Anglais Vocab

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Snitch

Do on a whim

Dolphins spend most of their lives near the surface of the water where
the air is readily available. In comparison, sharks spend their lives
underwater, swimming through the open ocean, and sometimes in
rivers thanks to their gills alongside their bodies  in order to breathe
and survive you have to choose one
Filthy
Se mettre en travers de mon chemin = get in my way

I shouldn’t take it to heart

To sweeten the pot

If the buckled shoe fits

Woe

Put someone in his place

You have your own ay to blaze

To experience anew what is familiar: revivre à nouveau ce qui nous est familier

Cut it out!
idiom

infml stop doing that:

tacky
adjective

UK
/ˈtæk.i/ US
/ˈtæk.i/

tacky adjective (LOW QUALITY)

informal disapproving

of cheap quality or in bad style:


The shop sold tacky souvenirs and ornaments.

high and dry


/ˌhʌɪ ən ˈdrʌɪ/
expression contenant "high"
1. out of the water, especially stranded by the sea as it retreats.
"when the tide goes out, a lot of boats are left high and dry"
2. without resources or help.
"your family would be left high and dry by the death of the breadwinner"

You can’t sink anylower

He is a walking cliché

vapid
/ˈvapɪd/

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adjective
1. offering nothing that is stimulating or challenging; bland.
"tuneful but vapid musical comedies"

save face
expression contenant "face"
1. avoid humiliation.
"allowing the guerrillas to save face and disarm"
= sauver la face

wither
/ˈwɪðə/

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verb
1. 1.
(of a plant) become dry and shrivelled.
"the grass had withered to an unappealing brown"
Synonymes :
wilt
become limp
droop
fade
shrivel (up)
dry up
die
perish
become marcescent
Antonymes :
thrive
flourish
o
2. 2.
fall into decay or decline.
"it is not true that old myths either die or wither away"
= flétrir / se fâner

When you are in the heat of the moment

Make amends = réparer sa faute

pedantic
/pɪˈdantɪk/

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adjective
1. excessively concerned with minor details or rules; overscrupulous.
"his analyses are careful and even painstaking, but never pedantic"

head over heels


expression contenant "head"
1. 1.
turning over completely in forward motion, as in a somersault.
"he fell backwards, tumbling head over heels down the steps"
2. 2.
madly in love.
"I immediately fell head over heels for Don"

hard pass
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INFORMAL•US

noun
1. a firm rejection or dismissal.
"I am concerned that audiences might give the film a hard pass"
o
exclamation
1. used to express firm rejection or dismissal.
"$150? Hard pass!"

Drag though the mud/mire: to unfairly damage or ruin. His name/reputation has been
dragged through the mire/mud.
Aside from that, = à part ça

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