n17 Flashcards

(50 cards)

1
Q

to appeal to

A

faire appel / être attrayant

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2
Q

to gobble up

A

gober

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3
Q

to gulp down

A

engloutir

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4
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to guzzle

A

siffler, descendre (le liquide)

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5
Q

to bolt

A

deguerpir, ficher le camp

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6
Q

to palliate = to alleviate

A

attenuer les symptômes, les causes (crime, desserres) - diminuer la gravité

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7
Q

to pall on

A

lasser, degouter

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8
Q

to be putt of

A

être repousser par qch

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9
Q

to stuff / to stuff oneself

A

fourrer, farcir - empailler (animal) / se gaver de (solid food)

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10
Q

to shell

A

bombarder

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11
Q

to lurch

A

vaciller/faire une embardée

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12
Q

to topple

A

renverser/basculer

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13
Q

to rehearse

A

repeter

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14
Q

to harness

A

maitriser/exploiter

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15
Q

to rate

A

evaluer/classer

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16
Q

to serve as

A

agir comme

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17
Q

to shrug off

A

ignorer

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18
Q

to meddle in

A

empieter sur

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19
Q

to meddle with

A

s’immiscer dans qch

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20
Q

to rack

A

tourmenter

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21
Q

to air

22
Q

to inch

A

avancer lentement

23
Q

to grasp

A

appérhender/comprendre/saisir

24
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to strive

A

lutter/ambitionner, aspirer

25
to water down
diluer, atténuer
26
to dampen
freiner, attenuer
27
to rip up
dechirer
28
to brew
brasser, infuser
29
to stall
caler, paralyser
30
to shelve
classer, mettre de coté, abandonner
31
to buckle up
boucler
32
to crawl
ramper
33
to stem
eradiquer
34
to stem from
provenir de/decouler de
35
to utter
prononcer
36
to walk backwards
marcher a reculons
37
to dribble down
degouliner
38
to shuffle
trainer des pieds
39
to quibble
ergoter, chicaner
40
to imbibe
boire
41
to munch = to chew
macher
42
to gorge onself on
se gaver, se gorger de
43
to polish off
finir jusqu'a la dernière miette
44
to burp ( a burp)
roter (un rot)
45
to sideline
mettre sur la touche
46
to lay bare
devoiler
47
to overide
renverser
48
to overstep
outrepasser
49
to mean + vb-ing = to imply
impliquer
50
to teem with
grouiller (de pers)