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question		réponse
accommodate commencer à apprendre		to accept someone’s opinions and try to do what they want, especially when their opinions or needs are different from yours
age-old commencer à apprendre		having existed for a very long time
alive and kicking commencer à apprendre		still very active
at your fingertips commencer à apprendre		knowledge or information that is ready and available to use very easily
atrocity commencer à apprendre		an extremely cruel and violent action
avid commencer à apprendre		doing something as much as possible
beef (about) commencer à apprendre		to complain
boycott commencer à apprendre		to refuse to take part in something as a way of protesting
build on commencer à apprendre		to base something on an idea or thing
cliff-hanger commencer à apprendre		a situation in a story, film or competition that makes you feel very excited or nervous because you do not know what will happen or have to wait a long time to see how it will end
date back to commencer à apprendre		to have existed since a particular time in the past
debateable commencer à apprendre		"things that are debateable are not certain because people have different opinions about them"
deceptively commencer à apprendre		suspiciously
didactic commencer à apprendre		someone who is didactic is too eager to teach people things or give instructions
emphasis commencer à apprendre		special attention or importance
ensnare commencer à apprendre		to trap someone in an unpleasant or illegal situation, from which they cannot escape
entice commencer à apprendre		to persuade someone to do something or go somewhere, usually by offering them something that they want
fight your corner commencer à apprendre		to try to persuade people that your ideas about something are right and should be accepted
for want of a better word commencer à apprendre		used to say that you cannot find an exact word or phrase to describe something
foreclosure commencer à apprendre		the act of foreclosing on a loan, or the right to do this
get sth off your chest commencer à apprendre		to tell someone about something that has been worrying or annoying you for a long time, so that you feel better afterwards
give a presentation commencer à apprendre		to hold a presentation
glorify commencer à apprendre		"to make someone or something seem more important or better than they really are"
go back on your word commencer à apprendre		to not do something that you promised or agreed to do
hard-hitting commencer à apprendre		criticising someone or something in a strong and effective way
have a way with words commencer à apprendre		to be especially good at writing
have the last word commencer à apprendre		to have the last statement or speech in an argument
hold back commencer à apprendre		to stop yourself from feeling or showing a particular emotion
in a word commencer à apprendre		used before giving a very simple answer or explanation
in the first place commencer à apprendre		used to talk about the beginning of a situation, or the situation before something happened
inaccessible commencer à apprendre		difficult or impossible to understand
inhibition commencer à apprendre		a feeling of shyness or embarrassment that stops you from doing or saying what you really want
involvement commencer à apprendre		the way in which you take part in an activity or event
loosen commencer à apprendre		to make something less tight or less firmly fastened, or to become less tight or less firmly fastened
make money (from) commencer à apprendre		to earn money doing something
mine sth for ideas commencer à apprendre		to look through something in search of ideas
monotonous commencer à apprendre		boring because of always being the same
notably commencer à apprendre		especially; in particular
pacey commencer à apprendre		fast; quick
perceived commencer à apprendre		seen as
posture commencer à apprendre		the way you position your body when sitting or standing
presentation commencer à apprendre		the way something looks because of how it has been arranged
pressure commencer à apprendre		the force or weight that is being put on to something
profess commencer à apprendre		to say that you do, are, etc. something, especially when it is not really true
prominence commencer à apprendre		the fact of being important and well known
promote commencer à apprendre		to help something to develop or increase
put ideas out there commencer à apprendre		to share ideas
put into words commencer à apprendre		to express what you want to say clearly
put it down on paper commencer à apprendre		to write down your ideas
put sth down to sth commencer à apprendre		to put all the blame on one reason
refrain commencer à apprendre		a remark or idea that is often repeated
shine a spotlight on commencer à apprendre		to focus on one particular thing
sit up and take notice commencer à apprendre		to pay careful attention to something
slumped commencer à apprendre		falling or leaning against something because you are not strong enough to stand
speak out (against sth) commencer à apprendre		to publicly speak in protest about something, especially when protesting could be dangerous
speech commencer à apprendre		a talk, especially a formal one about a particular subject, given to a group of people
successive commencer à apprendre		coming or following one after the other
switch off commencer à apprendre		to stop listening to someone
take sth lying down commencer à apprendre		to accept something that is insulting or unfair
tap into commencer à apprendre		to benefit from
that says it all commencer à apprendre		that explains everything
that’s a given commencer à apprendre		that is certain
that’s me done commencer à apprendre		used when you finish something
that’s sb/sth all over commencer à apprendre		used to say that a particular way of behaving is typical of someone/something
trawl commencer à apprendre		to search through a lot of documents, lists, etc. in order to find out information
turmoil commencer à apprendre		a state of confusion, excitement or anxiety
unashamedly commencer à apprendre		not feeling embarrassed or ashamed about something that people might disapprove of
undermine commencer à apprendre		to gradually make someone or something less strong or effective
unflinchingly commencer à apprendre		not changing or becoming weaker, even in a very difficult or dangerous situation
word of mouth commencer à apprendre		when people hear about something from their friends, people they work with, etc.
wordsmith commencer à apprendre		someone who is clever at using language

Unit 7

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