Vocabulary 2A Portet #1 Flashcards

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Seek

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Chercher, rechercher

Try to find, or attempt

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To look forward to +ing

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Avoir hâte de, attendre avec impatience

Anticipate with eagerness

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To worship

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Adorer, vénérer

Render religious reverence

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Inhabitant

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Resident

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Armament

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Arms and military equipment

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Thorough

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Complete

Minutieux

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Scheme

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Plan

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To struggle

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Lutter

To strive

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Deceive

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To make someone believe something that is not true

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Overthrow

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To remove someone from power

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By the same token

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For the same reasons

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Badgered

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Questioned repeatledly

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13
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For all intents and purposes

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Almost completely

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At will

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Any time

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Call off

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To stop/cancel an activity

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Yield

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To give up the control of or responsability for something

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Whims

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A sudden wish or idea

18
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Bear in mind

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remember when making a decision

19
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Confines

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Limits

20
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Casualties

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A person/thing that suffers or dies as a result of something else happening

21
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Skilled worker

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Someone who has had special training to do his/her work

22
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Unleash

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To suddenty cause a strong reaction

23
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On the wane

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Becoming less strong/popular

24
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Encroach upon/on

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To get control of something