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• blasé unconcerned, indifferent, or unimpressed
• cliché an overused expression. It feels predictable, tired, and uninspired.
• déjà vu have I done this before...?
• faux pas socially awkward mistake
• hors d'oeuvre appetizer
• je ne sais quoi a special quality that is hard to describe
• RSVP request to respond to an invitation
• tête-à-tête a private conversation between two people
• laissez-faire a hands-off approach
• rendez-vous a meeting or appointment
• risqué slightly indecent or likely to shock
• repertoire a collection of skills, works or performances
• connoisseur an expert judge in matters of taste (e.g. art, food, wine)
• coup d'état a sudden, illegal takeover of government power
• frisson a sudden, fleeting, and often pleasurable surge of emotion
• disown refuse to acknowledge connection or relationship
• monetize convert an asset into source of income/profit
• slave mindset a psychology of dependency/fear/submissiveness to authority
• scathing severely critical
• clout power/influence
• parasocial one-sided psychological bond where a person invests time and interest into a public figure who is unaware of their existence
• disseminate to spread or give out news, information, ideas, or knowledge widely to a large group of people
• antidote a substance which counteracts or neutralizes the effects of poison
• disingenuous insincere/calculating or not straightforward
• misogynist person who hated women
• misandrist person who hates men
• boast show off
• a full-on hit piece article/media piece mate to trash something/someone
• spicy sv: stark
• clatter sv: klappra, slamra, oväsen
• fascinating sv: fascinerande
• rugged sv: skrovlig
• delectable sv: ljuvlig
• hum sv: humma
• impressive sv: imponerande
• imposing sv: praktfull, vördnadsbjudande
• acrid sv: frän, skarp
• buzz sv: surr
• heady sv: häftig, rusande, förhastad
• bitter sv: bitter
• tart sv: syrlig, besk
• fragrant sv: doftande
• creamy sv: krämig
• odorous sv: illaluktande
• roar sv: ryt
• rumble sv: dundra, mullra, kurra
• sharp sv: vass, skarp
• tender sv: mör
• thriving sv: froda
• musty sv: unken
• screech sv: tjut, skrik, gnissel
• heaving sv: ??
• stench sv: stank
• sweltering sv: stekhet
• clammy sv: fuktig och klibbig
• nippy sv: bitande (kall)
• crisp sv: krispig
• menacing __ glare, peek, glimpse, peep, gaze, glance
• tentative __ peek/peep, glimpse, gaze, glance, glare
• fierce __ glare, peek, glimpse, peep, gaze, glance
• fleeting __ glimpse, peek, glare, peep, gaze, glance
• brief __ glimpse, peek, glare, peep, gaze, glance
• cautious __ peep/peek, glimpse, glare, gaze, glance
• surreptitious __ peep, peek, glimpse, glare, gaze, glance
• unflinching __ glare/gaze, peek, glimpse, peep, glance
• curious __ peek/glance, glimpse, glare, peep, gaze
• furtive __ glance, peek, glimpse, glare, peep, gaze
• dreamy __ gaze, peek, glimpse, glare, peep, glance
• furious __ glare, peek, glimpse, peep, gaze, glance
• intent __ gaze, peek, glimpse, glare, peep, glance
• euphemism for: old mature, experienced
• euphemism for: fat big-boned
• euphemism for: short vertically challenged
• euphemism for: ugly unconventional looking
• euphemism for: homeless sleeping rough
• euphemism for: poor economically disadvantaged
• euphemism for: to fire someone to let go of someone
• euphemism for: fire a group of employees restructure, downsize, outsource
• euphemism for: to tell lies to be economical with the truth
• euphemism for: rubbish collectors sanitary engineers
• euphemism for: used pre-loved
• euphemism for: prison correctional facility
• euphemism for: unintentional consequences badly affecting someone or something collateral damage
• tiresome sv: tröttsam
• bombarded sv: bombarderad
• encroach sv: inkräkta (på en persons rättigheter, fritid, privatliv)
• crave sv: längta efter
• exacerbate sv: förvärra
• rambler sv: vandrare
• phenomenal sv: fenomenal
• embrace sv: omfamna
• detrimental sv: förödande
• resistant sv: motvillig

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