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question		réponse
arrogant commencer à apprendre		irritating
ascertained commencer à apprendre		determined
farcial commencer à apprendre		ridiculous
mooted commencer à apprendre		suggested
apprehended commencer à apprendre		arrested
unruly commencer à apprendre		disobedient
plunged commencer à apprendre		jumped
soaring the cost of living is soaring commencer à apprendre		rising
rife commencer à apprendre		widespread
disguise commencer à apprendre		mask
impending commencer à apprendre		awaiting
beau commencer à apprendre		boy friend
nuptials commencer à apprendre		weddings
trousseau commencer à apprendre		bridal goods
zoonosis commencer à apprendre		a disease which can be transmitted to humans from animals
encephalitis/ encephalaitis commencer à apprendre		inflammation of the brain caused by infection
efficacy commencer à apprendre		the ability to produce a desired result
succumb commencer à apprendre		fail to resist pressure, to die or suffer badly from an illness
toll commencer à apprendre		the number of deaths or casualities
altercation commencer à apprendre		noisy argument especially in public
thrashed commencer à apprendre		beat repeatedly with a stick
clutch commencer à apprendre		grasp tightly
assault commencer à apprendre		physical attack
allegedly he allegedly came home before curfew last night commencer à apprendre		supposedly but no proof
detained commencer à apprendre		kept in official custody
blandishment commencer à apprendre		a flattering or pleasing statement or action used as a means of gently persuading someone to do something
woo commencer à apprendre		seek the support of
condemn commencer à apprendre		express complete disapproval
hung commencer à apprendre		having no political party with an overall majority
purported commencer à apprendre		do something, especially falsely
ascribe commencer à apprendre		give the credit for
ascension commencer à apprendre		the action of rising to an important position
nixing commencer à apprendre		cancel or put an end to
catastrophe commencer à apprendre		disaster
oeuvre/ ovra commencer à apprendre		composer
infused commencer à apprendre		filled
renowned commencer à apprendre		famous
excelled commencer à apprendre		perform exceptionally well
tumultuous/ tyumalchuous commencer à apprendre		loud
anthologies commencer à apprendre		a published collection of poems
forthright commencer à apprendre		direct and outspoken
archaic commencer à apprendre		very old or old fashioned
hoax commencer à apprendre		fraud, fake, a humorous or malicious deception
carving commencer à apprendre		model
snubbed commencer à apprendre		ignored
amid commencer à apprendre		in the middle of
panacea / peneciya commencer à apprendre		a solution or remedy for all difficulties
divulge / daivulge commencer à apprendre		reveal
paved commencer à apprendre		covered with flat stones or bricks
belittled commencer à apprendre		dismiss as unimportant
contend commencer à apprendre		to assert or maintain earnestly. he contended that taxes were too high
plank commencer à apprendre		a long thin flat piece of timber
incumbency commencer à apprendre		the period during which one is held
wrest commencer à apprendre		forcibly pull from a person's grasp
slid commencer à apprendre		moved smoothly
leapfrogged commencer à apprendre		overtaked another to move in to a leading position
whopping commencer à apprendre		very large
meagre commencer à apprendre		lacking in quantity
scourge/ s' kege commencer à apprendre		curse
vitriolic commencer à apprendre		filled with bitter criticism
acrimony/ acrimeny commencer à apprendre		ill feeling
urge commencer à apprendre		recommend strongly
wary commencer à apprendre		cautious
abate commencer à apprendre		become less intense
fatality commencer à apprendre		an occurrence of death by accident
baited commencer à apprendre		provoked
tryst commencer à apprendre		a private romantic rendezvous between lovers
rendezvous commencer à apprendre		a meeting place
coaxing commencer à apprendre		persuade gradually or gently to do something
have one's hand full commencer à apprendre		busy- i have my hands full with 3 proposals
wash one's hand off commencer à apprendre		i went for a medical leave to wash my hands off from that project
try one's hand at something commencer à apprendre		i want to try my hand on swimming
know something like the back of one's hand commencer à apprendre		i know rl and cp creation like the back of my hand
free hand commencer à apprendre		i gave a free hand to my cousin to clean the house(negatively used)
