MI2, Chapters 33 to 50

CHAPTER 33

 

For everyone :

A feeling, sensitive, to feel, composure / to be composed to experience,  a mood, to repress sth, to curb sth, to be upset, quietly, to like to be fond of, to be attracted TO s.o. to appeal to, affectionate, to hate, hatred, to curse, a curse, to care for sth / to care for s.o., a blessing, I’d rather do sth / I’d rather you did sth, to be anxious to do sth, eager to do sth, reluctant, dull, boring / to bore s.o. / to be bored / boredom, to yawn, to be weary of sth, sorrow, grief, agony, agonizing, pain, to ache, to moan, to mourn, painful, cheerful, to sob, to cry / to weep, to sigh, to shed tears, to giggle, to grin, glad, to comfort s.o., relieved, relief, to enjoy doing sth, delighted, optimistic / pessimistic (adj.), disappointed / disappointment, what a pity = what a shame, annoyed, a hardship, to complain, an ordeal, to be in trouble, anxiety, miserable, a misfortune, unfortunate, wretched, a wretch, despair, to depress, a hopeless person // a desperate person, astonished / amazed / stunned / astounded, to wonder, to be afraid of, to frighten s.o., fear / fright, appalling, awful, to dread sth, formidable, terrific, to deter / a deterrent, to have sexual intercourse

 

For Khâgneux only :

To arouse sth, to be composed, to cool off, moved to tears, callous, to be keen on doing sth, to fall for s.o. , to fancy sth, to loathe, to dote on sth, to entice s.o., to hanker after, to yearn for , to crave (for) sth, tedious, to flag, to skip, moody, dismal, lively, to heave (a sigh), to beam at s.o., carefree, trying (adj.), dejected, downcast, dispirited, shattered hopes / blighted hopes, to be staggered by, to be be bewildered by, to shudder, a foreboding, dismayed

 

CHAPTER 34

 

For everyone :

proud, pride, self-confident, to boast / to brag, a braggart, humble, mild, meek, gentle, selfish, generous, thrift, a miser / miserly / miserliness / avarice, to save (money, time), to cut down on sth, extravagant, to waste, to squander, greed, greedy, lust, courage / courageous, to dare, a challenge, nerve, to dodge, coward / cowardice / cowardly, lazy / laziness, idle / idleness, careless, to overlook sth, energy / energetic, care, to take care, prudent / cautious, to warn, stern, industrious, steady / steadfast // unsteady, rash, reckless, wayward, a freak, a fit, a whim / whimsical, a prank

 

For Khâgneux only :

to presume on sth, unobstrusive, diffident, to stint on sth, lavish of sth, pluck, gallantly, to stick it out, challenging, fearless / dauntless, casually, spirit, heedless

 

CHAPTER 35

 

For everyone :

to behave, behaviour, morality , morale, evil [i:vl] / good, shortcomings, wicked, loose, outrageous, lofty, responsible for, to indulge s.o., / to indulge in s.o., guilt / guilty of, conscientious, narrow-minded / broadminded, shame, shameful, shameless, remorse, to repent, to make up for sth, to redeem, to criticize s.o / a critic / a criticism / critical of, to disparage s.o., to disapprove of sth, to accuse s.o. of, to despise / to scorn, despicable, contempt, ridiculous, preposterous, to deserve, to praise, to look up to s.o., respect / respectful / respectable, to flatter s.o., to advocate, to commend s.o., to blame, to scold, to slander, worthy (of), to award, to speak ill of, renowned, unknown, spotless / stainless

 

For Khâgneux only :

to set an example, to own up to sth, to spurn, to run s.o. down, to jeer (at) s.o., entitled to, to overrate / to underrate, to hold it against s.o., to lecture s.o., a scandal monger, to pay s.o. a tribute, disreputable, notorious

 

CHAPTER 36 (one of the longest ones)

 

For everyone :

