Xyz Flashcards
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Déposer une couronne de fleurs (sur une tombe)
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To lay a wreath
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To issue a challenge
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To throw down the gauntlet
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Une bévue, une gaffe
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A blunder
To commit a blunder
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Arriver à un aéroport (en avion)
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To fly into an airport
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Tendu (atmosphère)
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Strained
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Restreint
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Restrained
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Dédramatiser, minimiser
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To play down
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Lever, vomir, faire un effort
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To heave
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Aplanir
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To iron out
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Être en débat
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To be up for debate
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Insaisissable, évasif
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Elusive
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Inné
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Innate
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Tracas, dispute
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Hassle
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En amont
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Upstream
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Bouleversement
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Upheaval
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More than one million live without them and a … two million can’t have acces to Internet.
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A further
Not an extra
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Timbré, maboul
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Barmy
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Fragile
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Brittle
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Un barde
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A bard
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Orge
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Barley
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Rejeté
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Dismissed
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Résigné
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Resigned
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Crûment
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Bluntly
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Nettement, brusquement
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Sharply
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Courbé
Crooked
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Déchiqueté, dentulé
Jagged
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Économe en carburant
Fuel efficient
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Efficace, opérationnel
Efficient
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Froissé
Crumpled
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Gêné
Cramped
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Étiqueté
Labelled
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Strict, serré
Stringent
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Criard, voyant
Gaudy
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De peluche
Plush
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Distraire
To disport
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Intestins
Bowels
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It must be ... about that time
Round
Not right
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Éclipser, faire paraître tout petit
To dwarf
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Ombrager
To shade
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Un linceul
| Envelopper
A shroud
| To shroud
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Crûment
Bluntly
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Brusquement
Abruptly
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Vif, actif
Sprightly
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Dégager, émettre
To give off
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Transpirer
To perspire
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Donner, distraire
To give out
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A helicopter ... between the roofs.
"Frôlait"
Skimmed down
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Déraper
To skid
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Terrasser, revêtir
To floor
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To babble ...
Over
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Un tas, une cheminée
A stack (of rubble = gravat)
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Artificiel
Contrived
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Imaginé
Conceived
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Contorsionné
Contorted
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Lames de rasoir qui ne coupent plus, mal taillées
Blunt razor blades
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Faire sauter, exploser
To blast
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Franc
Frank
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Pointu, tranchant
Sharp
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Juste de l'autre côté
Immediately opposite
Not just on the
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Un essaim
A swarm
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Un tourbillon
A swirl
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Un frisson
A thrill
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Un volant
A frill
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Une robe
A frock
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Dérive
Drift
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Bringue
Binge
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Entraine
Economy drive
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Indemnités
Allowances
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Prétendument
| Alléguer
Allegedly
| To allege
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Pièges
Pitfalls
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Fosse, trou, creux
A pit
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Un tic
A twitch
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Put aside for consideration at a later date.
Up for discussion.
To be on the table.
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Être désireux, avide
To be eager to
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Bâclé
Botched
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Détraqué, tombé en panne
Broken down
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Primordial, prépondérant
Overriding
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Un programme un plan
Comploter
A scheme
| To scheme
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Un délégué
A commissioner
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Présider
To chair
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Global
Overarching
| An overarching question
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Pépins (problèmes)
Glitches
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Superviser
To oversee
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Outrepasser, be pas tenir compte de
To override
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Annuler, rejeter
To overrule
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To ... unnecessary
prove
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Prouver, manifester
To demonstrate
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Parenté
Kindred
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Proche parent
Next of kin
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Humanité
Mankind
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Tourner
To spin
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Un ressort, un bond
| Jaillir
Spring
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Un éperon
| Encourager, inciter
To spur
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Faire tomber, s'étaler
To sprawl
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Plein de, chargé de
Fraught with
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Effiloché
Frayed
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Flou, confus
Fuzzy
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Éreintante
Frazzled
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Frauduleux
Fraudulent
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Assimiler, comparer
To liken
| He likens the goal to gathering
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A GPS...
Signature
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Une limace
A slug
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Un insecte, un microbe
A bug
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Une prunelle
A sloe
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Un ver, la bouffe
A grub
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Sans faille
Unflinching
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Inextinguible
Unquenchable
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Antipathique
Antipathetic
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Antitype
Anti typical
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Antidote
Antidotal
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Dresser, élaborer, rédiger
To draw up
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Griffonner, gribouiller
To scrawl
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Baver, dégouliner
To dribble
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The ... of the aircrafts speed sensors
Icing
Ice up
Icing up
Icing up
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Arrérages, arrières (ou problèmes d'argent)
Arrears
| To go into arrears
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Un enfant prodige
A whiz kid
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Une idée originale
A brainchild
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Une fissure
A crack
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Une boutade
A brain crack
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Un prodige
A prodigy
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Déverser
To tip
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Boire à grand bruit
To slurp
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Avaler
To gulp
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Schemes that have been...
