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Anglais Vocab
Anglais Vocab
Anglais Vocab
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
Woe
To experience anew what is familiar: revivre à nouveau ce qui nous est familier
Cut it out!
idiom
tacky
adjective
UK
/ˈtæk.i/ US
/ˈtæk.i/
informal disapproving
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
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"
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