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question		réponse
premonition commencer à apprendre		a feeling sth bad will happen
blunder commencer à apprendre		a stupid mistake
misprint commencer à apprendre		wrongly spelled word
oversight commencer à apprendre		mistake made by not seeing
foreword commencer à apprendre		a preface normally written by author's friend
appendix commencer à apprendre		additional information at the end of non-fiction books
index commencer à apprendre		alphabetical list ath the back of the book
preface commencer à apprendre		intro to the book
stench commencer à apprendre		strong, unpleasant smell
a brainwave commencer à apprendre		a sudden, clever idea
a catch commencer à apprendre		a hidden trick
a flair commencer à apprendre		a natural talent
a hitch commencer à apprendre		a problem causing a small delay
a hunch commencer à apprendre		an idea based on intuition
a scoop commencer à apprendre		important piece of news
a slur commencer à apprendre		unfair accusation or criticism
snag commencer à apprendre		small problem, often used ironically when problem is big
squalor, squalid commencer à apprendre		dirt and untidiness
stalemate commencer à apprendre		sytacja patowa
deterrent commencer à apprendre		sth discouraging from doing bad stuff
fourfold commencer à apprendre		four times
never in a million years will I... commencer à apprendre		never ever
second to none commencer à apprendre		at least as good as the best
back to square one commencer à apprendre		back to the beginning
to flee in their thousands commencer à apprendre		to escape in great numbers
to stand on ur own two feet commencer à apprendre		to become independent
to axe commencer à apprendre		to make sb redundant, to get rid of sth
axe to grind commencer à apprendre		a private reason for sth
in my book... commencer à apprendre		in my opinion
frame of mind commencer à apprendre		state of mind, mood
to hammer out an agreement commencer à apprendre		to reach an agreement after a long time
to hinge on commencer à apprendre		to depend on
to iron out problems commencer à apprendre		to get rid of small problems
a different kettle of fish commencer à apprendre		different from the previous one
you could hear a pin drop commencer à apprendre		it was very quiet
a lot on sb's plate commencer à apprendre		a lot of problems to worry about
talking to a brick wall commencer à apprendre		talk without getting a response
a blade of grass commencer à apprendre		a single unit of grass
a bunch of keys commencer à apprendre		keys together
dead of night commencer à apprendre		middle of the night
a flight of stairs commencer à apprendre		a set of stairs
a flash of brilliance commencer à apprendre		sudden burst of excellence
a fit of jealousy commencer à apprendre		attack of jealousy
leg of a journey commencer à apprendre		part of a journey
load of rubbish commencer à apprendre		no good/stupid (informal)
a pane of glass commencer à apprendre		a single flat piece of glass
plank of wood commencer à apprendre		long, thin piece of wood
a spate of... commencer à apprendre		a series of...
a speck of dust commencer à apprendre		tiny piece of dust
a spell of...(weather) commencer à apprendre		a period of weather
stacks of time commencer à apprendre		lots of time
a storm of protest commencer à apprendre		angry reaction from a lot of ppl
a stretch of the motorway commencer à apprendre		a section of the motorway
stroke of luck commencer à apprendre		an unexpected luck
wealth of information commencer à apprendre		a lot of information
not to take a blind bit of notice commencer à apprendre		to ignore completely
breach of contract commencer à apprendre		action which breaks agreements in a contract
clean bill of health commencer à apprendre		formal statement that u are 100% healthy
cradle commencer à apprendre		baby bed and also the birthplace of sth
a figment of imagination commencer à apprendre		sth one thinks is real but isn't

Skipper Vocabulary 30-58, part IV

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