Vocab/idioms Flashcards
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Se relaxer
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To kick back and relax
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Surprendre qlqun
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To catch sby off-guard
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Représenter un challenge
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To present challenges
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Poser une question
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To pose a question
5
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Opter pour qlqch
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To opt for sth
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Opter pour faire qlqch
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To opt to do sth
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Promouvoir la croissance économique
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To promote economic growth
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Une marque de succès
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A mark of success
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Brouhaha (ex: d’une ville)
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Hustle and bustle
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Avec surprise, sans être prévu
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Out of the blue
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Très petit, mignon,…
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Quaint
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Son humain : se lamenter
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To wail (prolonged high-pitched cry of pain)
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Son humain : geindre
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To whine (long high-pitched, complaining cry)
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Se plaindre (comme un enfant)
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To whinge (complain persistently and in a irritating way)
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Bégayer
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To stutter
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Trembler d’effroi
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To shudder (at the thought of sth)
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Savoir qlch par cœur
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To know sth by heart
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Avoir un bon sens de l’orientation
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To have a great sense of orientation
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Avoir un mauvais sense de l’orientation
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To have a terrible sense of orientation
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Je me retrouve souvent à faire des ronds en cercle
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I often find myself going round in circles
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Être ébloui par qlch ou qlqun
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To be in awe of sth or sb
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Obtenir une promotion
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To move up the ladder
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Faire plus que ce qui est attendu
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To go the extra mile
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Time of the day when light first disappears
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At dusk
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Time of the day when light first appears
At dawn
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When you pay the cost of sth yourself (independance)
To do sth at your expense
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Going somewhere quickly
To pop (down) to somewhere
"I'm popping down to the supermarket"
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Être addict à qlqch
To be hooked on sth
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Quand qlch glisse de la mémoire
Sth slips your mind
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Être très belle (bien habillée ; pour les femmes)
To look a 1 million dollars
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When you're treating sb like a child/like a stupid person
To patronize sb
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Raccourcir qlqch
To hem sth
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Make sth shorter
To be hemmed in
34
Être inconfortable, en alerte
To be on edge
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Se cacher de qlqch
To lurk
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Quand qlqch énerve ; tape sur le système
To get on one's nerves
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Très étroit
Cramped
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Être collant (physiquement)
To be clingy
| To cling on to sth
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Not so much room (expression)
To swing a cat
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(Adj) (informal) much space for sth
Roomy
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Bodyguard
A bouncer
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Avoir de la place pour qlqch
To have ROOM for...
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Avoir de besoin de place (relationnel)
To need/have/want space...
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Haïr de faire qlqch
To dread doing sth
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Avoir envie (de faire qlqch)
To long (to do sth)
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Faire une recherche
To do RESEARCH (UNCOUNTABLE ⚠️)
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Mener une recherche
To conduct RESEARCH (UNC. ⚠️)
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Mener à bien une recherche
To carry out research (UNC ⚠️)
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Une prémisse (a house or building, together with its land and outbuildings, occupied by a business or considered in an official context.)
Premises
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Act of asking for information
Enquiry
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Enquête
Inquest
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People who live as permanent resident somewhere
Dwellers
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A group of sth (large amount)
A fleet of ...