a piece of a cake commencer à apprendre		programming is a piece of cake for me
couch potato commencer à apprendre		i have a friend who is a couch potato, he doesn't go out but simply sit and watch tv
cup of one's tea commencer à apprendre		driving isn't my cup of tea
in a pickle commencer à apprendre		in a difficult situation- roshny is in a pickle now
take with a pinch of salt commencer à apprendre		don't believe- i have a friend who talks about a lot of adventurous stories but people in office take that with a pinch of salt
profuse commencer à apprendre		plenty and abundant
disavow/ disevow commencer à apprendre		disclaim knowledge of or to say that you know nothing about something, reject
vested commencer à apprendre		permanently
foster commencer à apprendre		raise or to bring up
ire commencer à apprendre		intense anger
inebriated commencer à apprendre		drunken
overwhelmed / overwhemed commencer à apprendre		to defeat someone or something by using a lot of force
estranged commencer à apprendre		made unfriendly
doting commencer à apprendre		excessively fond
grit commencer à apprendre		firmness of character
innate commencer à apprendre		native
yardstick commencer à apprendre		any standard of measurement
hiatus commencer à apprendre		break
loggerheads management and staff are at loggerheads over the plAn commencer à apprendre		to strongly disagree
bereaved/ bireaved commencer à apprendre		having a close relation or friend who has recently died
curb commencer à apprendre		to control or limit something that is not wanted you really need to curb your spending
ostensible the ostensible goal is to clean up government corruption but their real aim was to unseat the government commencer à apprendre		appearing or claiming to be one thing when it's really something else
entrust commencer à apprendre		to give someone a thing or a duty
topsy-turvy commencer à apprendre		a state of utter confusion
debilitating/ dibilitating commencer à apprendre		causing weakness
deteriorate commencer à apprendre		to become worse
miffed she is a bit miffed that we are not taking her with us commencer à apprendre		annoyed at someone's behaviour towards you
rear commencer à apprendre		nurture
secretion/ sicrishan commencer à apprendre		discharge, emission
culled/ kalld commencer à apprendre		destroyed
stringent commencer à apprendre		strict
cerebrospinal commencer à apprendre		relating to the brain and spine
perpetuate/ pepechuate commencer à apprendre		keep going
desist/ disist commencer à apprendre		stop doing something
venture commencer à apprendre		go, undertake risky or daring journey
habitat commencer à apprendre		natural home
at bay commencer à apprendre		away
surveillance/ saveilance commencer à apprendre		close observation
allegedly/ allejedly commencer à apprendre		supposedly
probe commencer à apprendre		a thorough investigation
apprised commencer à apprendre		inform or tell someone
apparently commencer à apprendre		it seems(that)
pelted commencer à apprendre		attacked or showered
scaremonger/ scaremunge commencer à apprendre		a person who spreads frightening reports or rumours
divisive/ divaisive commencer à apprendre		isolating
awash commencer à apprendre		covered or flooded with
prophesied/ prophesaid commencer à apprendre		predicted
referendum commencer à apprendre		public vote
exuded commencer à apprendre		display strongly and openly
rebut/ ribaat commencer à apprendre		to argue that a statement or claim is not true
stance commencer à apprendre		the attitude of a person or organization
ally/ alai commencer à apprendre		associate with
cut from the same cloth commencer à apprendre		very similar. me and my hubby are cut from the same cloth
dressed to kill commencer à apprendre		attractive. once i had a party and i dressed to kill
at the drop of a hat commencer à apprendre		immediately without thinking. my sister buy things from online at the drop of a hat
a feather in one's cap commencer à apprendre		achievement. getting that promotion is a feather in my cap
keep your shirt on commencer à apprendre		stay calm and relaxed. informal idiom. we can say this to our friend when she excited to do something
conjectured/ kanjectured commencer à apprendre		form an opinion
weird commencer à apprendre		very strange
overture/ eeverchu last r silent commencer à apprendre		opening
chaperone / chapperon commencer à apprendre		a person who escort
swooning commencer à apprendre		adoration
buxom commencer à apprendre		heavy breasted
sought after commencer à apprendre		much in demand
elan/ eilan commencer à apprendre		energy, style and enthusiasm
lass commencer à apprendre		a girl or young woman
