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Question 1

Adrift

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Unmoored drifting

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Nigh

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Nearly close almost

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Well-nigh

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Presque quasiment almost

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To yoke

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Le joug. Bondage link

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To be on Tenterhooks

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Charbons ardents

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To tout

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To promote to brag to boast praise

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Shortfall

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Déficit manque à gagner insuffisance shortage loss shortcomings

Question 8

Compelling

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Convaincant fascinant captivant Imperative pressing convincing binding

Question 9

Prowling

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Lurking hovering loitering wandering marauding roaming

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To forsake

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To abandon relinquish renounce forgo abdicate jettison

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To spring from

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To stem from, to arise from to grow out of, to derive from, to emerge from

Question 12

Scattergun

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Fusil de chasse

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To coddle

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Dorloter To spoil to indulge to pamper

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Contempt

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Mepris scorn disregard disdain disparagement disrepect

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To befit

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Convenir to suit to fit to agree to convene

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Mischief

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Mefait harm damage devilry naughtiness

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Daunting

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Intimidant redoutable intimidating awesome formidable

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Harrowing

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Poignant dechirant douloureux atroce heatbreaking agonizing painfull excruciating

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Clout

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Influence poids power influence leverage

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Aloof

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Hautain distant standoffish distant remote detached reserved

Question 21

cleavage

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clivage, décolleté, split, segmentation, rift

Question 22

canvass

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sonder , quadriller , to poll, survey, probe, examine , investigate

Question 23

to be put off

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etre repoussé, dégouté , mis mal à l’aise

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nadir

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point le plus bas, lowest point , rock bottom lowest level

Question 25

spurned

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rejeté éconduit rejected voted down denied refused

Question 26

landlocked

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enclavé , enclaved

Question 27

by the same token

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de la même manière, par la même occasion

Question 28

to buttress

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to strenghten , to reinforce to bolster, shore up

Question 29

stringent

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strict , strict rigorous severe tight tough

Question 30

awash

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flooded inundated swamped

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to stall

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caler , to hold up , delay , detain , halt

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spawned

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donné naissance , created , resulted triggered led caused , produced

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amiss

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anormal inappropriate , wrong , awry ,improper

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scathing

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cinglante caustic,biting, harsh brutal

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superseding

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remplacement , replace displace substitute for , override

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weary

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épuisé tired , worn out,

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to hamper

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entraver to impede hinder prevent thwart slow down curb obstruct

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to forestall

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pour prévenir , pour empécher , prevent , stop, anticipate , head off ,hinder

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mugshot

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photo identité ou prison

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canvas

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toile

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suffice to say

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needless to say inutile de dire

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groundswell

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raz de marée, vaste mobilisation, tidal wave, surge outpouring, flow

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to soak up

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s’imprégner to absorb, suck in sink in, immerse, embrace

Question 44

causeway

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chaussée digue embankment, overpass

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to jut

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faire saillie

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to skip

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to miss jump omit overlook

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to frame

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encadrer ou piéger

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to cull

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massacrer to kill slaughter pick

Question 49

statecraft

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habileté politique, art de gouverner

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advocacy

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plaidoyer defense sensibilisation

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to stride

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arpenter

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a stride

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une foulée, progrés , avancées, step progress, advance

Question 53

flurry

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rafale , vague , série

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beholder

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viewer, observer, bystander ,spectator, watcher

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fawning

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servile, flattering, servile , slavish, obsequious, a gaggle of fawning billionaires

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a gaggle

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a bunch, gang, band ,flock, herd, troop crew

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to underwrite

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soutenir financièrement, garantir, to guarantee to cover , to insure

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mired in poverty

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noyé/coincé dans la pauvreté

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forewoman

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contremaitre, pdte, spokesman, oversee,

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to dovetail

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coincider, to fit, suit blend in , fit into , interlock

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racketeering

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racket, affairisme, escroquerie, extortion , fraud ,blackmail, racket , larceny , robbery

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cornerstone

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pierre angulaire, foundation, basis, centrepiece, key element, backbone

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tugboat

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remorqueur

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morsel

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morceau , bouchée

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coy

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shy timid

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devoid

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dépourvu without free (from) lacking deprived

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reachable

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accessible , joignable

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sprawling

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tentaculaire extended , broad,comprehensive widespread

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to be tantamount to

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equivaloir à

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to reconvene

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reprendre, reconvoquer, reconvenir

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to bicker

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se disputer, to argue , fight quarrel wrangle dispute

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spoke in the wheel

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baton dans les roues

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bogeyman

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croque mitaine

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downward (spiral)

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à la baisse , declining, decreasing, descending falling

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to hamper

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entraver , to impede, hinder obstruct , prevent thwart curb

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to ebb

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décliner , municipal fundings started to ebb

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plunder

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pillage, spoliation; pillage loot, spoils ,looting

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offkey

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fausse note

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gist

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essentiel, core essence substance kernel significance , tenor

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haunch

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hanche

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smirk

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sourire narquois

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bonnet

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capot

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appalled

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horrifié, consterné, horrified,aghast dismayed shocked astounded outraged

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off the marck

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à coté de la plaque , hors de propos, misplaced,incorrect, out of place

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dauntless

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intrépide audacieux

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doubtless

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sans doute, sans aucun doute

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to sudbue

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soumettre, subjugate, overpower control master tame quell crush

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shortcomings

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flaw weakness defect deficiency failing shortfall

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to shore up

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consolider étayer reinforce, underpin buttress strenghten bolster support enhance

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to stave off

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eviter repousser conjurer to forestall , ward off , head off, fend off, avert, avoid

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downfall

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chute ruine collapse, ruin , fall undoing overthrow destruction

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to foster

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favoriser, encourager to promote, encourage stimulate nurture boost bolster spur

Question 93

to bolster

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renforcer soutenir, to boost strenghten reinforce shore up buttress enhance

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woe to him

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malheur à lui

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to stymie

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contrecarrer , to thwart , block, obstruct, frustate, foil hinder , defeat

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in laws

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belle famille

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to take on

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prendre en charge, s’attaquer à , assumer, assume, tackle , undertake , deal with

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to hoard

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thésauriser accumuler

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to portend

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présage, to presage, predict , forecast , foreshadow, herald , betoken

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upfront

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franc , honnéte, straightforward, frank, candid , honest , forthright

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to thwart

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contrecarrer déjouer, to prevent, frustrate, hinder, impede, obstruct, foil, derail

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to infer

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to deduce, deduct, guess, derive , suppose , figure , extrapolate

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to stem from

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decouler de, arise from or out of, derive from, emanate from result from, originate from

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to stem, to stem the tide

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endiguer , endiguer la marée

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to uphold

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respecter , défendre,to maintain, defend, preserve, support , back, endorse, buttress

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to boil down to

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se résumer à

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to make up for

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compenser , rattraper , to compensate for, to catch up, to remedy, to redress, to offset

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to probe

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sonder, to test , investigate, explore , research

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to tap into

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puiser dans , exploiter to seize, harness, leverage , exploit, profit

Question 110

about face

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volte face reversal, about turn , volte face

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to abate

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atténuer, calmer to ease , lessen mitigate, relieve

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plaintiff

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plaignant, demandeur

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fraught relationship

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relation compliquée

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fraught

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lourd , chargé , tendu

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byproduct

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sous produit, dérivé , effet secondaire

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to relinquish

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renoncer, céder to renounce , to forgo , to forsake, to give up, to hand over , to surrender

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wiry

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nerveux maigre raide

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to thrive

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prospérer, s’épanouir, to prosper, flourish, boom, grow, expand, bloom, develop , blossom , grow up

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standoffish

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distant , impassible, aloof, reserved, remote

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subservience

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soumission asservissement, servility, obedience, enslavement, submission

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buy-in

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adhésion, appui acceptance, involvement , engagement

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grueling

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épuisant , exténuant hard , arduous, tiring, strenuous

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deadening

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assourdissant amortissement atténuation

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reckless

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imprudent irresponsable téméraire careless rash negligent imprudent, irresponsible

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to recant

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se rétracter, renier to retract, withdraw , renounce , revoke , disavow

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to perquisite

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perquisitionner

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tacky

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collant ringard vulgaire

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to overlook

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négliger , oublier to disregard, neglect forget omit , override, lose sight of
To feel overlooked his entire life

Question 129

to overblow

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gonfler exagérer , to exagerate , overestimate
Covid concerns were overblown

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menial

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subalterne, ingrat , peu valorisant

Question 131

bereaved

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endeuillé , affligé

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to warp

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déformer to deform, to distort , bend

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to delude

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se tromper , s’illusionner, to deceive, fool , mislead , trick dupe cheat

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to beckon

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attirer , appeler to call summon draw attract

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To perambulate

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Marcher to walk around hike march wander

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To strive

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S’efforcer Oeuvrer to try seek attempt endeavour

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Discarded

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Rejeté ecarte thrown away excluded forsaken abandoned

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To ratchet up

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Monter d’un cran to raise boost broaden grow build up

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To hone

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Perfectionner to refine sharpen upgrade improve enhance

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Slushy

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Boueux détrempées et aussi sentimental

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To forgo

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renoncer , se priver , to renounce , to relinquish, to abandon, to withdraw

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scourge

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le fléau , la plaie plague, curse , affliction

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to placate

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apaiser , amadouer To calm, appease , ease, sweeten

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to get along

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bien s’entendre understand, progress, advance

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erstwhile

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Ancien, Autrefois former old previous

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tipping point

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point de basculement, critique: turning pt , crucial pt , critical pt, watershed, pivotal moment, point of inflexion

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to wind down

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se détendre ou réduire progressivement, lower , decrease, decline ,reduce

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to run aground

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to be stranded

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to throttle

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limiter, étrangler, to choke , strangle , limit , restrict confine

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to clamp down

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réprimer, to curb to quell to stifle to curtail, to restrain

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surrogate

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mère porteuse, substitut, auxiliaire

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ingenuousness

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ingénuité, candeur innocence, candor , gullibility, naivety

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paramount

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primordial, essentiel , principal, cardinal, primary, main , prime , foremost

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foregone conclusion

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courue d’avance, évidente, inéluctable

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nerve wracking

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angoissant, stressant , stressful, distressing, agonizing, annoying

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Stark

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Frappant austere saisissant harsh bleak stern severe absolute

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Slur

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Insulte insult disgrace smear affront

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Premises

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Locaux ou débuts place site venue property

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Heist

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Casse braquage robbery burglary hold-up stick up

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To narrowcast

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Diffuser

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To mime

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Mimer to mimic to act to simulate

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Kindred discipline

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Une discipline soeur

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Fallout

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Retombées répercussions : aftermath outcome repercussions consequences side effects after effects

Question 164

Lid

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Couvercle bouchon paupière

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Moral quandaries

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Dilemnes moraux. Embarras gene

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To pit

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Dresser ou s’affronter

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Trodden

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Foulé piétiné battu a well trodden path

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Moray

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Murène

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To dwindle

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Diminuer to wane, diminish fall shrink decrease

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Throng

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La Multitude crowd mob multitude

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To belie

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Dementir to contradict to dispute to disagree to debunk
A maturity that belies his 23 years

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The dropout rate

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Taux abandon scolaire

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Dismay

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Consternation disapointment consternation

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Selflessness

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Altruisme abnégation altruism dedication devotion generosity

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Underling

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Sous fifre subalterne subordinate minion inferior

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Bereft

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Depourvu prive devoid deprived stripped

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To gloat

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Jubiler se rejouir to exult to triumph to brag to vaunt

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Whirlwind visit

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Visite eclair

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To backslide

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Revenir en arriere

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To eke out

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Pour survivre to survive to live on to outlast outlive

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To take its cue

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Suivre son exemple

Question 182

To budge

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Ceder demordre to yield surrender he refused to budge

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A falling out

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Querelle dispute spat fight dispute argument

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To reel

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Enrouler remonter to coil to roll

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To compromise

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Compromettre to jeopardize endanger undermine imperil

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Cushy

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Confortable douillet a cushy government job

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Thrust

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Poussée idée maitresse push gist shove essence

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To oversee

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Surveiller controler to supervise control inspect

Question 189

To broker a deal

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Negocier un accord
To engineer a deal
To hammer out a deal

Question 190

Placard

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Pancarte poster bill signboard

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Overwrought

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A bout surmené overexcited upset tense anxious

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Mortician

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Croque mort

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To shove

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Pousser bousculer to push to thrust

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Tenor

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Teneur substance substance meaning content

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To intubate

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Intuber

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To intuit

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Deviner avoir l’intuition de

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To spur

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Stimuler encourager to boost stimulate to goad to galvanize

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Lecturer

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Conferencier professeur charge de cours

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A well trodden path

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Sentier battu chemin connu

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To debunk

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Démystifier discréditer to disparage to expose to discredit to denigrate

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Pitfalls

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Pieges embuches trap entrapment snares peril pit

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Impediment

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Obstacle entrave hindrance obstacle bottleneck deterrent liability

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Repository

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Depot repertoire warehouse store archive depot

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Patron

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Patron mecene sponsor protector guardian

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Etching

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Gravure attaque chimique

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Depiction

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Représentation description portrayal picture

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To wield power

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Manier exercer to exert to use

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To stem the tide

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Endiguer la marée

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To unravel

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Demeler elucider to untangle to disentangle to fall apart

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To upend

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Bouleverser to roll over turn over flip over to throttle to overturn to reverse to invert

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To undercut

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Saper miner to undermine to debilitate to weaken to erode to water down

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To shackle

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Enchainer to chain fetter hobble hamper

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To begrudge

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En vouloir a envier to grudge to resent to envy to covet to disparage

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To downplay

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Minimiser to minimise underplay underestimate undervalue underrate mitigate

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To beset

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Assaillir assieger to harass to badger to afflict to plague

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To cleanse

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Nettoyer purifier to clean out to scrub to wash to purify

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Weaving

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Tissage tressage woven intertwining

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I do not mean to pry

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Je ne veux pas être intrusif

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To pry off

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Enlever soulever arracher

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To run afoul

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Avoir des démêlés avec

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To foreshadow

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Préfigurer presager to predict to presage to portend to forecast

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Backdrop

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Contexte arriere plan background atmosphere context environment

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To unhinge

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Déséquilibrer detraquer to unbalance to perturb to confuse

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Cockeyed

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Louche de travers crooked ludicrous crazy squint

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To moan

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Deplorer regretter to bemoan to lament to deplore to complain about

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Overlooked

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Neglige oublie forgotten neglected ignored disregarded

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At the behest of

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A la demande de , sur ordre de

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Tedious

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Fastidieux ennuyeux wearisome boring annoying dull

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Bespoke

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Sur mesure taylor made custom made customized

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Tortuous

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Detourné tortueux sinuous serpentine circuitous

