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This flashcard set helps learn English at an intermediate level, focusing on vocabulary and expressions. It includes words like "festival," "feature," and "dress code," and supports backward learning with the "answer first" setting. Travelers, students, and exam takers can benefit from this set, as it helps improve fluency and communication skills.

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Allemand

Catégorie

Anglais

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Autres

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acrobatic movements involve moving your body or a plane in a very skilful way

acrobatic

able to move quickly and easily

agile

relating to the Alps or to mountains in general

alpine

a large bag of strong light cloth filled with gas or heated air so that it can float in the air. It has a basket hanging below it for people to stand in

hot-air balloons

a piece of hard material such as wood or stone, with straight sides

block

a type of dancing to popular music that involves a lot of jumping and rolling on the floor

break-dancing

to show that an event or occasion is important by doing something special or enjoyable

celebrate

to put something over or be over something in order to hide, close, or protect it

cover

something that has been created

creation

to be brave enough to do something that is risky or that you are afraid to do

dared

an act of explaining and showing how to do something or how something works

demonstration

the public performance of something that is intended to entertain people

display

exciting or impressive

dramatic

a dress code is a set of rules that tell people what to wear

dress code

a statement or way of saying something that makes something seem better, larger etc than it really is

exaggeration

money that you spend on things such as travel, hotels and food etc

expense

a children's story in which magical things happen

fairy tale

a part of something that you notice because it seems important, interesting, or typical

feature

to want to have something or do something

feel like

an occasion when there are performances of many films, plays, pieces of music etc, usually happening in the same place every year

festival

the land at the bottom of the sea

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

seabed

a place that is used for a particular purpose

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

site

to begin your life or profession, or an important period of time

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

starting out

to attach a tag to something

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

tag

a large container for storing liquid or gas

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

tank

if something tends to happen, it happens often and is likely to happy again

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

tend to

to start to do a particular type of job

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

went into

the smallest amount

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

least

not so much or to a smaller degree

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

less

someone who works in politics, especially an elected member of the government

Commandes clavier:

= tourner,

= avant/arrière,

= faire défiler

politician

the person in a supermarket who takes the money for the goods you have collected

check-out assistant

someone whose job is to treat people's teeth

dentist

someone whose job is to welcome and deal with people arriving in a hotel or office building, visiting a doctor etc

receptionist

always telling other people what to do, in a way that is annoying

bossy

something such as a box or bowl that you use to keep things in

container

the room, building etc where you work

workplace

a television or radio story about the daily lives and relationships of the same group of people, which is broadcast regularly

soap opera

a job, usually as part of a course of study, which gives you experience of a particular type of work

placement

a piece of furniture, jewellery etc that was made a very long time ago and is therefore valuable

antique

something, for example a painting, that is put in a public place so that people can go to see it

exhibit

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used to say how true something is or how great an effect or change is

extent

relating to your money, possessions, living conditions etc rather than the needs of your mind or soul

material

fair and sensible

reasonable

the amount of wealth, comfort, and other things that a particular person, group, country etc has

standard of living

to a certain extent means partly but not completely

to a certain extent

happy and satisfied because your life is good

contented

in a way that is hard to believe

incredibly

not making you feel surprised

unsurprisingly

one of several natural substances that exist in food such as meat, eggs, and beans, and which your body needs in order to grow and remain strong and healthy

protein

a medicine which reduces or removes pain

painkillers

if part of your body aches, you feel a continuous, but not very sharp pain there

ache

to suddenly fall down or become unconscious because you are ill or weak

collapsed

how fast your heart beats

heart rate

to give light to a place or to shine a light on something

lights up

a medical test in which a special machine produces a picture of something inside your body

scan

to decide that something that was officially planned will not happen

cancel

if you waste time, you do not make full use of the time

wasting his time

the length of time that a person or animal is expected to live

life expectancy

a treatment for pain and disease that involves pushing special needles into parts of the body

acupuncture

putting a person in an extremely cold place for a short period can help with pain

cryotherapy

to find out what illness someone has, or what the cause of a fault is after doing tests, examinations etc

diagnose

the amount of medicine or a drug that you should take

dose

a system of medicine in which a disease is treated by giving extremely small amounts of a substance that causes the disease

homeopathy

looking at someone’s eyes and studying the iris to help diagnose health problems

iridology

the round coloured part of your eye, that surrounds the black pupil

iris

a long, very thin piece of metal used in acupuncture

needles

a medicine or medical treatment that makes an illness go away

cure

the weather at a particular time, especially when you are considering how this affects people

conditions

one of the four long thin parts on your hand, not including your thumb

fingers

one of the five movable parts at the end of your foot

toes

if you recharge your batteries, you rest or relax in order to get back your energy

recharge your batteries

to think very carefully about something that you are doing

concentrate

to put a new supply of electricity into a battery

recharge

if you get caught in something, you are in a situation that you cannot easily get out of or in which you do not have something you need

caught

if you take notes, you write down information during a lesson, from a book etc

take notes

a general medical examination that a doctor or dentist gives you to make sure you are healthy

check-up

to reduce the amount of something

cut down

to do something that produces an effect or change in something in someone's situation

affect

to put people or things into groups according to the type of person or thing they are

categorise

the combination of colours that someone chooses for a room, painting etc

colour scheme

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