imminent commencer à apprendre		about to happen
apprehension commencer à apprendre		worry about the future
relinquish commencer à apprendre		to give up something such as a responsibility
unfazed commencer à apprendre		not surprised or worried
unceremonious commencer à apprendre		done in a rude, sudden, or informal way
modality commencer à apprendre		a particular way of doing or experiencing something
engulfed commencer à apprendre		surrounding and immersing
soar commencer à apprendre		fly or rise high in the air
dilly-dally don't dilly dally for too long commencer à apprendre		waste time through aimless wandering
appalling/ eppoling commencer à apprendre		horrific
ostracism commencer à apprendre		to avoid someone intentionally
shunned commencer à apprendre		rejected
dossier commencer à apprendre		case study
scathing/ skething commencer à apprendre		severely critical
stalwarts/ stolwots commencer à apprendre		reliable, loyal and hardworking supporter
behest/ bihest commencer à apprendre		instruction
viper commencer à apprendre		a venomous snake with large hinged fangs
fang commencer à apprendre		sharp tooth
stung commencer à apprendre		wound or pierce with a sting
roll up one's sleeves if you want to get good marks, roll up your sleeves and do the homework commencer à apprendre		get ready to work hard
have ants in pants i have a big presentation today, ohh god i have ants in my pant commencer à apprendre		nervous or anxious about something
bore the pants off someone i went to a music concert but the band bored the pants off the audience commencer à apprendre		bored
in someone's shoes commencer à apprendre		put yourself in roshny's shoes then you will understand that feeling
fill someone's shoes my friend who is very intelligent resigned from the manager post of his company. i don't think anybody can fill his shoes commencer à apprendre		take ownership of another person's tasks, negatively used
sting commencer à apprendre		a small sharp pointed organ
thrived commencer à apprendre		grow vigorously
brisk commencer à apprendre		active and energetic
netizen commencer à apprendre		a habitual user of the internet
brink commencer à apprendre		a point at which something is about to happen
haywire/ heiwei commencer à apprendre		out of control
protagonist/ preta' genist commencer à apprendre		leading character
detractor commencer à apprendre		fault finder
vindicate commencer à apprendre		free from blame
clinch commencer à apprendre		confirm or settle
cross wind commencer à apprendre		a wind blowing across one's direction of travel
slush commencer à apprendre		watery mud
cold feet commencer à apprendre		loss of confidence
helmed commencer à apprendre		directed
ace commencer à apprendre		expert
rake commencer à apprendre		gather
affable/ afebel commencer à apprendre		friendly
persuasion/ peswasion commencer à apprendre		a belief or set of beliefs
abstention commencer à apprendre		refusal to vote
mete commencer à apprendre		harsh treatment
disguise commencer à apprendre		give a different appearance in order to conceal one's identity
downplay commencer à apprendre		make something appear less important thab it really is
unlikely commencer à apprendre		doubtful
notwithstanding commencer à apprendre		in spite of
reckoned commencer à apprendre		establish by calculation
mobbed commencer à apprendre		surround
prowess/provess commencer à apprendre		skill
abyss/ ebis commencer à apprendre		depth
scribes commencer à apprendre		reporters
swarm/ sworm commencer à apprendre		move somewhere in large numbers
loathe commencer à apprendre		hate
get along with my son get along with people easily commencer à apprendre		a good relationship
get around George likes to get around commencer à apprendre		to travel
get away the byke robbers got away from the police commencer à apprendre		escape from someone
get into i got into painting this year commencer à apprendre		come involved
get over it took many years for janet to got over fron her father's sudden death commencer à apprendre		to cover from the feeling
bully commencer à apprendre		someone who hurts or frightens someone else
hinder commencer à apprendre		bottleneck
garner / ganer commencer à apprendre		to collect something
benevolent commencer à apprendre		kind and helpful
superfluous commencer à apprendre		too much and unnecessary
rag commencer à apprendre		a torn piece of old cloth
undeterred commencer à apprendre		excited, interested and enthusiastic
reprimand commencer à apprendre		to express strong disapproval
crestfallen commencer à apprendre		feeling sad and unhappy
laud commencer à apprendre		praise