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Knock on effects

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Répercussions retombées effets d’entraînement

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Righteousness

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Droiture, justice honesty rectitude integrity uprightness justice

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Hefty

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Lourd gros heavy large massive robust
We borrowed a hefty sum of money

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To undergo

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Supporter soumis a to suffer to endure to stand to withstand to bear to experience

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Heyday

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Apogée age d’or peak zenith Climax apex salad day apogee pinnacle

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Underlying

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Sous jacent fondamental fondamental essential primary

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To resent

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En vouloir a to grudge to begrudge to envy to loathe to dislike to despise

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Previous

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Former prior earlier past

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To Wreak

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Semer causer to wreak havoc in the streets. To inflict to cause to indulge to unleash to create

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To fluster

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Troubler embrouiller to upset disturb confuse rattle

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Dazzled

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Ebloui aveuglé blown away dazzed blindsided amazed

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To moan

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Gemir raler to Whine complain grumble lament

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Cohesive

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Coherent solidaire coherent consistent united

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Rebuttal

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Refutation replique refutation disproof objection protest

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To berate

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Reprimander to scold to reprimand to lambast to upbraid to rebuke

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Upshot

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Resultat consequence outcome consequence effect

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To tamper with

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Falsifier alterer to manipulate to alter to tinker with to meddle with

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To defer

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Reporter differer to postpone delay adjourn procrastinate
I beg to differ

Question 249

I beg to differ

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Je ne suis pas d’accord

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To allude to

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Faire allusion a to refer to to mention

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Innocuous

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Inoffensif ingenu harmless benign

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Undergirding

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Sous tendant to underpin underlie back up bolster

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To skim over

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Effleurer rester en surface

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To coax

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Amadouer persuader cajoler manipuler to persuade convince entice
To coax someone into doing something

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To forfeit

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Renoncer sacrifier to renounce relinquish forgo

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Pyre

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Bucher

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Morass

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Bourbier quagmire swamp entanglement stalemate deadlock

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Stunt

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Cascade coup political stunt

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Shimmer

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Reflet miroitement gleam glimmer sparkle

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To whimper

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Gémir pleurnicher to whine moan wail

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To yearn

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Aspirer se languir to crave to long to desire

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Jittery

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Nervous restless fidgety

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To imbue

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Impregner inculquer
To instil infuse impregnate

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To impinge

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Empiéter heurter to infringe encroach affect to undermine

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Makeshift

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De fortune improvisé
A makeshift gallow

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To be arraigned

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Arrêté poursuivi inculpé
To be indicted charged accused or convicted

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To sow

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Semer
To plant seed grow spread

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To sew

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Coudre to stitch to suture

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To lie

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Mentir ou reposer
To lie down to reside

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To lay

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Poser etablir

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Retribution

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Rétribution châtiment vengeance
Retaliation payback vengeance revenge

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Tortuous

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Tortueux sinueux
Circuitous sinuous

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To demur

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Hesiter refuser
To hesitate

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Demure

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Gentil

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To digress

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Digresser
To deviate stray diverge ramble

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Hemlock

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Cigue

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To go runpoint

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Mener, etre a l’avant garde

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To nudge

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Pousser decaler
To shove to push to poke

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To wrangle

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Se disputer
To fight to argue to row to quarrel

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To sprinkle

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Saupoudrer
To scatter to spray to splash

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Outbreak

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Epidemie explosion
Eruption outburst flare-up

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Beleaguered

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Assiégée, aux abois en difficulté
Assailed harassed persecuted

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Complacent

Answer 283

Complaisant satisfait
Self-satisfied pleased self-indulgent

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To phase out

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Eliminer supprimer progressivement
To phase down to abandon to relinquish

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Giddiness

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Vertige étourdissement
Dizziness faintness

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Kinship

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Parenté affinité
Kin relationship blood relationship affinity

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Array

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Reseau eventail
Collection line up display

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Current setup

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Configuration actuelle

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Frazzled

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Épuisé éreinté
Worn out tied spent depleted dead tired

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You are delusional

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Tu délires

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Far flung

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Lointain éloigné

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Background

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Fond arrière plan
Backdrop environment framework setting atmosphere

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To lament

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Deplorer
To moan to bemoan to deplore to regret

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To simmer

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Fremir mitonner
A simmering trial

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Foe

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Ennemi opponent enemy adversary rival

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Mutiler

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To maim mutilate disable self-harm

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Routine

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Routine

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Prothese

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Prosthesis implant

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Blessure

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Injury wound damage

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Evanouir

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To faint pass out vanish to black out

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Poverty is rife

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La pauvreté est partout/ règne

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Pansement

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Bandage plaster patch

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Trajet

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Path journey route trip

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Anxyolitique

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Anxiolitic antianxiety medication or drug

Question 305

Begue

Answer 305

Stutterer
Jo biden used to stutter

Question 306

Battue

Answer 306

Hunt search

Question 307

Émancipation

Answer 307

Émancipation empowerment liberation freedom self-emancipation
To get free from

Question 308

Spectateur

Answer 308

Spectator viewer bystander beholder

Question 309

Candidats

Answer 309

Candidates applicants Nominees

Question 310

Stupidité

Answer 310

Foolishness stupidity nonsense silliness ineptitude

Question 311

Esclavage

Answer 311

Slavery enslavement servitude

Question 312

Portrait robot

Answer 312

Sketch

Question 313

Volte face

Answer 313

About face , volte face

Question 314

Patience

Answer 314

Patience forbearance

Question 315

To defraud

Answer 315

Frauder escroquer to cheat swindle dupe hustle

Question 316

Sordide

Answer 316

Sordid sleazy squalid

Question 317

Chorale

Answer 317

Choir

Question 318

Historique des données

Answer 318

Historical data

Question 319

Avoir l’intuition de

Answer 319

To intuit

Question 320

Inkling

Answer 320

Idée soupcon hint intuition

Question 321

Transpercer

Answer 321

To pierce penetrate puncture go through

Question 322

Abonnement

Answer 322

Membership subscription

Question 323

Intimité

Answer 323

Intimacy privacy closeness

Question 324

Utilite

Answer 324

Utility usefulness use

Question 325

Truie

Answer 325

Sow pig slut

Question 326

Insécurité

Answer 326

Insecurity lack of security uncertainty

Question 327

Mepris

Answer 327

Disregard scorn contempt disdain disrepect defiance

Question 328

Bourgeois

Answer 328

Middle classe upper middle class bourgeois capitalist class

Question 329

To be prone to

Answer 329

Etre enclin a

Question 330

Turd

Answer 330

Etron merde

Question 331

To pull back from

Answer 331

Se retirer de

Question 332

Hoof

Answer 332

Sabot

Question 333

To flinch

Answer 333

Tressaillir sursauter

Question 334

To pluck

Answer 334

Arracher cueillir plumer

Question 335

Reversement

Answer 335

Repayment payout reversal

Question 336

Affirmation

Answer 336

Assertion statement

Question 337

A mon avis

Answer 337

In my opinion ,from my point of view ,to me ,for me ,if u ask me. Jamais to my point of view

Question 338

Conjugal

Answer 338

Marital conjugal matrimonial domestic

Question 339

Ligne de partage

Answer 339

Divide dividing line watershed

Question 340

A la queue leu leu

Answer 340

In a single file

Question 341

Avoir l’intuition de

Answer 341

To intuit

Question 342

Proximité

Answer 342

Proximity vicinity closeness

Question 343

Inconscient

Answer 343

Unconscious unresponsive subconscious unaware oblivious

Question 344

Eclairer une zone

Answer 344

To illuminate or to light an area

Question 345

Recette

Answer 345

Recipe formula income

Question 346

Chaudron

Answer 346

Cauldron pot kettle

Question 347

Couette

Answer 347

Duvet comforter blanket

Question 348

Formation

Answer 348

Training learning instructio. Formation

Question 349

Serie tv

Answer 349

Tv series tv shows sitcoms
There is a good series on tv right now

Question 350

Reliques

Answer 350

Relics remains remnants

Question 351

Pénibilité

Answer 351

Hardship arduousness strenuousness

Question 352

Aller de pair

Answer 352

To go hand in hand to come together

Question 353

Mefiance

Answer 353

Distrust mistrust suspicion

Question 354

Egalite

Answer 354

Equality equity tie parity

Question 355

Une serie de

Answer 355

A set of a series of a range of a streak of

Question 356

Worn-out

Answer 356

Usé épuisé

Question 357

In thrall to

Answer 357

Sous l’emprise de

Question 358

Maitriser

Answer 358

To master control manage contain subdue

Question 359

Profiter

Answer 359

To profit to benefit to take advantage of

Question 360

Albeit

Answer 360

Quoique

Question 361

Whim

Answer 361

Caprice coup de tête

Question 362

Prendre sa place

Answer 362

Take his place

Question 363

Conscience

Answer 363

Conscious consciousness awareness

Question 364

Bande de voleurs

Answer 364

Gang of thieves

Question 365

Un mineur

Answer 365

Minor underage

Question 366

Bien commun

Answer 366

Common good greater good public good

Question 367

Reflechir

Answer 367

To think to reflect to ponder

Question 368

Décentraliser

Answer 368

to decentralize to devolve

Question 369

Bande de voleurs

Answer 369

Gang band bunch of thieves

Question 370

Egoisme

Answer 370

Selfishness egoism self love self-interest self-centeredness

Question 371

réviser

Answer 371

to revise, to revamp

Question 372

affaiblissement

Answer 372

weakening, impairment, decay decline undermining loss

Question 373

fluidité

Answer 373

fluidity flow fluency flexibility

Question 374

vexé

Answer 374

hurt , vexed, upset , offended

Question 375

sous sol

Answer 375

underground , basement , lower lewels , lower ground floor , subsoil

Question 376

habitudes

Answer 376

patterns , habits , customs , practices , lifestyle

Question 377

reforme des retraites

Answer 377

pension reform , retirement reform

Question 378

plateau

Answer 378

plateau , tray, plate

Question 379

effet loupe

Answer 379

magnifying effect

Question 380

contretemps

Answer 380

setback , hiccup, mishap, delay , inconvenience, offbeat

Question 381

marche immobilier

Answer 381

real estate market, property market , housing market

Question 382

notaire

Answer 382

notary, lawyer

Question 383

mission clandestine

Answer 383

clandestine, undercover, secret mission

Question 384

denoncer

Answer 384

to denounce, to expose to condemn, to speak out against

Question 385

discréditer

Answer 385

to disparage , to discredit, to debunk, to undermine, to denigrate, to compromise

Question 386

metaphore

Answer 386

figure of speech, metaphor

Question 387

extreme droite

Answer 387

far right, extreme right , alt-right, extreme right-wing

Question 388

voyant

Answer 388

psychic or indicator

Question 389

deplacer un rv

Answer 389

to move a rv, to reconvene

Question 390

to be fond of , to be keen on

Answer 390

avoir envie de, etre friand de , amateurs de

Question 391

To wander

Answer 391

Errer vagabonder to walk to roam cruise stroll ramble

Question 392

To dash out

Answer 392

S’enfuir

Question 393

To besmirch

Answer 393

Salir to tarnish blacken stain taint

Question 394

Despondency

Answer 394

Decouragement despair discouragement

Question 395

To slumber

Answer 395

Sommeiller

Question 396

Lacklustre

Answer 396

Terne mediocre sans eclat dim dull lustreless mediocre

Question 397

Lure

Answer 397

Leurre appat attirer leurer to entice to trick

Question 398

Scowl

Answer 398

Grimace renfrogné

Question 399

To soothe

Answer 399

Apaiser soulager to calm down to ease to alliviate

Question 400

To spout

Answer 400

Debiter
to spout platitudes in public

Question 401

To stagger

Answer 401

Tituber et aussi échelonner

Question 402

To stammer to stutter

Answer 402

Begayer

Question 403

Flung

Answer 403

Jeté projeté

Question 404

Foray

Answer 404

Incursion patrouille

Question 405

Hoarse

Answer 405

Rauque enrouée

Question 406

Thud

Answer 406

Bruit sourd martèlement

Question 407

Aloft

Answer 407

En haut en hauteur

Question 408

To swerve

Answer 408

Faire un ecart une embardée

Question 409

To quiver

Answer 409

Trembler fremir

Question 410

To smolder

Answer 410

Se consumer

Question 411

Sling

Answer 411

Fronde sangle

Question 412

Shoal

Answer 412

Haut fond banc recif

Question 413

Bark

Answer 413

Ecorce aboiment

Question 414

Jagged

Answer 414

Dechiquete irregulier

Question 415

Squire

Answer 415

Écuyer chatelain

Question 416

Vent

Answer 416

Évent ventilation

Question 417

To vent

Answer 417

To air discharge to express to voice

Question 418

to latch on

Answer 418

prendre le sein ou s’accrocher avec un device

Question 419

to besmirch

Answer 419

salir, ternir to tarnish, to sully, stain , blacken

Question 420

to dash out

Answer 420

s’enfuir

Question 421

to wander

Answer 421

errer, vagabonder

Question 422

to be fond of / to be keen on

Answer 422

etre friands, etre amateurs de , to be interested in

Question 423

whim

Answer 423

caprice, coup de téte , impulse, caprice, fancy

Question 424

albeit

Answer 424

quoique bien que although , even though or as , despite the fact that, notwithstanding