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Grogner
To growl
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A terrible or painful experience that continues for a period of time (n)
An ordeal
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To be confused (adj)
Baffled
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When sth is confusing (adj)
Bewildering
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An impressive achivement (n)
A feat
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Extremely worried and frightened
Frantic
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To cheer, to salute
To hail
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Give a powerful expression
To ooze (sexappeal)
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Rejeter, revoyer
To dismiss
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Avoir un trou de mémoire
To have a mental blank
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Faire un effort important
To endeavour
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Funny, clever (adj)
Witty
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Empathir
To empathize
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A fun and friendly conversation
To bauter
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Discomfort (adj)
Unease
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Être à l'aise
To be at ease
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To fade, to diminish
To dwindle
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Tenir une conversation
To hold a conversation
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Tenir un propos officiel
To give a statement
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Faire un discours
To delivrer a speech
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Sec, cassant (adj)
Harsh
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Bancale, tremblant (adj)
Wobbly
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Moelleux, velouté (adj)
Mellow
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Somnolent (adj)
Drowsy
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Somnolence (n)
Drowsiness
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Tenir une conversation
To HAVE a conversation
Or
To HOLD a conversation
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Faire un discours
To GIVE a speech
Or
To MAKE a speech
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Faire une présentation
To GIVE a presentation
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Apaisant (adj)
Soothing
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Son grinçant, aigu
Squeaky
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Make sb feel isolated
Alienation
85
Apparence jeune (adj)
Youthful (+)
| Fresh-Faced (+)
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Too old to function properly
Geriatric (-)
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Irritant
Irksome
88
To make sth less important than it really is
To downplay sth
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S'humilier (en pensant à une expérience embarrassante)
To cringe
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Être consterné
To be appalled at sth
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People with the same interests as you
Peers
92
People with the same ability as you
Equals
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Pousser qlqun à faire qlqch
To push sb to do sth
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Mener qlqun à faire qlqch
To lead sb to do sth
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What is "proportion" used for ?
Express % (a part of sth)
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How is "amount of" used in a sentence ?
Amount of + UNC ⚠️
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How is "number of" used in a sentence ?
Number of + COUN ⚠️
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Money is UNCOUNTABLE or COUNTABLE ?
UNCOUNTABLE ⚠️
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Aventurier, imprudent (adj)
Foolhardy
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Conscient (faire déclinaison)
Conscious
Unconscious
Unconsciously
Conscientiousness
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Dévier (changement brusque de direction)
To veer
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When you believe will happen ; sth you want to happen even though it's impossible
Wishful thinking
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Se ressembler
To congregate
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Aide sociale
Welfare
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Mousson (période agricole)
Monsoon
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Qlqch qui est très répandu
Widespread
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Alors que, tandis que
Whereas
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Fournir des repas
To cater
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Éclatant, vif
Vivid
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Absolu, complet (adj)
Utter
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Du début à la fin (adv)
Thorough
112
Bien que
Albeit
113
To be not confused nor worried about sth
To be unphased
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Suivre les pas de qlqch
To follow IN someone's footsteps
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Inflexible, catégorique (adj)
Adamant
| To be adamant about sth
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Dépasser, surpasser
To outweigh
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Surjouer
To outplay
118
Être plus intelligent
To outsmart
119
Dépasser en âge
To outgrow
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To be a perfectionist
To cross every T and dot every I
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Let people do what they want (expression)
To have a laissez faire
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To be very obsessed about sth (attitude)
To be OCD about sth
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To be VERY perfectionist about sth
| Very informal ⚠️⚠️
To be anal about sth
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To be too friendly to sb
To brown nose sb
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To believe in yourself
To have self-belief
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Se voir demander de faire qlqch
To be made to do sth
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Faire qlqun faire qlqch
To make sb do sth
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?
To cause sth to happen
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?
To encourage sb to do
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?
To ask sb to do sth
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?
To advise sb to do sth
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?
To warn sb not to do sth
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Sans aucun doute
Undoubtedly
134
Consisting of many parts
Multifaceted (adj)
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Offrir de faire qlqch pour qlqun
To offer to do sth for sb
136
Spectateurs
Spectators (for sport ! Not TV)
137
Audience
Audience (for TV, concert)
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A gradual rise + no object + IN taxes
Raise + object + OF 20%
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To be able to sth by myself
To do sth on your own
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Coudre (activity to make clothes)
To sew
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Planter (when you plant seeds into the earth)
To sow
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Place you go to avoid the sun to be cool (not hot)
Shade
143
Une ombre
Shadow
144
Stationery (n)= office / school supplies
Stationary (adj) = not moving
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To wander around = to walk around aimlessly
To wonder = se demander
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Envisager
To envisage
147
Venture = a risky and daring journey
Martin's new business venture will do well
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Empêcher de faire qlqun de faire qlqch
To prevent sb from doing sth
To discourage sb from doing sth
To deter sb from doing sth
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Randomly
Haphazardly
150
Passing quickly (for an idea, moment, thought) -generally abstract
Fleeting (adj)
151
Sth happening in an unplanned way
Indiscriminately (negative context)
"He shot people indiscriminately"
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Sth bound to fail
Doomed
153
Unwillingness to do sth
To have an aversion TO going to the gym in the morning
Aversive (adj) - behavior
Averse to sth (adj)
154
To be bound to happen / fail / succeed
-> 100% certain it will happen + you don't know when
.
