

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a binge

A

un gueuleton, un excès

une beuverie

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a reefer

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un joint

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to screech

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pousser un cri strident, hurler

crisser

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a gash

A

une entaille, une balafre

une chatte

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an alleyway

A

une ruelle

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a hen

A

une poule

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to fast

A

jeûner

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a bore

A

une personne ennuyeuse, rasoir

un corvée, un ennui

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the guile

A

la ruse, la malice, la débrouillardise

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murky

A

trouble, glauque

obscur

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uncanny

A

mystérieux, troublant, étrange

to strand

échouer

to salvage

sauver, rattraper, récuperer

an utterance

une déclaration, un énoncé

spooky

effrayant, troublant, étrange

the throes of sth

l'agonie de qch

to shrug

hausser les épaules