Question 425

worn-out

Answer 425

usé, épuisé , éreinté, spent , worn down,

Question 426

in thrall to

Answer 426

sous l’emprise de old men in thrall to worn-out ideology

Question 427

streak

Answer 427

série, séquence

Question 428

turd

Answer 428

merde, crotte

Question 429

flinch

Answer 429

broncher, tressaillir , to wince, shudder

Question 430

to pluck

Answer 430

arracher, cueillir, plumer

Question 431

hatchet

Answer 431

hachette , serpe

Question 432

hoof

Answer 432

sabot

Question 433

to pull back from

Answer 433

se retirer de

Question 434

inkling

Answer 434

idée, soupçon, intuition hint, suspicion

Question 435

to defraud

Answer 435

frauder, escroquer

Question 436

poverty is rife

Answer 436

la pauvreté est partout , monnaie courante

Question 437

foe

Answer 437

ennemi, adversaire

Question 438

to run afool

Answer 438

courir a toute allure

Question 439

standoff

Answer 439

impasse, confrontation, bras de fer

Question 440

to forfeit

Answer 440

renoncer relinquish, forgo, renounce, forsake

Question 441

morass

Answer 441

bourbier , marasme quagmire, entanglement, deadlock stalemate

Question 442

pyre

Answer 442

bucher

Question 443

stunt

Answer 443

cascade, coup,acrobatie political stunt

Question 444

shimmer

Answer 444

reflet , miroitement

Question 445

onus

Answer 445

fardeau, charge, responsabilité

Question 446

to beset

Answer 446

assaillir, assiéger , entourer

Question 447

to cleanse

Answer 447

nettoyer, purifier , purger
Ethnic cleansing

Question 448

overwrought

Answer 448

à bout, surmené, à cran

Question 449

gyre

Answer 449

spirale

Question 450

moray

Answer 450

murène

Question 451

to spin

Answer 451

tourner, tournoyer

Question 452

to dwindle

Answer 452

diminuer, décroitre

Question 453

throng

Answer 453

multitude, foule

Question 454

to belie

Answer 454

démentir, contredire

Question 455

the dropout rate

Answer 455

taux d’abandon ou de décrochage scolaire

Question 456

dismay

Answer 456

consternation ou consterner

Question 457

selflessness

Answer 457

altruisme , désintéressement, dévouement

Question 458

underling

Answer 458

subalterne, sous fifre

Question 459

bereft

Answer 459

dépourvu de , privé, devoid, deprived, lacking

Question 460

to gloat

Answer 460

jubiler , se réjouir to exult, to brag, to boast, to vaunt

Question 461

whirlwind visit

Answer 461

visite éclair

Question 462

to backslide

Answer 462

revenir en arrière

Question 463

to do bad deeds

Answer 463

faire de mauvaises actions

Question 464

to take its cue

Answer 464

prendre son exemple

Question 465

trade off

Answer 465

compromis

Question 466

it s quite decent to be fair

Answer 466

c’est pas mal en fait

Question 467

open source investigator

Question 468

i am totally

Answer 468

done with that

Question 469

we see each other

Answer 469

every few days , tous les 2-3 jours

Question 470

I am not going down that road again

Question 471

to sort all this

Answer 471

trier tout ça

Question 472

I do not give

Answer 472

a toss

Question 473

not half as bad as

Answer 473

the stuff in my past

Question 474

bear with me

Answer 474

il i am frustrated

Question 475

I was turned death

Answer 475

in the light of what happened

Question 476

he was up to

Answer 476

his eyebrows in debt

Question 477

I go along with it

Answer 477

for the sake of the moment

Question 478

you are delusional

Answer 478

tu délires

Question 479

to derail

Answer 479

an investigation

Question 480

we have to stop running

Answer 480

into each other like that

Question 481

carefree

Answer 481

insouciant

Question 482

careless

Answer 482

desinvolte

Question 483

we will never make it that long

Question 484

navel gazing

Answer 484

messiah complex

Question 485

I want a report

Answer 485

within the hour

Question 486

secondary protagonist

Answer 486

or character

Question 487

to stem the tide

Answer 487

endiguer la marée

Question 488

to run point

Answer 488

To lead

Question 489

we stay the course for now

Answer 489

On garde le
Cap

Question 490

can we hammer out

Answer 490

a deal

Question 491

it was staggering

Answer 491

stupéfiant, effrayant

Question 492

Somebody has been pillaging

Answer 492

Your country ressources since time began

Question 493

A broad

Answer 493

Spectrum of behaviour

Question 494

On a inauguré en 92

Answer 494

We broke ground in 92

Question 495

I ve heard nothing

Answer 495

But terrible things

Question 496

J’ai un soupçon une intuition

Answer 496

I had and inkling

Question 497

Je me suis donne beaucoup de mal pour vous aider

Answer 497

I have gone to considerable lengths to help you

Question 498

Quelqu’un va apprendre ce qui se passe ici

Answer 498

Someone will get wind of what s going on here

Question 499

Fais attention ou marche sur des oeufs

Answer 499

Tread carefully Traide

Question 500

Qu’en penses tu ?

Answer 500

What do u reckon?

Question 501

Ne depasse pas la limite

Answer 501

Do not cross that line

Question 502

Elle m’echappe/ je la perds

Answer 502

She is drifting away from me

Question 503

Cela sera terminé avant que

Answer 503

It will be over long before …

Question 504

Sans vouloir être indiscret

Answer 504

I do not mean to pry

Question 505

Monter/ diriger une campagne digitale

Answer 505

To conduct a digital campaign

Question 506

Mon job est de faire respecter la loi

Answer 506

My job is to uphold the law

Question 507

Une offre de pmt pour que vous regardiez ailleurs

Answer 507

An offer of payment to entice you to look away

Question 508

Ta reputation te précède

Answer 508

Your reputation precedes you

Question 509

Ca equivaut a une invasion Armee

Answer 509

It is tantamount to armed invasion

Question 510

Je suis admiratif de ton intelligence

Answer 510

I am in awe of your intellect

Question 511

Est ce que ca te plait ? T’attire?

Answer 511

Does that appeal to you?

Question 512

Relation compliquée / lourde

Answer 512

Fraught relationship

Question 513

De temps en temps

Answer 513

Every now and then

Question 514

Enveloppe de secret

Answer 514

Shrouded in secrecy

Question 515

Tu dois etre plus direct avec nous

Answer 515

You need to be more forthcoming with us

Question 516

C’est pas a toi de parler

Answer 516

To speak out of turn

Question 517

Est ce que je devrais me faire du souci pour qqchose?

Answer 517

Is there anything i should be concerned about?

Question 518

Merci de me contacter/ effort pour te contacter

Answer 518

Thanks for reaching out

Question 519

Englue dans la pauvrete

Answer 519

Mired in poverty stuck bogged down

Question 520

S’echapper disparaître

Answer 520

To be in the wind

Question 521

Slump

Answer 521

Trou d’air

Question 522

As much as it pains me

Answer 522

Meme si ca me gêne / me
Coute

Question 523

To underpin

Answer 523

Soutenir etayer bolster
reinforce consolidate buttress

Question 524

Je veux un rapport dans l’heure

Answer 524

I want a report within the hour

Question 525

Pourriez vous transmettre les details

Answer 525

Would u pls circulate the details

Question 526

La reduire au silence

Answer 526

To silence her

Question 527

On ne sait presque rien

Answer 527

We know next to nothing

Question 528

Une lueur d’espoir

Answer 528

A glimmer of hope

Question 529

Etre ecarté

Answer 529

To be shunned

Question 530

Etre laisse dans l’ignorance

Answer 530

To be left in the lurch

Question 531

Etre a l’aube de

Answer 531

To be on the cusp of

Question 532

Sans domicile fixe

Answer 532

Of no fixed abode

Question 533

Desirer avoir envie de

Answer 533

To be keen on

Question 534

Simuler

Answer 534

To malinger

Question 535

Presse toi de prendre la suite

Answer 535

To hurry up To take over

Question 536

Petit a petit

Answer 536

Little by little

Question 537

A la lumière de ce qui s’est passé aujourd’hui

Answer 537

In light of what happened today

Question 538

Une liste / inventaire de propriétés

Answer 538

A run down of properties

Question 539

Etre tres inquiet /nerveux

Answer 539

To be deeply unnerved

Question 540

C’est loin de ce que tu peux faire

Answer 540

It is way outside the bounds of what u can do

Question 541

Ces résultats marquants/ spectaculaires

Answer 541

These landmarks results

Question 542

Pas de comptes a rendre

Answer 542

No axe to grind

Question 543

Etre en phase avec qqun

Answer 543

To be attuned to sbdy

Question 544

Pas de panique ou de pb

Answer 544

No sweat

Question 545

Apres coup

Answer 545

With hindsight

Question 546

Je dois faire des courses

Answer 546

I have got some errands to do

Question 547

Grosso modo

Answer 547

In the thick of things

Question 548

Escalade

Answer 548

Escalation

Question 549

Scénario deja écrit

Answer 549

Pre written script

Question 550

To phase out

Answer 550

Éliminer progressivement to wean

Question 551

To go awry

Answer 551

Aller de travers

Question 552

To go berserk

Answer 552

Devenir fou furieux

Question 553

To ramp up

Answer 553

Accélérer intensifier to build up scale up intensify boost

Question 554

Avoir la pression pour se rétracter

Answer 554

To face pressure to recant

Question 555

La frapper avec de plus serieuses charges

Answer 555

To slap her with more serious charges

Question 556

Le trafic aerien est restreint

Answer 556

Airtravel is curtailed

Question 557

Si il pouvait fracturer l’otan

Answer 557

If he could splinter nato

Question 558

C’est probable

Answer 558

It s a right likelihood

Question 559

Les sanctions sont bien plus profondes qu’il ne le pense

Answer 559

Sanctions are far more reaching than he thought

Question 560

C’est la pierre angulaire de notre système

Answer 560

It s the cornerstone of our system

Question 561

Donner de la vigueur

Answer 561

To invigorate

Question 562

Proposer une aide / donner de l’aide aux oligarques

Answer 562

To lend a helping hands to oligarchs

Question 563

Génerer du ressentiment

Answer 563

To fuel resentment

Question 564

Peu clair a quel point les démocrates pouvaient s’engager dans un gerrymandering agressif

Answer 564

It was unclear how far democrats could lean into an agressive gerrymandering

Question 565

Réduire progressivement nos activités en russie

Answer 565

To wind down our activities in russia

Question 566

La guerre fait rage

Answer 566

The war has been raging

Question 567

Nous devons restructurer nos approvisionnements pour être autonome sur nos activités stratégiques

Answer 567

We must restructure our supply chain to be self sufficient on strategic business

Question 568

Pieux devot

Answer 568

Devout

Question 569

We must no longer rely on countries with different strategic interest

Answer 569

To provide materials deemed crucial for national security
Estime juge considéré présumé

Question 570

A sa consternation

Answer 570

To his dismay

Question 571

Cela souleve le pb d’un conflit global sur les approvisionnements

Answer 571

To raise the prospect of a global battle over supply

Question 572

Un marche avec peu de marges

Answer 572

A market with little slack

Question 573

Perdre ou gagner de la force

Answer 573

To gain steam/ to lose / to be out of steam

Question 574

La situation est plus trouble

Answer 574

The situation is murkier

Question 575

Imaginer comprendre sonder

Answer 575

To fathom

Question 576

Dans la foulee de l’invasion

Answer 576

In the wake of the invasion

Question 577

De nouvelles politiques ou régulation (diffèrent du passé )

