Vocabulaire TOEFL iBT Flashcards
(120 cards)
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Taut
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Tendu
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A stool
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Un tabouret
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To overcome
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Surmonter
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Intrude upon
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Empiéter sur
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An inference
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Une déduction
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To be long overdue in + ing
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Être en retard dans …
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A smallholding
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a small piece of land used for farming but is much smaller than a typical farm
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Outskirts
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La banlieue
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To break away
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Se détacher, se séparer
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your nearest and dearest
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Sa famille
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kith and kin
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People you are connected with, especially by family relationships
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kittenish
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used to describe a woman who behaves in a humorous, silly way, especially as a way of attracting sexual attention
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Catty-corner
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in a position that is diagonally opposite someone or something else
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Agin
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Contre
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Aghast
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atterré, choqué (horreur)
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Agape
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Bouche bée
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To tarry
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to stay somewhere for longer than expected and delay leaving
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To be seething with
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Être rempli de, être bouillonnant de
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Rear (B2)
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Arrière, derrière
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To dart
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to look quickly at someone / to move quickly or suddenly (surgir, bondir)
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To linger
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to take a long time to leave or disappear (C2)
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Astonishment
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very great surprise
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To swagger
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to walk as though very pleased with oneself - se pavaner
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To plummet
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(of a heavy weight) to fall or drop swiftly - chuter
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Spry
Vif
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seething
very crowded / very angry
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Aloof
(Adv) A l’écart de - ex: I kept aloof from the whole business.
(Adj) ºdistant, not sociable or friendly - ex: People find the new teacher rather aloof
ºnot interested or involved, usually because you do not approve of what is happening
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Pot
any one of many kinds of deep container used in cooking, for holding food, liquids etc or for growing plants (B2)
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To anchor
Ancrer (bateau) (C2) / ancrer (to make something or someone stay in one position by fastening him, her, or it firmly) (C2)
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A anchor
Une ancre (C2)/ (personne) un pilier (C2)
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Shallow
Peu profond (B2)/ (personne) superficiel (C2)
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Soil
Sol, terre (B2)
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Profusely
En abondance
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To pertain to something
to relate to or have a connection with something
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To distinguish X from Y sth
Distinguer X qqch de Y qqch
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to run off
imprimer, tirer des impressions / s'enfuir, partir
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a runoff
a second or final election held when no one got enough votes to win an earlier election / une finale / ruissèlement d'eau
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a crop (B1)
harvest, une récolte
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to be devoid of sth
to lack or be without something that is necessary or usual, être dépourvu de
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livestock
bétail
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to graze
(peau) érafler, écorcher / effleurer, frôler / (animaux) brouter
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gullible
naïf, niais
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To nab
(informel)
° piquer
° attraper un criminel
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Bemused
perplexe
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a chicken and egg situation
a situation in which it is impossible to say which of two things existed first and which caused the other one
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at sea (idiom)
confus, perdu
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all of a doodah (idiom)
confus
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muzziness
° the quality of being confused and unable to think clearly because of tiredness, illness, alcohol, or drugs
° not clearly explained
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to scavenge
fouiller les poubelles
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rubbish
° nonsense
| ° ordures, déchets
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to rattle
° to upset and worry - ébranler
| ° cliqueter
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burly
(personne) robuste, baraquée
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puzzled (B2)
perplexe
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to coil
enrouler
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bleary
(eyes) red, watery or tired
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whacked
informel
° très fatigué
° (US) suffering the effects of drugs or alcohol
° (UK) bizarre, inhabituel
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stonkered
(UK slang) très fatigué
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be fit/ready to drop
être très fatigué
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to be at your worst
showing the most unpleasant side of someone's character
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to have shot your bolt
to have already achieved all that you have the power, ability, or strength to do and to be unable to do more
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punch-drunk
quand t'as été frappé trop de fois à la tête et qu'il t'en reste des dommages
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drowsiness
a tired state, between sleeping and being awake - somnolence
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haggard
(of a person) looking very tired and thin-faced, because of pain, worry etc - exténué, défait
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gassed
° (UK) very excited
° (US) very tired
° (US) very drunk
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omnivorous
° omnivore
| ° très intéressé
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agog
excited and eager to know or see more
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A score
°partition
° but (sport)
° groupe de 20
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a parlor
a business that provides a stated type of personal service or sells a stated product
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to trigger
Provoquer, causer / (inf) causer de la peur, choc chez quelqu’un, en particulier parce que ça leur rappelle une mauvaise expérience
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Provoquer, causer / (inf) causer de la peur, choc chez quelqu’un, en particulier parce que ça leur rappelle une mauvaise expérience
to make a successful or unsuccessful attempt to do something
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To quiver
Trembler
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A smokescreen
A smokescreen
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To get the gist of it
Comprendre l’idée globale
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Mist
Brume
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Ablaze
En feu / éblouissant
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Tawny
(usually of animals’ fur etc) yellowish-brown
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"Surreptitiously
| ( /sʌrəpˈtɪʃəsli/)"
Secrètement
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Coyness
behavior in which someone intentionally tries to keep something secret /in which someone is or pretends to be shy, or like a child
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To shroud
to hide something by covering or surrounding it
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A hem
un ourlet
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To hum and haw
to be uncertain and take a long time deciding something
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A ditherer
someone who finds it difficult to make decisions
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To dilly-dally
Traîner, perdre du temps
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The rim (of sth)
Le bord (de quelquechose)
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To hover
Se tenir aux côtés de / hésiter
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Murky
Trouble (≠ transparent)
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damp
humide
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To purse one’s lips
Se pincer les lèvres
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lackluster
mou
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To screech
Pousser un cri strident, crisser
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To lurch
tanguer, vaciller
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To yank
tirer d'un coup sec
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a trickle of
un filet de
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to dread
appréhender, redouter
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a dread
terreur, effroi
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to loom
Être imminent / menacer / (+ up) apparaître indistinctement
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the shore
le rivage, la côte, la rive
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to swarm
(Large groupe) affluer
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a din
un vacarme
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hubbub
brouhaha
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polluting
polluant
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to work remotely
télétravailler
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lockdown
confinement
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to be on strike
être en grève
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to strike
faire grève
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to bode (ill or well) for
Augurer, annoncer, prédire, présager (du bien ou du mal de…)
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a cupboard
un placard
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To be on short-time working
Être en chômage partiel
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Border closure
Fermeture de frontières
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Consumption
Consommation
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Widespread
largement répandu
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To keep tabs on sb / sth
Surveiller quelquechose / quelqu’un
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To holler
crier
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to forward
transférer (email)
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forward (adj)
Effronté / à long terme / vers l’avant
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forward (adv)
Vers l’avant / à partir de (ex: from … forward)
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any minute
d'un instant à l'autre
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Minute (adj)
Minuscule
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Minutes
Procès verbal
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A Jiffy
Un moment, un instant (ex : to be home in a jiffy)