woes commencer à apprendre		big problems
taboo/ tebue commencer à apprendre		abolish
baffle commencer à apprendre		puzzle and confuse
derail commencer à apprendre		to prevent a plan or process from succeeding
chores commencer à apprendre		works
confront commencer à apprendre		meet
enrage his thoughtless behavior enraged us commencer à apprendre		to cause someone to become very angry
vagrant/ vegrant commencer à apprendre		a person who is poor and does not have job
atone commencer à apprendre		to do something that shows you are Sorry for something bad that you did
spearhead commencer à apprendre		lead
instigate commencer à apprendre		causing things to happen
wane commencer à apprendre		fade/ diminish the colourful bangles are a testimony to this enduring tradition which will never wane
ornate commencer à apprendre		decorative
finery commencer à apprendre		attires
decked commencer à apprendre		ddecorated
gushes commencer à apprendre		rushes
incursions commencer à apprendre		intrusions
fray commencer à apprendre		fight
stranded commencer à apprendre		stuck
topples commencer à apprendre		collapaes
atrocities commencer à apprendre		killings
imparted commencer à apprendre		reported
acquitted commencer à apprendre		innocent
cranked commencer à apprendre		reeled
nuances commencer à apprendre		shades
meticulously commencer à apprendre		accurately
vengeance commencer à apprendre		revenge
pitted commencer à apprendre		uneven
captivating commencer à apprendre		attractive
hues commencer à apprendre		sorts
incoherent commencer à apprendre		confused
awe/ o commencer à apprendre		admiration
cronies commencer à apprendre		friends
foil commencer à apprendre		stop
albeit commencer à apprendre		even though
unfurl commencer à apprendre		expands
flabby commencer à apprendre		loose
snapped commencer à apprendre		broken suddenly
rupture commencer à apprendre		break
menace commencer à apprendre		threat
infringement commencer à apprendre		violation
refute commencer à apprendre		prove to be wrong
abduct commencer à apprendre		kidnap
honour killing commencer à apprendre		the killing of a relative
dampen commencer à apprendre		make less strong
scuffle/ scuffel commencer à apprendre		a short confused fight
irked commencer à apprendre		irritated
laxity commencer à apprendre		lack of care
gored commencer à apprendre		pierced
good riddance commencer à apprendre		said to express relief at being free of an unwanted person or thing
you are kidding me commencer à apprendre		joking me
last but not the least commencer à apprendre		priority of a list or persons
come what may commencer à apprendre		come what may, i am going to fight
it's easier said than done commencer à apprendre		not easy to satisfy somebody keeping a wife happy is easier said than done
deadpan commencer à apprendre		unexpressive
naive/ naive commencer à apprendre		innocent
wtf commencer à apprendre		what the fuck
zombie commencer à apprendre		a person who appears lifeless
mugging commencer à apprendre		attacking
layman commencer à apprendre		ordinary person
verbose commencer à apprendre		talkative
surge commencer à apprendre		a sudden large increase
surge commencer à apprendre		a sudden large increase
sacked commencer à apprendre		dismiss from employment
demeanor/ dimine commencer à apprendre		outward behavior
rampant/ rampent commencer à apprendre		uncontrolled
ploy commencer à apprendre		a cunning plan
assault commencer à apprendre		physical attack
nonchalant commencer à apprendre		not displaying interest
rogue commencer à apprendre		a dishonest or unprincipled man
incriminate commencer à apprendre		make someone appear guilty of a crime
intimidate commencer à apprendre		frighten, terrify
vouched commencer à apprendre		confirmed
endorse/ indorse commencer à apprendre		support
flip-flop commencer à apprendre		a backward handspring
retracted commencer à apprendre		drawn back
wee commencer à apprendre		tiny, little
condoned commencer à apprendre		accepted
battered commencer à apprendre		injured by repeated blows
beleaguered commencer à apprendre		put in a very difficult situation
omnipotent commencer à apprendre		unlimited power
clout commencer à apprendre		influence or power
adversaries commencer à apprendre		rivals
tacit commencer à apprendre		understood
covert commencer à apprendre		not openly displayed
inimical commencer à apprendre		unfriendly
deft commencer à apprendre		capable
tilted commencer à apprendre		causr to change in favor of one person or thing
bastion/ bastien commencer à apprendre		institutions
what have you been up to? commencer à apprendre		what was going on your life?