Proposed
Offered
Proposed
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Mûrir
To ripen
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Arriver à maturité
To mature
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Couronner, dépasser
To top
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Augmenter, intensifier
To heighten
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..., primary and secondary pupils
Nursery
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Ciseler
To chisel
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Marteler
To hammer
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Sculpter
To sculpt
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Modeler
To model on
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Mis à travers
Put through
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Faire passer, sortir d'affaire
Pulled through
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Dirigea
Walked over
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Écraser
Run over
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Géré par
Run by
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Mettre au rebut, se débarrasser
To scrap
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Empiler
To pile
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Amonceler
To heap
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Charger (x2)
To load
| To charge
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Patauger
To flounder
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Prospérer
To flourish
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Bafouer
To flout
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S'agiter
To flounce
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Faiblir
To falter
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Convaincant
Compellingly
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Se débarrasser
To throw off
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Se dissiper
To pass off
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Faire tomber, battre, réduire
To knock off
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Laisser passer, décliner
To pass up
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To be ... too happy.
Not
No
None
None
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Crasseuse (voiture)
Filthy
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To look down in the mouth
To be depressed
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Se disputer
To fall out
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Tomber
To fall off
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Abandonner
To drop out
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Disconnect, stop
Cut off
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Remove using scissors
| Stop doing something
Cut out
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Handle, take care of
Deal with
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Calm down, become less strong
Die down
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Get rid of
Do away with
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Hurt, kill
Do in
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Tie, repair
Do up
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Need
(Could) Do with
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Manage without
Do without
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Last longer than expected
Drag on
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Write (contract, document)
Draw up
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Invent
Dream up
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Wear elegant clothes
| Disguise oneself
Dress up
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Visit (usually on the way somewhere)
Drop in
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Deliver something or something
| Fall asleep
Drop off
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Leave school without finishing
Drop out
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Eliminate differences of opinion
| Become level or regular
Even out
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Fall, does not happen
Fall through
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Sympathize
Feel for
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Understand, find the answer
Figure out
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Complete (a form)
Fill out
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Discover or obtain information
Find out
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Concentrate on something
Focus on
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Imply
Get at
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Escape
Get away
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Aggraver
| Composé
To compound
| Compounded
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Atroce, navrant
Harrowing
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Déclencher
To trigger
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Éclater
To flare
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Un souvenir
A recollection
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Plus loin, plus éloigné
Farther
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Plus, d'avantage
Further
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Détortiller
Untwine
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Se dérouler, dépouiller
Unfold
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Assaut
Onslaught
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Descendre en piqué, plonger
Swoop
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Parcourir, remporter avec succès
Sweep
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Frénétiquement
Frenziedly
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Sauter par dessus
Leap over
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Effiloché
Frayed
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Crépu
Drizzled
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Rassembler, canaliser
Marshal
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Truly what something is said to be, authentic
Genuine
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Venir en masse
To flock
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Se grouper
To group
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Un bouquet, une botte
A bunch
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Précipiter, lancer, jeter
To hurl
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Hurler (loup)
To howl
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Écraser
To squash
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Work hard
To fag
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Abattage, massacre
Slaughter
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S'opposer à
To oppose
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Closely connected or appropriate to the matter at end
Relevant
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Évoquer
To call up
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Faire appel à
To call out
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Demander, réclamer
To call for
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Un terrain
A pitch
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Redevances
Royalties
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Méconnu
Unsung
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Peu mélodieux
Timeless
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Sans fil, à pile
Cordless
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Griffonner, gribouiller
To scribble
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Esquisser, dessiner
To sketch
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Dessiner, attirer, établir
To draw
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Enrôler, mobiliser
To enlist
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Assurer, garantie
To ensure
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Rencontrer, affronter
To encounter
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Englober, inclure
To encompass
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Joindre, entourer
To enclose
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Glisser à travers
To slide across
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Glisser
To slip down
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Grimpeur
Climber
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Prédicateur, pasteur
Preacher
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Supérieur, stimulant
Upper
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Rampant, grimpant
Creeper
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Approximativement, grossièrement, rudement
Roughly
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Tirer le maximum de, prolonger, tendre
To stretch