To rule, authority, ambitious / ambition, to rival / rivalry, to compete with s.o., to give in / to yield, to grant, a slave / slavery, unruly, to deny s.o. sth, to allow, to compel / compulsory, to threaten / a threat, to prompt s.o. to do sth, to interfere, to demand / a demand, a bond, embarrassed, shy, to blush, casual, fastidious, I can’t be bothered, a nuisance, to bother, impolite / rude, boisterous, bo worry, to harass, to disturb, inconsiderate, to treat / to ill-treat, saucy / cheeky, formal / informal, sullen, to sulk, a bore / to bore / to be bored, to entertain, to share, honesty / honest, fair / unfair, human / humane, thoughtful / considerate, on behalf of s.o., grateful / ungrateful, thoughtless, to humiliate, to harm, vicious, cruel, to help / helpful, faithful / unfaithful, to back sth/s.o. up, to shelter, to assist s.o., fierce, mischief / mischievous, malice, to commit oneself / commitment, to rely on s.o./sth, reliable / dependable, to betray / a betrayal, treachery / treacherous, to bribe / a bribe, to trick s.o. into doing sth, to deceive / deceptive/deceitful, deception, misleading, unreliable, untrustworthy, a hoax, to pretend, to hide / to conceal, fake, to sham, straightforward, a hypocrite / hypocritical / hypocrisy, cunning (N. / adj.), patient / impatient, I can’t bear / I can’t stand, to put up with sth, indignant, wrath, touchy, to offend / offensive, to annoy, to quarrel, pleasant / unpleasant, to make up for sth, to apologise / an apology, sympathy / sympathetic, to pity s.o., to revenge oneself / to avenge s.o., to bear s.o. a grudge, articulate, to mention, to hint (at sth), to urge s.o. to do sth, to advise / advice, a clue, to hush sth, flawless, an issue, logic / logical, to miss the point, to make one's point, to take sides with s.o., to explain sth / an explanation, a ground / groundless, to imply sth, to agree, to acknowledge, to qualify / a qualification, to clash, to object to sth, to be mistaken, to challenge sth, to dare s.o. to do sth, to state sth, to prove / a proof, evidence, to testify to sth / a testimony, to witness / a witness, to swear, to stress sth / to emphasize sth, to insist on sth

 

For Khâgneux only :

Patronizing, to abide by sth, to back out of sth, to comply with sth, to stand up to sth, exacting, to get along with s.o., bashful, easy-going, to make a fuss (about sth), particular (about sth), off-hand, to poke one’s nose into sth, prim, crooked, dubious, to meddle with, to fall for s.o., to fall for sth, sly, to decoy s.o. into sth, to infuriate s.o., to resent sth / resentful, to have an argument / to have a row, to nag at s.o., to make it up with s.o., ruthless, relentless / unrelenting, to get away with sth, out of spite, to hold it against s.o., to come to a deadlock, challenging, to contend that, a show-down, to explode sth // to expose sth, to get the better of s.o., to coax s.o., to wheedle s.o.

 

 

CHAPTER 37 (one of the longest ones)

 

For everyone :

Versatile, a genius, gifted, clever, bright, lively, wit / witty, an insight, dull, stupid, a fool / foolish, absent-minded, mad / madness, a lunatic, insane, wise / wisdom, to pay attention to sth, to draw attention to sth, reasonable = sensible, nonsense, to grasp sth, to make a mistake, to be mistaken, to mistake sth/s.o. for sth/s.o., to realize, to be aware of th, to notice, to take sth into account, curious, curiosity, inquisitive, to check sth, to inquire, to discover /a discovery, a clue, to seek, to change one’s mind, on second thoughts, to consider sth, to contemplate sth, to occur to s.o. that / to dawn upon s.o. that, learned, shallow, knowledge, to hear about / to hear of, a scholar, to wonder, to work wonders / a wonder, to guess, to solve a riddle, to puzzle s.o., to record sth, to remember sth // to remind s.o of sth // a memory, a mystery / mysterious, to conjure sth up, to forget, unforgettable, to dream of/about, a nightmare, fancy / to fancy (=1 imaginer, 2= bien aimer), imaginary, to make sth up, to foresee sth / to predict sth, to wait for sth // to expect sth, to doubt sth, suspicious, to assume / an assumption, to believe / a belief, gullible = credulous, in my opinion = to my mind, to draw a conclusion = to come to a conclusion, a prejudice, to be prejudiced / biased, to qualify sth / a qualification, to mean / a meaning / meaningless, particularly, especially, a characteristic, typical of

