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Belied

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Démentir

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Allegiance

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Allégeance
Fidélité
Loyauté

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Beholden to

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Redevable à

He was made beholden to the mafia
We feel really beholden to them for what they’ve done

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Greyhound

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Lévrier

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Composure

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Calme, maîtrise de soi

She walked with grace composure to the top step and stood to welcome us

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Equanimity

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Égalité d’humeur

With equanimity= avec sérénité
They were content to accept their loss with equanimity

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Bouts

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Période

Bouts of violence
Frenzied bouts of writing

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Frenzied

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Frénétique, déchaîné

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Wisdom

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Sagesse

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Advent

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Arrivée

Avènement

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A Surfeit of

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Une surabondance de

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Glut

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Surabondance
Encombrer

A glut of oil
The market became glutted with computer games

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Dearth

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Manque

A dearth of creativity
A dearth of information about qualifications

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Stark

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Austère
Sombre

(Landscape, couloir, room, reality, poverty, difference)

These homes lie in stark contrast to the more modern ones

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Ornateness

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Style ampoulé

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Blandishment

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Flatterie

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Ascetic

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Ascétique
Stoïcien
Austère

Antonyme: sensuel, jouissif

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Concomitant

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Synonyme: simultané, occurent, coïncident

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Campy

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Kitsch

A campy performance

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Maudlin

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Larmoyant

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Clamoring

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Revendication

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Panache

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Panache

Au figuré: élégance éclat dignité
Au sens propre: plumet, touffe

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Deprecation

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Désapprobation

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Contravene

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Contrevenir à , enfreindre , violer

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Tedious
Fastidieux Penible Tedious task Tedious process
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Insightful
Judicieux | Perspicace
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Painstaking
Minutieux Laborieux Rigoureux Painstaking work: travail consciencieux/ travail de fourmi
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Impudence
Insolence
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Inscrutability
Impénétrabilité
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Venality
Être vénal
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Brazen
Impudent (insolent , antonyme: discret) | Effronté (qui se conduit d’une manière insolente et éhontée)
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Courteous
Courtois | Poli
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Nettle
Agacer
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Contemptuous
Dédaigneux | Méprisant
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Prescient
Visionnaire
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Litigious
Litigieux Contestable Douteux
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Litigation
Litige | Contentieux
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Geese | Pluriel: goose
Oie
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Grazing
Pâturage
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Mudflat
Vasière | Étendue pleine de vase
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Marsh
Marais
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Arrowed
Fléché
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Foe
Ennemi
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Devious
Sournois Fourbe Détourné
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Nascent
Naissant
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Happenstance
Hasard
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Inept
Inepte | Médiocre
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Deftness
Adresse | Dextérité
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Zeal
Zèle | Ardeur
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Murky
Sombre | Ténébreux
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Indebted
Redevable | Owens a debt of gratitude
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Impute
Imputer | Attribuer