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Amélioré, amendé
Improved
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Suggested but not directly expressed
Implied, implicit
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Performant
Achiever, winner, succeeder
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Susciter des inquiétudes
To raise concern
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Abattre, démolir, baisser
To pull down
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Arracher
To tear off
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Décoller, se détacher
To peel off = to flake off = to desquamate
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Quick to understand, learn and devise or apply ideas
Clever
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Concevoir, inventer, léguer
To devise
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Paires
Pairs
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Pairs
Peers
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Jetée
Pier
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Poires
Pears
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Prunes
Plums
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Having a disability of a specified kind
Impaired = disabled = handicapped = incapacitated = challenged
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Having the skills, means or opportunity to do something
Able
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Appauvri
Impoverished = poor = weakened = indigent = wiped out
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A person or thing situated away or detached from the main body or system
Aberrant
An outlier
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More often than not, generally
| Dans l'ensemble, en tout cas
By and large
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Éprouvé, qui fait ses preuves
Proven
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Dérisoire, misérable
Paltry
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Easily irritated, especially by unimportant things
Maussade, grognon
Peevish
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Of little importance
Insignifiant
Petty
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A persistent feeling of ill will or resentment resulting from a past insult or injury
La rancune
Grudge
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Be resentfully unwilling to give, grant or allow something
Plaindre
To grudge
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Personnage
Persona
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Ainsi gardé
So kept
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To give a polite word or sign of welcome or recognition to someone on meeting
Saluer, accueillir, recevoir
To greet
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Grasp or seize suddenly and roughly
Saisir, agripper, empoigner
To grab
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To take and keep a firm hold of
Saisir, enserrer
To grip
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Deuil
Grieving
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A person who opposes official policy
A dissident
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Cover an area of ground with grass
To grass
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To walk in a leisury way
Flâner, se promener
To stroll
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Prudence saine, raisonnable
Healthy caution
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Logiciel
Software
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Marchandise
Ware
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Bouillant, brûlant
Scalding
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Injure with very hot liquid or steam
To scald
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Blessant
Wounding
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Feeling or expressing distress or irritation
Agité, soucieux
Fretful
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Terrifiant, donne la chair de poule
Creepy
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Enseigner, donner des cours particuliers
To tutor
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En cours, en route
Underway
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En tout
In all
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Tout au long de
Throughout
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Taking everything into account, in all parts, taken as a whole
Overall
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Grimper
To drive up
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Passer l'aspirateur
To hoover
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Transported by air
Airborne
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Floating in water, not sinking
Afloat
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Aviron
Rowing
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Affronter la tempête
To face the music
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Payer la facture
To foot the bill
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A person who travels some distance to work on a regular basis
Commuter
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Traquer, pister
To track down
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Soutenir
To prop up
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To chicken out, to back off
Se dérober, reculer
To back down
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Raid, descente, incursion
Raid
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Dévaliser, bombarder
To raid
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Paralyse à cause de la dette
Debt crippled
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Site our appeal to someone or something doesn't authority for an action or in support of an agreement.
Invoquer
To invoke
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Sanctifié
Hallowed
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Indisposé, contrarié
Antagonized
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Inciter
To prompt
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Walk off the job in solidarity
Arrêter de travailler par solidarité
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A final test or confrontation intended to settle a dispute
A showdown
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Crépuscule
Twilight
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Le sillage, la veillée mortuaire
Wake
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La décision
Ruling
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Par la force
Forcibly
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Accepter, prendre en charge, recharger de
To take on
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Buy out, relieve, aboard, assume, adopt
Prendre la relève
To take over
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To catch, to soak up, to dupe
Prendre, recevoir, recueillir
To take in
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Firm determination to do something
Resolve
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Un coup de vent
A gale
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Turn to and adopt (a strategy or cause of action) so as to resolve a difficult situation
En venir à
To resort
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Do they know to strip location? Not stripping
Strip = dépouiller, déshabiller, enlever
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A situation or a condition in which there is no movement at all = halt, stop, gridlock
Arret, impasse
A standstill
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Tapis roulant
Treadmill
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Escale, halte
Stopover
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Arret complet
Full stop
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Remettre
To hand over
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Avoid work or a duty by staying away
Sécher les cours
To skive
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An instance of avoiding work or a duty
A skive
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Déraper, glisser
To skid
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Sauter, passer, sautiller
To skip
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Parcourir, écrémer
To skim
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Astucieux, habile
Shrewd
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Une benne
A dumpster
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Escarmouche, accrochage
Skirmish
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Bon sens, jugeote
Savvy
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Influence
Leverage
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To have a chip on your shoulder
Always angry, feels like he has been unfairly treated compared to others
