English nouns 2

Question 1

a very long large tube, often underground, through which liquid or gas can flow for long distances

Answer 1

a pipeline

Question 2

Payage

Answer 2

Toll

Question 3

a violent wind that has a circular movement, especially in the West Atlantic Ocean

Answer 3

an hurricane

Question 4

Entraînement, manoeuvre (mil)

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A drill

Question 5

0 émission carbone

Answer 5

Net O

Question 6

Lieu de culte

Answer 6

Place of worship

Question 7

Intéret (banque)

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Yield

Question 8

Niche

Answer 8

Loophole

Question 9

Understanding and taking another person’s feelings into account

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Empathy

Question 10

conversation that is funny and not serious

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Banter

Question 11

the level or point at which you start to experience something, or at which something starts to happen/rez de chaussée

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Threshold

Question 12

a situation or relationship that you are involved in and that is difficult to escape from

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Entanglement

Question 13

help and advice about how to do something or about how to deal with problems

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Guidance

Question 14

anger, argument, and bad feeling

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Acrimony

Question 15

Poison

Answer 15

Venom

Question 16

an argument over something that is not important (2)

Answer 16

Squabble, bickering

Question 17

[ usually singular ]
something that shows a policy, system, society, etc. is bad or wrong/ a statement that criticizes someone or something strongly for being bad or wrong:
LAW specialized
the act of making a formal statement accusing someone of something/a formal statement of accusing someone of something

Answer 17

The charges on the indictment include murder and attempted murder.
The indictment alleges that she did no work for some of these payments.
Pronunciation

Question 18

A situation in which someone loses their job because their employer does not need them

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A redundancy.
I live in dread of redundancy.

Question 19

A deep hole dug by soldiers and used as a place from which they can attack the enemy while being hidden

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A trench, some trenches.

Question 20

The activity of fighting a war, often including the weapons and methods that are used.

Answer 20

The warfare.
Guerilla/nuclear/naval/trench warfare.
Warfare is increasingly technological.

Question 21

Injury to someone caused by severe cold, usually to their toes, fingers, ears, or nose, that causes permanent loss of tissue.

Answer 21

Frostbite.
To be frostbitten.

Question 22

(especially of buildings and air) the fact of being wet, cold, and unpleasant.

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Dankness.

Question 23

A country that has agreed officially to give help and support to another one, especially during a war.
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An ally (of sby).
NATO allies decided to sent peace-keeping troops to the troubled area.

Question 24

Someone who helps and supports you the most, especially at work.

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Right-hand man.

Question 25

The group of people who travel with and work for an important or famous person.

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An entourage.

Question 26

A particular amount of money that is paid, usually every week, to an employee, especially one who does work that needs physical skills or strength, rather than a job needing a college education.

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A (low/high, annual/monthly/weekly/daily/hourly) wage. To get/be paid/earn a wage.

Question 27

A fixed amount of money agreed every year as pay for an employee, usually paid directly into his or her bank account every month.

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A salary. =remuneration (formal).

Question 28

Authority given to a person to act for someone else, such as by voting for them in an election, or the person who this authority is given to.

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Proxy. A proxy vote/my brother isvoting for me by proxy in the club elections.

Question 29

Public support for an idea, plan, or way of doing something

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Advocacy. A nonprofit advocay organisation. She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.

Question 30

A situation or condition that is similar to what is wanted or expected, but is not exactly as hoped for

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A semblance. He was executed without even the semblance of a fair trial.

Question 31

in the past, a large, flat object made of metal or leather that soldiers held in front of their bodies to protect themselves

Answer 31

A shield.

Question 32

Unpleasant, immoral and unacceptable.

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Vile. This vile policy of ethnic cleansing must be stopped.