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61 burn
[bə:n] 1. past tense, past participles - burned, burnt; verb1) (to destroy, damage or injure by fire, heat, acid etc: The fire burned all my papers; I've burnt the meat.) brûler2) (to use as fuel.) brûler3) (to make (a hole etc) by fire, heat, acid etc: The acid burned a hole in my dress.) faire un trou (dans)4) (to catch fire: Paper burns easily.) brûlé2. noun(an injury or mark caused by fire etc: His burns will take a long time to heal; a burn in the carpet.) brûlure- burner -
62 chronic
['kronik]((especially of a disease) lasting a long time: a chronic illness.) chronique -
63 compromise
((a) settlement of differences in which each side gives up something it has previously demanded: We argued for a long time but finally arrived at a compromise.) compromis -
64 deep-freeze
noun (a type of refrigerator which freezes food quickly and can keep it for a long time.) congélateur -
65 die hard
(to take a long time to disappear: Old habits die hard.) avoir la vie dure -
66 donkey's years/ages
(a very long time: It's donkey's years since I was last there.) une éternité -
67 dwell on
(to think or speak about something for a long time: It isn't a good thing to dwell on your problems.) revenir (sans cesse) sur -
68 endless
1) (going on for ever or for a very long time: endless arguments.) interminable2) (continuous, because of having the two ends joined: an endless chain.) sans fin -
69 finally
1) (as the last (of many): The soldiers rode past, then came the Royal visitors, and finally the Queen.) enfin2) (at last, after a long time: The train finally arrived.) finalement -
70 for hours
(for a very long time: We waited for hours for the train.) des heures -
71 founding
noun The founding of the organization took place a long time ago.) fondation -
72 ill
[il] 1. comparative - worse; adjective1) (not in good health; not well: She was ill for a long time.) malade2) (bad: ill health; These pills have no ill effects.) mauvais3) (evil or unlucky: ill luck.) mauvais2. adverb(not easily: We could ill afford to lose that money.) difficilement3. noun1) (evil: I would never wish anyone ill.) mal2) (trouble: all the ills of this world.) mal•- ill-- illness - ill-at-ease - ill-fated - ill-feeling - ill-mannered / ill-bred - ill-tempered / ill-natured - ill-treat - ill-treatment - ill-use - ill-will - be taken ill -
73 joke
[‹əuk] 1. noun1) (anything said or done to cause laughter: He told/made the old joke about the elephant in the refrigerator; He dressed up as a ghost for a joke; He played a joke on us and dressed up as a ghost.) blague2) (something that causes laughter or amusement: The children thought it a huge joke when the cat stole the fish.) tour2. verb1) (to make a joke or jokes: They joked about my mistake for a long time afterwards.) plaisanter, (se) moquer (de)2) (to talk playfully and not seriously: Don't be upset by what he said - he was only joking.) plaisanter•- joker- jokingly - it's no joke - joking apart/aside - take a joke -
74 knit
[nit]past tense, past participle - knitted; verb1) (to form (a garment) from yarn (of wool etc) by making and connecting loops, using knitting-needles: She is teaching children to knit and sew; She knitted him a sweater for Christmas.) tricoter2) ((of broken bones) to grow together: The bone in his arm took a long time to knit.) se souder•- knitter- knitting - knitting-needle - knit one's brows -
75 novelty
plural - novelties; noun1) (newness and strangeness: It took her a long time to get used to the novelty of her surroundings.) étrangeté2) (something new and strange: Snow is a novelty to people from hot countries.) innovation3) (a small, cheap manufactured thing sold as a toy or souvenir: a stall selling novelties.) article de fantaisie -
76 oddly enough
(it is strange or remarkable (that): I saw John this morning. Oddly enough, I was just thinking I hadn't seen him for a long time.) bizarrement -
77 plan ahead
(to plan something a long time before it will happen etc.) arranger d'avance -
78 ramble on
(to talk for a long time in an aimless or confused way.) discourir longuement et sans cohérence -
79 resound
(to sound loudly or for a long time: The audience's cheers resounded through the hall.) retentir- resoundingly -
80 sink in
1) (to be fully understood: The news took a long time to sink in.) être compris2) (to be absorbed: The surface water on the paths will soon sink in.) être absorbé
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