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List 5 Flashcards

1
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shunt

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déplacer / noyer le poisson

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inured

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accoutumé à qqch de déplaisant

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cursory

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hâtif, pressé

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hone

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aiguiser

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impecunious

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Etre pauvre

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augury

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augure

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odium

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haine

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propinquity

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proximité, affinité

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salacious

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obscène, salace

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homiletics

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l’art de l’homélie

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turgid

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turgide, gonflé

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epistle

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lettre

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foible

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une manie

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harrow

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stresser

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inculcate

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inculquer

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eclat

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éclat, brillance

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tangential

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tangentiel, propice au changement

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countervail

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contreblalancer

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middling

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bon sans être extraordinaire

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gossamer

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lueur, materiel délicat

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stentorian

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très lourd et puissant

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resort

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visiter fréquemment

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divestiture

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abandon, renoncement

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churl

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personne à mauvais caractère

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nary

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aucun / not any

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pinchbeck

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imitation cheap

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finicky

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pointilleux

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truculence

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agressivité féroce

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glean

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obtenir qqes de maigres informations

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inveigh

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invectiver

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levee

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réception formelle

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diphanous

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transparent, léger, délicat

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rebuff

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snob

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nugatory

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inutile, ne vaut pas grand chose

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opprobrious

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montrer du mépris, de la critique

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pucker

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rider, plisser (wrinkle)

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vitiate

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vicier, affaiblir

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disinter

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déterrer

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froppish

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fait trop attention à ses fringues, métrosexuel

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astringent

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substance qui coule

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detumescence

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diminution de volume

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swelling

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gonflement

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flak

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critique / tir anti-aérien

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plod

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acharné, sans relâche

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expedient

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utile, qui fait l’affaire

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enconium

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discours qui fait l’éloge de

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obloquy

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condamnation publique

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trenchant

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tranchant

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disconcert

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déconcerté

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quaff

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boire à grande gorgée

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vituperate

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vitupérer; insulter violmment

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discomfit

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déconcerter, embarasser

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quail

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perdre son courage, s’apeurer

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nemesis

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ennemi juré, mérite une punition extrême

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55
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spin

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tourner

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peremptory

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impératif, clot le débat

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blandishment

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flatterie

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rabble

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populace, cohue

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untoward

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évènement malheureux, malchanceux

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strut

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un support / se pavaner

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voluble

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fluent

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prosaic

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prosaïque, droit au but / manque d’esprit, d’imagination

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bereft

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voler, déposseder

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fettle

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condition, forme

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fetter

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entraver, enchaîner

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cant

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jargon

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turpitude

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turpitude, bassesse, ignominie

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raffish

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libertin, vit une vie de plaisir

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asperity

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aspérité, partie saillante

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ensign

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insgine

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contumacious

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rebelle insubordonné

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teetotal

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ne boit pas d’alcool

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simper

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sourire dans le vague

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mien

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conduite, comportement (demeanor)

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shaggy

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poilu, hirsute

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impugn

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challenger, questionner

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umbrage

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sentiment d’offense

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meretricious

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beau qu’en apparence

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incense

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énerver

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surfeit

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satisfaire sa faim à l’exces

81
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endemic

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épidémique

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sophistry

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raisonnement fallacieux, sophisme

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unencumbered

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sans encombre

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felicitous

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apropos, pertinent

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hack

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violent coup / piratage informatique

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atavistic

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atavisme, caractère primitif

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mettle

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courage et endurance, résilience

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miseenscene

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mise en scène

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toady

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suceur

90
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peregrination

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pérégrination, voyager un peu partout

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forbear

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ancêtre / être patient / se retenir de

92
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ecumenial

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represente le monde chrétien dans son ensemble

93
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incipient

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commencement

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ineffable

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si bien qu’on ne peut l’exprimer avec des mots

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pine

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se morfondre

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ostensible

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ostensible, visible, apparent

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piquant

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piquant (agréable) / stimulant

98
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tout

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solliciter des votes, des clients,..

