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Prosaic
Dull and lacking imagination
(About anything inanimate)
Mnemonic: prose is opposite of poetry which is done with imaginations so prose lacks imagination, hence, prose-aic
Paucity
Lack of something
Maintain
=to assert
Maintain their innocent
Maintain that a recent finding supports her theory
Menial
Subalterne
Menial work: sale boulot
Contrite
To be remorseful
Être penaud, consterné, embarrassé
Remorseful
Plein de remords
Triteness
Banalité
Malevolent
Malveillant
Glee
Joie
Swoon
Se pâmer
Être transporté d’un sentiment vif et agréable, être au comble de l’admiration
Swoon over
Se pâmer devant
The physical type a girl can swoon over: le type qu’une fille ne peut résister
Hunky
Bien foutu, bien bâti
Pugnacious
Pugnace
Qui est combatif,
Verbally combative, aggressively argue about everything
Spat
Dispute
Prise de bec
Querelle
Egregious
Flagrant
Standing out in a bad way
Slug
Ajourner
Renvoyer une action à un autre jour
Ajourner une réunion
Slugged another player
Flock
Troupeau
Foule
To be tried
Être jugé
He be tried in an international court for genocide
Innocuous
Harmless , doesn’t produce any ill effect
Inoffensive
These mushrooms look innocuous but are in fact deadly
Candid
A straightforward and honest look at something
Être franche, sincère
Enduring
Qui dure longtemps
Stable
Hold back
Retenir (person, crowd)
Être un obstacle pour (situations conditions)
Garder pour soi (secret)
Erratic
Imprévisible (driving)
Fantasque, inconstant (behavior)
1) Unpredictable
2) strange, unconventional
1) The stock market is notoriously erratic.
2) an erratic behavior
Botch
Saboter, bâcler