Answer 577

Sweeping new regulations or policies

Question 578

Se lever et résister férocement

Answer 578

To stand up with fierce resistance

Question 579

Ses buts contrecarrés par ces types

Answer 579

His goals being stymied by these folks

Question 580

Voila ce qui est en jeu

Answer 580

These are the things that are in play here

Question 581

Etre un tournant decisif

Answer 581

To be a watershed for

Question 582

Englober inclure

Answer 582

To encompass

Question 583

Englober inclure

Answer 583

To encompass

Question 584

Prise de participation hostile

Answer 584

Hostile take over

Question 585

To be more painful

Answer 585

To come with a lot more strain

Question 586

Etre intrigue par un sujet

Answer 586

To raise an eyebrow on the subject

Question 587

Courtiser seduire

Answer 587

To woo

Question 588

Dangers difficultés

Answer 588

Woes

Question 589

Veritable invasion

Answer 589

Full fledged invasion

Question 590

Victoire totale

Answer 590

Outright victory

Question 591

Desequilibrer, etre mis en déséquilibre

Answer 591

To be thrown off balance

Question 592

Etre sur le reculoir

Answer 592

To be on the backfoot

Question 593

Negocier de bonne foi un traite de paix

Answer 593

To negotiate in earnest at peace talks

Question 594

C’est parti pour une situation douloureuse

Answer 594

We are in for a rough ride

Question 595

Sinon

Answer 595

Lest

Question 596

Déclencher une protestation

Answer 596

To ignite a protest

Question 597

Etablir un front uni

Answer 597

To engineer a united front

Question 598

Percer un barrage

Answer 598

To puncture a dam

Question 599

Fissurer une alliance

Answer 599

To splinter an alliance

Question 600

Projeter d’une crise a l’autre

Answer 600

To lurch from one crisis to the other

Question 601

Être financièrement gêné

Answer 601

To be in a tight spot financially

Question 602

Laisser pourrir / urgent de ne rien faire

Answer 602

To kick the can down the road

Question 603

Charge ou alleger qqun ou une classe sociale

Answer 603

To burden or to alleviate sbdy or a class
To alleviate the burden

Question 604

Choisir de garder le cap

Answer 604

Biden chose to stay the course for now

Question 605

Immédiateté

Answer 605

Immediacy

Question 606

Chute perte ruine

Answer 606

Downfall

Question 607

Imperfections lacunes

Answer 607

Shortcomings

Question 608

Engluer clouer

Answer 608

To bog down

Question 609

Jeter une ombre

Answer 609

To cast a shadow

Question 610

Aplanir la route pour

Answer 610

To pave the way for

Question 611

Preparer l’arrivée de

Answer 611

To set the stage for
To set the terms for
To lay the groundwork for

Question 612

Surclasser , peser plus lourd

Answer 612

To outweigh

Question 613

Accuser de / lancer des poursuites

Answer 613

To press charges

Question 614

Lancer un procès

Answer 614

To file a lawsuit

Question 615

Repousser eviter conjurer

Answer 615

To stave off

Question 616

To roll back/to push back

Answer 616

To enact to endorse

Question 617

Se cacher face a l’agression sera plus couteux

Answer 617

Caving to agression will be more costly

Question 618

Renforcer consolider les liens entre les 2 pays

Answer 618

To shore up ties between the 2 countries

Question 619

Livrer plus d’armes a l’ukraine

Answer 619

To funnel more arms to Ukraine

Question 620

Au commencement de la guerre

Answer 620

At the outset of the war

Question 621

Faire un super boulot en mentoring

Answer 621

To do a great job at mentoring

Question 622

Il est bon a ca

Answer 622

He is good at it

Question 623

Les kids viennent de foyers en difficulté

Answer 623

Kids come from broken homes

Question 624

2 manières concurrentes d’aborder ce sujet

Answer 624

2 competing ways of speaking about this / of dealing with this

Question 625

Se sentir obligé de faire qq chose

Answer 625

To feel compelled to do sthg

Question 626

Promettre / s’engager sur une aide a long terme

Answer 626

To pledge a long term aid

Question 627

Promettre / s’engager sur une aide a long terme

Answer 627

To pledge a long term aid

Question 628

A long/ court terme

Answer 628

For the long haul / for the short term

Question 629

Les coupures électriques

Answer 629

Energy cutoffs

Question 630

Etre plus proche/ semblable de

Answer 630

To be more akin to

Question 631

Etre enclin a

Answer 631

To be prone to

Question 632

Ils n’ont pas paye cher leur aventurisme

Answer 632

They have not paid much of a price for their adventurism

Question 633

Les vaccins développés en chine

Answer 633

China s homegrown vaccines

Question 634

La une des journaux
La couverture d’un sujet

Answer 634

Frontpage news
Frontpage coverage

Question 635

Etre considere avec dedain

Answer 635

To be regarded with scorn

Question 636

Un échafaudage complexe de prêts étudiants

Answer 636

A complex scaffolding of student loans

Question 637

Les efforts de syndicalisation ont gagné en force

Answer 637

Unionisation efforts have been gaining steam

Question 638

Utilisation de gaz lacrymogène pour maitriser les travailleurs

Answer 638

Use of tear gas to sudbdue the workers

Question 639

Reprimer la revote

Answer 639

To stiffle dissent

Question 640

Nous sommes en territoire inconnu

Answer 640

We are in such uncharted waters

Question 641

Une position radicale qui a poussé le parti sur une position extreme

Answer 641

A radical strain that has pulled the party to a hardline

Question 642

Plus l’epoque des coups de menton

Answer 642

No longer time for brinkmanship

Question 643

L’ouest entraine l’ukraine ds la résistance afin d’affaiblir la russie

Answer 643

The west is goading Ukraine into resistance in order to weaken russia

Question 644

Le probleme provient d’un manque de forces

Answer 644

The problem stem from a lack of forces

Question 645

A paroissien fidele

Answer 645

A regular churchgoer

Question 646

Etre attendu au boulot demain

Answer 646

To be expected to show up to work the next day

Question 647

Le stress abimait sa relation

Answer 647

The stress was taking out on his relationship

Question 648

Etre de plus en plus confrontationnel

Answer 648

To be more and more confrontational

Question 649

Exploiter ses peurs

Answer 649

To tap into his fears

Question 650

Ces forces ont ete soutenues / stimulées par les us

Answer 650

These forces have been fostered by the us

Question 651

Se battre réellement contre les nazis

Answer 651

To be allegedly fighting nazis

Question 652

Condition d’inscription

Answer 652

Inscription requirements

Question 653

Etre éligible a l’admission

Answer 653

To be eligible to admission

Question 654

Une question sociale complexe

Answer 654

A complex social issue

Question 655

Une politique qui passe ou qui casse

Answer 655

A make or break policy

Question 656

Une politique du quotidien

Answer 656

A kitchen table issue

Question 657

Integrer la regulation sur l’avortement

Answer 657

To encompass the abortion regulation

Question 658

L’opinion publique de la cour suprême est au plus bas

Answer 658

Public views of the Supreme Court are at an all time low

Question 659

Le conflit continuera de faire rage de manière imprévisible

Answer 659

The conflict is going to rage on in unpredictable ways

Question 660

Le conflit continuera de faire rage de manière imprévisible

Answer 660

The conflict is going to rage on in unpredictable ways

Question 661

Durer plus longtemps qu’attendu

Answer 661

To drag on for longer than expected

Question 662

To enact / to endorse/ to implement a new or sweeping regulation/ reform

Answer 662

To roll back/ to push back/ to wind down/ to water down

Question 663

Les reformes touchant aux limites de temps sont plus difficiles a faire passer

Answer 663

Time limit reforms are harder to enact

Question 664

Je ne serai pas surpris que cette reforme revienne ds le futur

Answer 664

I won t be surprised if this reform takes place down the road

Question 665

On n’a pas haté le sujet

Answer 665

We did not press the issue

Question 666

Porter plainte

Answer 666

To press charges

Question 667

Lancer un procès

Answer 667

To file a lawsuit

Question 668

La fin/ disparition de leur mariage

Answer 668

The demise of their marriage

Question 669

To bestow

Answer 669

Donner

Question 670

To bequeath

Answer 670

Léguer

Question 671

To behold

Answer 671

Contempler voir

Question 672

To behead

Answer 672

Decapiter

Question 673

To begrudge

Answer 673

Reprocher, en vouloir a

Question 674

To bemoan

Answer 674

Deplorer, se lamenter

Question 675

To behove

Answer 675

Incomber
It behoves to our generation to solve this pb

Question 676

To bewilder

Answer 676

To confuse to baffle to confound

Question 677

Couvrir son bureau avec une correspondance sans reponse

Answer 677

To clutter his desk with unanswered correspondence

Question 678

Son bureau, un bateau solide pour sa journée de boulot

Answer 678

His desk once a sturdy boat
For his daily routine

Question 679

Faire notre max , du mieux

Answer 679

To do our utmost

Question 680

Etre sous l’influence de

Answer 680

To be under the sway of

Question 681

Etre sous l’influence de

Answer 681

To be under the sway of

Question 682

Ces idées circulent et rebondissent

Answer 682

These ideas circulate and bounce around

Question 683

Etouffer une ligne de vie économique

Answer 683

To choke economic lifeline

Question 684

Mes sentiments sont dans le
Domaine du normal

Answer 684

My feelings are within the bounds of normal

Question 685

Des attentes irréalistes pourraient nous entraîner nous entraîner dans une guerre qui dure

Answer 685

Unrealistic expectations could draw us deeper into a drawn out war

Question 686

Aller retour , dans les 2 sens

Answer 686

To and fro, both ways , back and forth

Question 687

Devenir fou furieux avec un arsenal d’armes

Answer 687

To go berserk with an arsenal of guns

Question 688

Nous nous sommes séparés il y a des années a cause de certains désaccords

Answer 688

We parted ways years ago on account of certain disagreements

Question 689

La corruption est enracinée dans la société civile

Answer 689

Corruption is so entrenched in the civil society

Question 690

Je n’ai pas bcp de temps

Answer 690

I am on a tight schedule

Question 691

Je n’ai pas bcp de temps

Answer 691

I am time poor

Question 692

Downside

Answer 692

Bémol inconvénient mauvais côté désavantage

Question 693

Pretense

Answer 693

Prétention faux semblant
I watch the world without pretense

Question 694

Coarse

Answer 694

Grossier brut épais

Question 695

Enlightenment

Answer 695

Éclaircissement eveil

Question 696

Nouveau contrat commercial

Answer 696

Sweeping trade agreement

Question 697

Proposer de l’aide

Answer 697

To reach out a helping hand

Question 698

Maternelle

Answer 698

Kinder care

Question 699

Conge pour maternité et déménagement

Answer 699

Transportation and maternity leave

Question 700

Comme si nous posions les bases d’une nouvelle theorie de l’évolution

Answer 700

As if we were laying the groundwork for a new evolution theory

Question 701

Nous vivons ds un monde bien moins violent que tous ce que nos ancêtres ont pu connaître

Answer 701

We live in a world far less violent than anything our ancestors had experimented

Question 702

Ces questions sont plutôt difficiles à déchiffrer

Answer 702

These issues are pretty complex to decipher

Question 703

To goad

Answer 703

Aiguilloner stimuler to spur to incite to provoke

Question 704

To be rife with

Answer 704

Bourré de , marque par
The meeting was bound to be rife with tensions

Question 705

To outwit

Answer 705

Déjouer surpasser

Question 706

To squabble

Answer 706

Se chamailler

Question 707

To elope

Answer 707

S’enfuir

Question 708

Vagrancy

Answer 708

Vagabondage errance roaming loitering nomadism wandering drifter

Question 709

Unabashed

Answer 709

Décomplexé éhonté brazen blatant bold undaunted unconcerned

Question 710

Une anomalie sur laquelle je voudrais attirer votre attention

Answer 710

A slight anomaly which i would like to draw to your attention

Question 711

L’ukraine est sur le reculoir dans le donbass

Answer 711

Ukraine is on the backfoot in donbass

Question 712

Ne jamais se réconcilier avec son passe

Answer 712

Never come to terms
With his past

Question 713

Ne jamais se réconcilier avec son passe

Answer 713

Never come to terms
With his past

Question 714

Il pourrait aller jusque là

Answer 714

He would go to such extents

Question 715

Une des raisons/causes principales

Answer 715

One of the main driver of california low rate of employment

Question 716

Leurs droits ne doivent pas etre abîmés ou endommagés

Answer 716

Their rights must not be impaired by

Question 717

Chomage sans emploi

Answer 717

Joblessness

Question 718

Sans abrisme

Answer 718

Homelessness

Question 719

Inclusion inclusivite

Answer 719

Inclusiveness

Question 720

Insomnies somnolences

Answer 720

Sleeplessness

Question 721

Négligence désinvolture

Answer 721

Carelessness

Question 722

Impuissance impotence

Answer 722

Powerlessness

Question 723

Vulnérabilité détresse impuissance

Answer 723

Helplessness

Question 724

Apercu survol synthèse

Answer 724

A quick overview

Question 725

L’avant guarde

Answer 725

Forefront vanguard spearhead

Question 726

L’avant guarde

Answer 726

Forefront vanguard spearhead

Question 727

Nous nous accrochions a des ponts auxquels ils ne croyaient plus

Answer 727

We held on to bridges that russia no longer believed in

Question 728

Reparer sa relation

Answer 728

To mend his relationship

Question 729

Se resumer a

Answer 729

To boildown to

Question 730

La réthorique allemande Se resumait a gagner un avantage competitif a travers une énergie bon marche

Answer 730

German rethorc boiled down to gaining a competitive advantage through cheap energy

Question 731

Il a senti que la marée/ mouvement perdait de la forche

Answer 731

He sensed the tide was going out/ gaining steam

Question 732

Piller saccager

Answer 732

To plunder

Question 733

Entraver

Answer 733

To hinder

Question 734

A cause de son influence etendue

Answer 734

Because of his far reaching influence

Question 735

Mutualiser des ressources

Answer 735

To pool their resources

Question 736

Etre bon pour regouper le soutien des alliés

Answer 736

To be good at marshalling support from allies

Question 737

Ne pas être inquiété/ implique a propos/par cette affaire

Answer 737

To be let off the hook on this subject

Question 738

Pour parler franchement

Answer 738

To put it bluntly

Question 739

We take one theme

Answer 739

Shaping our policy and explore it on depth

Question 740

The administration is busy

Answer 740

Laying out the blueprint for

Question 741

Ceder le pouvoir

Answer 741

To yield power

Question 742

Manier exercer le pouvoir

Answer 742

To wield power or influence

Question 743

Reduire ses ambitions

Answer 743

To waterdown his ambitions

Question 744

Etre sur le point de partir

Answer 744

To be about to head off off for thailand

Question 745

Une envie de decoupler les economies

Answer 745

A strong appetite for decoupling economies

Question 746

L’arrière plan de ce pivot

Answer 746

The background of this pivot

Question 747

L’asie est devenu un Acteur majeur de la politique

Answer 747

Asia became a key driver for global politics

Question 748

La chine crée les normes

Answer 748

China is the rule setter

Question 749

Dans la mesure ou

Answer 749

In so far as

Question 750

Cela tordrait jusqu’au pt de rupture notre

Answer 750

Il will bend to breaking point our understanding of what it means

Question 751

To vow

Answer 751

Se vouer a, to pledge to promise

Question 752

To spring up

Answer 752

Surgir eclore jaillir to arise to emerge

Question 753

To spring up

Answer 753

Surgir eclore jaillir to arise to emerge

Question 754

On s’approche d’une compréhension de ce qui se passe

Answer 754

We are edging towards an understanding of what s happening

Question 755

Dérapage des comptes publics

Answer 755

A slippage in public accounts

Question 756

Un des exemples les + frappants

Answer 756

One of the most glaring/conspicuous/ noticeable/obvious/blatant example

Question 757

Être inculpé pour/ inculpation

Answer 757

To be indicted in connection with/ to be indicted for his role in
indictment in DAITment

Question 758

S’implanter

Answer 758

To gain a foothold in

Question 759

Semer le chaos ds les rues

Answer 759

To wreak havoc in the streets

Question 760

Participer aux discussions

Answer 760

To have a seat at the table

Question 761

Preparer le terrain

Answer 761

To lay the groundwork for

Question 762

Accusations de votes truquées sont ss fondements

Answer 762

Claims of voting irregularities are groundless

Question 763

L’information circule ds les 2 sens

Answer 763

Information flows both ways

Question 764

Autoriser les investissements ds les 2 sens

Answer 764

To allow investments in both ways

Question 765

Etre jeté ds le vide

Answer 765

To be thrown off the cliff

Question 766

Être déséquilibré

Answer 766

To be thrown off balance

Question 767

Ralentir / freiner brutalement

Answer 767

To slam the brakes/ to pump

Question 768

Imposer des sanctions

Answer 768

To slap sanctions

Question 769

Je transmettrai votre message

Answer 769

I ll pass along your message

Question 770

Ca vous gene pas que je participe

Answer 770

Mind if i tag along

Question 771

Decouler provenir resulter

Answer 771

To stem from

Question 772

Etre enclin a être réceptif

Answer 772

To be inclined to be receptive to such cases

Question 773

Invasion totale

Answer 773

Full fledged invasion

Question 774

Une guerre qui dure

Answer 774

A drawn out war

Question 775

Victoire totale

Answer 775

Outright victory

Question 776

Offensive totale

Answer 776

All out assault

Question 777

Abandon de poste negligence

Answer 777

Dereliction of duty

Question 778

Encourager les émeutiers

Answer 778

To encourage the rioters to enter the capitol

Question 779

Rôle charnière pivot

Answer 779

A pivotal role

Question 780

Derrière la scène, confidentiel, clandestine

Answer 780

Behind the scene , underneath the surface underground undercover secret underlock secret mission

