- agir - acte, action - passer à l’action - actif - prendre une part active dans un mouvement - tâche - confier une tâche à qqn

- to act - action, deed, act - to go into action, to take action - active - to be active in a movement - task - to give, set sb a task

- essayer - tenter - tentative - du premier coup

- to try to do sth, to have a go at, to have a shot at - to attempt - attempt - at the first attempt

- prendre des mesures - faire avancer les choses - prendre l’initiative de faire - s’efforcer de faire

- to take steps to do - to get things moving - to take the initiative of doing - to endeavor to do

- entreprendre de faire - entreprise - s’attaquer à - objectif - se donner pour objectif de faire

- to tackle - objective - to set out to do - undertaking - to undertake to do

- réaliser, mettre en pratique - accomplir, exécuter - exécution - élaborer - elaboration

- to implement - to carry sth out, to execute - implementation, execution - to elaborate, to work out - elaboration

- pratiquer - une pratique - mettre qqch en pratique

- to practice - a practice - to put sth into practice

- procédé, méthode - tirer parti, exploiter - exploitation - potentiel - avoir un grand potentiel

- method - to exploit - exploitation - potential - to have a lot of potential

- intervenir - intervention - coopérer avec - collaborer

- to intervene - intervention - to cooperate - to collaborate

- se débrouiller avec - se débrouiller seul

- to cope with - to cope by oneself

- accomplir, réaliser - accomplissement, réalisation - réussir, réaliser

- to accomplish, to achieve - accomplishment, achievement - to come off

- inactif - inactivité - passif - passivité - inertie

- inactive - inactivity - passive - passivity - inertia

- oeuvre, ouvrage - c’est du beau travail

- a work - it’s a good piece of work

- la base de qqch - l’origine - à l’origine - source d’inspiration

- basis of sth - origin - originally - source of inspiration

- inventer - invention - inventif - esprit d’invention - inventeur

- to invent - invention - inventive - inventiveness - inventor

- découvrir - découverte capitale - pionnier - imaginer

- discover - breakthrough - pioneer - to dream/think up

- original - originalité - nouveau, neuf (différent) - d’avant-garde - nouveauté

- original, novel - originality, novelty - fresh - pioneering - novelty

- innovateur - lancer (mode, projet) - lancer (produit nouveau)

- innovative - to initiate - to launch

- improviser - improvisation - élaborer qqch. - projet

- to improvise - improvisation - to plan sth - plan, project

- concevoir (projet) - concevoir, dessiner - conception de - créatif

- to conceive - to design - design of - creative

- produire - produit - construire qqch

- to produce - product - to construct

- façonner, modeler - forme (en general) - forme (contour) - en/sous la forme de - informe

- to fashion, to shape - form - shape - in the shape of - shapeless, formless

- muter - métamorphose - métamorphoser - transitoire

- to mutate - metamorphosis - to metamorphose - transitional

- passer de qqch à - (se) modifier - modification - apporter des modifications à

- to switch from sth to - to modify, to alter - modification, alteration - to make alterations

- fluctuer - varier - variable - immuable - immuabilité

- to fluctuate - to vary - variable, changeable - unchanging, immutable - immutability

31 PROCESSING Flashcards by adrien hauseux

agir - acte, action
passer à l’action
actif
prendre une part active dans un mouvement
tâche
confier une tâche à qqn

to act - action, deed, act
to go into action, to take action
active
to be active in a movement
task
to give, set sb a task

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essayer
tenter
tentative
du premier coup

to try to do sth, to have a go at, to have a shot at
to attempt
attempt
at the first attempt

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prendre des mesures
faire avancer les choses
prendre l’initiative de faire
s’efforcer de faire

to take steps to do
to get things moving
to take the initiative of doing
to endeavor to do

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entreprendre de faire
entreprise
s’attaquer à
objectif
se donner pour objectif de faire

to tackle
objective
to set out to do
undertaking
to undertake to do

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réaliser, mettre en pratique
accomplir, exécuter
exécution
élaborer
elaboration

to implement
to carry sth out, to execute
implementation, execution
to elaborate, to work out
elaboration

