Vocabulary 3 Flashcards
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simuler
to simulate, feign
une tendance
a tendency
en vogue
in style
galvauder
une expression galvaudée
to overuse to the point of making a term meaningless
a hackneyed expression
entamer
Une étude entamée en 2008…
to start, launch
A study launched in 2008…
véridique
truthful
une affirmation
an assertion
simpliste
simplistic
scientifiquement
scientifically
impassible (adj)
imperturbable, impassive
dépeindre
to depict
malmener
to bully
que jadis (adv)
than in the past
sacrément (adv) (colloquial)
incredibly
créer
to create
une enquête
an inquiry, investigation
ébranler
s’ébranler
to rattle, shake, weaken
to move off (as a train or convoy)
la colonne
pillar
la pègre
the underworld
le grand jour
field day
avarier
to damage, cause harm
s’avarier
to go rotten
avarié (adj)
tainted
notamment
in particular, especially