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300-350 Flashcards

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Phony

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Faux, represented as real but actually false; intended to deceive.

Music telephone, faux appel

After this, we should stop the phony peace and face the unpleasant realities of our economic situation.

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Pious

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Pieux, strongly believe in religion

dutiful=respectueux

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Pith

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Moelle, essence

Pith SSB heros

“Let us look at the bill in its pith and substance. “

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Placate

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Apaiser (assuage/mollify=amadouer)

Placate affiche for peace

‘To placate his enemies, restrictions on the freedom of the press were first eased and then abolished.’

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Placid

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Placide: doux et calme (equable)

PL acid NO car calm

‘The placid lake was perfect for canoeing.’

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Plastic

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Malleable, adaptable (tractable)

tracteur en plastic // stranger things

‘ecologically plastic animals’

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Plummet

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Chuter/plonger

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Polarized

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divided into sharply opposed groups

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Pathological

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Pathologique, du a la maladie

This is an example of the Conservatives’ pathological obsession with propaganda and visibility,

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Patronizing

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condescendant (speak to or behave towards someone as if they are stupid or not important)

Patron méchant envers employés

“However, it seemed to be one of the more frequently patronized courier services.”

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Paucity

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Scarcity, manque, dearth

synonym pauvreté

“The extremities, however, must be treated with caution due to paucity of data.”

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Peccadillo

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a small fault or mistake, or something that someone does wrong that is not very serious:

Spain Franco death small mistake

“Undeclared work must no longer remain a mere peccadillo.”

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Pedestrian

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not interesting; showing very little imagination (prosaic)

Only pieton traversant passage piéton

“His speech was long and pedestrian.”

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Perfidious

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disloyal, treacherous, violating one’s trust. Pour profit perso avec actions a mauvais escient

“This perfidious slave labour should not be tolerated.”

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Peripheral

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not of primary importance (also a piece of equipment, such as a printer, that can be connected to a computer:)

“There then comes the question of strengthening the industry in peripherals.”

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Permeate

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Pervade, S’infiltrer dans

Inverse imperméable

“Dissatisfaction with the government seems to have permeated every section of society.”

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Pervasive

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largement répandu

ressemble évasion, qui s’étend

“The influence of Freud is pervasive in her books./
a pervasive smell of diesel”

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Orthodox

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considered traditional, normal, and acceptable by most people

“We would prefer a more orthodox approach/solution to the problem.”

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Outstrip

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Dépasser (outperform)

comic strip; devient réel

“German aspirations far outstripped their possibilities to realise them.”

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Overshadow

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Assombrir / éclipser (s.o) / projeter son ombre

“My happiness was overshadowed by the bad news.
Fears for the President’s safety could overshadow his peace-making mission. “

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Paradigm

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a model of something, or a very clear and typical example of something; model; prototype;pattern

“Some of these educators are hoping to produce a change in the current cultural paradigm.”

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Pariah

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Hors caste, écarté du groupe (outcast)

chariah similar

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Partial

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Unfair OR Not complete OR having a liking for something

“The reporting in the papers is entirely partial and makes no attempt to be objective// I’m not partial to fish.”

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Patent

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can mean obvious

a patent lie

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Obstinate

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Stubborn OR hard to control

“Invading troops met with obstinate resistance by guerrilla forces.”

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Obviate

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Parer,pallier en prenant mesures / to remove a difficulty, especially so that action to deal with it becomes unnecessary.

Obvious to obviate everyday

The new medical treatment obviates the need for surgery.

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Occult

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supernatural pertaining to magic, astrology, etc. / mysterious, secret or hidden / to hide, to shut off from view

The rule would have effectively hidden (or occulted) any assumptions (correct or incorrect) about underlying voicing.

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Offhand

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Désinvolte OR sur le champ

In my hand opposé car j’ai soluce, sinon NRV

“I cannot tell you the numbers of the two amendments offhand, but that can easily be checked.”

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Officious

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Unofficiel OR excessively eager in giving unwanted advice or intruding where one is not wanted; meddlesome (indiscret), pushy (insistant)

“we were met by the station master, an officious little man with a peaked cap”

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offset

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compensate

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Onerous

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Pénible, difficult to do or needing a lot of effort:

Onereux faux, plutot pénible (riche no pb mélissa)

“But keeping up with reporting requirements was onerous.”

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Nascent

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naissant

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Negate

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Nier OR cause to be ineffective.

Negationistes, no 1 but 2 issues

“The increase in our profits has been negated by the rising costs of running the business.”

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Net

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Can mean to catch sth with a net OR to get something good or to earn a lot of money from something

“How many fish did you net this afternoon?”
“She netted $10 million (for herself) from the sale of her company.”

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notoriety

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the state of being famous for something BAD

“He achieved/gained notoriety for being difficult to work with as an actor.”

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Novel

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Novateur (new/fresh/original)

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Objective

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based on real facts and not influenced by personal beliefs or feelings

“I can’t really be objective when I’m judging my daughter’s work.”

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Obsequious

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Qui porte à l’excès les marques de politesse, les égards, le respect ou l’empressement envers quelqu’un.

quand obseque exagere

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