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Acumen

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Perspicacité

Business acumen: sens des affaires

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Agonizing

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Insoutenable (wait)
Pénible (décision)
Atroce (death)

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Reverence

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=respect

Vénération

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Fastidiousness

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Méticulosité

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Fastidious

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Méticuleux

Délicat

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Didactic

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Didactique

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Didactism

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Faire de façon didactique

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Iconoclast

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1) qui condamne la représentation figurée de personnes divines
2) qui s’attaque à de prétendus tabous ou à des idoles du moment

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Disseminate

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Disséminer, propager (info, fact)

Diffuser (knowledge)

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Deemed

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Jugé, réputé, considéré

You have been deemed an intellectual= vous avez été considéré comme un intellectuel

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Debunking

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Dévoilant

Démasquer

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Bogus

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Faux (asylum seeker)
Bidon (claim)

A bogus marriage = un mariage blanc

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Demanding

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Exigeant
Astreignant
(Person, work)

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Copious

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Copieux, abondant (amount)

He sat in the dock making copious notes

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Acerbic

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=critical (wit, comment, comedy)
-Caustique
Qui est cinglant, blessant

  • Acerbe
    1) Goût aigre et âpre
    2) Cruel, impitoyable (ton, parole, propos)
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Wit

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=wittiness/ Esprit

Witty man= homme d’esprit
To have one’s wits about one= avoir toute sa tête

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Halfwit

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Idiot , imbecile

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Scathing

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Cinglant
Acerbe

To be scathing about thing= être très critique vis à vis de qch

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Stinginess

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Avarice

Radinerie

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Diffidence

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Manque d’assurance

Timidité

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Frugal

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Frugal

Qui se contente de mets simples, peu abondants

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Thrift

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Économie

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Illiberality

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Esprit étroit

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Convoluted

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Alambiqué (argument, sentence, style) =trop subtil, trop raffiné
Complexe

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Avidly
Avec avidité = désir excessif de posséder
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Tenuous
Fragile (position, link, connection) | Sans grand fondement (argument)
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Florid
- rubicond =teint rouge | - très chargé (style)
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Scarce
=uncommon, rare peu abondant
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Outnumber
Surpasser en nombre
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Cluster
- n. Petit groupe | - v. Se rassembler
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Offspring
Progéniture, résultat
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Plutocratic
Ploutocrate | Celui qui exerce le pouvoir par l’agent et pour l’argent
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Retain
Conserver (indépendance, freedom, control, title)
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In spite
Malgré
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Upheaval
Bouleversement (personal, social)
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Overturn
Renverser (object, system) Infirmer (décision) Se retourner (véhicule)
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Arousal
Éveil (mental) | Excitation (sexual)
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Attune
Accorder Attune oneself = s’habituer
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Forethought
Prévoyance, préméditation
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Inner-directed
Individualiste
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Beetle
Scarabée
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Wariness
Prudence
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Heightening
Intensifiant
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Stem
N. Tige (plant) Racine (word) Vb. Endiguer (flow, bleeding) = modérer
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Brain stem
Tronc cérébral
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Cynical
Cynique | Désintérêt blasé à l’égard de qqch
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Using -ness at the end of a word
Transforme un adjectif en nom
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Endorsed
Approuvé
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Disquieting
Inquiétant
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Reckless
Imprudent (careless)
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Heedless
Insouciant To be heedless of something = ne pas se soucier de qqchose
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Nonchalantly
Nonchalamment | Mollement, avec abandon
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Wary
Méfiant
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Unsparing
Impitoyable | Sans pitié
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Belligerent
Agressif
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Densely
Densément
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Ample
Amplement suffisant
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Output
Production (industry, writer)
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Thorny
Épineux (plant, problem)
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Penitential
Contrit (=repentant, chiffonné, chagriné)
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Patent (adj)
Manifeste A patent nonsense A patent lie
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Intractable
Insoluble (problem) Incurable (case, disease) =obdurate / Intraitable
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Obdurate
Obstiné | Inflexible
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Prolixity
Prolixité (trop long, diffus, en parlant ou en écrivant)
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Impetuous
Impétueux | Dont la course est violente et rapide
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Prodigality
Prodigalité Caractère de celui qui est prodigue (= qui distribue en abondance, dépenses déraisonnables)
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Volubility
Eloquence
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Pellucidity
Clarté
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Extraneous
Étranger Extraneous to = qui n’a aucun rapport avec, être étranger à
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Uncritically
Sans discernement
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Bolster
Soutenir
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Attainment
Réalisation (aim) Obtention Connaissance (skill) Résultat (school pupil)
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Utterly
Complètement
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Hackneyed
Éculé (démodé) (phrase, expression) | Banal, vu et revu (image)
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Intent to
N. Intention | Adj. Attentif, absorbé
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Shore up
1) (building) étayer | 2) (economy) consolider
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Ruling
Au pouvoir The ruling party= parti dirigeant
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Besieged
Assiégé
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To be besieged with request
Être assailli de demandes
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Aloof
Distant
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Placid
Tranquille
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Restive
Rétif | Qui s’arrête où qui recule au lieu d’avancer
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Skittish
Nerveux Capricieux Frivole (qui n’a nulle importance)
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Vociferous
Bruyant
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To plead for
Implorer qch
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Circumscribe
Limiter | Circonscrire
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Indecorous
Inconvenant
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Unseemly
Inconvenant Unseemly joy/noise
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Yield
Rendement | Produire
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Fallow
En jachère
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For granted
Pour acquis
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Granted that
En admettant que
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Authorial
De l’auteur
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Stiffen
Raidir | Durcir
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Preclude
Exclure