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question		réponse
medicore commencer à apprendre		avarage in quality
to fester commencer à apprendre		if a bad situation festers, it become worse
to resort to commencer à apprendre		to do something extreme or unpleasant in order to solve a problem
inertia commencer à apprendre		a situation in which no progress is made or no action is taken
disciplinarian commencer à apprendre		someone who thinks that people should obey rules and punishes people who do not
inconsistency commencer à apprendre		something that doesn't match something else
slave driver commencer à apprendre		someone who makes other people work very hard
deliverable commencer à apprendre		something that can be provided or achieved as as a result of a process
to move the goalpost commencer à apprendre		to change the rules and make it difficult for people to achieve something or to know what to do
untenable commencer à apprendre		impossible to continue because of serious problems, position or criticism
High Ground commencer à apprendre		the better position gained in an argument or competition by having more Authority support or other advantages
a slinging match commencer à apprendre		an argument in which people insult each other
cajole commencer à apprendre		to persuade someone to do something by encouraging them gently or being nice to them
to devise commencer à apprendre		to invent a method of doing something
cutting edge commencer à apprendre		very modern and with all the newest features
to perish commencer à apprendre		to stop happening or existing
autocratic commencer à apprendre		ruling with complete power
abrasive commencer à apprendre		behaving in a way that seems rude to the other people because you say what you think even if it's not nice
impoverished commencer à apprendre		very poor, made weaker or worse in quality
amiable commencer à apprendre		kind, friendly
to procrastinate commencer à apprendre		to delay doing something until later, usually something that you do not want to do
to sidestep commencer à apprendre		to avoid something difficult or unpleasant
to contravene commencer à apprendre		to do something that is not allowed by a rule, law or agreement
the carrot and the stick commencer à apprendre		to use a mixture of persuasive methods and rewards to get people to do things and threats and punishments
rabbits caught in the Headlights commencer à apprendre		to be helpless with fear and unable to do anything to improve a bad situation
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde commencer à apprendre		this means a person with a split personality
go ballistic commencer à apprendre		to become extremely angry
blinkered commencer à apprendre		a blinkered person is unable or unwilling to understand other people's beliefs
compete commencer à apprendre		to try to be more successful than someone or something else
collaborating commencer à apprendre		to work with someone else for a special purpose
blow over commencer à apprendre		when an argument blows over it become gradually less important until it ends and is forgotten
lay cards on the table commencer à apprendre		to be honest about your feelings and intentions
work out diffrences commencer à apprendre		to deal with a problem in a satisfactory way
throw in the towel commencer à apprendre		to stop trying to do something because you have realized that you cannot succeed
get away with sth commencer à apprendre		to succeed in avoiding punishment for something
stand up for someone rights commencer à apprendre		to defend or support particular rights which is being criticized or attacked
talk it through commencer à apprendre		to discuss all the details of something often before making a decision
face up to the inevitable commencer à apprendre		take the fight, bravery oppose someone
get things all your own way commencer à apprendre		to do something according to your preferences
to reinforce commencer à apprendre		to make something stronger
inevitable commencer à apprendre		in a way that cannot be avoided
hell for leather commencer à apprendre		as fast as possible
it wasn't my cup of tea commencer à apprendre		it wasn't to my taste
at the end of the tether commencer à apprendre		ran out of patience
rubbing someone up the wrong way commencer à apprendre		annoying someone
go by the book commencer à apprendre		follow procedures
flew off the handle commencer à apprendre		becoming angry
get off on the wrong foot commencer à apprendre		start badly
put up with commencer à apprendre		tolerate
mull something over commencer à apprendre		to spend time thinking carefully about a plan or proposal
smooth something over commencer à apprendre		to make problems seem less important or serious by talking to people

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