Question 781

Convoquer un meeting d’urgence

Answer 781

To convene an emergency meeting

Question 782

Poser les fondations

Answer 782

To lay the groundwork for

Question 783

Pouvez vous nous expliquer ce qu’ils ont décidé

Answer 783

Can u lay out what they decided to do

Question 784

Porter la main sur quelqu’un

Answer 784

To lay hands on sbdy

Question 785

Notamment parceque

Answer 785

Not least because

Question 786

L’économie est incertaine

Answer 786

Eu economy is on shaky ground

Question 787

Support sans faille

Answer 787

Unwavering support

Question 788

Au dela de nos attentes

Answer 788

To be outside expectations

Question 789

La guerre dure plus longtemps que prévu

Answer 789

The war is dragging on for longer than expected

Question 790

Une conduite coûteuse

Answer 790

A costly endeavour

Question 791

Une entreprise ambitieuse

Answer 791

An ambitious undertaking

Question 792

Lancer la répression des dissidents

Answer 792

To launch a crackdown on opponents
A violent crackdown on démonstration

Question 793

Impudeur impudence effronterie sans gene

Answer 793

Shamelessness

Question 794

Rattraper rejoindre combler un retard

Answer 794

To catch up with sthg

Question 795

Le politicien sur la scene avec le plus d’impact et de loin

Answer 795

The most impactful politician on the scene by a long shot

Question 796

Avoir ses empreintes partout

Answer 796

To have his fingerprints all over the place

Question 797

Il nous incombe de

Answer 797

It behoves to us to…

Question 798

Souligner le contrast

Answer 798

To underscore the contrast

Question 799

Depuis que ces objets existent les hommes se demandent ce qu’ils signifient

Answer 799

Ever since these objects came to light men have puzzled over their meanings

Question 800

Rester attaché aux valeurs des

Answer 800

To remain wedded to the value of foragers

Question 801

To churn

Answer 801

Se désabonner, quitter
Battre le beurre
To churn butter
ou bidon a churn

Question 802

Tomber sur un sujet

Answer 802

To stumble upon

Question 803

Oisif

Answer 803

Idle. Aidle

Question 804

Locataire et propriétaire

Answer 804

Renters and owners

Question 805

Faisons un deal
Faisons du business ensemble

Answer 805

Let s make a deal
Let s do Businnes together

Question 806

Eviter les chausse traps stupids

Answer 806

Avoid stupid pitfalls

Question 807

S’articuler / detraquer

Answer 807

To hinge / to unhinge

Question 808

Nous pouvons deduire de

Answer 808

We can infer that

Question 809

Impliquer entraîner comporter

Answer 809

To entail

Question 810

Gerer les affaires de la ville

Answer 810

To run the city s affair’s

Question 811

Objectif ambitieux

Answer 811

Lofty goal

Question 812

Participer à égalité / avec du sens

Answer 812

To participate on equal terms/ in a meaningful way

Question 813

Recourir au vote a la majorité qd le consensus ne fonctionne plus

Answer 813

Resorting to majority votes when consensus broke down

Question 814

Par consensus avec un plan de repli sur vote à majorité

Answer 814

By consensus with a fallback on majority votes

Question 815

Ds le cas improbable

Answer 815

In the off chance

Question 816

Le sort de la bataille s’oriente vers les

Answer 816

The battle is tilting towards the democrats

Question 817

Notamment parce que

Answer 817

Not least because

Question 818

Encore moins parler librement

Answer 818

Let alone speak freely

Question 819

Dans la mesure ou

Answer 819

In so far as

Question 820

Jusqu alors

Answer 820

Hitherto

Question 821

Malgré quoique

Answer 821

Albeit, in spite of

Question 822

Sinon

Answer 822

Lest

Question 823

De peur que

Answer 823

For fear that

Question 824

En concurrence pour les ressources rares

Answer 824

Vying for rare ressources

Question 825

Un maniaque du detail

Answer 825

A stickler for detail

Question 826

Malheur a lui

Answer 826

Woe to him

Question 827

Etre severement critiqué

Answer 827

To come under heavy criticism

Question 828

Cette approche était condamnée a perdre de la vigueur

Answer 828

That approach was bound to run out of steam

Question 829

Haut sur les echelons

Answer 829

High on the rungs of the ladder

Question 830

Les événements publics empiètent directement sur nos vies privées

Answer 830

Public events directly impinge on our private life

Question 831

Faire ami ami avec les dictateurs

Answer 831

To cosy up to dictators

Question 832

Un coup est en cours

Answer 832

A plot is afoot
There is a plot afoot

Question 833

Ces types ont de l’influence avec la base conservatrice mais ils n’ont pas le même niveau s’attraction

Answer 833

These folks do have some sway with the conservative base but they fo note have the same level of appeal

Question 834

Irrécupérable

Answer 834

Unredeemable

Question 835

Droiture

Answer 835

Righteousness

Question 836

Etre dissuade de

Answer 836

To be detered from

Question 837

Eviter les disputes

Answer 837

To head off disputes
To create a structure for heading off disputes

Question 838

Repercussions

Answer 838

Knock on effect

Question 839

Erreur gaffe bevue

Answer 839

Blunder

Question 840

Overnight

Answer 840

Du jour au lendemain

Question 841

To leer

Answer 841

Mater lorgner déshabiller du regard

Question 842

To lose their chattel

Answer 842

Perdre ses biens mobiliers son betail

Question 843

To wither away

Answer 843

Deperir , s’éteindre

Question 844

Defenseur fervent

Answer 844

A staunch defender of

Question 845

Brulant torride virulent discours

Answer 845

Searing speech

Question 846

Touchant emouvant

Answer 846

Touching emotional moving poignant
Nebraska is a moving film
I was moved or touched by this movie

Question 847

Spectacle stupéfiant

Answer 847

Rivetting staggering compelling spectacle

Question 848

Synonyme d’une tentative plus élaborée de renverser les élections

Answer 848

Synonim of a more long ranging plot to overturn the election

Question 849

Elargir la définition

Answer 849

To broaden the definition

Question 850

To tinker with

Answer 850

Jouer jongler avec
These values are far too fudamental to tinker with

Question 851

Cette législation vitale historique qui garantit le droit a l’avortement

Answer 851

This landmark piece of legislation that enshrines the abortion rights

Question 852

Minimiser l’évaluation

Answer 852

To downplay the assessment

Question 853

Il va m’en vouloir pour ce que j’ai fait

Answer 853

He will resent me for What i did

Question 854

we got a fair amount to get through

Answer 854

On a pas mal de choses a faire

Question 855

Plan b

Answer 855

Contingency fallback plan

Question 856

Niveler le jeu

Answer 856

To level the playfield

Question 857

Favori/outsider

Answer 857

Underdog overdog incumbent
Sitting
Joe biden is the sitting president

Question 858

Quartier riche

Answer 858

Upscale neighborhood

Question 859

To beat the odds

Answer 859

Réussir alors que c’est pas joue

Question 860

Faire pression pour retrouver ma liberté

Answer 860

To leverage my way to freedom

Question 861

Predire prévoir apercevoir

Answer 861

Predict presage portend foreshadow foresee

Question 862

Donner l’impulsion elan a

Answer 862

To give the impetus for

Question 863

Fiable digne de confiance

Answer 863

Trustworthy untrustworthy

Question 864

Encapsulage mise en boite

Answer 864

encapsulation

Question 865

Secret confidentiel

Answer 865

Secret under lock

Question 866

Retenir ses coups

Answer 866

To pull your punches

Question 867

Selon les regles

Answer 867

By the book

Question 868

Configuration actuelle

Answer 868

Current setup

Question 869

Ludicrous preposterous absurd

Answer 869

Ridicule absurde

Question 870

Mettre investir bcp d’attentes d’espérance de valeur ds

Answer 870

To put a lot of stock in

Question 871

Colonisation rampante

Answer 871

Rampant colonisation

Question 872

Deraciner grace a des forces politiques

Answer 872

To uproot people through political forces

Question 873

Choisir d’autres moyens d’action

Answer 873

To choose other course of action

Question 874

Un pion économique

Answer 874

Économic pawn

Question 875

Etre un pion , un moyen vers une fin

Answer 875

To be a means to an end

Question 876

De son pt de vue

Answer 876

From his perspective

Question 877

Déracinement

Answer 877

Rootlessness

Question 878

Etre complaisant a propos d’une situation

Answer 878

To feel complacent about a situation

Question 879

Se sentir déraciné ds un etat d’affliction mentale

Answer 879

To feel uprooted in a soul draining state of affliction

Question 880

Nous avons besoin de rien de moins qu’un miracle

Answer 880

We need nothing short of a miracle

Question 881

On ne sait presque rien

Answer 881

We know next to nothing

Question 882

Ils ont eu une dispute

Answer 882

They had a falling out

Question 883

Il a eu une crise mais il est de retour

Answer 883

He suffered a stroke a few years ago but he is on the ball agai

Question 884

Representer une menace pour les alliés

Answer 884

To pose a threat to allies

Question 885

Mener une mission secrète pour se fondre ds l’ennemi

Answer 885

To carry a covert mission to blend with the enemy

Question 886

Ce sentiment progresse doucement et s’est installé nos psychés

Answer 886

This feeling slowly creeps in and embeds itself in our psyches

Question 887

Malaise spirituel, etre demuni et attrition

Answer 887

Spiritual malaise, helplessness and attrition

Question 888

To falter

Answer 888

Faiblir vaciller
This dream may be faltering

Question 889

Rue pietonne
Piste cyclable

Answer 889

Pedestrian street
Bike lane

Question 890

Le plus au sud tu vas le plus froid le climat ou north

Answer 890

The farther south you go the more …

Question 891

Angle mort/ trou noir

Answer 891

Blind spot

Question 892

Arreter de travailler

Answer 892

When will I stop working?

Question 893

Un film émouvant

Answer 893

A moving film

Question 894

Les clients du wagon bar ne font pas la queue car chacun connait sa place

Answer 894

Cafe car customers dont stand in line to place their order because everyone knows whose turn it is

Question 895

Les banques seront sauvées en cas de crise financière

Answer 895

The big banks will be bailed out if they have a financial crisis they will be helped (helpt) by the government

Question 896

Elle seront aidées par le gvt car trop grosses pour faire faillite

Answer 896

They will be helped by the government because they are considered too big and important to fail

Question 897

Faire un plus gros profit

Answer 897

To make a bigger profit

Question 898

Bénéficiaire du revenu universel

Answer 898

Beneficiary of universal basic income

Question 899

Les bénéficiaires doivent abandonner leurs droits aux aides sociales

Answer 899

The beneficiaries have to give up their entitlement to social benefits (uk) or welfare (us)

Question 900

Des pays ont lancé des projets pilotes de revenus universels

Answer 900

Some countiers have started pilot projects to introduce universal basic income

Question 901

Le futur est incertain

Answer 901

The future is uncertain
We do not know what tomorrow will bring

Question 902

Oisif

Answer 902

Idle (aidel)

Question 903

Nous avons ressenti de la peur et incertitude récemment

Answer 903

We have experienced fear and uncertainty lately

Question 904

En france , ils ont expérimenté une forme de revenu universel

Answer 904

They experimented with a form of universal basic income

Question 905

On a acheté des arbrisseaux d’une pépinière

Answer 905

we bought some saplings (young trees) from a plant nursery

Question 906

on a acheté du terreau et des copeaux

Answer 906

we bought bags of planting soil and wood chips

Question 907

des fermiers cultivent près de notre propriété

Answer 907

farmers are growing crops near our country property

Question 908

ma femme a un héritage de ces parents , elle a hérité de leur maison de campagne et propriété

Answer 908

my wife has an inheritance from her parents , she inherited their country house and property

Question 909

la maison a été inhabitée pendant longtemps , il n’y avait personne y vivant

Answer 909

the house had been uninhabited for many years, there was nobody living in it

Question 910

ma soeur a des cheveux frisés/ bouclés qui s’emmélent et elle pleurait quand ma mère les démélait avec un peigne

Answer 910

my sister had frizzy/ curly hair that would get all tangled or mixed up and she used to cry when my mom untangled her with a comb

Question 911

mère et fille peuvent avoir une relation tendue

Answer 911

mothers and daughters can have a tense relationship

Question 912

planter des arbres sur notre propriété m’a donné un sentiment d’appartenance

Answer 912

Planting the trees on our country property gave me a feeling of belonging to the land, of taking ownership of the place.

Question 913

tomber sur un sujet

Answer 913

to stumble upon

Question 914

Bnp est un acteur clé du marché financier

Answer 914

BNP is a key player in the French financial sector.

Question 915

la plupart des appartements de notre immeuble sont occupés par des locataires pluto que des propriétaires

Answer 915

Most of the apartments in our building are occupied by renters rather than owners.

Question 916

la musique et la danse permettent aux gens de connecter

Answer 916

Music and dance are about connecting people.

Question 917

jack a été défiguré à la guerre

Answer 917

Jack’s face was disfigured in the war.

Question 918

il va dans une maison de rééducation pour apprendre à avaler

Answer 918

He’s going to a rehabilitation center to relearn how to swallow.

Question 919

il est en hopital de jour, il y va la journée et dort chez lui le soir

Answer 919

He’s in out-patient therapy, so he only goes there during the day and sleeps at home.

Question 920

tous les coups sont permis,les syndicats sont préts à se battre avec acharnement; ils ne seront plus accomodants avec le management

Answer 920

The gloves are off: the labor unions are ready to fight aggressively; they’re not going to be accommodating to management anymore.

Question 921

les syndicats demandent des augmentations salariales pour adoucir le cout de l’inflation

Answer 921

Unions are demanding cost-of-living adjustments to wages to soften the blow of inflation.

Question 922

une autre arme à leur disposition : ils ont le droit de faire gréve contre une prévision de fermeture d’usine

Answer 922

Another lever they can pull: they now have right to strike against planned factory closures.

Question 923

le pouvoir d’achat et le niveau de vie des ouvriers a décliné au cours de 40 derniers années

Answer 923

Workers’ purchasing power and living standard have declined over the last forty years.

Question 924

usine

Answer 924

(manufacturing) plant = factory

Question 925

la stratégie de guérilla de uaw a mis l’industrie auto sur le reculoir; ils ont visé simultanément les 3 fabricants us mais sur différentes usines et à différents moments

Answer 925

UAW’s guerilla-style strike strategy kept the auto companies off balance: the union targeted all three US auto makers at the same time but in different factories at different times.

Question 926

le management ne savait jamais ou se produirait la prochaine grève

Answer 926

Management never knew where the next strike would happen.

Question 927

faire grève

Answer 927

to walk out, to walk off the job = to go on strike

Question 928

payer pour

Answer 928

pony-up (for something) = to pay for something (informal)

Question 929

est ce que cette dernière gréve et son succès peut étre un modèle pour d’autres syndicats ou d’autres industries ou les syndicats ne sont pas présents ?

Answer 929

Is this latest targeted strike and its resulting victory a blueprint for other unions or even industries where unions are not present?

Question 930

ca a aidé à restaurer le réve américain

Answer 930

“It helps restore the American dream.”

Question 931

trauma d’enfance

Answer 931

childhood trauma

Question 932

les forces ennemies ont assiègé la ville

Answer 932

The enemy forces laid siege to, or besieged, the city.

Question 933

la génération silencieuse , ces européens nés entre 25 et 45 étaient entrainés à ne pas montrer leurs émotions et à ne pas parler de leur traumas ou sentiments négatifs

Answer 933

The silent generation, those Europeans and Americans born between 1925 and 1945, were taught to keep a stiff upper lip, that is to not show emotion and not talk about their traumas or negative feelings.

Question 934

un dentiste peut identifier des symptomes du cancer de la machoire en regardant tes gencives. si elle saignent , cela montre qu’il y a un pb

Answer 934

A dentist can find signs of jaw cancer just by looking at your gums. If your gums are bleeding, it’s a sign that there’s a problem.

Question 935

mon père a subi une greffe de muscle et d’os. ils lui ont greffé une coté et son muscle intercostal sur l’os entourant sa machoire manquante

Answer 935

My father underwent a muscle and bone graft. They grafted one of his ribs and some intercostal muscle onto the bones surrounding his missing jaw.