99
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tamp

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tasser / damer

100
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canvass

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solliciter, discuter profondément / sondage

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minatory

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menaçant

102
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slate

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critiquer / de l’ardoise

103
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stipple

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pointillisme (peinture avec des points)

104
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plumb

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sonder

105
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stanch

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étancher, bloquer l’écoulement d’un fluide

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fledged

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capable de voler (oiseau) / qqn qui vient d’être embauché (prend son envol)

107
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aspersion

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diffamer / diffamation (slander)

108
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sundry

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varié / séparé

109
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blatant

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flagrant, criant / manque de subtilité

110
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cadge

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supplier, obtenir en suppliant

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brummagem

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contrefait et voyant

112
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spurn

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rejeter avec mépris, repousser

113
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purvey

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fournir des ressources

114
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bedizen

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décorer avec des trucs cheaps et voyants

115
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obstreperous

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bruyant

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coutenance

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support, approbation / expression faciale

117
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presumption

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arrogance

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belabor

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frapper violemment

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balk

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laisser qqch se passer, être impuissant

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supercillious

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dédaigneux

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styfian

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sombre, lugubre

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virago

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virago, femme aux allures d’homme

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orison

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prière

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trite

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pas nouveau

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reprobate

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réprouver / dépravé

126
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expiation

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fin / expiration

127
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vagary

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acte ou idée étrange

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imperviousness

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impénétrable

129
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trencherman

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gros mangeur

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hew

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couper

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proscribe

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proscrire, dénoncer comme dangereux

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sentencious

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sentencieux, pompeux

133
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portent

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présage (omen)

134
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doggerel

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de la poésie de merde

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picaresque

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type de roman

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splenetic

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mauvais caractère, irritable

137
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ferret

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découvert après recherches

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duress

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contrainte, menace pour forcer qqn

139
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peripatetic

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ambulant, errant (wandering)

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profligacy

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débauche

141
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imprecation

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malédiction, lancer une malédiction

142
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succour

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aide, secours

143
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lithe

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tordu (twist)

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mettlesome

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courageux, noble d’âme

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froward

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têtu, borné

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fulsome

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excessif, éxagéré

147
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acarpous

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usé, épuisé (worn out) / stérile

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pied

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multicolore

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pileous

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plein de poils

150
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effete

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stérile, faible

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wend

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aller dans une direction

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edacious

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vorace, qui mange

153
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compel

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contraindre, forcer

154
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slake

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soulager

155
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nibble

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être enclin à accepter

156
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pique

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un pique, pique l’égo ou la curiosité

157
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ponderous

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lourd, pesant / laborieux

158
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brook

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tolérer, endurer, prendre sur soi

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salutary

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salutaire, pour le bien

160
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welter

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le bordel, le bazar

161
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repast

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repas

162
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cavalcade

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procession

163
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nostrum

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un remède non testé, fait à l’arrache

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refulgent

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brillant

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stint

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permissif, ne pas fixer de limites

166
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suborn

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corrompre, détourner du droit chemin

167
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garble

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déformer des propos, téléphone arabe

168
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palaver

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amadouer

169
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fustian

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grandiloquent, pompeux

170
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mince

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euphémiser

171
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scurvy

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indigne, bas

172
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prolix

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prolixe, bavard, fatigant pck trop long

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bilge

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cale, gonflement

174
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involute

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complexe

175
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abraid

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réveiller, éveiller (rouse)

176
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sere

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dur et sans sentiment

177
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droll

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drôle, jesting (plaisanterie)

178
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descry

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apercevoir, distinguer au loin

179
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repine

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se plaindre

180
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limn

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peindre un portrait

181
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wag

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personne joyeuse (merry)

182
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coruscate

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briller, scintiller (sparkle)

183
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lucubrate

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écrire scolairement

184
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crass

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dégueu, crade

185
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consequential

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qui se prend au sérieux

186
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recreancy

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abandon lâche

187
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testiness

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preuve, témoignage

188
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arrant

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au plus haut degré, terminé

189
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quibble

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trouver à redire sur un point de détail, ergoter

190
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lam

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rosser, frapper fort / sortie hâtive, échappatoire

191
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eupeptic

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bonne digestion

192
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Chicane

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tromperie

193
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brobdingnagnian

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gigantesque

194
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rejoinder

A

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