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question		réponse
strata commencer à apprendre		layer, level, class
abide (by rules) commencer à apprendre		obey, tolerate
irrespective commencer à apprendre		regardless, disregarding
mnemonic commencer à apprendre		helping remember
fleeting commencer à apprendre		passing swiftly, vanishing quickly
honed commencer à apprendre		sharpened, perfected
dead on commencer à apprendre		on spot, just right
impaired commencer à apprendre		damaged, weakened
anew commencer à apprendre		once more, again
time and again commencer à apprendre		repeatedly, many times
stack up against commencer à apprendre		to compare with another thing of a similar type
misguided commencer à apprendre		having faulty judgement
hackneyed commencer à apprendre		overused, unoriginal and trite
fallacy commencer à apprendre		mistaken belief
derive commencer à apprendre		obtain, get, take
unassailable commencer à apprendre		unable to be attacked, questioned, or defeated
hitherto commencer à apprendre		until now, so far
pronouncement commencer à apprendre		formal or authoritative announcement or declaration
niggling commencer à apprendre		causing slight but persistent annoyance, discomfort
surmountable commencer à apprendre		possible to overcome
aggravating commencer à apprendre		making worse, more serious
solace commencer à apprendre		consolation, comfort
premise commencer à apprendre		base, smth on which a statement or action is based
crippling commencer à apprendre		causing a severe problem
succumb commencer à apprendre		give up, give in, submit
strung commencer à apprendre		hung, suspended
jargon commencer à apprendre		slang, specialized language
flog a dead horse commencer à apprendre		waste time
have kittens commencer à apprendre		be upset, angry
let sleeping dogs lie commencer à apprendre		decide not to interfere as interfering may cause problems
put the cat among the pigeons commencer à apprendre		cause chaos
take the bull by the horns commencer à apprendre		deal decisively with a difficult situation
have a bee in one's bonnet about sth commencer à apprendre		be obsessed with something
retention commencer à apprendre		the ability to keep or continue having something
buy into commencer à apprendre		to agree with or accept as valid
knock-on effect commencer à apprendre		domino effect
reticence commencer à apprendre		unwillingness to talk, introversion
reap benefits commencer à apprendre		enjoy the good effects of ur actions
hectic commencer à apprendre		feverish, mad
millet commencer à apprendre		proso
cranky commencer à apprendre		irritable, bad-tempered, irascible
adamant commencer à apprendre		stubborn, unbending
enthralled commencer à apprendre		fascinated, charmed
austere commencer à apprendre		severe, strict
testimony commencer à apprendre		certificate, proof, evidence
conductive to commencer à apprendre		leading to, introducing
evoke commencer à apprendre		call in, summon, invite
induce commencer à apprendre		cause, provoke, bring about
drowsiness commencer à apprendre		sleepiness, lethargy
centenarian commencer à apprendre		a person who is over 100 years old
satiated commencer à apprendre		with a satisfied appetite
endorse commencer à apprendre		declare support
rejuvenate commencer à apprendre		give new energy and vigour
renowned commencer à apprendre		known / well-known / famous
foolproof commencer à apprendre		impossible to go wrong
conducive to commencer à apprendre		tending to cause something
prematurely commencer à apprendre		before due time
unbeknowst to sb commencer à apprendre		without the knowlegde (of sb)
to prime sb to do sth commencer à apprendre		make (something) ready for use or action
resilience commencer à apprendre		the capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness
impromptu commencer à apprendre		done without being planned or rehearsed

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