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1 impetus
impetus ['ɪmpɪtəs]∎ to gain impetus prendre ou gagner de l'importance;∎ to lose impetus perdre de son élan;∎ to be carried by or under one's own impetus être entraîné par son propre élan ou par son propre poids∎ to give new impetus to sth donner un nouvel élan à qch, relancer qch
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impetus — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great, powerful, strong, tremendous ▪ main, major ▪ immediate, initial … Collocations dictionary
keep the ball rolling — phrasal : to give continued impetus or momentum to an activity already in progress when the conversation began to lag, the host always kept the ball rolling by introducing a new topic of common interest without seeming to have done it purposely * … Useful english dictionary
