MIRE empêcher embourber patauger Fange / bourbier = the mire (=serious difficulties) a company deep in the mire une compagnie profondément embourbée dans la crise JINX n (=curse) mauvais sort m , sort m (=person who brings bad luck) personne f qui porte la poisse ? I am not a jinx ALLOT vt (=share out) [+seats, places, space, money] répartir, distribuer → They failed to complete the exam in the allotted time POULTICE = cataplasme poultice =mettre un cataplasme MELLIFLUOUS adj mélodieux SCOLD vt sermonner → Mother scolded me this morning for being rude to you gronder ; réprimander ; sermonner ; gourmander INDULGE =vt (=spoil) [+person] gâter ? It pleased me to indulge her. ? enabling him to indulge in his favourite pastime of gambling BEHEST = ordre At the behest of conj. at sb's behest exp. = sur l'ordre de qn RELINQUISH abandonner vt [+power, claim] renoncer à → He relinquished his claim to the throne WILY (prononcer whyly) adj rusé (e) / astucieux SULK vi bouder → She had sulked all weekend. tirer la gueule= to be sulking DOGGEDNESS n (resoluteness) obstination f → Most of my accomplishments came as the result of sheer doggedness