Vocabulary English Flashcards

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Distorted/déformé

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Twist out of shape (disform)

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Amazement/étonnement

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Great surprise

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Disbelif/ pas croyable

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Refuse to accept something that is true

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Snickered/ rire méprisant / ricaner

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Scornful laugh

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Timidly/timidement

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Lack of courage or confidence …shy

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Permission/autorisation

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Consent ; authorization

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Muttered/murmurer

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Say something in a low or barely audible

Murmur

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Convince/convaincre

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Cause someone to believe firmly in the truth of something

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Clutched/agripper

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Grasp or take (something) tightly or eagerly.

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Corridor/couloir

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Long passage in a building

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Uttered/prononcer

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Make a sound with one voice

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Admitted/admettre

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Confess to be true or to be the case

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Asserted/affirmer

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State a fact or belief confidently and forcefully

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Disgusting/dégoûté

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arousing revulsion or strong indignation.

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Lagged/decalé

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showing a delayed effect/retardation

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Hysterically/hysteriquement

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with wildly uncontrolled emotion.

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Sneered/ricaner

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smile or speak in a mocking manner.

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Beamed/rayonner

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(of a light or light source) shine brightly.*

19
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Scoffed/s’être moqué

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speak to someone or about something in a scornfully derisive or mocking way.

20
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Astonishment/étonnement

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Surprised

21
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Stammered/balbutie

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speak with sudden involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat the initial letters of words.

22
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Snarled

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of an animal such as a dog) make an aggressive growl with bared teeth.

23
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Hopscotch/marelle

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a children’s game in which each child by turn hops into and over squares marked on the ground to retrieve a marker thrown into one of these squares.

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Genuine/authentique

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truly what something is said to be; authentic.

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Awkwardly/maladroitement

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in a way that shows uneasy embarrassment.

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Blurted/lâchée /lâche

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say (something) suddenly and without careful consideration.

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Blubbered/pleurnicher

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sob noisily and uncontrollably.

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Ridiculous/ridicule

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deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd.

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Sternly/sévèrement

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in a serious and severe manner, especially when asserting authority or exercising discipline.