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1
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Belied

A

Démentir

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Allegiance

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Allégeance
Fidélité
Loyauté

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Beholden to

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Redevable à

He was made beholden to the mafia
We feel really beholden to them for what they’ve done

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Greyhound

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Lévrier

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Composure

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Calme, maîtrise de soi

She walked with grace composure to the top step and stood to welcome us

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Equanimity

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Égalité d’humeur

With equanimity= avec sérénité
They were content to accept their loss with equanimity

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Bouts

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Période

Bouts of violence
Frenzied bouts of writing

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Frenzied

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Frénétique, déchaîné

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Wisdom

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Sagesse

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Advent

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Arrivée

Avènement

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A Surfeit of

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Une surabondance de

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Glut

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Surabondance
Encombrer

A glut of oil
The market became glutted with computer games

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Dearth

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Manque

A dearth of creativity
A dearth of information about qualifications

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Stark

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Austère
Sombre

(Landscape, couloir, room, reality, poverty, difference)

These homes lie in stark contrast to the more modern ones

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15
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Ornateness

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Style ampoulé

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Blandishment

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Flatterie

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Ascetic

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Ascétique
Stoïcien
Austère

Antonyme: sensuel, jouissif

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Concomitant

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Synonyme: simultané, occurent, coïncident

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Campy

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Kitsch

A campy performance

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Maudlin

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Larmoyant

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21
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Clamoring

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Revendication

22
Q

Panache

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Panache

Au figuré: élégance éclat dignité
Au sens propre: plumet, touffe

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Deprecation

A

Désapprobation

24
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Contravene

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Contrevenir à , enfreindre , violer

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Tedious

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Fastidieux
Penible

Tedious task
Tedious process

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Insightful

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Judicieux

Perspicace

27
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Painstaking

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Minutieux
Laborieux
Rigoureux

Painstaking work: travail consciencieux/ travail de fourmi

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Impudence

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Insolence

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Inscrutability

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Impénétrabilité

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Venality

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Être vénal

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Brazen

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Impudent (insolent , antonyme: discret)

Effronté (qui se conduit d’une manière insolente et éhontée)

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Courteous

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Courtois

Poli

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Nettle

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Agacer

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Contemptuous

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Dédaigneux

Méprisant

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Prescient

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Visionnaire

36
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Litigious

A

Litigieux
Contestable
Douteux

37
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Litigation

A

Litige

Contentieux

38
Q

Geese

Pluriel: goose

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Oie

39
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Grazing

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Pâturage

40
Q

Mudflat

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Vasière

Étendue pleine de vase

41
Q

Marsh

A

Marais

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Arrowed

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Fléché

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Foe

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Ennemi

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Devious

A

Sournois
Fourbe
Détourné

45
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Nascent

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Naissant

46
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Happenstance

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Hasard

47
Q

Inept

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Inepte

Médiocre

48
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Deftness

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Adresse

Dextérité

49
Q

Zeal

A

Zèle

Ardeur

50
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Murky

A

Sombre

Ténébreux

51
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Indebted

A

Redevable

Owens a debt of gratitude

52
Q

Impute

A

Imputer

Attribuer

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