prepa écrit voc lettres R et S Flashcards
(135 cards)
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radiant (adj)
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lumineux, radieux (beaming, bright)
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a range
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un éventail, une gamme, un assortiment (array, gamut, series, assortment)
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a rate
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un nombre, un pourcentage (percentage, number) OU un rythme (pace)
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first-rate (adv)
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excellent, top, de premier ordre (admirable, exceptional, exclusive, A one, excellent, first class, outstanding, prime, second to none, tiptop, top, top-notch)
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ravages
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dégâts, ravages (damage, destruction, devastation, havoc, wreck)
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readily (adv)
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sans tarder (promptly, quickly, right away, in no time)
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recently
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récemment, il y a peu (lately, latterly, of late)
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to record
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enregistrer des données (register, report, put on file)
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to be in the red
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être endetté, être dans le rouge (run into debts, make a loss)
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a redundancy
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un licenciement économique (layoff)
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to refund; a refund
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rembourser; un remboursement (reimburse; a reimbursement)
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to relate
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relater, narrer, communiquer (narrate, communicate)
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to release
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libérer (free, let go, set free)
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relevant (adj)
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pertinant, avoir à voir avec qqc (pertinent, to the point, apt, related, germane)
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reliable (adj)
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fiable, digne de confiance (dependable, trustworthy, worthy of confidence)
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to relieve
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calmer, apaiser, soulager (console, alleviate, abate, assuage, appease)
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to relinquish
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renoncer, laisser tomber (foreswear, renounce, abandon, give up control)
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to rely on
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compter sur (count on, bank on, depend on, reckon on)
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reluctantly (adv)
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avec réticence, à contrecoeur (grudgingly)
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remote
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éloigné, lointain, très indirectement (distant, inaccessible, faraway, far-off, aloof)
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renowned (adj)
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célèbre (acclaimed, celebrated, famous, famed)
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to repel
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rebuter, repousser, dégoûter (disgust, make you feel sick)
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to reply; a reply
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répondre; une réponse (answer)
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to reprieve
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réporter, accorder un sursis, un répit, un délai (excuse, forgive, grant a stay, let go, let off, let off the hook, let off this time, let up on, mitigate, postpone, remit, respite)
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to request
faire une enquête (claim)
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to require
exiger (demand, necessitate)
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requisite (adj)
absolument nécessaire (indispensable, required, mandatory)
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to resent sb for sth
en vouloir à qqn pour qqc (be grudge sb sth)
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to resign
démissionner (quit one's job)
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resilient (adj)
résistant, qui a de la ressource (strong, tenacious, quick to recover)
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resolute (adj)
déterminé, résolu (determined)
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to restrain
restreindre, contenir (contain, limit)
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to restrict
imposer des restrictions (control, prevent from growing)
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to resume
recommencer (start again, restart, pick up where one left off)
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to retrieve
récupérer (recover, get back, recall)
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to reveal
révéler (disclose, unravel)
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to revise
réviser, revoir (look back over, go over, review)
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a ridge
un sommet, une crête (summit, crest, top, peak)
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ripe (adj)
à maturité, mûr (mature, seasoned)
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roughly
en gros, approximativement, presque (approximately, more or less, about, nearly)
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roughly speaking
pour dire les choses de manière approximative (approximately)
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to rule
diriger, gouverner (govern, be in power, lead, administer)
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to rule out
exclure (exclude, eliminate, ban, forbid, preclude)
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to run out
manquer de, être à court de qqc (be short of)
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to sally forth
se mettre en route (set forth, set out, set off, go forth)
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sane (adj)
sain d'esprit, sensé, raisonnable (balanced, rational, reasonable)
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satisfactory (adj)
correct, qui convient sans plus (adequate, sufficient, acceptable)
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scared (adj)
effrayé, terrifié (afraid, fearful, frightened, petrified, terrified)
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scarce (adj)
rare (rare, few and far between, in short supply, wanting)
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a schedule; to schedule
un programme (programme, agenda); programmer
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a scheme
un projet, un programme, un dessein (project, blueprint, plan, layout, strategy)
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to scheme
intriguer, comploter (complot, plot, conspire, contrive, intrigue)
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to scold
réprimander, gronder, faire la morale (admonish, call down, castigate, chide, dress down, rap, rebuke, reprimand, reproach, upbraid, lecture)
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to scorn
mépriser, dédaigner, railler (contempt, disdain, deride, spurn, mock)
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to scrap
rejeter, supprimer (discard, dump, junk, ditch, write off)
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to seal off
fermer, établir un cordon de sécurité (cordon off, close off, block off)
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secluded (adj)
seul, replié, reclu (isolated)
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to secure
obtenir, s'assurer de qqc (acquire, come by, get hold of, obtain)
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secure (adj)
sûr, en sûreté (safe and sound, sure)
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securities
des titres, des obligations, des bons (bonds)
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to seek
rechercher qqc (look for, search for, be after sth)
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to select out
choisir, sélectionner (pick out, single out)
