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to get under way

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to begin a journey or a project

Question 2

to pick someone’s brains

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To question someone closely for one’s own profit; exploit someone’s creativity by imitation; be an intellectual parasite
To inquire of someone; ask someone for information, advice, etc

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arnaquer

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to rip off, to chisel, to cheat

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to rip interest rates

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ok

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sabrer, taillader, réduire radicalement

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to slash

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balafrer, blesser

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to gash

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faire de même, suivre les traces de

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to follow suit

Question 8

la perspective, la vue

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the outlook

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le résultat, l’aboutissement

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the outcome

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banni, proscrit, exilé

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outcast

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couvert, sombre, voilé

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overcast

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la vue d’ensemble, le panorama

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the overview

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to throw something forcefully in a specified direction, to discard, to assign a part in a play

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to cast

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savoir, comprendre

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to sort out

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se débrider, être pris de folie furieuse

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to run amok

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behave uncontrollably and disruptively

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amok

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persévérer avec qqch

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to press ahead with smtg

Question 18

alongside each other and facing the same direction

up to date

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abreast

Question 19

When you insert a noun in between the two words (“all x but”), you are referring to a collection of x but noting that there are exceptions.

The “all but” idiom refers to the fact that the subject of the idiom is as close to being described by the adjective as it can be without being completely and accurately described by that adjective. Saying that the championship is “all but” decided is saying that, while it is not officially ‘decided’, it’s so close to being decided that the distinction is hard to discern.

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use of “all but”

Question 20

position (sur un sujet quelconque)

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stance

Question 21

to learn about smtg, to hear of smtg

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to get wind of

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news is coming in that…

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ok

Question 23

osciller, branler, hésiter, trembloter, se balancer

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to wobble

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renverser, basculer, faire tomber, faire basculer

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to topple

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an awkward way of walking, typically due to pain from an injury walk in an awkward way, typically because of pain from an injury tie or strap together (the legs of a horse or other animal) to prevent it from straying

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to hobble

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égarer, dévier

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to stray

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bafouer tread on and crush

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to trample

Question 28

walk in a specified way. he trod lightly, trying to make as little contact with the mud as possible synonymes: walk, step, stride, pace, go, march, tramp, plod, thump, stomp, trudge

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to tread

Question 29

to fall out of a boat or off of a ship; to fall overboard | to do too much; to be extravagant

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to go overboard

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probabilité

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likelihood

Question 31

tendence, mode, vogue

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trend

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pertaining

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concernant

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careful attention pay attention to, take notice of

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to heed

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showing a reckless lack of care or attention innatentif

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heedless

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continuing, long-lasting durable, persistant

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enduring

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able to withstand wear, pressure, or damage; hard-wearing

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durable

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lasting forever or for a very long time éternel, perpétuel, infini

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everlasting

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having or seeming to have no end or limit interminable, inépuisable

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endless

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tardivement

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belatedly

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lentement, en retard

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tardily

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(of an event or act) happening or done at an unsuitable time prématuré, inopportun, intempestif

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untimely

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a long narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed la crête, l'arrête, la chaîne

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the ridge the northeast ridge of the Everest

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le bassin versant, le grand tournant

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the watershed

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a mass of small loose stones that form or cover a slope on a mountain éboulis

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scree

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quoique

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albeit = although it'd be

Question 46

likely to have an unfortunate and inescapable outcome; ill-fated

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doomed

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condemn to certain destruction or death

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to doom

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turned into one of almost legendary stature

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one ok | such a one not ok

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a small, thin, narrow piece of something cut or split off a larger piece une mèche, lamelle

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a sliver

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une entaille, coupure, encorche

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a nick

Question 51

être en retard sur..

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to lag behind

Question 52

fall behind in movement, progress, or development; not keep pace with another or others décalage, retard

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to lag

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a slight or indirect indication or suggestion une allusion

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a hint

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un indice

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a clue

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preuves

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evidence

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démêlé (corde, tissu)

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unraveled

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the suspect arrested by the police was found to be carrying a gun

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not to be found

Question 58

an act of twisting or fiddling with something

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twiddle

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annoyingly trivial or petty futile, sans importance

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fiddling

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torsion, tour, tournure

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twist the movie ended with an unexpected twist

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pirouette, rotation

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twirl

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The young star has become the ... of Hollywood

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talk

Question 63

put off (an action or event) to a later time; postpone submit humbly to (a person or a person's wishes or qualities) reporter, s'incliner

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to defer

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reduce or take away the worth or value of divert or distract (someone or something) away from diminuer, dénigrer

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to detract

Question 65

The manager warned him that ... behaviour was unacceptable

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such ok | such a not ok

Question 66

the capacity to gain an accurate and deep intuitive understanding of a person or thing

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insight

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un pressentiment

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a hunch

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se vouter, se pencher

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to hunch

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engrenage, embrayage

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gear

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orienté

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geared those tools are geared towards children with learning difficulties

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to be slightly better than someone or something else

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to have the edge on/over somebody/something

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le biais, l'inclinaison

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the slant

Question 73

take hold of (something) and quickly remove it from its place; pick

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to pluck

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pull off

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enlever

Question 75

Hi. They're quite different to me: he is likely to say no - It is very probable that he will say no. he is bound to say no - He will say no for certain. he is to say no - He has been instructed/he is required to say no.

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ok

Question 76

échouer

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Meet with disaster or failure. For example, The icy runway caused at least one light plane to come to grief. To come to grief

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angoisse, souffrance, supplice severe mental or physical pain or suffering be extremely distressed about something

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anguish

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bits of data and not amounts of data

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ok

Question 79

une sonde

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a probe

Question 80

brûler complètement

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to burn down

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se consumer

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to burn away

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flamber

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to burn up

Question 83

soften the effect of an impact on

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to cushion