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1
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to appeal to

A

faire appel / être attrayant

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2
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to gobble up

A

gober

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3
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to gulp down

A

engloutir

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4
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to guzzle

A

siffler, descendre (le liquide)

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5
Q

to bolt

A

deguerpir, ficher le camp

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6
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to palliate = to alleviate

A

attenuer les symptômes, les causes (crime, desserres) - diminuer la gravité

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7
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to pall on

A

lasser, degouter

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8
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to be putt of

A

être repousser par qch

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9
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to stuff / to stuff oneself

A

fourrer, farcir - empailler (animal) / se gaver de (solid food)

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10
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to shell

A

bombarder

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11
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to lurch

A

vaciller/faire une embardée

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12
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to topple

A

renverser/basculer

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13
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to rehearse

A

repeter

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14
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to harness

A

maitriser/exploiter

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15
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to rate

A

evaluer/classer

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16
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to serve as

A

agir comme

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17
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to shrug off

A

ignorer

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18
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to meddle in

A

empieter sur

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19
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to meddle with

A

s’immiscer dans qch

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20
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to rack

A

tourmenter

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21
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to air

A

diffuser

22
Q

to inch

A

avancer lentement

23
Q

to grasp

A

appérhender/comprendre/saisir

24
Q

to strive

A

lutter/ambitionner, aspirer

25
Q

to water down

A

diluer, atténuer

26
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to dampen

A

freiner, attenuer

27
Q

to rip up

A

dechirer

28
Q

to brew

A

brasser, infuser

29
Q

to stall

A

caler, paralyser

30
Q

to shelve

A

classer, mettre de coté, abandonner

31
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to buckle up

A

boucler

32
Q

to crawl

A

ramper

33
Q

to stem

A

eradiquer

34
Q

to stem from

A

provenir de/decouler de

35
Q

to utter

A

prononcer

36
Q

to walk backwards

A

marcher a reculons

37
Q

to dribble down

A

degouliner

38
Q

to shuffle

A

trainer des pieds

39
Q

to quibble

A

ergoter, chicaner

40
Q

to imbibe

A

boire

41
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to munch = to chew

A

macher

42
Q

to gorge onself on

A

se gaver, se gorger de

43
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to polish off

A

finir jusqu’a la dernière miette

44
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to burp ( a burp)

A

roter (un rot)

45
Q

to sideline

A

mettre sur la touche

46
Q

to lay bare

A

devoiler

47
Q

to overide

A

renverser

48
Q

to overstep

A

outrepasser

49
Q

to mean + vb-ing = to imply

A

impliquer

50
Q

to teem with

A

grouiller (de pers)