Adv French L'immigration, l'identité culturelle et le racisme Flashcards
(64 cards)
1
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elbow
A
la coude
2
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enough
A
marre
3
Q
disgusted, nauseated
A
écoeuré
4
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to don (takes on)
A
revetir
5
Q
to have contempt for
A
mépriser
6
Q
with regard to
A
À l’égard de
7
Q
to collapse
A
s’écrouler
8
Q
issue, stake
A
l’enjeu
9
Q
to demand, claim
A
revendiquer
10
Q
with full force
A
de plein fouet
11
Q
black-white-arab-multiracial
A
black-blanc-beur
12
Q
threshold
A
le seuil
13
Q
to brake
A
freiner
14
Q
grasp
A
empoigner
15
Q
sickly
A
souffreteux (euse)
16
Q
to cling to
A
cramponner
17
Q
to end up with, to lead to
A
aboutir à
18
Q
to start
A
se prendre à faire qc
19
Q
smart
A
calé
20
Q
to have fun, to laugh
A
se marrer
21
Q
appearance, aspect
A
l’allure
22
Q
Phrygian cap; associate with causes of liberty, a red one is especially associated with the French Revolution
A
le bonnet phrygien
23
Q
to liberate
A
affranchir
24
Q
widespread
A
répandu
25
to be suspicious of
de méfier de
26
to do something in vain
avoir beau + infinitif
27
family allowance, benefit
les allocation familiales
28
to contribute
cotiser
29
flash in the pan
le feu de paille
30
crybaby, whiner
un pleurnicheur
31
to style
coiffer
32
stick
le bâton
33
spring
un ressort
34
resentfulness, grudge, bitterness
la rancune
35
a window with wide sills
une fenêtre à embrassure profonde
36
a lurking person
une forme tapie
37
hip/hips
la hanche/ les hanches
38
waist, size
la taille
39
cheek
la joue
40
neck
le cou
41
to suffocate
étouffer
42
to hold back
se retenir
43
braced
arc-bouté
44
to boast
se vanter
45
defuse
décrisper
46
to take something at face value
prendre qc pour argent comptant
47
measure, plan
le dispositif
48
students, staff, workforce
les effectifs
49
to slow down
ralentir
50
holy man
le marabout
51
to watch over
veiller
52
to drip
dégouliner
53
dumbfounded, flabbergasted
éberlué, éberluée
54
seal/stamp
le sceau
55
ear of corn or wheat
un épis
56
pole, shaft
la hampe
57
the emblem, insignia (symbol,flag of france)
la cocarde (tricolore)
58
to juggle, to accomodate
concilier
59
motto
la devise
60
pediment of a building
le fronton
61
to confine
cantonner
62
gipsy (pejorative)
le manouche
63
to append, affix
apposer
64
expired, outdated
périmé, périmée