155
Turnover : the total revenue in one year
OR
Staff turnover : when staff change in a company
.
156
Payer qlqun des droits d'auteur
To pay sb royalties (when using music in a music, or for radio,...)
157
Equity
The part / % one owns in a company.
"I have 20% quite in a company"
158
To be confused by sth
To be bemused by sth
To be baffled by sth
To be bewildered by sth
159
A complete PUNT
It's a gamble, a risk
160
To make a decision without really thinking about it
To take a shot in the dark
161
Désespoir
Desperation
162
Montagnards
Mountaineers
163
Qlqch n'a aucune consequence
Sth is of no consequence
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Utiliser qlqch
To make use of sth
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To lose your job
Being sacked
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To lose a job
| Begins with "R"
To be made redundant
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To justify sth
To warrant
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To want to achieve sth high
To aspire
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A complete PUNT
It's a gamble, a risk
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To make a decision without really thinking about it
To take a shot in the dark
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Désespoir
Desperation
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Montagnards
Mountaineers
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Qlqch n'a aucune consequence
Sth is of no consequence
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Utiliser qlqch
To make use of sth
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To lose your job
Being sacked
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To lose a job
| Begins with "R"
To be made redundant
177
When trying to look real but looks obviously fake (adj)
Contrived
178
Too many things to keep track of, so you end up confused (adj)0
Convoluted
179
A character that inspires affection, lovely (adj)
Endearing
180
Villainous
.
181
Avant-dernier
Penultimate (adj)
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Être prévenu à l'avance
To be forewarned
| = to be warned beforehand
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Meurtre prémédité
Premeditated murder
184
Qlqch était prévisible
Sth was foreseen
185
Superflu
Superfluous
| 👄supeeerfluous
186
Sans précédent
Unprecedented (adj)
187
Une contre mesure
A counter measure
188
Une comparaison
A comparison
189
Se ressembler autour de quelque chose
To gather around sth
190
When sb keeps insisting that you do sth
To be hounded by sb
191
Persuade, convince sb
To coax sb into doing sth
To be coaxed into doing sth
192
To save money
To put sth by
193
To be very rich
To be well-off
194
Vivre au jour le jour
To live from day to day
195
To not have enough money to live on
To live from hand to mouth
196
To spend money carelessly
To spend money like water
197
When sb uses lovely words to persuade you to do sth
To be sweet-talked into doing sth
198
When a member of your family firs, you will get money
To come into some money
199
A loan to buy a house or land
A mortgage
200
An initial payment to guarantee a later purchase
A deposit
201
Inherited money or land
An inheritance
202
Subsidy to help students pay for tuitions
An allowance
203
When you feel very uncomfortable with a solution because you have absolutely no experience or knowledge to deal with it
To feel out of one's depth
204
To be responsible for sth (legally)
To be liable for sth
205
Sth likely to happen to you (accident,...)
To be prone to sth
206
Être reconnaissant de qlqqun pour qlqch
To be grateful to sb for sth
207
To have an argument about sth
To be in dispute in sth
208
To be in an unknown situation
To be thrown in the deep end
209
Not sure about sth but you know it (expression)
That rings a bell
210
Customized
Tailor made
211
When you feel very uncomfortable with a solution because you have absolutely no experience or knowledge to deal with it
To feel out of one's depth
212
To be responsible for sth (legally)
To be liable for sth
213
Sth likely to happen to you (accident,...)
To be prone to sth
214
Être reconnaissant de qlqqun pour qlqch
To be grateful to sb for sth
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To have an argument about sth
To be in dispute in sth