Question 936

analyse de routine

Answer 936

routine analysis

Question 937

ça me rappelle mon voyage à Athenes

Answer 937

it/that reminds me of my trip to Athens (A-thênz)…

Question 938

non pertinent

Answer 938

irrelevant (ear-RÊL-ê-vênt)

Question 939

les jeunes au 19eme siècle étaient constamment confrontés à la mort. la 1er cause de décès étaient les maladies infectueuses

Answer 939

Young people in late nineteenth-century Europe were confronted with death on a routine basis; the first cause of death was infectious disease.

Question 940

on a fait bcp de progrés sur l’environnement mais il reste encore bcp à faire

Answer 940

We’ve made a lot of progress on environmental issues but there is still a lot (of things) to do.

Question 941

j’ai eu un empéchement / j’ai été retenu

Answer 941

I got held up
I had some unexpected things that came up

Question 942

To face an uphill path to enactment

Question 943

Chemin de halage

Answer 943

Tow path

Question 944

Tenets

Answer 944

Principes
Tenets of a religion

Question 945

Etre coupable de ca

Answer 945

To be guilty on this count
Pas of

Question 946

Askew

Answer 946

De travers
To be twisted askew

Question 947

Ne ds ou hors mariage

Answer 947

Born in or out of wedlock

Question 948

Choisir d’intervenir

Answer 948

To choose to intervene

Question 949

To stop ou finish

Answer 949

Tjs ing working cooking
Jamais stop to do

Question 950

Heaven

Answer 950

Hé vên

Question 951

se présenter à un poste

Answer 951

to run for office = The president has already served two terms of office, or mandates, so he can’t run again (for a third term).

Question 952

Species

Answer 952

We’re a creative species (SPEE-seez)

Question 953

Isoler thermiquement ou isoler geopgraphiquement

Answer 953

We have insulated our house to conserve energy.
Our house is very isolated; we have no neighbors.

Question 954

défilé / parade militaire

Answer 954

I love to watch the military parade on the Champs-Elysées on Bastille Day.

Question 955

hauteur

Answer 955

The height (haït) of the ceiling will determine what kind of activity we can do in the unused spaces. Rich sanfranciscans live in pacific heights (haits)

Question 956

Appel d’offres

Answer 956

call for bids, proposals = appel d’offres
Our company has responded to a call for bids/proposals for the transformation of unused parking spaces in the underground car park/parking garage of a public low-income apartment building.

Question 957

parking

Answer 957

car park (UK); parking garage, parking lot (US)

Question 958

a bout portant

Answer 958

The policeman shot the teenager point-blank or at point-blank range or at close range = à bout portant

Question 959

il a grillé bcp de feux et a accéléré dans la voie de bus

Answer 959

He had run a lot of red lights and was speeding (driving very fast) in a bus lane.

Question 960

la police francaise est elle coupable de racisme , controler à cause de la couleur de leur peau

Answer 960

Are the French police guilty of racial profiling, that is stopping people because of the color of their skin?

Question 961

Sensible / sensitive

Answer 961

Sensible = sensé / sensitive = sensible (FR)
It’s sensible to carry an umbrella on a rainy day.
Sally is very sensitive to issues relating to equality.

Question 962

experiment / experience

Answer 962

Connaitre rencontrer ou experimenter
We’re going to experiment with a new phone system in our recording studios.
We will implement the system if the experiment is conclusive.
Our company has been experiencing considerable growth this year.
Philippe has much experience in business.

Question 963

Justice = fairness

Answer 963

Just institutions make a just society
The problem of income inequality
Should inequalities exist in a just society?
What kind of inequality is just?
The problem of unfair advantages

Question 964

sociologue

Answer 964

Sociologists (so-see-YALL-euh-djists)

Question 965

ou sinon

Answer 965

Or else = ou sinon

Question 966

Such + (a(n)) + (adjective) + noun / so + adjective

Answer 966

A communist regime is such an unfair regime.
Communist regimes are so unfair.

Question 967

supporter/ je ne le supporte pas

Answer 967

to put up with / to bear
I can’t bear/I can’t stand it = je ne le supporte pas

Question 968

nazisme

Answer 968

Nazism (NÂ-tsee-yî-zeum)

Question 969

le president est confronté à une opposition grandissante

Answer 969

The president is confronted with increasing opposition.
We are confronted with many societal challenges
To be confronted with
We are confronted with the excesses of political correctness

Question 970

les etres humains sont des créatures d’habitudes

Answer 970

Human beings are creatures of habit.

Question 971

legitimement

Answer 971

Legitimately (lê-DJÎ-tî-met-lee)

Question 972

par défaut

Answer 972

default

Question 973

un retournement de fortune

Answer 973

A reversal of fortune = when you’re good luck becomes bad luck

Question 974

subvention/ inégalité

Answer 974

Subsidy (SEUB-sî-dee)
Inequality (în-ee-KOUAL-î-tee)

Question 975

une histoire de décapitation du roi

Answer 975

history of king beheading

Question 976

ancien régime

Answer 976

feudal system/ aristocracy

Question 977

surpasser , peser plus lourd

Answer 977

To outweigh (aout-WAY) – to have more weight (pronounce “wait”) or importance than something else

Question 978

coudre/semer

Answer 978

To sew (seau) – sewed- sewn = coudre
To sow (seau) – sowed – sown = semer

Question 979

mentir/ reposer

Answer 979

Lie -lied = mentir
Lie-lay-lain = to be down, to be horizontal
Lay – laid -laid = to make something horizontal: She laid the book on the table

Question 980

ma femme a de doux souvenirs de son passage en californie

Answer 980

My wife has fond memories of her time in California.

Question 981

évenement / éléve

Answer 981

event ivent / student stiudent

Question 982

Especes
lignage
goelands

Answer 982

Species (SPEE-seez)
Lineage (LÎN-ee-yedj)
Gulls (gueuhlz)

Question 983

polinisation
inhumain
inondé

Answer 983

Bees pollinate (PAUL-î-nayt) our almond trees; this is called pollination.
It’s inhumane (in-hiou-MAIN) to raise chickens in cages.
The Central Valley of Cainfornia is completely flooded (FLEU-dêd) right now (pronounce “flood” like blood)

Question 984

controler / dominer

Answer 984

We need to monitor the situation, to watch it constantly.
We need to control the situation = we need to master it or dominate it

Question 985

etre affilié à

Answer 985

To be affiliated with…

Question 986

déchiffrer

Answer 986

To decipher (dee-SAÏ-fer)

Question 987

etre à l’heure

Answer 987

It’s important to be on time if you have a meeting with an English or American counterpart.

Question 988

coté noir, sombre

Answer 988

We all have a shadow side, a dark side that we try to hide from people.

Question 989

Decevoir/ duper

Answer 989

To disappoint = décevoir / to deceive = duper
Jack has always felt that he has disappointed his parents (or that his parents are
disappointed in him).
To be deceived to be made to believe sthg that is not true

Question 990

Bouffée odeur

Answer 990

A whiff of racism

Question 991

Poser les yeux sur qqun
Frapper squn

Answer 991

To lay eyes on someone
Lo lay a hand on someone

Question 992

To pound

Answer 992

Battre marteler

Question 993

Stooge

Answer 993

Larbin laquais

Question 994

To squander

Answer 994

Gaspiller dilapider gâcher

Question 995

To squint

Answer 995

Loucher plisser les yeux

Question 996

campagne de dénigrement / diffamation en ligne

Answer 996

social media smear campaign

Question 997

Il y a une manifestation place de la concorde

Answer 997

There was a demonstration at place de la Concorde.

Question 998

la gréve des éboueurs transforme en un bordel puant

Answer 998

The garbage collectors’ strike is making Paris into a stinky mess.

Question 999

La violence policière a causé panique et piétinement, des personnes moururent piétinés

Answer 999

The police violence caused a panic and a stampede in the metro station: everyone started running.
Some people were trampled to death.

Question 1000

les émeutiers ont cassé des poubelles et des abris bus

Answer 1000

The rioters broke garbage bins and bus shelters.

Question 1001

l’empathie dépend de la proximité et de l’identité

Answer 1001

Empathy is dependent on proximity and identity.

Question 1002

nous n’avons pas autant de contretemps qu’avant quand il y a des gréves

Answer 1002

We don’t have as many hiccups as we used to when there were strikes.

Question 1003

manque d’empathie de la part des hommes politiques

Answer 1003

lack of empathy from political leaders

Question 1004

The tools or methods we use to achieve a certain result

Answer 1004

The means to an end

Question 1005

controler la société

Answer 1005

to control society , et non the

Question 1006

le message du christ a été altéré par ses fidéles qui voulaient garder le pouvoir

Answer 1006

Christ’s message was altered by his followers who wanted to keep power. (kraïst)

Question 1007

l’éducation nous permet de réfléchir à nos problemes

Answer 1007

Education allows us to ponder our problems. (transitive verb)

Question 1008

freud/ psychologie/ psychiatrie/ psychologue/ psychiatre/ psychoanalysis

Answer 1008

Freud (froyd)
Psychology (saï-kâl-euh-djee)
Psychiatry (saï-KAÏ-ye-tree)
Psychologist (saï-KÂL-euh-djîst)
Psychiatrist (saï-KAÏ-ye-trîst)
Psychoanalysis (saï-ko-euh-NAL-î-sîs)

Question 1010

All words ending in “ism”, pronounce “îzum”

Answer 1010

Totalitarianism (toe-tal-î-TAIR-ee-yeun-î-zeum)

Question 1011

la renaissance commence au 15eme siècle puis fut suivi par les lumières au 17 eme s

Answer 1011

The Renaissance started in the fifteenth century (earlier for Italy) and was followed by the Enlightenment in the seventeenth century.

Question 1012

un évéque est le chef de tous les prétres d’un diocese

Answer 1012

A bishop is the boss of all the priests in a province or diocese (DAÏ-ya-seez)

Question 1013

dans la peinture médiévale, on voit bcp de figures médiévales entouré d’un halo jaune

Answer 1013

In medieval paintings, we see a lot of human figures with yellow halos (HAY-lowz) around their heads.

Question 1014

un film à propsoe du caravage est sorti il y a quelques mois

Answer 1014

A movie about Caravaggio came out a few months ago.

Question 1015

bcp d’artistes de la renaissance bénéficient du patronage de puissants qui les soutiennent financièrement et les protégent

Answer 1015

Many Renaissance artists benefited from the patronage (PAY-treun-edj) of powerful people who supported them financially but also protected them.

Question 1016

il est difficile de faire du profit dans un environnement compétitif

Answer 1016

It’s difficult to make a profit in the current competitive environment.

Question 1017

philip Roth est un romancier américain populaire

Answer 1017

Philip Roth is a popular (POP-you-ler) American romance novelist.

Question 1018

la plupart des maisons ont une cave

Answer 1018

Most houses in the eastern and central United States have a basement or cellar under the house where residents can take shelter from a tornado.

Question 1019

on a de l’influence sur les gens dans notre voisinage

Answer 1019

We have sway on people in our vicinity.

Question 1020

il y a une épidémie de grippe à l’école

Answer 1020

There is a flu epidemic at school.

Question 1021

alice a fait des prouesses en tant que pianiste

Answer 1021

Alice has shown great prowess (PRAOU-wess) as a pianist, playing the entire Fifth Symphony of Beethoven with her eyes closed.

Question 1022

est ce que vous connaissez zeev sternhell

Answer 1022

Have you heard of Zeev Sternhell?

Question 1023

acquaitance / relative

Answer 1023

An acquaintance is someone you know but they’re not really a friend and they don’t work with you. You are acquainted with that person.
A relative is someone you are related to by blood or marriage.

Question 1024

j’ai décidé de ne pas étre offensé par la remarque

Answer 1024

I decided to not be offended by Jack’s rude remarks or I decided not to take offense at his remarks.

Question 1025

macron a été dénigré/ vilipendé par la droite

Answer 1025

Macron was vilified (VÎL-î-faïd) by the Right for saying publicly that French colonialism was not entirely beneficial to the people that France had colonized.

Question 1026

il est important d’user d’esprit critique dans notre approche

Answer 1026

It’s important to use critical thinking in our approach.

Question 1027

soustraction /addition

Answer 1027

Subtraction – to subtract
Addition – to add

Question 1029

Caractéristiques

Answer 1029

Features

Question 1030

Incapable irresponsable

Answer 1030

Feckless

Question 1031

To startle

Answer 1031

Surprendre effrayer

Question 1033

réaliser : se rendre compte de qqchose ou réaliser qqchose

Answer 1033

to realize something = se rendre compte de qq chose
When I left the house this morning, I realized that I’d forgotten my cell phone.

réaliser quelque chose = to carry out, execute, create
I’m carrying out three different projects at the moment.

Question 1034

le lancement du projet est prévu pour la semaine prochaine

Answer 1034

The project launch is scheduled for next week.

Question 1035

Brainscape est facile à utiliser et accessible

Answer 1035

Brainscape is a very accessible and easy-to-use app (application).

Question 1036

economic/economical

Answer 1036

economic = related to the economy: We are entering a new economic crisis.
economical = inexpensive to buy, use or operate; efficient: A Renault Twingo is more economical than a Porsche Cayenne.

Question 1037

migrants

Answer 1037

migrants (maï-grents)

Question 1038

etre confronté à

Answer 1038

We are confronted with many societal changes.

Question 1039

éloigner un pb , le tenir à distance

Answer 1039

to keep something/someone at bay = éloigner

Question 1040

je me suis engagé dans une chorale

Answer 1040

I sing in an amateur choir (kouaïr).

Question 1041

optimiste/pessimiste

Answer 1041

An optimist is optimistic / A pessimist is pessimistic

Question 1042

ou sinon…

Answer 1042

or else

Question 1043

supporter une situation difficile

Answer 1043

To put up with something = to stand or bear, to live with an unpleasant situation

Question 1044

un pompier

Answer 1044

John’s father was a fireman.

Question 1045

désigner / pointer / montrer

Answer 1045

Ortega pointed out the intellectual mediocrity that we can find even among the professional elites such as doctors, lawyers and engineers.

Question 1046

renoncer à qq chose

Answer 1046

To renounce something (transitive verb): We must renounce our selfish desires.

Question 1047

prétre défroqué

Answer 1047

The priest was defrocked when he decided to get married.

Question 1048

etre confronté à

Answer 1048

The president is confronted with increasing opposition.

Question 1049

quelle est ta carrière ou trajectoire

Answer 1049

What’s your career path or trajectory?
Trajectory (tra-DJÊK-ter-ee)

Question 1050

coudre

Answer 1050

To sew (pronounce “so”)-sewed-sewn (pronounce “sown”)

Question 1051

connaitre des pbs de management

Answer 1051

Some post offices suffer from management problems.

