English vocabulary 2 Flashcards by Pier-Olivier Marquis

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Fiddle

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Jouer avec

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Woe

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Malheur

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Woefully

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Tristement

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Ominously

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De façon menacante

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Paltry

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Dérisoire

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Clamor

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Vociférer

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Hallmark

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Caractéristique principale

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Buoy

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Bouée

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Splurge

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Dépenser une fortune

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Wilt

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To become weak

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Bulwark

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Rempart

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Rout

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Creuser

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Blight

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Dégradation

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Halving

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Réduire de moitié

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Dent

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Bosseler

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Bent

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Inclination

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Straddle

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Chevaucher

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Propitious

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Propice

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Abet

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Encourager

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Haul

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Tirer

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Mooted

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Soulevé

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Geriatric

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Of an old age

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Posh

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Snob

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Trickle

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To flow in drips

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Rivulet

Ruisselet

Scuffle

Bagarre

Disarray

Désordre

Veer

Tourner, dévier

Subdued

Sombre, silencieux

Credence

Croyance

Fiddly

Minutieux

Dubbed

Surnommé

Alas

Hélas

Lurch

Vaciller

Protean

Protéiforme

Clutch

Étreinte

Wimp

Mauviette

Putative

Supposé

Blip

Point (sur un écran radar), son court émis par un appareil électronique

Shtum

Silencieux

Peer

Pair, regarder

Deign

Daigner

Paddy

Rizière

Whacked

Crevé, claqué

Meddling

Ingérance

Welter

Fatras, pile

Swill

Boire avidement

Extol

Vanter, louer

Fickly

Inconstant, changeant

Spur

Inciter à

Grudgingly

À contrecoeur

Dogged

Obstiné

Clout

Influence

Junta

Military group ruling after a coup

Limp

Boiter

Churn

Barrater, bouillonner

Vindication

Justification

Nagging

Qui n'arrête pas de faire des réflexions

Bygone

D'autrefois

Rickety

Branlant

Plight

Situation difficile

Curmudgeonly

Grincheux

Gambit

Manoeuvre

Sleek

Lisse et brillant

Whittle

Tailler, réduire

Incumbent

Titulaire

Ancillary

Accessoire

Lid

Couvercle

Bonanza

Aubaine

Innuendo

Allusion

Wield

Exercer

Excise

Retirer

Pedigree

De race

Frenzy

Frénésie

Depredation

Ravages: of time or violence

Morass

Marais, bourbier

Ebbing

Amoindrissement

Hapless

Malchanceux

Shrilly

Avec virulence, perçant

Herald

Annoncer

Midst

Milieu

Immure

Emmurer

Stampede

Débandade

Rabid

Infected with rabies

Ire

Colère

Canard

Bobard (canular)

Balk

Refuse to go on

Peddling

Colportage

Crumple

Froisser, chiffonner

Spiel

Baratin

Incipient

Naissant, qui commence

Whiff

Odeur

Bigotry

Sectarisme, intolérance

Hardscrabble

Misérable

Scrabble

Tâtonner

Lurid

Vif, à sentation, choquant

Extol

Louer, vanter

Lofty

Élevé, noble

Leafy

Feuillu

Ailing

Souffrant