Chap 9 Flashcards
attempt (noun)
tentative (f)
challenge (noun)
to challenge someone
défi (m)
lancer un défi à qn
to claim responsibility for/authorship of
to claim to be the painter of a painting
no one has claimed responsibility for the attack
revendiquer
revendiquer un tableau
l’attentat n’a pas été revendiqué
riot (n)
to turn into a riot
émeute (f)
tourner à l’émeute
growth
annual/economic/fast growth
sustained sharp growth
croissance (f)
croissance annuelle/économique/rapide
forte/vive croissance
to lend
lend their support to this venture
prêter
prêter leur concours à cette entreprise
tale, story
fairy tale
to tell (a story)
conte (m)
conte des fées
conter
to be supposed to
to be supposed to do
we are supposed to arrive at 7:00
être censé
être censé faire
nous sommes censé arriver à sept heures
luck (informal)
he is lucky
stroke of luck
just my luck!
veine (f)
il a de la veine
coup de veine
c’est bien ma veine!
road map
city map
carte routière (f)
un plan
To snub, to turn one’s nose up st
Snober
timid, shy; bitter, savage
farouche (adj.)
current (adj.)
actuel
empty (of), blank
vide (de)
to boast
fanfaronner
to jostle, to shake up, to bump into
to bump into/fall all over each other
bousculer (vt)
se bousculer
to be at stake, to be the focus
être l’enjeu (nm)
disappointment
déconvenue (f)
trial (legal)
procès (m)
stake
what’s at stake
what’s at stake now is more than the fate of one person
enjeu (m)
ce que est en jeu
l’enjeu dépasse maintenant le sort d’une seule personne
ballot, polling place
electoral system
to count the votes
scrutin (m)
mode de scrutin
dépouiller le scrutin
male
mâle (adj, nm)
female (for animal)
femelle (adj)
to give rise to, to arouse, to spark
susciter (vt)
disinformation
to spread disinformation
intox (m)
faire de l’intox
sensor
capteur (m)
fine (noun)
amende (f)
insignificant, harmless, mild, safe, neutral
anodin/anodine (adj.)
to hit, to strike; to act counter to e.g. public opinion (vt)
to come up against (problem, refusal)
heurter
se heurter à
to start, initiate, enter into to undermine (someone's reputation)
entamer (vt)
entamer la reputation de quelqu’un.
bend, turning point
tournant (m)
to undo, untie, loosen
to hold one’s arms away from one’s body
to break loose, to come undone, to turn one’s back on, to stand out
détacher (vt)
détacher les bras du corps
se détacher
riot
émeute (nf)
cleaning up, refining, purge
ethnic cleansing
épuration (nf)
épuration ethnique
special effect
optical effects
vote rigging
trucage (nm)
trucages optiques
trucage des scrutins
to set off (alarm, offensive), to cause, to initiate, to spark
to provoke general laughter
déclencher (vt)
déclencher un éclat de rire général
to remain, to live
he remained deaf to our entreaties
demeurer
il est demeuré à nos supplications
to rest or to lean on/against
appuyer sur/contre
process (noun)
processus (m)
to be ahead of, to lead
at the moment he is 12 minutes/2000 votes ahead of his opponent.
a thinker who is ahead of his time
devancer
pour l’instant, il devance son rival de 12 minute/2000 voix
un penseur qui a devancé ses contemporains.
to win
remporter
to divert, distract, to embezzle, to hijack
détourner
stalemate, collapse
a country’s slide into war
enlisement (m)
l’enlisement d’un pays dans la guerre
to get stuck, bogged down
the country is being sucked into civil war
s’enliser
le pays s/enlise dans la guerre civile
uprising
soulèvement (m)
to dig, plow
to dig a hole
creuser
creuser un trou
to recommend, to advocate
préconiser
to deal with, to treat
treat sb like an invalid/a son
to deal with the subject
to call sb a liar
traiter
traiter qn en malade/comme son fils
traiter le sujet
traiter qn de menteur
to tell (about sth), to warn, to call, to anticipate
tell us when you are coming
call the police
she anticipates their every wish
prévenir
prévenez-nous de votre visite
prévenez la police
elle prévient leurs moindres désirs
search/to search
body search
fouille (nf)/fouiller (vt)
fouille corporelle
escalation
escalade (f)
support
to lean on
appuis (m)/appuyer
prendre appui sur
to deny
nier (vt)
to take over, to seize
s’emparer de
to take responsibility for
having taken on the role of aggressor
endosser (vt)
avoir endossé le rôle d’agresseur
to slow down
ralentir/se ralentir
shortage
raréfaction (nf)
birth, delivery
accouchement (m)
easy, well-off
the most well-off colonists left
aisé (adj.)
