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angry/ˈæŋɡri/Her behaviour really made me angry.
miserable/ˈmɪzrəbl/We were cold, wet and thoroughly miserable.Don't look so miserable!
like the fiend, is omniscient of the past and present, but not the future—cannot yet undertake to say.
renvoie au dernier terme d'une suite de terme : ... & ... v + cette dernière
usage du would fréquentatif (--> renvoie situation habitude (+ nuance volonté/ plaisir) dans le passé)
The past continuous passive is formed with (when the verb is in past continuous in the active sentence) : Was/were + being + past participle
The course is on hiatus (/hɑɪˈeɪ·t̬əs/) while the professor is ill. Peace talks resumed this week after a five-month hiatus. The company expects to resume production of the vehicle again after a two-month hiatus. The series went on hiatus for several months.
I love the hustle and bustle of the marketplace.
Expediency (/ɪkˈspid·i·ən·si/) - (also expedience (/ɪkˈspid·i·əns/). The plan was both practical and had expediency. Clark is more interested in expediency than compassion.
Parents of young children know all too well what it's like to have only a few hours of sleep and still have to get up at the crack of dawn—no rest for the weary, as my granny always said. Weary /ˈwɪə.ri/ = very tired.
The year 1969 was a watershed /ˈwɔː.tə.ʃed/ in her life - she changed her career and remarried. This moment is a watershed in the history of our country. Programs that are not suitable for children cannot be shown before the watershed.
2 fonctions: soutien du rachis lombaire + paroi post du pelvis osseux (transmet les forces de la part sup aux membres inf grâce aux os coxaux et inversement pour les forces venant des membres infArtic peu mobile, pas de muscles pour permettre des mvts, diminue l'effet des contraintes mécanique 2surfaces artic: surf auriculaire de l'ilium/ surf auriculaire du sacrum==> les 2 en forme de L inverser SAI convexe et SAL concave + capsule artic+ membrane synoviale+ des Lig: - lig sacro-iliaque
Most of you have largely become impervious (/ɪmˈpɜː.vi.əs/) to new knowledge. The paint is impervious to moisture when it's dry. You can say what you like: she's impervious to criticism.
She's so fickle (/ˈfɪk.əl/)- she's never been interested in the same man for more than a week! Ryan was a fickle person; he pursued (/pəˈsjuː/) a new and different passion every day. Political support is fickle and can vanish at a moment's notice.
Fallacy (/ˈfæl.ə.si/) - [ + that ] It is a common fallacy that women are worse drivers than men.
To be in present simple + Being done (when the verb is in present continuous in the active sentence): Present continuous tense uses be + being + past participleLe verbe de départ est au present continue donc l'auxillaire est au present continue.
With the past perfect we use : had + been + past participle(when the verb is in past perfect in the active sentence)
Have Been done (when the verb is in present perfect in the active sentence) :With the present perfect infinitive tense, we form the passive with have/has + been + past participle
it ticks all the boxes. Of course, a prospective employee may tick all the right boxes on paper but might not be suited to the job once they're actually working for you. His newest thriller ticks all the boxes the author's fans will be hoping for.
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