can't complain commencer à apprendre		everything is really cool
beat around the Bush commencer à apprendre		not speaking directly
best of both the worlds commencer à apprendre		it has all the advantages
feud commencer à apprendre		dispute
nabbed commencer à apprendre		caught doing something wrong
adjournment/ajernment commencer à apprendre		interruption
loom commencer à apprendre		appear
wane commencer à apprendre		decrease
swayed commencer à apprendre		control or influence
plonking she plonked her glass on the table commencer à apprendre		set down heavily
glib commencer à apprendre		fluent but insecure and shallow
sluggish alex woke late feeling tired and sluggish commencer à apprendre		lacking energy
trounce commencer à apprendre		defeat heavily in a contest
perishables commencer à apprendre		food items likely to decay quickly
plight commencer à apprendre		dangerous or difficult situation
connive/ kenaif commencer à apprendre		deliberately ignore
deprived commencer à apprendre		disadvantaged
purge commencer à apprendre		cleared
tantalizing commencer à apprendre		tortured
drudgery commencer à apprendre		hard/sweated labour
predominantly commencer à apprendre		mainly
vying commencer à apprendre		competing
gourmet commencer à apprendre		an expert in food
connoisseur/ konosse commencer à apprendre		expert
jitter commencer à apprendre		feelings of extreme nervousness
sabotage/sabetosh commencer à apprendre		deliberately destroy
destitute commencer à apprendre		very poor
scorching commencer à apprendre		very hot
jubilant commencer à apprendre		very happy
parched commencer à apprendre		very thirsty
squalid commencer à apprendre		very dirty
spotless commencer à apprendre		Very clean
hold on commencer à apprendre		wait
hold your hourses commencer à apprendre		have patience
hold your peace commencer à apprendre		shut up
hold your tongue commencer à apprendre		shut up
hold up commencer à apprendre		something is making you waiting
hold up commencer à apprendre		robbery
hold my own commencer à apprendre		to be as good as anyone else
hold my ground commencer à apprendre		not change your position
money burns a hole in ones pocket if money burns a hole in your pocket, you never have ant for emergencies commencer à apprendre		an expression describing someone who spends money as soon as it's earned.
money talks commencer à apprendre		money is important
prodigious commencer à apprendre		great
poignant commencer à apprendre		tearful
steadfast commencer à apprendre		dedicated
hawker commencer à apprendre		seller
pungent commencer à apprendre		having a sharply strong taste or smell
impounded commencer à apprendre		seize and take legal custody of
Imperil commencer à apprendre		put in danger
fatricidal/ fatrisaidal commencer à apprendre		denoting conflict within family
trite commencer à apprendre		lacking originality
smug commencer à apprendre		self satisfied
flat out commencer à apprendre		very busy
train of thought my mom called and i have completely lost my train of thought commencer à apprendre		lost the thoughts by distraction
off track commencer à apprendre		deviated from the main topic
to bank on commencer à apprendre		to bet something will happen in a better way
to brush up on i need to brush up on my skills on guitar commencer à apprendre		update or improve your skills
to bring something to the table good think is that he brings excellent communication skills to the table commencer à apprendre		to provide something to be useful

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