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  • 81 leprosy

    [-rəsi]
    noun (a contagious skin disease, causing serious and permanent damage to the body, including loss of fingers, nose etc.) lèpre

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  • 82 lethal

    ['li:Ɵəl]
    (causing death; enough to kill: a lethal dose of poison.) mortel

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  • 83 melancholy

    ['melənkəli] 1. noun
    (depression or sadness: He was overcome by a feeling of melancholy.) mélancolie
    2. adjective
    (sad; showing or causing sadness: melancholy eyes.) mélancolique

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  • 84 microbe

    (a very tiny living thing invisible to the naked eye, especially a germ causing disease.) microbe

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  • 85 mortal

    ['mo:tl] 1. adjective
    1) (liable to die; unable to live for ever: Man is mortal.) mortel
    2) (of or causing death: a mortal illness; mortal enemies (= enemies willing to fight each other till death); mortal combat.) mortel
    2. noun
    (a human being: All mortals must die sometime.) mortel/-elle
    - mortally - mortal sin

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  • 86 mumps

    (a contagious disease causing painful swelling at the sides of the neck and face.) oreillons

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  • 87 murder

    ['mə:də] 1. noun
    1) ((an act of) killing a person on purpose and illegally: The police are treating his death as a case of murder; an increase in the number of murders.) meurtre
    2) (any killing or causing of death that is considered as bad as this: the murder of innocent people by terrorists.) meurtre
    2. verb
    (to kill (a person) on purpose and illegally: He murdered two children.) assassiner
    - murderous - murderously

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  • 88 nerve-racking

    adjective (causing great anxiety or nervousness: a nerve-racking experience.) angoissant

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  • 89 neutralise

    verb (to make useless or harmless usually by causing an opposite effect.) neutraliser

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  • 90 neutralize

    verb (to make useless or harmless usually by causing an opposite effect.) neutraliser

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  • 91 nip

    [nip] 1. past tense, past participle - nipped; verb
    1) (to press between the thumb and a finger, or between claws or teeth, causing pain; to pinch or bite: A crab nipped her toe; The dog nipped her ankle.) pincer; donner un coup de dent
    2) (to cut with such an action: He nipped the wire with the pliers; He nipped off the heads of the flowers.) sectionner
    3) (to sting: Iodine nips when it is put on a cut.) piquer
    4) (to move quickly; to make a quick, usually short, journey: I'll just nip into this shop for cigarettes; He nipped over to Paris for the week-end.) faire un saut à
    5) (to stop the growth of (plants etc): The frost has nipped the roses.) brûler
    2. noun
    1) (the act of pinching or biting: His dog gave her a nip on the ankle.) pincement; petit coup de dent
    2) (a sharp stinging quality, or coldness in the weather: a nip in the air.) froid, piquant
    3) (a small drink, especially of spirits.) petit verre
    - nip something in the bud - nip in the bud

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  • 92 painful

    adjective (causing pain: a painful injury.) douloureux

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  • 93 pathetic

    [pə'Ɵetik]
    1) (causing pity: The lost dog was a pathetic sight.) pathétique
    2) (weak and useless: a pathetic attempt.) pitoyable

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  • 94 polio

    ['pəuliou]
    (short for poliomyelitis [poulioumаiF'lаitis]) noun
    (a disease of the spinal cord often causing paralysis.) polio

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  • 95 rape

    [reip] 1. noun
    1) (the crime of having sexual intercourse with a woman against her will.) viol
    2) (the act of causing great damage, destruction etc to land etc.) viol
    2. verb
    1) (to force (a woman) to have sexual intercourse against her will.) violer
    2) (to cause great damage, destruction etc to (countryside etc).) violer

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  • 96 repellent

    [-ənt] 1. adjective
    (repulsive; causing dislike or disgust: repellent smell/behaviour.)
    2. noun
    (see insect repellent.)

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  • 97 restful

    1) (bringing rest: a restful holiday.) reposant
    2) ((of colours, music etc) causing a person to feel calm and relaxed: Some people find blue a restful colour; After a hard day's work, I like to listen to some restful music.) reposant
    3) (relaxed: at rest: The patient seems more restful now.) tranquille, reposé

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  • 98 revealing

    adjective (allowing or causing something to be known or seen: a revealing statement.) révélateur, éloquent

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  • 99 revolting

    adjective (causing a feeling of disgust: revolting food.) répugnant

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  • 100 revolutionary

    1) (involving or causing great changes in ideas, methods etc: a revolutionary new process for making paper.) révolutionnaire
    2) (of a revolution against a government etc: revolutionary activities.) révolutionnaire

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  • Causing — Cause Cause, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Caused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Causing}.] [F. causer, fr. cause, fr. L. causa. See {Cause}, n., and cf. {Acouse}.] To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • causing — noun the act of causing something to happen • Syn: ↑causation • Derivationally related forms: ↑cause (for: ↑causation) • Hypernyms: ↑act, ↑deed, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Causing a Commotion — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda «Causing a Commotion» Sencillo de Madonna del álbum Who s That Girl Publicación …   Wikipedia Español

  • Causing death by dangerous driving — is a statutory offence in England and Wales and Scotland and Northern Ireland. It is an aggravated form of dangerous driving. It is currently created by section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (as substituted by the Road Traffic Act 1991) but,… …   Wikipedia

  • causing damage — causing injury, harming, causing a flaw …   English contemporary dictionary

  • causing danger — index dangerous, noxious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • causing death — index fatal Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • causing destruction — index fatal Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • causing disagreement — index divisive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • causing disassociation — index divisive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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