First List

 0    13 fiche    guest3062509
Télécharger mP3 Imprimer jouer consultez
 
question American English réponse American English
whet
commencer à apprendre
to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) //whet a knife 2: to make keen or more acute
pundit
commencer à apprendre
1: a learned person: TEACHER 2: a person who gives opinions in an authoritative manner usually through the mass media: CRITIC
take exception to
commencer à apprendre
strongly object to
redux
commencer à apprendre
brought back
Following a spell of unseasonably warm weather in late May, early June felt like spring redux as the region experienced a series of cool, rainy days.
precipitous
commencer à apprendre
1. dangerously high or steep
2. (of an action) done suddenly and without careful consideration. "precipitous intervention"
penchant
commencer à apprendre
a strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something. "he has a penchant for adopting stray dogs"
turgid
commencer à apprendre
1: excessively embellished in style or language: BOMBASTIC, POMPOUS //turgid prose
2.: being in a state of distension: SWOLLEN, TUMID //turgid limbs
ad-lib
commencer à apprendre
to deliver spontaneously intransitive ​verb: to improvise especially lines or a speech
crowdsourcing
commencer à apprendre
the practice of obtaining needed services, ideas, or content by soliciting contributions from a large group of people and especially from the online community rather than from traditional employees or suppliers
eviscerate
commencer à apprendre
1. a: to take out the entrails of: DISEMBOWEL b: to deprive of vital content or force 2: to remove an organ from (a patient) or the contents of (an organ)
salient
commencer à apprendre
: moving by leaps or springs: JUMPING 2: jetting upward //a salient fountain 3a: projecting beyond a line, surface, or level b: standing out conspicuously: PROMINENT especially: of notable significance
diatribe
commencer à apprendre
: a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing 2: ironic or satirical criticism 3archaic: a prolonged discourse
Iatrogenesis
commencer à apprendre
The side effects and risks associated with the medical intervention are called iatrogenesis. These side effects are also called adverse drug reactions (ADRs).
Iatrogenesis is composed of two Greek words, “iatros,” which means physicians and “genesis,” which means origin.

Vous devez vous connecter pour poster un commentaire.