12 Flashcards

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hacher, bousiller

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to hash

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come to agreement on something after lengthy and vigorous discussion

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to hash out

régler

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un avis, notification, délai, annonce

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a notice

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a large outdoor board for displaying advertisements

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a billboard

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(of an incident or a person) said, without proof, to have taken place or to have a specified illegal or undesirable quality

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alleged

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use the hands clumsily while doing or handling something

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to fumble

tâtonner

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extreme, great

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howling

the meal was a howling success

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show a continuous and dramatic increase

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to spiral

the spiraling cost of debt repayments

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9
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a humorous or malicious deception

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a hoax

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a person who tricks or deceives someone by means of a hoax

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a hoaxer

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an illness, typically a minor one

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an ailment

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a person or thing that prevents incompatible or antagonistic people or things from coming into contact with or harming each other.

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a buffer

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13
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a deep roaring shout or sound

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a bellow

un mugissement

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14
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to faint from extreme emotion

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to swoon

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a boring or tiresome person or thing

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a drag

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behaving as someone, especially the speaker, would recommend; sensible; wise

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advised

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bel et bien

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well and truly

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to refuse to think about an unpleasant situation, hoping that it will improve so that you will not have to deal with it

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to bury my head in the sand

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19
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plonger

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to delve

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20
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le déterrement

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unearthing

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21
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if someone has a change of heart, they change their opinion or the way they feel about something

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a change of heart

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a person who deserts one party or cause in order to join an opposing one

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a turncoat

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23
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(of the weather) pleasantly warm

extremely foolish; eccentric

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balmy

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24
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calm, dignified, and unhurried

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sedate

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Loud and shrill enough to hurt the ears:
ear splitting
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a shaft sunk into the ground to obtain water, oil, or gas
a well
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the ideas, attitudes, or activities that are regarded as normal or conventional; the dominant trend in opinion, fashion, or the arts
mainstream
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carry on (a war or campaign)
to wage
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push (someone or something) roughly
to shove
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a claim or assertion that someone has done something illegal or wrong, typically one made without proof
an allegation
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le terrain
the pitch
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(especially of something undesirable or harmful) of common occurrence; widespread
rife
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un fusil
a rifle
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angry or bitter disagreement over fundamental issues; conflict
a strife
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to become a problem that has to be dealt with
to rear its ugly head
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en douce
on the sly
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sournois, rusé, malin
sly
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a slender candle
a taper un cierge
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narrowing
tapering devient très fin
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involving new ideas or methods
pioneering novateur
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a prolonged period of abnormally low rainfall; a shortage of water resulting from this
a drought
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draft = draught
ok
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a channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid, especially rainwater or liquid waste
a drain
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a soft boggy area of land that gives way underfoot
a quagmire un bourbier
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to tower above and cast a shadow over | to appear much more prominent or important than
to overshadow
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look keenly or with difficulty at someone or something regarder attentivement, dévisager
to peer
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he place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place
the setting le cadre, le décore le réglage
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a written accusation as presented to a grand jury
a bill of indictment un acte d'accusation
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équivaloir à
to amount to
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une ligne de tir
a firing line
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the practice of temporarily exchanging homes with another person or family, typically for a vacation
house swapping
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échanger, troquer
to swap
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descendre en piqué, plonger, piquer
to swoop
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richly luxurious and expensive
plush
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(of a person's skin or face) become red and hot, typically as the result of illness or strong emotion
to flush débusquer, rougir, nettoyer à grande eau
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completely level or even with another surface
flush
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an act of running somewhere suddenly and hastily
dash
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se précipiter, anéantir, jeter violemment
to dash
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élan, course, ruée, attaque
a dash
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pépère
cushy
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to tow
remorquer
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en terme de, en fonction de, du point de vue de
in terms of
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étant donné que
in view of
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to kill (someone) by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate
to smother étouffer
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la perspective, la vue
the outlook | the economic outlook
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a place from which to keep watch or view landscape
a look-out
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to cast out
chasser, expulser