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prepa écrit voc lettres K, L, M, N et O Flashcards

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keen (adj)

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impatient (eager, anxious)

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a lack

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un manque, une pénurie (a shortage, scarcity, dearth, insufficiency)

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to lam into sb

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taper, frapper, rosser qqn (beat, hit, strike sb, lay into sb, pitch into sb)

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to lament

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regretter, pleurer qqc/qqn, se plaindre (cry, moan)

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to lark about

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passer du bon temps, flâner, s’amuser (fool about/around, mess about/around)

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to lash out

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claquer du fric, faire une folie (splash out, spurge)

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to lay off

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renvoyer, licencier (dismiss, fire, give notice, sack, give the axe)

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leathal (adj)

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mortel (deadly, fatal)

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a lecture

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un discours, une conférence (speech, address, talk) OU une réprimande, un sermon (reprimand, sermon)

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to lecture

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tenir une conférence, discourir (deliver a discourse, talk formally to an audience) OU sermoner, réprimander, faire la morale (admonish, berate, castigate, preach, reprimand, reprove, scold, sermon, sermonize, talk, upbraid)

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a levy, to levy

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une taxe, taxer/prélever (tax, levy)

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the liability

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la responsabilité (responsibility)

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to liven up

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s’animer, reprendre du poil de la bête (pep up, perk up)

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to loath

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détester, mépriser (abhor, hate, detest, despise, scorn, disdain)

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to long for

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être très désireux, se languir de (yearn for)

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looming

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menaçant (threatening, menacing)

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to loom up

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arriver, apparaître (show up, turn up)

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to loot

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piller (steal, plunder)

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mandatory

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obligatoire (obligatory, compulsory, requisite, required)

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mainstream

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dans le courant général (general, common)

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to make out

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comprendre, déchiffrer (understand, figure out, decipher=

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a mayhem

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une confusion, un trouble (disorder, confusion, trouble, turmoil, unrest)

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mean

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moyen (average) OU méchant (nasty) OU avare, pingre (tingy, tight-fisted)

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means

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moyen, manière (way)

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to meddle

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se mêler de, interférer dans les affaires de qqn (interfere in, intrude on sb’s business)

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menial

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dégradant, sans intérêt (degrading, demeaning, unskilled, low-status)

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merely

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simplement, uniquement (simply, only)

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to merge

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fusionner, intégrer, absorber (absorb, amalgamate, coalesce, incorporate, join integrate, pool, swallow up, take in, unify)

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minute (adj)

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minuscule (very small, tiny, teeny-weeny)

30
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a misdemeanour

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un déli, violation de la loi (offence, infraction, crime, law-breaking)

31
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misguided (adj)

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infondé, sans fondement (ill-grounded, ill-founded)

32
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momentous

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très important, capital, qui fait date (crucial, decisive, historic, important)

33
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momentum

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la vitesse (impetus, speed, acceleration)

34
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morals

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moralité, bonnes moeurs (morality)

35
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a move

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une action, une initiative, une mesure (step, action, measure, initiative)

36
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to muck up

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bousiller, foutre en l’air (botch up, bungle, mess up)

37
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to muddle

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embrouiller (confuse, mix up, scramble)

38
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to mug

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aggresser (attack, set upon, turn on sb)

39
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to mull over sth

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réfléchir à qqc, méditer sur qqc (ponder, meditate, reflect on, think over)

40
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to mumble

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marmonner (mutter)

41
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to munch

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mâcher, machouiller (chew, masticate)

42
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mundane (adj)

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banal, ordinaire (commonplace, banal, ordinary)

43
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to nag

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pester, embêter, harceler (harass, badger, pester)

44
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nevertheless

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néanmoins, cependant (nonetheless, yet, however)

45
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nimble (adj)

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souple, agile (agile, deft)

46
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to nip out

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sortir en courant, filer (pop out, leave quickly, go suddenly)

47
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notable (adj)

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remarquable, à noter, important (important and deserving attention, worth noting)

48
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a notion

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une idée (belief, idea)

49
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notorious (adj)

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de mauvaise réputation, tristement célèbre (dishonourable, disreputable, opprobrious)

50
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notwithstanding

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nonobstant, en dépit de (despite, in spite of, although) OU cependant (however, nevertheless, still, yet, all the same, even so)

51
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an occasion

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une occasion, un moment qui se présente (time, moment)

52
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odd (adj)

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étrange, singulier (outlandish, bizarre, strange)

53
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to offset

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compenser (compensate for, make up for)

54
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to ogle

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reluquer, mater, zyeuter, regarder avec insistance (goggle at, eye at)

55
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ominous (adj)

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de mauvaise augure, de mauvais présage (portentous, ill-boding, foreboding, menacing)

56
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to omit

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omettre (neglect, leave out, overlook)

57
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ongoing (adj)

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qui dure, en cours (continuing, sustained, enduring, in progress)

58
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on hold (adv)

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de côté, suspendu, en attente (delayed, deferred, procrastinate, protract)

59
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an ordeal

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une épreuve difficile, un calvaire (painful experience, trial)

60
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out of pocket expenses

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des frais en tous genres, des dépenses variées (miscellaneouse expenditure)

61
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an outcome

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un résultat, un aboutissement (result, conclusion, upshot)

62
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outdated (adj)

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dépassé, démodé, vieilli, obsolète (antiquated, belated, dated, démodé, has been, obsolete, outmoded, out-of-date, outworn, superseded, unfashionable, yesterday)

63
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the output

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la production (production, turnout)

64
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outstanding (adj)

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exceptionnel, qui sort de l’ordinaire, remarquable (conspicuous, exceptional, foremost, great, notable, prominent, remarkable)

65
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overall

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qui englobe tout, complet, global, qui couvre tout (all-embracing, across-the-board, blanket, comprehensive, global, all-inclusive, sweeping, thorough, total, umbrella)

66
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overblown (adj)

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exagéré, excessif (exaggerated, disproportionate, excessive, inflated, over done, over the top) OU pompeux, ampoulé (bombastic, grandiloquent, pompous, turgid)

67
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to overlook

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négliger, ne pas considérer (disregard, neglect)

68
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overpriced (adj)

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hors de prix, exhorbitant (too expensive, excessive, exorbitant, outrageous, prohibitive, steep, unreasonable,)

69
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to override

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l’emporter sur qqc (overrule, be more important than)

70
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overtly (adj)

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sans se cacher, ouvertement, à découvert (openly)

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overwrought (adj)

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sur les nerfs, à bouts, dans tous ses états (frantic, stressed, strained, overexcited, jumpy)

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