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question		réponse
Buy into something commencer à apprendre		To accept that an idea is right and allow it to influence you
to a fault commencer à apprendre		Extremely generous, kind etc
grumpiness commencer à apprendre		The state of being back tempered and easily annoyed
knock on effect commencer à apprendre		To start the process in which everything that happens causes something else to happen
reap benefits commencer à apprendre		To get something, especially something good as a result of what you have done
shut something out commencer à apprendre		To stop yourself from thinking about or noticing something so that you are not affected by it
downward spiral commencer à apprendre		A process usually a harmful one in which something gradually but continuously gets worse or better
fabrication commencer à apprendre		A piece of information or story that someone has invented in order to decieve people
pronouncement commencer à apprendre		An official public statement
fallacy commencer à apprendre		If those idea or belief, especially one that a lot of people believe is true
misconception commencer à apprendre		An idea which is wrong or untrue, but which people believe because they do not understand the subject properly
perspective commencer à apprendre		A way of thinking about something, especially one which is influenced by the type of person you are or by your experiences
jargon commencer à apprendre		Words and expressions used in a particular profession or by a particular group of people which are difficult for other people to understand often used to show disapproval
prose commencer à apprendre		Written language in its usual form as opposed to poetry
advocate commencer à apprendre		To publicly support a particular way of doing something
solace commencer à apprendre		A thing of emotional comfort at the time of great sadness or disappointment
premise commencer à apprendre		A statement or idea that you accept as true and use as a base for developing other ideas
scrutiny commencer à apprendre		Careful and thorough examination of someone or something
Objective commencer à apprendre		Based on facts or making a decision that is based on facts rather than on your feelings or beliefs
face-to-face commencer à apprendre		A face-to-face meeting conversation is one where you are with another person and talking to them
altruism commencer à apprendre		When you care about or help other people, even though this brings no advantage to yourself
paradox commencer à apprendre		A situation that seems strange because it involves two ideas or qualities there are very different
phenomenon commencer à apprendre		Something that happens or exist in society, science or nature, especially something that is studied because it is difficult to understand
conscientious commencer à apprendre		Careful to do everything that it is your job or duty to do
confrontational commencer à apprendre		Likely to cause arguments or make people angry
Peer group commencer à apprendre		A group of people especially people who are the same age social class etc as yourself
practitioner commencer à apprendre		Someone who works as a doctor or a lawyer
accessible commencer à apprendre		Easy to obtain or use
intimidating commencer à apprendre		Making you feel worried and not confident
dispel commencer à apprendre		to make something go away, especially a belief idea or feeling
reticence commencer à apprendre		an unwillingness to talk about what you feel or what you know
sufficient commencer à apprendre		As much as is needed for a particular purpose
Detrimental commencer à apprendre		Causing harm or damage
antisocial commencer à apprendre		Antisocial behaviour is violent or harmful to other people or shows that you do not care about other people
tireless commencer à apprendre		Working very hard in a determined way without stopping
chronic commencer à apprendre		A chronic problem is one that continues for a long time and cannot easily be solved
meditation commencer à apprendre		The practice of emptying your mind of thoughts and feelings in order to relax completely or for religious reasons
benefit commencer à apprendre		If you benefit from something or it benefits you it gives you an advantage, improves your life or helps you in some way
contagious commencer à apprendre		If a feeling attitude or action is contagious, other people are quickly affected by it and begin to have it or do it
essential oil commencer à apprendre		An oil from a plant that has a strong smell and is used for making perfume or in aromatherapy
as stunbborn as mule commencer à apprendre		obstinate
flog a dead horse commencer à apprendre		waste energy
like water off duck’s back commencer à apprendre		not listen, disobey
put a cat among the pigeons commencer à apprendre		disturbance
take the bull by the horns commencer à apprendre		deal decisively with a difficult situation
a wolf in sheep's clothing commencer à apprendre		hostile
have kittens commencer à apprendre		be nervous
let sleeping dogs lie commencer à apprendre		to ignore a problem
have bee in one’s bonnet commencer à apprendre		be obsessed with something
did me the world of good commencer à apprendre		to make someone feel much healthier
should be seen as a last resort commencer à apprendre		b

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