 

For Khâgneux only:

Keen, shrewd, a craze, to dote on sth, to see to it  that, look out! / watch out!, to gather that, unawares, to probe into sth, to pry into sth, to hit upon sth / to come across sth, to think twice, to give sth a second thought, to think better of it, to ponder over, to brood over, to be at a loss, oblivion, to forecast, to question sth

 

CHAPTER 38

 

For everyone :

To need / a need, necessary / unnecessary, to require sth, unavoidable, to aim at sth, to be meant to do  / to be meant for sth, a purpose / on purpose, to hesitate, to withdraw, to make up one’s mind, to make arrangements, to carry out an experiment, to design sth, able to / unable, ability to / inability to, capable of / incapable of, I can’t afford to, helpless, power / powerful / powerless, a means, there is no way, a policy, a process, a method, to train / training, available, spare (adj.), to warn, occasionally, chance, efficient, a drawback, to act, to accomplish, an achievement / an accomplishment, an attempt / to attempt, an endeavour / to endeavour, a deed, to improve / an improvement, to fail / failure, to worsen, damage, a feat, to look after s.o., to undertake sth, busy, leisure, work / a job / work, , to manage to / to succeed in

 

For Khâgneux only :

To shun s.o./sth, to give up, to get rid of / to dispose of, to be of use, to resort to sty, to make the most of sth, convenient, handy, to have the edge over sth, a profit / profitable, an asset, to strive, a strain, to be overcome, to remove, to get over sth, to hinder, tricky, intricate, trying [adj.], ease, smooth, a hazard, harmful / harmless, to rescue, a narrow escape

 

 

 

CHAPTER 39

For everyone :

To yield / to give in, stubborn, to volunteer, self-control, to be at liberty to do, to pull oneself together, to curb sth, to be in the habit of, I can’t help +V-ing, to be used / accustomed to V-ing, I can’t help it, peculiar, as usual, addicted to, commonplace, an oddity, to be familiar to s.o. ≠ to be familiar with sth

For Khâgneux only :

Dogged, perverse, willing, on an impulse, deliberate, to shake off a habit, quaint

 

CHAPTER 40

For everyone :

To involve, to be due to, to lead to, the outcome, a tendency, to be likely to, likely / unlikely, luck / lucky, chance, by chance, random, actual, to attend sth, to lack sth, to appear / appearance / apparently, to disappear  / to vanish, eventually, to occur, to prove, an event, to remain, to balance / a balance, to make up for sth, to withdraw, a link, to refer to, to fit // to suit, to match, to agree with, to compare / a comparison, to contain / the content(s), to blend, relevant / irrelevant, equal to, different from, to differ, as opposed to, on the contrary, opposite

For Khâgneux only :

To chance upon sth, to come across sth, to run out of sth, to turn out to be/do, to include, to enclose, to overlap, a pattern, to set sth off

 

CHAPTER 41

For everyone :

To matter, never mind, to value, worth / value, to be worth sth, to measure, to prevail, extensive, faint, main, mere, plain, scarce, sheer, obvious, slight

For Khâgneux only :

A trifle, to make much of sth, comprehensive, utmost

 

CHAPTER 42

For everyone

Domestic violence, child labour, to be mugged, to stab (= donner un coup de couteau), to carry out a threat, a slaughter (= massacre), looting, a bloodshed, to blackmail s.o., a ransom, abduction, to be held hostage, a sex offender, a sexual assault, to file a complaint, theft, bribery, embezzlement, to swindle / to con, crime figures, handcuffs

