Vocabulaire Hawnthorne-Defoe

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opprobrium
opprobre
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incur
encourir
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unsolvable
insoluble
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conundrum
énigme, casse-tête
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enigma
énigme
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riddle
devinette, mystère, charade
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unfathomable
insondable, énigmatique
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puzzling
déconcertant, déroutant
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to mirror
refléter, incarner
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to enact
promulguer (law), jouer (interpréter le rôle de)
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labyrinthine
labyrinthique, dédaléen
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convoluted
alambiqué
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creed
credo, principes
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to atone for
expier
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unequivocal
sans équivoque
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to baffle
dérouter, déconcerter
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to confound
déconcerter (qqn), contrecarrer/anéantir (qch)
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to mystify
rendre perplexe, dérouter, désorienter
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resolve
détermination
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to limn
décrire, dépeindre
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to portray
représenter, décrire, illustrer
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to excoriate
écorcher, condamner, réprouver
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excruciating
atroce, insoutenable, affligeant
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to be discharged from prison
être libéré, relâché (prison)
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to pertain to
concerner, se rapporter à
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topos (sg)
topoi (pl)
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at a far remove from
être très différent de
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to seek shelter
chercher refuge
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Starkly
grandement
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To polarise
diviser, polariser
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To compel
contraindre qqn à faire qch
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To impel
pousser, inciter, encourager à qch
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to roam
errer, vagabonder
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adjoining
attenant, contigu, voisin
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to champion
se faire le champion de, défendre, soutenir
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to advocate sth
préconiser, prôner
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to rub off on
déteindre sur
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to stem from
venir, provenir, découler de
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to flout
bafouer, mépriser
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to breach
transgresser, percer, rompre
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the rules of propriety
rules of decorum
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to reflect
refléter
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Plight
situation désespérée, détresse
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entanglement
enchevêtrement, emmêlement; implication; imbroglio
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to wreak havoc on
ravager, dévaster, faire de gros dégâts
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to be condemned
être condamné/censuré
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ill-starred
infortuné, malheureux, malchanceux
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to ensnare
piéger, prendre au piège
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to delve into
plonger dans, fouiller dans, creuser dans
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to delve deeper
approfondir
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outcast
paria, réprouvé, proscrit
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To sideline
écarter, mettre sur la touche
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to ostracise
ostraciser
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estranged
dont on est séparé
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alienated
étranger, en décalage
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to disclose
révéler, dévoiler, divulguer
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to martyr
livrer au martyre, supplicier
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univocal
univoque
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to pepper
émailler qch de qch, agrémenter qch de qch
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to punctuate
ponctuer, jalonner
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to intersperse
entrecouper, émailler, répandre
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to subjugate
subjuguer, assujettir, asservir
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to tame
apprivoiser, domestiquer, maîtriser
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to be at one's beck and call
obéir au doigt et à l'oeil
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to fall into line with
se conformer à/au
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to repent
se repentir
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to spurn
rejeter, repousser, éconduire qqn
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to indulge in
se laisser tenter par
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to yield to
céder à
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to succumb to
succomber à
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carnal knowledge
Mr Ceppetelli's bid to escape his students' obsession with sexuality
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disembodied
désincarné
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pretence
faux-semblant, prétexte, simulacre
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to debunk
démystifier
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maverick
dissident, marginal, frondeur, non-conformiste
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an endeavour
une tentative, un essai
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to don the costume of
revêtir, enfiler le costume de
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to ponder over
réfléchir à
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to shift from... to
passer de... à, changer de... à
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to retaliate
riposter, contre-attaquer
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retaliation
riposte, représailles
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bewitched
ensorcelé, enchanté
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to purport to do/be
prétendre faire, prétendre être
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to weigh sth up
comparer, considérer
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to superimpose
superposer
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to fill in the gaps/blanks
combler les trous, remplir les blancs
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to stammer
bégayer, balbutier
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assertive
assuré, affirmé
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to undermine
miner, saper, ébranler, discrediter
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to obfuscate
embrouiller, obscurcir, dérouter
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hyphen
trait d'union
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to make sense of sth
comprendre
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to go beyond sth
aller au-delà de, aller plus loin que
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To go beyond the pale
dépasser les bornes
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travelogue
récit/carnet de voyage
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to relate
relater, raconter
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to be washed away, shipwrecked, stranded
faire naufrage
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a castaway
un naufragé
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to lose one's way
perdre son chemin, s'égarer
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wandering
errant, vagabond