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pratiquer
une pratique
mettre qqch en pratique

to practice
a practice
to put sth into practice

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procédé, méthode
tirer parti, exploiter
exploitation
potentiel
avoir un grand potentiel

method
to exploit
exploitation
potential
to have a lot of potential

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intervenir
intervention
coopérer avec
collaborer

to intervene
intervention
to cooperate
to collaborate

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se débrouiller avec

- se débrouiller seul

to cope with

- to cope by oneself

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accomplir, réaliser
accomplissement, réalisation
réussir, réaliser

to accomplish, to achieve
accomplishment, achievement
to come off

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inactif
inactivité
passif
passivité
inertie

inactive
inactivity
passive
passivity
inertia

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oeuvre, ouvrage

- c’est du beau travail

a work

- it’s a good piece of work

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la base de qqch
l’origine
à l’origine
source d’inspiration

basis of sth
origin
originally
source of inspiration

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inventer
invention
inventif
esprit d’invention
inventeur

to invent
invention
inventive
inventiveness
inventor

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découvrir
découverte capitale
pionnier
imaginer

discover
breakthrough
pioneer
to dream/think up

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original
originalité
nouveau, neuf (différent)
d’avant-garde
nouveauté

original, novel
originality, novelty
fresh
pioneering
novelty

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innovateur
lancer (mode, projet)
lancer (produit nouveau)

innovative
to initiate
to launch

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improviser
improvisation
élaborer qqch.
projet

to improvise
improvisation
to plan sth
plan, project

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concevoir (projet)
concevoir, dessiner
conception de
créatif

to conceive
to design
design of
creative

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produire
produit
construire qqch

to produce
product
to construct

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façonner, modeler
forme (en general)
forme (contour)
en/sous la forme de
informe

to fashion, to shape
form
shape
in the shape of
shapeless, formless

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muter
métamorphose
métamorphoser
transitoire

to mutate
metamorphosis
to metamorphose
transitional

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passer de qqch à
(se) modifier
modification
apporter des modifications à

to switch from sth to
to modify, to alter
modification, alteration
to make alterations

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fluctuer
varier
variable
immuable
immuabilité

to fluctuate
to vary
variable, changeable
unchanging, immutable
immutability

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- substituer - remplacer - remplacement

- to substitute - to replace - replacement

- réformer - réforme - réformateur

- to reform - reform - reformer

- bouleverser - bouleversement - révolutionner - révolutionnaire

- to disrupt - upheaval, disruption - to revolutionize - revolutionary

- renouveler - renouvellement - faire renaître - renouveau

- to renew - renewal - to revive - revival

- adapter - convertir - convertible - conversion

- to adapt - to convert - convertible - conversion

- ajuster - réglage, ajustement - réglable, ajustable

- to adjust - adjustment - adjustable

- corriger - (s’) améliorer - amélioration

- to correct - to improve - improvement

- dégénérer - dégénérescence - se dégrader, détériorer - empirer

- to degenerate - degeneration - to deteriorate - to worsen, to get worse

- mélange (en générale) - mélange (aliments, ...) - mélange (style)

- mixture - blend - medley

- mélanger - amalgamer - amalgame

- to mix, to blend - to amalgamate - amalgamation

- (se) combiner - combinaison - incorporer qqch à - incorporation

- to combine - combination - to incorporate sth into - incorporation

- fusionner - (s’) unir - union - joindre - relier

- to fuse - to unite - union - join - to link up, together

- lien (entre) - assortir - assorti

- link (between) - to match - matching

- composite - complex - hybrid - divers - diversité

- composite - complex - hybrid - divers - diversity

- varié - variété - hétérogène - hétérogénéité - disparate (mobilier, ...) - disparate (couleur)

- varied - variety - heterogeneous - heterogeneity - disparate - ill-assorted, badly-matched

- homogène - l’homogénéité - homogénéiser

- homogeneous - homogeneity, homogeneousness - to homogenize

- développer - développement - diversifier - diversification

- to develop - development - diversify - diversification

- étendre - extension - amplifier, accentuer - amplifier (mouvement)

- to extend, to expand - extension, expansion - to develop, to accentuate - to expand, to increase