les colons les plus aisés quittent
to catch a glimpse
to see a glimmer of hope for peace/of recovery
entrevoir (vt)
entrevoir un espoir de paix/de redressement
to dismiss (fire), to transfer
limoger
development, increasing popularity, comeback
to spread ones wings, to take off (person, region)
essor (m)
prendre son essor
sequence, procedure
the procedure for the ceremony
the organization of the working week
déroulement (m)
le déroulement de la cérémonie
le déroulement d’une semaine de travail
guarantee (n)
guaranteed by
to endorse, to give sb one’s approval
aval (m)
bon pour aval
donner son aval à
dam, barricade, roadblock
barrage (m)
kidnapping
enlèvement (m)
to worry, to disturb
inquiéter (vt)/s’inquiéter
fate
to worry about the fate of the others
sort (m)
s’inquiéter du sort des autres
haste
in great haste
a hastily drawn up report
hâte (f)
en toute hâte
un rapport rédigé à la hâte
heartbreak, rift
déchirement (m)
to win (a victory)
remporter (vt)
to sink
to sink into despair
to sink into civil war
sombrer (vi)
sombrer dans désespoir
sombrer dans la guerre civile
to settle
solder
to manage, to run
gérer
to found, to establish
he based his theory on Hegel
fonder
il a fondé son théorie sur Hegel
demand, claim (n)
wage demands
revendication (f)
revendications salariales
to take on
I can’t take on the cost of his education myself
assumer (vt)
je ne peux assumer seul les frais de son éducation
to sadden, upset (vt) to struggle (vi)
peiner
wave (n)
the wave of attacks
vague (f)
la vague d’attentats
to take place
the demonstration went off without incident
se dérouler
la manifestation s’est déroulée dans le calme
loose, vague, fuzzy, hazy (literally or figuratively)
flou (adj)
painful, aching
douloureux
to tear, to break up
to go back on a contract
déchirer
déchirer un accord
all of a sudden
subitement (adv.)
educated (adj.)
instruit
to repress
réprimer (vt)
tight, tense, nervous
the straps are not tight enough
you can see he is tense and vulnerable
tendu (adj)
les courroies ne sont pas assez tendues
on le sent tendu, vulnérable
to subtract, to take away
to save from death
soustraire (à = from)
soustraire à mort
ordeal, test
épreuve (f)
to harden, to intensify
to take a harder line on
to harden the arteries
quick setting cement
durcir
durcir sa politique en matière de
durcir les artères
ciment qui durcit vite
search (n)
to carry out a search of an area
ratissage (m)
procéder au ratissage d’une région
ambush, trap
to walk into an ambush
guet-apens (m)
tomber dans un guet-apens
misappropriation, hijacking
perversion of the democratic process
embezzlement of funds
détournement (m)
détournement du processus démocratique
détournement de fonds
to transport
to head towards (country, economy e.g.)
acheminer (vt)
s’acheminer
to happen
no matter what happens
what will become of democracy
advenir
quoi qu’il advienne
qu’adviendra-t-il de la démocratie?
to suffer, to subject to
suffer the effect of
subir
subir le contrecoup de
to push back, to stifle, to hold back, to turn back
refouler
to subdue, to subject sb/sth to, to submit
we are subjected to tax
to put a law to the vote
soumettre qn/qch à
nous sommes soumis à un impôt
soumettre une loi au vote
to fall dramatically (person, regime), to collapse
to be distraught with grief
s’effondrer
s’effondrer de chagrin
to attack, to assault
to be mugged in the street
to feel threatened by
agresser
se faire agresser dans la rue
se sentir agressé par
milestone, watershed
to turn a corner, to reach a milestone
to reach the milestone of one’s fortieth
cap (m)
franchir un cap
franchir le cap de la quarantaine
to make fun of
they made fun of their friend’s accent
railler
ils ont raillé leur camarade sur son accent
bathtub
baignoire (f)
to invade, to overcome, to pervade
overrun with ants
overcome with sleep
to take over the building
envahir (vt)
envahi par les fourmis
envahi par le sommeil
envahir l’immeuble
decade
décennie (f)
liable for
persons liable for income tax
assujetti (adj)
les personnes assujetties à l’impôt sur le revenu
fabric, cloth
tissu (m)
customs, lifestyle, practices
to become part of everyday life
moeurs (f plural)
entrer dans les moeurs
to remain
he remained deaf to our entreaties
nonetheless, the fact remains that …
demeurer
il est demeuré à nos supplications
il n’en demeurer pas moins que …
consideration, regard
without regard for, with regard to sth
to take someone’s wishes/age into account
égard (m)
sans égard pour, à l’égard de qch
avoir égard aux souhaits/à l’âge de qn
clumsiness, tactlessness, awkwardness
forgive my clumsiness
he was tactless to her
mistakes by the government provoked discontent
maladresse (f)
excuse ma maladresse
is a agi avec maladresse envers elle
les maladresses du gouvernement ont provoqué le mécontentement
well off/badly off
bien loti/mal loti
to waste away, to fade away, to decline
dépérir (vi)
wealthy (adj, noun)
possédant (adj., nm)
to force sth on sb
to compel sb to do/to make oneself do
astreindre qn à qch
astreindre qn à faire/s’astreindre à faire
gap, interval
écart (m)
to undermine
saper (vt)
boiling
to bring to/come to a boil
ébullition (f)
porter/arriver à ébullition
disagreement between/over
différend (m) entre/sur
contribution
cotisation (f)
to feel/to suffer from
felt to be an emergency/insult
ressentir/se ressentir
ressenti comme une urgence/insulte
to occur, to arise
should any problem arise
survenir
s’il survient un problème
next to, beside
auprès de
to catch up, to make up
to catch up with the someone
to catch up on one’s sleep
rattraper
rattraper son regard sur qn
rattraper du sommeil en retard
to split (org, group), to break down (problem, question) to split into two/several parts
scinder
scinder en deux/plusieurs parties
