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1
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to rack

A

tourmenter/ torturer/devaster

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2
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to shunt

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deplacer/manoeuvrer/devier

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3
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to fence

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cloturer

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4
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to widen

A

elargir

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5
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to wage

A

mener (to wage war: faire la guerre)

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6
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to reverse

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revenir sur/faire marche arrière

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7
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to outpace

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distancer

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8
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to lash out

A

s’en prendre a qqlun/se dechainer contre qqlun

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9
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to tend to

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être enclin a /avoir tendance à

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10
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to spurn

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rejeter/repousser

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11
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to revile

A

injurier

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12
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to entrust (smt) to (sb)

A

confier qch a qqn

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13
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to overshadow

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faire de l’ombre

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14
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to oversee

A

superviser/surveiller

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15
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to revamp

A

renover/reamenager

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16
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to bode

A

augurer/presager

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17
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to bode ill

A

augure mal

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18
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to vet

A

vérifier/examiner de près // approuver

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19
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to sidestep

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contourner/faire pas de coté

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20
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to revert to

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retomber en/revenir a

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21
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to withstand (smt)

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resister à

22
Q

to flesh out

A

s’epaissir/s’etoffer

23
Q

to rile

A

agacer/enerver

24
Q

to hail

A

grele / heler

25
Q

to wobble

A

osciller/chanceler

26
Q

to ensue

A

s’ensuivre

27
Q

to sway

A

influencer

28
Q

to drift

A

deriver

29
Q

to cleave to

A

rester fidèle à qqn

30
Q

to amend

A

amender/modifier/corriger

31
Q

to branch out

A

etendre ses act/ se diversifier

32
Q

to hamper

A

freiner, ralentir

33
Q

to dump

A

jeter, decharger (dechets), deverser

34
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to splurge

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faire une folie (bcp dépenser)

35
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to fester

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s’envenimer (situation), pourrir, moisir (situation, nourriture)

36
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to encroach

A

empieter, deborder

37
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to bush aside

A

écarter

38
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to boggle

A

etre abasoudi

39
Q

the mind boggles

A

ca laisse perplexe

40
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to topple

A

renverser/s’effondrer

41
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to shatter

A

fracassre/voler en eclat

42
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to tamper with

A

toucher à

43
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to hold out to

A

tendre/tenir bon

44
Q

to mount

A

organiser (campagne)/exposer

45
Q

to worship

A

venerer/adorer

46
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to implode

A

imploser

47
Q

to batter

A

battre/frapper

48
Q

to muddle

A

mettre du desordre

49
Q

to unravel

A

se defaire -> detricoter

50
Q

to lift

A

soulever

51
Q

to jangle

A

cliqueter/faire tinter