- utiliser - utilisation, usage - se servir de - utilisateur

- to use - use - to make use of - user

- avoir recours à - en dernier recours - ressource

- to resort to sth - as a last resort - a resource

- profiter de - bien profiter de - tirer profit/avantage

- to take advantage of - to make the most of - to profit from/by

- gaspiller - gaspillage, gâchis - mal employer - mauvais usage - abuser de

- to waste - waste, wastage - to misuse - misuse - to abuse, to misuse

- détruire - destruction - destructeur (adj) - destructeur (nom) - démolir - démolition - raser un bâtiment

- to destroy - destruction - destructive - destroyer - to demolish, to pull down, to knock down - demolition - to raze a building to the ground

- anéantir (ville) - anéantir- exterminer - éliminer - ruine

- to wipe out, to annihilate - to dash, to ruin, to wreck- to exterminate - to eliminate - ruin

- briser - (se) fracasser - fragmenter - fragment

- to smash up - to shatter - to fragment - fragment

- dissoudre - dissolution - démanteler - démantèlement

- to dissolve - dissolution - to dismantle, to break up - dismantling, break-up

- démonter - déchirer - mettre en pièce

- to take apart, to pieces - to tear up, to pieces, to rip up - to pull apart, to pieces

- désintégrer - désintégration - endommager - dégât (considérables)

- to disintegrate - disintegration - to damage - (extensive) damage

- décombres - épave - débris

- rubble - wreck - wreckage

- dévaster, ravager - ravages, dévastation - mettre à sac (ville) - mettre à sac (maison)

- to devastate, to lay waste - devastation, havoc - to sack - to ransack

- commencer - commencer à faire - commencement - le début

- to start, to begin, to commence - to start, to begin doing - start - beginning

- initial - inaugurer - inaugural - naissant

- initial - to inaugurate - inaugural - incipient

- mettre au point, finaliser - achever, finir (repas) - achever, finir (tâche) - achèvement

- to finalize - to finish, to end - to finish, to complete - completion

- mettre fin à - finir par faire qqch - accomplir, réussir

- to put an end to - to bring sth to an end, to terminate sth, to end up (by) doing sth - to achieve

- finir, se terminer (cours) - finir, se terminer (collaboration) - s’achever (journée, réunion) - fin, conclusion

- to end, to finish - to end, to come to an end - to draw to a close - close

- (en) dernier - final - finalement - après tout - finalement (énumération) - conclure - venir à expiration - tourner court

- last - final - eventually - in the end - finally - to conclude - to expire - to come to a sudden end

- pause - faire une pause - intervalle - reprendre (travaux) - reprendre

- pause, break - to pause, to take a break - interval - to resume - to take up again, to start up again, to start again

- arrêter de faire - s’arrêter (train) - s’arrêter (développement)

- to stop doing - to stop, to come to a stop - to stop, to come to a halt, standstill

- retard - retarder - suspendre - suspension - différer - remettre à plus tard

- delay, hold up - to delay, to hold up - to suspend - suspension - to defer, to put off - to postpone

- réussite, succès - réussir qqch - réussir dans/à qqch

- achievement, success - to achieve - to succeed, to be successful

- arriver à faire qqch - il n’y est pas arrivé - exploit - avoir du succès dans - remporter un succès - couronné de succès

- to manage to do sth - he couldn’t manage it - feat, exploit - to have success in - to meet with success - crowed with success

- être un succès - faire un malheur - bien marcher (projet) - tout à bien marché (pour lui)

- to be a success - to be a hit - to go right - everything went right (for him)

- un fonceur | - un battant

- an achiever | - a go-getter

- prospère - prospérer - prospérité

- prosperous, thriving, flourishing - to prosper, to thrive, to flourish - prosperity

- triomphe - triompher de - triomphant - triomphal

- triumph - to triumph over - triumphant - triumphal

- échec - échouer - être un raté - infructueux, sans succès - faire un four - fiasco

- failure - to fail, to be unsuccessful - to be a failure - unsuccessful - to be a flop - fiasco, washout

- en vain - il y a qqch. qui ne va pas - mal tourner, ne pas aller

- in vain, to no avail - there’s something wrong / amiss - to go wrong