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question		réponse
adulthood commencer à apprendre		the time when you are an adult
all-out argument commencer à apprendre		argument involving a lot of energy or anger
awesome commencer à apprendre		extremely impressive
be down to commencer à apprendre		to be the result of one person’s actions or one particular thing
big time commencer à apprendre		to a very large degree
bitterly disappointed commencer à apprendre		really disappointed
blurry commencer à apprendre		something difficult to see, because the edges are not clear
burning ambition commencer à apprendre		a burning ambition is very strong
colossal amount commencer à apprendre		extremely large quantity
come out on top commencer à apprendre		to win a difficult struggle or argument, especially one that has continued for a long time
creep in commencer à apprendre		to gradually enter something and change it
cut your losses commencer à apprendre		to stop doing something that is failing, so that you do not waste any more money, time, or effort
daunting commencer à apprendre		frightening in a way that makes you feel less confident
declaim commencer à apprendre		to speak loudly, sometimes with actions, so that people notice you
defensive commencer à apprendre		behaving in a way that shows you think someone is criticising you even if they are not
deflect commencer à apprendre		to do something to stop people paying attention to you, criticising you, etc.
dismal failure commencer à apprendre		bad and unsuccessful result
endearing character commencer à apprendre		a person in a film that is most easily likeable
eternal student commencer à apprendre		a person who seems to study for ever
face the music commencer à apprendre		to accept criticism or punishment for something you have done
fatally flawed commencer à apprendre		when something is fatally flawed it means that it is certain to fail as it has a flaw that is not seen
fleeting moment commencer à apprendre		a moment lasting for only a very short time
formidable challenge commencer à apprendre		a task that is difficult to deal with and needs a lot of effort or skill
futile effort commencer à apprendre		pointless attempts to do something
getting there commencer à apprendre		to be making progress
glass half empty commencer à apprendre		used to say that a particular person is more likely to notice the bad parts of a situation
hang on every word commencer à apprendre		to listen carefully to everything that someone says
heady commencer à apprendre		pleasantly strong and seeming to affect someone strongly
heated debate commencer à apprendre		a debate that is full of angry and excited feelings
heavily influenced commencer à apprendre		strongly affected by something or someone else
hold a grudge commencer à apprendre		to feel dislike for someone because you cannot forget that they harmed you in the past
if all else fails commencer à apprendre		if something was planned but cannot happen
immediacy commencer à apprendre		when something is important or urgent because it relates to a situation or event that is happening now
in a huff commencer à apprendre		feeling angry or bad-tempered, especially because someone has offended you
in good shape commencer à apprendre		in good state of health or in a good condition
in person commencer à apprendre		if you do something in person, you go somewhere and do it yourself, instead of doing something by letter, asking someone else to do it, etc.
it’s a win-win situation commencer à apprendre		a situation that will end well for everyone involved in it
it’s back to square one commencer à apprendre		if something is back to square one it means that you have to start doing it from the begining because your previous efforts failed
let something get the better of you commencer à apprendre		to be defeated by someone or be unable to deal successfully with a problem
lukewarm response commencer à apprendre		a reaction that does not show much interest or excitement
maintain commencer à apprendre		to keep a machine, building, etc. in good condition by checking and repairing it regularly
massively important commencer à apprendre		of great importance
not entirely convinced commencer à apprendre		not being absolutely persuaded
not for the faint-hearted commencer à apprendre		used humorously to say that something is difficult and needs a lot of effort
not in the know commencer à apprendre		having less information about something than most people
otherwise commencer à apprendre		used when saying what bad thing will happen if something is not done
painfully shy commencer à apprendre		when someone is very shy
perfectly plausible commencer à apprendre		believable
petty argument commencer à apprendre		a situation in which two or more people disagree, often angrily, on something small and unimportant
play mind games commencer à apprendre		to deceive someone or try to get them to behave as you want them to
pulsing commencer à apprendre		vibrant
purist commencer à apprendre		someone who believes that something should be done in the correct or traditional way, especially in the areas of art, sport, music, and language
randomly selected commencer à apprendre		chosen without any definite pattern or plan
resounding success commencer à apprendre		a very great or complete success
rigorous commencer à apprendre		very severe or strict
rise to the occasion commencer à apprendre		to deal successfully with a difficult situation or problem, especially by working harder or performing better than usual
scout commencer à apprendre		someone whose job is to look for good sports players, musicians, etc. in order to employ them
sedate commencer à apprendre		calm, serious, and formal
sidetracked commencer à apprendre		distracted by something that you are not supposed to do at the moment
slam commencer à apprendre		a contest in which competitors e.g. recite their entries and are judged by members of the audience
sneer commencer à apprendre		to smile or speak in a very unkind way that shows you have no respect for someone or something
stay on top of the game commencer à apprendre		to make efforts to be as good at something as you can be
stock up (on) commencer à apprendre		to buy a lot of something in order to keep it for when you need to use it later
strictly limited commencer à apprendre		when there are a lot of limits put on something
strong competition commencer à apprendre		a group of people that is competing agaist you and is very good at it
the ride of your life commencer à apprendre		when an experience is one of the best in your life
the stuff that dreams are made of commencer à apprendre		used to describe something that is very luxurious
think big commencer à apprendre		to plan to do things that are difficult, but will be very impressive, make a lot of profit, etc.
thinking time commencer à apprendre		a period of time when you think about something
thoroughly fed up commencer à apprendre		really annoyed
throb commencer à apprendre		if a part of your body throbs, you have a feeling of pain in it that regularly starts and stops
throw a move commencer à apprendre		to perform some dance moves
total failure commencer à apprendre		a lack of success in achieving or doing something
unmitigated disaster commencer à apprendre		something that is completely bad
vast number commencer à apprendre		extremely large number
widely believed commencer à apprendre		when many people believe that something is true
wildly exaggerated commencer à apprendre		if something is widely exaggerated, it is described as way better or larger than it really is

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