For Khâgneux only

Battered wives, ruthlessness, looting = ransacking, to run amok, to spill blood, shoplifting, bag-snatching, tax evasion, to indict s.o., a rioter, a pimp, to be jostled

 

CHAPTER 43

For everyone

Addictive, tobacco, a gambler, drug trafficking, to launder money

 

CHAPTER 44

For everyone

To turn s.o. into sth, to undergo a change, miscellaneous, to evolve, to rise ≠ to raise, to decrease // to increase, to alter = to change, to switch (from sth to sth), a shift, to substitute / to replace, temporary, to postpone / to put off, to carry on = to go on = to continue, to resume, to survive, a process, to delay, to linger, steady, to hasten / haste, current / currently, remote, previous, former, to overlap, to decay, to fade

For Khâgneux only

To dwindle away, to curtail, provisional, ceaseless, to subside, to come to a standstill, to span (twenty years), to dally (= to linger), fitful, to be out of date // to be up to date, to draw near = to approach, to keep pace with

 

CHAPTER 45

For everyone

A search warrant, foul play (= qqch de mal, d’illégal), an arson / an arsonist, law-abiding

 

 

CHAPTER 46

 

For everyone

 

A soldier, a private, a corporal, a sergeant, headquarters, to enlist, a volunteer, a barracks, a sentry, a helmet, a stripe, ammunition, a bullet, a sword, the blade, a shell, a bomb, a sailor / a seaman,  a rocket, a submarine, a plane, the target, a shelter, to bale out, a parachute, to wage war / to make war, to invade, a victory / a defeat,  to conquer, to withdraw, a siege, to surrender, to plunder, to escape, casualties, a ransom, a spy, a mole, intelligence, a truce, UNO, NATO, to negotiate,

 

For Khâgneux only

 

A squad, an NCO / an non-commissioned officer, a fatigue dress / fatigues, the sheath, a report, to defuse a bomb, a fleet, a torpedo, the booty, to lay waste, disabled ex-servicemen, to set free, to hold hostage, a civilian

 

 

 

CHAPTER 47

 

For everyone

 

A church, a cathedral, an abbey / an abbot,  the congregation, the altar, the choir, stained glass windows, the steeple, a tower, to believe / belief, to worship, a pagan / the heathens, a monk / a friar, a god / a goddess, Muslim, Buddhist, Jewish, faith, a Christian, the Lord, the Almighty, a martyr, a pilgrim, to pray, the Gospel, pious, to bless, heaven, an angel, hell, the devil, a fiend, the seven deadly sins, a bishop, a parish, the vicar, a churchgoer, the Pope, a nun, to go to mass, a Freemason

 

For Khâgneux only

 

The nave, a pillar, a column, a pew, the pulpit, a spire, a shrine, doomsday, a psalm, collection, dissenters, a denomination, a convent

 

 

CHAPTER 48

For everyone 

Politics, political, policy, a citizen, an opinion poll, allowances and benefits, social inequalities

For Khâgneux only

Canvassing, a constituency, the incumbent president, a tramp / a hobo, deprivation, to live below poverty line

 

 

 

 

CHAPTER 49 (one of the longest ones)

 

For everyone :

a playwright      a play

the plot              stage directions

characters        the director

the hero, the heroine

to act (a part)    an actor, an actress

props                 an aside

a tragedy, tragic

a comedy, comic

a musical

the main plot, a subplot

the climax, the anticlimax

a twist                 the denouement

a happy ending

a novel, a novelist

a short story, a tale, a fairy tale

a romance, romance

a detective story

the narratee, a narrative

an embedded narrative, a third-person narrator

omniscient, the point of view

to depict, to describe

to convey

a poet, a poem, a rhyme

a line, a stanza

rhythm

a epic, epic (adj), a fable

a myth, mythical

a literary genre

a utopia, utopian

a excerpt, an extract

a passage drawn from...

