question  |
réponse |
the metal cover over the part of a car where the engine is: commencer à apprendre
|
|
US (UK bonnet) I looked under the hood and clouds of smoke poured out.
|
|
|
to defeat someone in a fight or competition: commencer à apprendre
|
|
formal /old fashion her classmates bested her at jumping rope.
|
|
|
new and without experience: commencer à apprendre
|
|
The current economic climate is particularly difficult for fledgling businesses. They invested money toward purchasing the fledgling operation
|
|
|
|
commencer à apprendre
|
|
Less profitable business operations will have difficulty in finding financial support.
|
|
|
to encourage the development or growth of ideas or feelings: commencer à apprendre
|
|
I'm trying to foster an interest in classical music in my children. Here are ways you can foster initiative in your child.
|
|
|
to be determined to do or have something: commencer à apprendre
|
|
You can lose weight if you set your mind to it. they can do anything they set their mind to
|
|
|
extra help that makes something such as an industry or economy improve more quickly: commencer à apprendre
|
|
give sth/get a jumpstart. The decision to build a new network will give the technology a jump-start. Successful kids often have been given a jump-start by their parents.
|
|
|
someone who is trained to listen to people and give them advice about their problems: commencer à apprendre
|
|
The college now has a counselor to help students with both personal and work problems. She is a counselor at a local high school.
|
|
|
beginning to develop or show signs of future success in a particular area: commencer à apprendre
|
|
While still at school she was clearly a budding genius.
|
|
|
information, money, or energy that is put into a system, organization, or machine so it can operate: commencer à apprendre
|
|
Jane believes letting children have input in making decisions helps to build self-confidence.
|
|
|
a rule that everyone must stay at home between particular times, usually at night, especially during a war or a period of political trouble: commencer à apprendre
|
|
By the time our kids were in high school, they were helping set their own curfews.
|
|
|
(of a plan) to have the opposite result from the one you intended: commencer à apprendre
|
|
Her plans to make him jealous backfired on her when he started dating her best friend.
|
|
|
to make a swallowing movement because of fear, surprise, or excitement: commencer à apprendre
|
|
"I find this a very confusing conversation to have," he exclaimed, gulping.
|
|
|
to cause a fire to start burning by lighting paper, wood, etc. commencer à apprendre
|
|
fire The fire that had burned in my friend was never kindled in his children.
|
|
|
to wish very strongly, especially for something that you cannot have or something that is very difficult to have: commencer à apprendre
|
|
Mark yarned to play sports.
|
|
|
|
commencer à apprendre
|
|
He was severely asthmatic.
|
|
|
to try to do or continue doing something in a determined way, despite having problems: commencer à apprendre
|
|
His mother encouraged him to persevere
|
|
|
to save money by spending less than is necessary to reach an acceptable standard: commencer à apprendre
|
|
His mother encouraged him to persevere, often scrimping to pay for his uniforms.
|
|
|
If something is ..., it is real and exactly what it appears to be: commencer à apprendre
|
|
If the kids were genuinely interested in something, I would find a way.
|
|
|
affecting the... l tubes; oskrzelowy commencer à apprendre
|
|
He had overcome many of his bronchial problems
|
|
|
to mention something as proof for a theory or as a reason why something has happened: commencer à apprendre
|
|
I cited a fistful of career alternatives
|
|
|
