Set 6 Flashcards by julie nauts | Brainscape

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Déconcerter

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Baffle

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A deux doigts

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Brink of

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Monter en flèche

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Soared with

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Renverser

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To topple

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Museau

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The snout

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Griffes

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Caws

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Mœurs

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Mores

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Impudique, obscène

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Lewd

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Affaiblie (un parlement affaibli)

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Enfeebled

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Le mat

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The mast

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Le calcaire

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Limestone

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La flèche

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The spire

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Bouleversement / tourmente

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Upheaval

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Étrangement = sinistrement

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Eerily

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Astucieux

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Canny

=>uncanny : étrange / mystérieux.

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Imposer une choseh

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Saddling with

Ex : saddling them with taxes

Q

Révision / refonte

A

Overhaul

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Semer / planter

A

Sow

Ex: the seed will be Sown

Q

Enrichir / préciser

A

Fleshed out

Ex : once his plans are fleshed out

Q

Synonyme / devise

A

Byword

Cf. Motto

Q

Inégal / asymétrique

A

Lopsided

Q

Tolère / excuse

A

Condoned

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Installé

A

Enconced

Ex : confortable enconced

Q

Superviser

A

Oversee

Q

Qualités / propriétés

A

Attributes

Q

Modeler

A

To pister

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Une performance

A

À peppy

Q

Enfler / augmente fortement

A

To surge -> surging

Q

Dynamique

A

Buoyant

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Réaffirmer

A

Reassert

Q

Gaz à effet de serre

A

Greenhouse gases

Q

Complaisant

A

Complacent

Complacency : complaisance

Q

Sous estimer , minimiser

A

To underplay

Q

Se dérober, s’abstenir, reculer devant

A

To have shied away from