Question 1052

des bureaux

Answer 1052

Offices (OFF-î-sîz)

Question 1053

le manager donne le ton dans une équipe

Answer 1053

The manager sets the tone in a team.

Question 1054

bcp de managers à l’ancienne ne demandent pas leur avis

Answer 1054

Many old-style managers don’t ask for your input. (to ask someone for something)

Question 1055

j’ai été pris/ aspiré par des podcasts

Answer 1055

I’ve gotten sucked into these podcasts; they’re so interesting and addictive!

Question 1056

les gens sont habitués aux gréves des transport

Answer 1056

People are getting used to the transport strikes.

Question 1057

certains super riches achétent des médias et puis censurent l’information

Answer 1057

Some of the super-rich are buying or founding media outlets and then censor information.

Question 1058

Certains groupes d’intéréts tentent de controler / limiter

Answer 1058

Special interest groups often try to corral, that is control and guide, public opinion.

Question 1059

Raccourcis

Answer 1059

If we short-circuit a process or system, we use a faster, more direct method to achieve our objective; we avoid details. When I was in school, my parents and teachers often criticized me for short-circuiting the learning process, for taking shortcuts instead of learning the steps of a process.

Question 1061

Le devoir m’appelle

Answer 1061

Duty calls me

Question 1062

Butte

Answer 1062

Knoll

Question 1063

Presages

Answer 1063

Omens

Question 1064

Ungodly

Answer 1064

Impie
At some ungodly hour heure indue

Question 1065

Oaf

Answer 1065

Mufle
Brilliant oaf

Question 1066

Misbegotten

Answer 1066

Mal conçu
Qui ne vaut rien
Misbegotten husband

Question 1067

Seam
To be bursting at the seams

Answer 1067

Couture
Etre plein à craquer

Question 1068

Déchainement de

Answer 1068

A rampage of

Question 1069

Grincer des dents

Answer 1069

To cringe

Question 1070

Se tortiller hors de son jean

Answer 1070

To squirm out of her jeans

Question 1071

Regard boudeur

Answer 1071

A pouty look

Question 1072

Une rame (ramer)

Answer 1072

Oar

Question 1073

Pratfall

Answer 1073

Piege
Peau de banane

Question 1074

laughter

Answer 1074

“Laughter is the best medicine” (LAF-ter)

Question 1075

trouver / tomber sur une idée ou une personne

Answer 1075

I stumbled upon (or encountered) a rare book at a used bookstore; I would never have expected to find such a treasure!
We ran into (or encountered) problems during the project (it was unexpected). I ran into (or encountered) an old friend on the metro

Question 1076

rencontrer qqun

Answer 1076

Have you met my friend Harry? (We meet new people for the first time)
We are meeting after work. (When we meet with people we know, it’s planned.)

Question 1077

manage

Answer 1077

The author manages (MAN-eudj-ez) to involve us in the story.

Question 1078

etre complice d’un probléme

Answer 1078

Some people think we are complicit in the suffering of people in poorer countries because of our lifestyle.
To be complicit in

Question 1079

lui rappeler de ne pas oublier

Answer 1079

We remind someone about something so they remember (don’t forget).

Question 1080

to be used to / used to

Answer 1080

I’m used to going to a café to work. J’ai l’habitude de
I used to go = I did this for a long time or regularly in the past

Question 1081

maison de retraite

Answer 1081

Many elderly people in France spend their last years in a retirement home/nursing home/long-term care center.

Question 1082

s’adapter

Answer 1082

Parisians know how to adapt to transportation strikes. (We don’t adapt ourselves)

Question 1083

couverture telephonique

Answer 1083

the phone coverage

Question 1084

To ask someone about their knowledge or experience of a person, place or thing:

Answer 1084

Have you (ever)?
Have you heard of Geert Mak?
Have you (ever) read …
Have you (ever) been to India?

Question 1085

pièce de théatre

Answer 1085

Romeo and Juliette is a play written by Shakespeare.

Question 1086

rencontrer un vieil ami pas vu depuis 20 ans

Answer 1086

I encountered a long-lost friend the other day; we had not seen each other in twenty years.

Question 1087

nouveau départ

Answer 1087

fresh = new
to start afresh = to start again, push reset

Question 1088

avoir une colonne vertébrale

Answer 1088

backbone = spine, spinal column
to have a backbone = (figurative) to have courage, to be courageous

Question 1089

café / café

Answer 1089

You can drink coffee in a café.

Question 1090

le voyage commence quand on ferme la porte de sa maison

Answer 1090

The trip starts when you shut the door to your house.

Question 1091

blocages qui empéchent de progresser

Answer 1091

George needs to remove the blockages that are preventing his progress.

Question 1092

quartiers peu arpentés par les touristes , arrières rues

Answer 1092

In Milan we had a private guided tour that took us off the beaten path, into the back streets that are unknown to most tourists.

Question 1093

imaginer

Answer 1093

Imagine (îm-ADJ-în)

Question 1094

un ami perdu de vue

Answer 1094

long lost friend

Question 1095

la plupart des profs louent nos salles pour donner des cours

Answer 1095

Music teachers rent our studios to give lessons.

Question 1096

étre à son max

Answer 1096

Actors and musicians are at their best when they’re on stage (“sur scène”).
They’re not always at their best during the creative process; it is difficult at times (pronounce the final “s”)

Question 1097

nous trouvons de + en + d’equipements culturels dans les quartiers pauvres

Answer 1097

We are finding more and more cultural facilities in working class suburbs.

Question 1098

on espere embellir les quartiers pauvres en y étendant nos activités

Answer 1098

We hope to gentrify some poorer neighborhoods by expanding our activities to those areas.

Question 1099

action ds le passé et fini ou action ds le passé et qui continue

Answer 1099

I set up this company 25 years ago (it’s finished) but I’ve been working in this sector for 25 years (it started in the past and is continuing today).

Question 1100

make/ do

Answer 1100

Make something (a cake, a mistake) but do things in general
We learn by making mistakes.
If you make a lot of mistakes, you are doing a lot of things.

Let s make a deal
Let s do Businnes together

Question 1102

Fizzle

Answer 1102

Queue de poisson long feu
Fizlle in the midterms election

Question 1103

Fierce competition

Answer 1103

Competition feroce

Question 1104

To feel overlooked his entire life

Question 1105

Sense of urgency

Answer 1105

Un sentiment d’urgence

Question 1106

It has to come down to one or 2 things

Answer 1106

Ca se resume a 1

Question 1107

To live on borrowed time

Answer 1107

Etre en sursis

Question 1108

Dynasti

Answer 1108

Dainasti

Question 1109

C’est la ou la passion s’installe

Answer 1109

This is where passion kicks ins

Question 1110

Dos au mur

Answer 1110

Our backs to the wall/ backed in the corner
You painted yourself in the corner
We had to fight to the nails

Question 1111

Dos au mur

Answer 1111

Our backs to the wall/ backed in the corner
You painted yourself in the corner

Question 1112

To be in decline

Question 1113

To be in decline

Answer 1113

Etre sur le declin

Question 1114

Pretty glaring he had issues
They were issues

Answer 1114

Il est evident qu’il (y) avait des pbs

Question 1115

To take it lightly

Answer 1115

Le prendre a la légère

Question 1116

Out of respect for the team

Answer 1116

Par respect pour l’équipe

Question 1117

Teams fondations

Question 1118

Antics

Answer 1118

Singeries bouffonerie
We are familiar with his antics

Question 1119

To be up to the task

Answer 1119

Etre a la hauteur de la tache

Question 1120

What do u reckon

Answer 1120

Qu’en penses tu?

Question 1121

Pianiste

Answer 1121

My grandmother was a talented piano-player (or pianist).

Question 1122

reunion municipale / à la mairie faire part de ses insuietudes soulever la question

Answer 1122

During a town hall meeting, citizens expressed their concerns about the installation of a campground close to their city. One resident raised the question of the treatment of waste water. (close to = near / far from) pianist (PEE-yen-ist)

Question 1124

nous sommes restés / logés à la maison de campagne de ma belle mère

Answer 1124

We stayed at my mother-in-law’s house in the countryside.
mother-in-law’s (pronounce the final “s” like a “z” for the possessive case)

Question 1125

isolé geographiquement ou thermiquement

Answer 1125

Our modern house has good insulation to save energy, including insulated windows.
Many elderly people suffer from isolation: they are alone and lonely. They are isolated.
isolation (aï-so-LAY-shen)
isolated (AÏ-so-lay-tîd)

Question 1126

syndrome du départ des enfants

Answer 1126

Many parents, especially mothers, suffer from empty nest syndrome when their children grow up and leave home: the parents don’t know what to do with their free time and are sometimes depressed.

Question 1127

je mène 3 projets différents

Answer 1127

I’m carrying out three different projects right now.

Question 1128

wim est trés impliqué dans le le film qui est un projet commun avec un réalisateur japonais

Answer 1128

Wim Wenders is really involved in a movie that is a joint effort with a Japanese director.

Question 1129

élite

Answer 1129

elite (é-LEET)

Question 1130

entrelacé, entremélé , imbriqué , mélangé

Answer 1130

intertwined (in-ter-TWAÏND)

Question 1131

realiser : se rendre compte ou realiser qques chose

Answer 1131

to realize something = se rendre compte de qq chose
When I left the house this morning, I realized that I’d forgotten my cell phone.

réaliser quelque chose = to carry out, execute, create
I’m carrying out three different projects at the moment.

Question 1132

le lancement du projet est prévu pour la semaine prochaine

Answer 1132

The project launch is scheduled for next week.

Question 1133

accessible et facile à utiliser

Answer 1133

Brainscape is a very accessible and easy-to-use app (application).

Question 1134

rougeole/ coqueluche

Answer 1134

measles = la rougeole
whooping cough = la coqueluche

Question 1136

bcp de stés augmentent leurs prix en prenant prétexte de l’inflation. nous savons tous qu’elles veulent faire plus de profits

Answer 1136

A lot of companies and retailers are raising their prices, citing inflation as a pretext. But we all know that they just want to make a bigger profit.

Question 1137

To set = to establish = to schedule

Answer 1137

To set = to establish = to schedule
They don’t give an appointment at a set time.
Let’s set a time for our next appointment.
Do not use to fix

Question 1138

il est difficile de se libérer d’un préjugé social

Answer 1138

It’s difficult to free yourself from this social stigma.

Question 1139

de plus en plus de jeunes alternent entre des études et des expériences professionnelles dans leurs formations pro

Answer 1139

More and more young people alternate studies and professional experience in a work-study program.

Question 1140

il faut du courage pour surmonter ce moment

Answer 1140

You need courage to overcome this moment.

Question 1141

j’ai bénéficié de l’état procidence

Answer 1141

I have benefitted from social welfare (government benefits).

Question 1142

un représentant du gouvernement promet de faire respecter la loi

Answer 1142

A government official promises to uphold the law.

Question 1143

mon fils étudie pour un master en data science

Answer 1143

My son is studying towards a master’s degree in data science.

Question 1144

Passe composé/ prétérit

Answer 1144

He has studied abroad (= present perfect simple for a life experience that is finished but we don’t say when it happened)
He studied in Scotland for two years (= past simple because it’s finished and we mentioned when it happened)

Question 1145

le cadastre

Answer 1145

Land register, land registry, cadaster, cadastral (land) survey = cadastre

Question 1146

ma plus jeune fille est dans sa dernière de lycée et se présente aux universités

Answer 1146

My youngest daughter is in her last year of high school and is applying to universities.

Question 1147

elle ne sait pas ce qu’elle veut faire

Answer 1147

She doesn’t know what she wants to do (add -s to the end of a verb for third person singular in the present tense)

Question 1148

mondialisation

Answer 1148

Globalization

Question 1150

Transformer du plomb en or

Answer 1150

To turn flecks of gold to treasure

Question 1151

Dicey

Answer 1151

Risqué casse gueule

Question 1152

Mother tongue

Question 1153

At his behest

Answer 1153

A sa demande

Question 1154

Le président , le candidat,

Answer 1154

The running president , the incumbent
The leading candidate

Question 1155

un état trés contesté ou les élections sont tjs serrées
Faire campagne

Answer 1155

Michigan is a battleground state, where elections are always close and Presidential candidates campaign very intensely there.

Question 1156

le jude de la cour int de justice a émis des mandats d’arrét

Answer 1156

The ICC prosecutor has asked the court to issue arrest warrants against high officials from Hamas and Israel.

Question 1157

un militaire, des militaires

Answer 1157

un militaire = a soldier, a serviceman/servicewoman,
des militaires = military personnel
the military = the armed forces in general (army, navy, air force)

Question 1158

des colons colonisérent la colombie

Answer 1158

Colonists colonized Colombia. (Forgive the alliteration in “c”)

Question 1159

Bibi appelait ouvertement a l’assassinat de yitzka

Answer 1159

Bibi openly called for Yitzak’s assassination.

Question 1160

israel est trés densément peuplé

Answer 1160

Israel is a densely-populated country.

Question 1161

s’échapper , Shiite

Answer 1161

escaped (es-KÉPT)
Shiite (SHEE-yaït)

Question 1162

une mauvaise herbe

Answer 1162

A weed is any plant we don’t want in our garden.
I often spend my weekend weeding or pulling weeds.

Question 1163

foin / faire les foins

Answer 1163

hay = foin
“Make hay while the sun shines” = take advantage of a favorable situation while you have the chance to do it

Question 1164

une charrue / labourer

Answer 1164

We use a plough (or plow, pronounce “plaou”) to break up the soil so we can plant crops.
Ploughing (or plowing) the soil destroys biodiversity.

Question 1165

un temps doux

Answer 1165

mild (maïld) weather

Question 1166

approfondissons ce sujet

Answer 1166

Let’s delve into this subject: let’s dig into it or investigate it more thoroughly.

Question 1167

gonfler la critique , diffamation , discours haine

Answer 1167

In the current political climate, there is a tendency to conflate criticism of a state’s policies with hate speech, to combine two different things into one.

Question 1168

israelien

Answer 1168

A citizen of Israel is called an Israeli.

Question 1169

bcp de palestiniens ont migré en jordanie

Answer 1169

Many Palestinians have migrated to Jordan.

Question 1170

developper, echapper, cheval de troie

Answer 1170

developed (de-VÊL-opt)
escaped (ES-képt)
Trojan horse (TREAU-djen)

Question 1171

up to/ until

Answer 1171

up to = to a certain point, degree or amount /until = up to a certain time or event
The rich used to be taxed on up to 70% of their revenues in the USA.
This was the case until the Reagan Revolution in the 1980s.