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sensible (adj)
raisonnable, de bon sens (reasonable, judicious, practical)
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sensitive (adj)
sensible (delicate, responsive)
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a setback
un contre coup, retard, échec, déconvenu (failure, disappointment, blow, hindrance, reversal)
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to set up
créer, mettre sur pied (create, establish, found, install)
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to settle
s'installer (establish a home) OU régler, résoudre (solve)
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a settlement
un règlement, une solution (agreement, resolution) OU une colonie (colony, peopling)
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shallow (adj)
peu profond (not deep) OU superficiel (superficial, flimsy)
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to shed
perdre (lose) OU se débarasser de (get rid of sb/sth)
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to shelter
abriter (protect)
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a shelter
un abris, un refuge, une protection (protection)
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a shift
un changement, un déplacement (change in position or direction)
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to shift
changer, déplacer
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shopworn (adj)
usé, dépassé, passé, défraîchi (faded, frayed, overused, stale, shop-soiled)
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shrewd (adj)
intelligent, malin, astucieux (clever, astute, smart, cunning, canny, sharp-witted)
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a skill
un savoir-faire, une qualification (aptitude, competence, ability, expertise)
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skillful (adj)
doué (talented, proficient, apt, gifted)
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skilled (adj)
qualifié (having skills, abilities)
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skinny (adj)
maigre, décharné, la peau sur les os (very thin, lean, scraggy)
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slightly
légèrement, très peu (not much, little)
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sloppy (adj)
sans soin, désordonné, peu soigné, négligé (disheveled, messy, slipshod, slovenly, unkempt, untidy)
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sluggish (adj)
ralenti, au ralenti (slow, slow-paced)
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a slump
une récession économique, un ralentissement (recession, falloff, downturn)
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a small talk
papoter, parler de tout et de rien, parler de la pluie et du beau temps (informal chat)
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to smash (break, shatter, pulverize, crush)
casser, se briser
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smooth (adj)
lisse, doux, sans aspérité (regular, even, gentle, silky, sleek, soft)
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smuggle [sth]
introduire clandestinement qqc, faire du trafic de qqc (sneak sth illegally)
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to soar
augmenter fortement (rise fast, skyrocket, shoot up, boom)
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a solace
un soulagement, un réconfort (alleviation, relief, consolation)
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to solace
consoler, soulager (console, relieve, sooth, assuage)
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solely (adv)
seulement, uniquement (only, merely)
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somewhat (adv)
légèrement, quelque peu (slightly, a little, a bit)
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to soothe
calmer, apaiser (calm, alleviate, allay, calm down, assuage)
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to spill over
déborder, être trop plein de qqc (boll over, brim over, run over)
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to squeeze in
glisser, introduire (throw in, toss in, work in, introduce, add in)
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staid (adj)
coincé, trop sérieux (self-restrained, too serious)
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a span
un écart, une distance (distance, stretch) OU une durée (duration)
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a spate
toute une série de (large number) OU un déluge (deluge, flood, outpouring)
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a spouse
un époux/une épouse (husband or wife)
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to spurn
rejeter, mépriser (reject, disdain)
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to sop up
essuyer, absorber, éponger (mop up, sponge up)
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to stamp out
éliminer, éradiquer (eradicate, eliminate, obliterate)
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a stance
un point de vue, une position (way of thinking, position, stand, standpoint)
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a statement
une déclaration, une affirmation (assertion, declaration)
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standard (adj)
banal, ordinaire (ordinary, commonplace)
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a standard
une norme, un critère (norm, criteria)
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to stand for
signifier, représenter (represent, symbolize, exemplify)
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to stare at sb/sth
regarder fixement qqn/qqc (look at sb/sth intensely, gape, gawk, gaze open-mouthed at sb/sth, rivet the eyes on sb/sth)
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state-of-the-art (adj)
dernier cri, tout nouveau, le plus moderne, à la pointe technologique (up-to-date, all the rage, avant-garde, brand-new, cutting edge, forefront, in, latest, leading edge, modern, most recent, newest, newfangled)
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steady (adj)
constant, régulier (constant, consistent, regular)
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steadily (adv)
avec régularité, progressivement (unremittingly, gradually)
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to step down
se désister, se démettre (stand down)
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stiff (adj)
raide, peu souple (rigid, inflexible)
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stingy (adv)
pingre, avare, radin (mean, tightfisted)
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to store
stocker (stock, hoard, put by/put aside, save, stack)
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a strain
une tension (stress, tension, pressure)
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to strengthen
renforcer (reinforce, brace up, build up)
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strictly (adv)
exactement, purement (exactly)
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strictly speaking
pour être précis, à strictement parler (to be precise)
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to strike off
rayer, effacer, biffer un nom/un numéro (cross off, score off)
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to struggle
lutter, se battre, faire des efforts (fight, try hard)
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to stumble
trébucher (nearly fall, trip) OU tomber sur qqn/qqc par hasard (stumble upon, meet by chance, come across, run into, run across)
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sturdy (adj)
vigoureux, résistant, solide (brawny, robust, built to last)
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subsequent (adj)
qui succède, qui suit (following)
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a subsidiary
une filiale (branch)
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subsidiary (adj)
facultatif, à option (optional)
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to substitute
changer, substituer (replace, swap, switch, change)
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to sue
intenter une action en justice (take to court, bring an action/a case against sb)
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suitable (adj)
approprié, qui convient (appropriate, convenient)
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sustained (adj)
régulier, soutenu (constant, consistent, steady)
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sweeping (adj)
d'envergure, à grande échelle (comprehensive, all-encompassing, extensive, across-the-board, widespread, wide-ranging)
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to swerve
changer de direction, faire un écart (deviate, veer, change course)
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swift (adj)
rapide, vif (quick, rapid, prompt)
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to swindle
escroquer (rip off, bamboozle, cheat, con, deceive)