an essay

 

to comment on sth

commitment, committed, uncommitted

a classic

romanticism, realism, realistic

a portrayal, an analysis

detailed, shallow

verisimiltude

.... permeates the story

pathetic, pathos

bombastic, highflown

a discrepancy             irrelevant

nonsense, nonsensical

preposterous

to rephrase

down-to-earth          accurate, inaccurate

colloquial                  loose

bawdy                        ludicrous

coarse

the content, the table of contents

the overall pattern

a preface                    a chapter

an allusion, a hint

to allude to

a reference to            to quote from / a quotation from

to state sth / that

to stress sth, to lay stress on sth

to point out that            an explanation   

to tackle an issue, to address an issue

to avoid an issue

to sum up = to summarize, a summary

clumsy, awkward

to focus on                exciting

amusing                    to heighten he tension

to enhance sth          to throw sth into relief

to dwell on/upon sth

a satire, satirical       wit, witty

to make fun of           to entertain the reader

sarcasm, sarcastic

humour, humorous

irony, ironical

a pun = a play on words

stylistic devices         a metaphor

an onomatopeia

lyricism, lyrical

an oxymoron, a chiasmus, a metonymy, a hyperbole

an exaggeration

a paradox, paradoxical

a thesis, a hypothesis, an antithesis

clarity                               lofty

jarring (sound effects)        

far-fetched                      a commonplace / commonplace

 

comma, colon, semi-colon, full stop, dash, hyphen, a sentence, a clause

 

a critic, a criticism, a critique, critical

derogatory                       to distort s.o.'s views

to qualify a statement      

to neglect

 

For Khagneux only

to cast s.o. in the part of

to stage a character

to play the leading role, the lead

a confidant                             a cue

dramatic                                 slapstick

to rant                                     a playlet

a whodunit

to unravel a mystery             instalments

a ditty                                      to taunt s.o.

subtle                                     a thorough analysis

minute                                    lively

inconsistent                          apt

cunning                                   hackneyed

subdued                                  maudlin, mawkish

entangled                                ponderous

a cock-and-bull story

peculiar                                    trite

curt                                            tedious

drab                                          groundless assertions

stilted                                        affected

antiquated                               an underlying theme

a purple patch                         to expound one's views

the core, the gist                     pithy

terse                                         at a breathtaking pace

to ease off the tension

lengthy                                      to evince sth

to harp on sth                          racy

a quip                                        outstanding

a malaproprism                      an understatement

a plain style                             overwrought

to plagiarize                              lenient

eulogy                                         to lavish praise on

a vexed question                      to be partial to sth

one-sided                                  to overlook

 

CHAPTER 50

 

For everyone :

mathematics                             a line

straight, curved

a square, a circle

physics, a  law, a property

a lens                                           to weigh, scales

heavy, light

 

length, an inch, a foot, a yard, a mile, to measure, short, long, high, height, deep, depth, wide / broad, width / breadth

 

size, tall, shallow, narrow, thick // thin

the area                                        an event

a century                                        decay

a conspiracy, a plot

a riot                                               a war

the Middle Ages, a crusade

a knight, chivalry

a castle, a tower

slave, slavery

a democracy

to paint, a painting, a masterpiece

a canvas, a brush

garish

the foreground / the background

a drawing, to draw, a sketch

to carve                                          to play an instrument

in tune // out of tune                       a key, a keyboard

the strings, a trumpet, a drum, a choir

a tune, an air

the chorus, a burden                    in chorus

 

For Khâgneux Only :

a test-tube, a magnet, to magnify

 

anounce, a pound, a stone

 

a ruler

 

a pint, a gallon

a statesman, a warrior, the ancient world, a tournament, the keep, the battlements, the moat, a drawbridge, a dungeon, U.N.O., a dictatorship, the Third World, developed countries, less developed countries, a clash

 

a hue, a tint, to sit for s.o., a still-life, to stand out against, an outline

marble

 

a composer, to beat time, a chord

 

a cello, the brass, a horn, the bagpipe(s), an organ, to set to music

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