Adv French L'immigration, l'identité culturelle et le racisme Flashcards
elbow
la coude
enough
marre
disgusted, nauseated
écoeuré
to don (takes on)
revetir
to have contempt for
mépriser
with regard to
À l’égard de
to collapse
s’écrouler
issue, stake
l’enjeu
to demand, claim
revendiquer
with full force
de plein fouet
black-white-arab-multiracial
black-blanc-beur
threshold
le seuil
to brake
freiner
grasp
empoigner
sickly
souffreteux (euse)
to cling to
cramponner
to end up with, to lead to
aboutir à
to start
se prendre à faire qc
smart
calé
to have fun, to laugh
se marrer
appearance, aspect
l’allure
Phrygian cap; associate with causes of liberty, a red one is especially associated with the French Revolution
le bonnet phrygien
to liberate
affranchir
widespread
répandu
to be suspicious of
de méfier de
to do something in vain
avoir beau + infinitif
family allowance, benefit
les allocation familiales
to contribute
cotiser
flash in the pan
le feu de paille
crybaby, whiner
un pleurnicheur
to style
coiffer
stick
le bâton
spring
un ressort
resentfulness, grudge, bitterness
la rancune
a window with wide sills
une fenêtre à embrassure profonde
a lurking person
une forme tapie
hip/hips
la hanche/ les hanches
waist, size
la taille
cheek
la joue
neck
le cou
to suffocate
étouffer
to hold back
se retenir
braced
arc-bouté
to boast
se vanter
defuse
décrisper
to take something at face value
prendre qc pour argent comptant
measure, plan
le dispositif
students, staff, workforce
les effectifs
to slow down
ralentir
holy man
le marabout
to watch over
veiller
to drip
dégouliner
dumbfounded, flabbergasted
éberlué, éberluée
seal/stamp
le sceau
ear of corn or wheat
un épis
pole, shaft
la hampe
the emblem, insignia (symbol,flag of france)
la cocarde (tricolore)
to juggle, to accomodate
concilier
motto
la devise
pediment of a building
le fronton
to confine
cantonner
gipsy (pejorative)
le manouche
to append, affix
apposer
expired, outdated
périmé, périmée
