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in a way that is able to be heard: commencer à apprendre
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The audience audibly gasped when the actor fell. My friend was audibly unhappy with me when he phoned.
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to be very embarrassed because of something you said or did: commencer à apprendre
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I'd worked out what had gone wrong before I was able to speak through the thick layer of egg accumulating on my face.
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famous for something bad: commencer à apprendre
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The company is notorious for paying its bills late. he was notorious for his tenuous grasp of technology
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weak, unimportant, or in doubt: commencer à apprendre
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The aging dictator’s hold on power is tenuous. he was notorious for his tenuous grasp of technology
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He has a good grasp of the issues. he was notorious for his tenuous grasp of technology
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an expression of worry or slight fear commencer à apprendre
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The eek moment I was now enduring was a direct consequence of this.
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awkward in movement or manner: commencer à apprendre
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The first mobile phones were heavy and clumsy to use, but nowadays they are much easier to handle. Some of the clumsier email utilities automatically repeat the received email in every reply,
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to cause someone to be completely unable to understand or explain something: commencer à apprendre
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how friend in USA managed to include my email still baffles me a little.
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in a way that is not intentional: commencer à apprendre
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Not much else you can do, really, to get out of the sort of jam I'd inadvertently got myself into.
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making you feel slightly frightened or worried about your ability to achieve something: commencer à apprendre
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The country was faced with the daunting prospect of overcoming four decades of division. Being a reporter on a student newspaper can be a daunting task
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If you face a problem, or a problem ... you, you have to deal with it: commencer à apprendre
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Passengers could face long delays. you are, after all, faced with ensuring that students on the college campus are aware of everything they need to know
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a small piece or amount of something: commencer à apprendre
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The glass smashed into little bits. It's in the uncovering and investigative bits that student hackery really comes into its own.
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to be very useful or successful in a particular situation: commencer à apprendre
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It's in the uncovering and investigative bits that student hackery really comes into its own.
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an idea that is based on feeling and for which there is no proof: commencer à apprendre
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I had a hunch that you'd be here. all you really need is a hunch
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If you speak ..., you say something without having prepared or thought about your words first: commencer à apprendre
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I hadn't prepared a speech so I just said a few words off the cuff. One little off-the-cuff comment can lead to all manner of revelations
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the way in which something is done: commencer à apprendre
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One little off-the-cuff comment can lead to all manner of revelations
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