Question 1172

one of + ?

Answer 1172

Always use a plural noun after “one of”
Freedom is one of the primary values of the parties on the right of the political spectrum.

Question 1173

il a une propension à…

Answer 1173

Nicolas had a propensity to go to elaborate and expensive dinner parties hosted by wealthy friends.

Question 1174

décomplexée, éhontée

Answer 1174

He was unabashed, or unembarrassed, about displaying his connections to wealthy people.

Question 1175

leure appat

Answer 1175

decoy

Question 1176

talonner , traquer

Answer 1176

to hound

Question 1177

risqué, casse gueule

Answer 1177

dicey

Question 1178

un délit

Answer 1178

offence/ felony / crime / misdemeanour

Question 1179

flou

Answer 1179

vagueness / blur / uncertainty / haze

Question 1180

soigner

Answer 1180

to treat /cure / heal

Question 1181

une personne handicapée

Answer 1181

mentally handicaped / disabled

Question 1182

faillible

Answer 1182

fallible

Question 1183

irréprochable

Answer 1183

flawless blameless perfect

Question 1184

influencer

Answer 1184

to influence / to impact / to affect / to sway

Question 1185

chgt ou réchauffement climatique

Answer 1185

global or climate warming / climate change

Question 1186

etre trés proche dans les sondages

Answer 1186

to be neck and neck in the polls

Question 1187

Etre surpris par une décision

Answer 1187

To be caught off guard

Question 1188

Tucked in the back of his head

Question 1189

s’accrocher au pouvoir

Answer 1189

to hold on to power

Question 1190

Abandonner la course à la présidence

Answer 1190

to drop out of the race

Question 1193

choisir un nouveau candidat

Answer 1193

to select a new nominee

Question 1194

combattre ou fuir

Answer 1194

the fight or flight response is what helped our ancestors survive

Question 1196

trebucher sur ses mots , hésiter

Answer 1196

to trip over his words

Question 1197

decarboniser/ decarbonisation

Answer 1197

to decarbonize / decarbonization

Question 1198

plaque d’immatriculation

Answer 1198

license plates

Question 1199

Benevole/ volontaire / faire du benevolat

Answer 1199

she is a volunteer at the spa/ she volunteeres on week end

Question 1200

circuit court

Answer 1200

We need to encourage a short supply circuit (SIR-kît) or short supply chain* (more common expression*) because transportation is the biggest source of carbon emissions.

Question 1201

conferencier / conference

Answer 1201

At the ecology fair I went to, there was a debate about shopping malls and several panelists were on stage to speak. intervenant / expert Conference / meeting / talk/ lecture

Question 1202

juvenile /pueril/ immatur

Answer 1202

immature / childish/ juvenile / unripe

Question 1203

prolongeons le moment

Answer 1203

Let’s prolong the moment.

Question 1204

je chante en basse

Answer 1204

I sing bass (béss)

Question 1205

Dévoiler , eclairer un sujet

Answer 1205

When we shed light on something, we make a subject easier to understand because we find or reveal new information about it.

Question 1206

acheter une information pour ne pas la dévoiler

Answer 1206

Catch and kill describes the technique that newspapers and media outlets sometimes use to prevent publication of information that could be damaging to a third party. They “catch” the damaging story by buying the exclusive rights to it and then “kill”, or silence, it for the benefit of the third party.

Question 1207

interets communs / parti fourre tout

Answer 1207

Social conservatives and some fiscal conservatives in the US Republican Party have overlapping interests: they don’t have the same interests but their interests add to those of the other faction. The result is that Republican Party has become a “big tent” (parti attrape-tout) where those opposed to taxes and regulation, but who don’t have a moral agenda, are united with social conservatives.

Question 1208

motivé pour voter selon un seul theme

Answer 1208

The latter group is often motivated by a single issue, such as abortion or opposition to expanding rights for LGBTQ+ people, but includes lower-income people that have actually been hurt by fiscally conservative policies.

Question 1209

il pése ses options

Answer 1209

He is weighing his options

Question 1210

jeter une ombre

Answer 1210

To cast a shadow

Question 1211

bulletin de vote

Answer 1211

ballot

Question 1212

tous les 2 ans

Answer 1212

every other year

Question 1213

services secrets / agences de renseignement

Answer 1213

intelligence agency

Question 1214

les courants politiques

Answer 1214

political trends , tendencies , movements currents

Question 1215

to fall off

Answer 1215

tomber en pièces , se casse

Question 1216

fouler au pied , bafouer

Answer 1216

to trample

Question 1217

reputation impeccable

Answer 1217

topnotch reputation

Question 1218

planter

Answer 1218

to seed sought sought

Question 1219

faire échouer , détruire

Answer 1219

to wreak wrought wrought

Question 1220

decevant

Answer 1220

disappointing unsatisfactory unsatisfying deceiving frustrating

Question 1221

renommée

Answer 1221

fame, reputaiton , famous, well known

Question 1222

grenier

Answer 1222

granary store house

Question 1223

reservoir de votes ou d’influence

Answer 1223

pool

Question 1224

exigeant

Answer 1224

demanding /required/ stringent

Question 1225

programme politique

Answer 1225

political agenda or platform

Question 1226

vaccin et quanrantaine

Answer 1226

Vaccine and quarantine (both end with the sound ‘een’ as in the word ‘teen’

Question 1227

pandemie

Answer 1227

6. In a time of pandemy…you said pandemic

Question 1228

mortalité infantile

Answer 1228

5. you said ‘mortality of the young’-instead…infant mortality (when speaking of infants of course)

Question 1229

soeur plus jeune

Answer 1229

4. junior sister-youngest sister

Question 1230

chances de survie/ succés

Answer 1230

3. Chances of success (when speaking of people ill with covid) …instead-chances of survival

Question 1231

les manifestations s’arréterent d’elles mêmes

Answer 1231

1. The demonstration died by itself in Brussels…instead say, ‘The demonstration died off on its own…

Question 1232

quand tu es un auto entrepreneur

Answer 1232

2. When you’re a self-employer (truck drivers)…instead-“when you’re self-employed’

Question 1233

passe sanitaire

Answer 1233

health pass
sanitary pass

Question 1234

etre enervé par qqun

Answer 1234

to be mad AT someone

Question 1235

les effets secondaires

Answer 1235

side effects

Question 1236

c’est un bon moment pour

Answer 1236

il is a good time to do sthg et pas for doing sthg

Question 1237

on vivait moins longtemps

Answer 1237

6. ne pas dire we were living less long-instead say…we were living shorter lives

Question 1238

s’engager dans action politique

Answer 1238

to involve in political movement

Question 1239

faites attention , c’est ouvert 3 fois ou 3 jours / semaine

Answer 1239

3. When speaking about Ground Control and the days and hours they are opened, you said that they are not opened every day and said ‘so take care’ it’s only opened 3 times a week. You would say, ‘so be careful’ it is only 3 times a week.

Question 1240

medieval

Answer 1240

2. Pay attention to the pronunciation of Medieval (the pronunciation would be closer to MedEEvalin English) . Also, disturbde not disturb-ed.

Question 1241

sans abri/ vagabond / clochard

Answer 1241

homeless / bum /hobo/ street person
tramp/ beggar/ bum/ hobo

Question 1243

To forswear

Answer 1243

Renoncer abandonner

Question 1244

To be knocked off his bearings

Question 1245

To gouge

Answer 1245

Arnaquer piller

Question 1246

To gouge

Answer 1246

Arnaquer piller

Question 1247

To gouge

Answer 1247

Arnaquer piller

Question 1248

Parallèlement

Answer 1248

Alongside

Question 1249

Uptake

Answer 1249

Adoption absorption
Uptake of fossil fuels

Question 1250

Uptake

Answer 1250

Adoption absorption
Uptake of fossil fuels

Question 1251

To rattle

Answer 1251

Trembler secouer faire vibrer

Question 1252

To rattle

Answer 1252

Trembler secouer faire vibrer

Question 1253

To bungle

Answer 1253

Gacher bousiller

Question 1254

To fumble

Answer 1254

Tatonner fouiller

Question 1255

To fluster

Answer 1255

Troubler paumer embrouiller

Question 1256

We need to go into high gear diplomacy

Question 1257

We need to go into high gear diplomacy

Question 1258

To check a box

Answer 1258

Cocher la case

Question 1259

Walk me through this idea/story

Question 1260

To purport

Answer 1260

Pretendre
I will not purport to be awarr of all contacts

Question 1261

On the fence voter

Answer 1261

Indecis

Question 1262

On the fence voter

Answer 1262

Indecis

Question 1263

Il y avait une américaine assise a la table

Answer 1263

There happened to be an American womand sitting at the table next to ours

Question 1264

Il y a une bonne serie a la tv

Answer 1264

There is a good series on tv right now

Question 1265

Il y a une bonne serie a la tv

Answer 1265

There is a good series on tv right now

Question 1266

La plupart des viols sont commis par des gens qu’on connaît

Answer 1266

Most rapes are committed by people the victims know

Question 1267

La plupart des viols sont commis par des gens qu’on connaît / proches de leur victimes

Answer 1267

Most rapes are committed by people the victims know
Who are very close to their victim

Question 1268

Travaux domestiques / travaux a la maison

Answer 1268

Housework / homework

Question 1269

Il y a de la violence envers les femmes de toutes les classes sociales

Answer 1269

We find violence against women in every social class

Question 1270

Controler tes envies

Answer 1270

Control your impulse

Question 1271

Abandonner une election

Answer 1271

To drop out/ to step down

Question 1272

Renoncement

Answer 1272

Renunciation or renouncement
Biden renounced his bid for another term as president

Question 1273

Renoncement

Answer 1273

Renunciation or renouncement
Biden renounced his bid for another term as president

Question 1274

Avoir bcp expérience sexuelles

Answer 1274

To sow his wild oats/ to have a lot of sexual experiences

Question 1275

Avoir bcp expérience sexuelles

Answer 1275

To sow his wild oats/ to have a little of sexual experiences

Question 1276

La ste considere les hommes comme des etalons

Answer 1276

Society considers men who have had lots of sexual experiences to be studs or stallions wheras the same society treats women as sluts

Question 1277

Symbolique du statut

Answer 1277

Status symbol

Question 1278

Caveat

Answer 1278

Avertissement mise en garde

Question 1279

To quell

Answer 1279

Reprimer etouffer

Question 1280

To quell

Answer 1280

Reprimer etouffer

Question 1281

Feebly

Answer 1281

Faiblement mollement

Question 1282

Feebly

Answer 1282

Faiblement mollement

Question 1283

Ronce

Answer 1283

Bramble

Question 1284

sous bois

Answer 1284

underbush

Question 1285

les vegetaux

Answer 1285

vegetation/ plants

Question 1286

Reciprocité

Answer 1286

Reciprocity (rê-sî-PRÂ-sî-tee) is the practice of mutual exchange; it is the fact of giving something in return when you have taken something or someone else has given you something.

Question 1287

Abondance et pénurie

Answer 1287

A culture or mindset of abundance, or plenty, is one of generosity and sharing and is in opposition to a mindset of scarcity. Scarcity is what drives the market economy.

Question 1288

faire ses travaux / corvées

Answer 1288

to do his chores tchors

Question 1289

transférer

Answer 1289

relocate / transfer / shift

Question 1290

forclosure

Answer 1290

saisie éviction

Question 1291

externaliser

Answer 1291

to outsource

Question 1292

cuisine traditionnelle

Answer 1292

-Traditional ‘cooking’ instead, ‘Traditional Cuisine’

Question 1293

compétence

Answer 1293

-Competence-skills, ability (you can use competence in english too, but there are other synonyms

Question 1294

depuis tjs , depuis l’aube des temps

Answer 1294

-‘Since the time began…’ instead say, ‘Since the beginning of time’

Question 1295

les ressources sont inégalement réparties

Answer 1295

-‘Resources were not distributed the same to everyone,’ instead say, ‘Resources were not distributed evenly to everyone’

Question 1296

il veut dire ce qu’il a à dire

Answer 1296

-‘He wanted to say what he wanted to say’ you can say instead, ‘He wanted to speak out’

Question 1297

ne peut étre trop sévérement puni

Answer 1297

-‘Can’t jail him too tough’ instead ‘Can’t sentence him too severely’

Question 1298

Sahara, Cuba , elite

Answer 1298

-Pronunciation: SaHara, Cuba (more like Q-ba), Elite (not E-light, but E-leet (similar to French)

Question 1299

mourir de faim

Answer 1299

-Dying of Famine/hunger

Question 1300

De quoi sommes nous en train de parler ? de quoi parles tu (en général) ?

Answer 1300

what exactly are we talking about
what are we really talking about
what do you talk about généralement when you are at the haidresser or in general

Question 1301

offensé, outragé

Answer 1301

outraged/ offended , incensed , shocked

Question 1302

c’est un bon moment pour aller se ballader

Answer 1302

-NOT ‘it’s a good time for taking a stroll’ but “It’s a good time TO TAKE a stroll’ (when speaking about walking with your wife from Porte de Choissy

Question 1303

accesible aux handicapés

Answer 1303

wheelchair accessible

Question 1304

par hasard

Answer 1304

by chance

Question 1305

evacuer le public

Answer 1305

-NOT ‘exit the people’ but ‘Evacuate the people’

Question 1306

monarchie

Answer 1306

-pronunciation of Monarchy (MonarKy) in English not MonarCHy like in French

Question 1307

pincer les cordes

Answer 1307

-plucking the strings-pincer les cordes

Question 1308

contretemps cadence

Answer 1308

offbeat

Question 1309

quand le congo appartenait à Leopold

Answer 1309

‘Belonged to Leopold’ and NOT ‘was belonging to Leopold’

Question 1310

galerie art, lieu artistique

Answer 1310

Art venue

Question 1311

salle de concert

Answer 1311

concert hall , music hall, concert venue

Question 1312

quand les choses allaient bien pour elle

Answer 1312

4. When things were going ‘good’ for her (Janis)-instead…When things were going ‘well’ for her.

Question 1313

refrain / couplet

Answer 1313

1. Couplet-verse
2. Refrain-Chorus

Question 1314

les producteurs sont intéressés financiérement par

Answer 1314

6. ‘Producers have a more financial interest in…‘-Producers are more financially interested in ..

Question 1315

c’était un groupe de musicens talentueux , mais ils n’étaient pas ses amis

Answer 1315

7. ‘It was a band of talented musicians only, but it wasn’t her friends.’- It was only a band of talented musicians, but they were not her friends.’

Question 1317

Ancetres

Answer 1317

Forebears (forebeir)
Ancestors

Question 1318

Ancetres

Answer 1318

Forebears (forebeir)
Ancestors