Common article vocab Flashcards
to be supposed to do something
être censé faire qqch
assessment
le bilan
partnership
un binôme
to dispatch
dépêcher
to be about to do something
s’apprêter à faire qqch
to maintain/look after
entretenir
at half-mast
en berne
town councillor
un édile
to split
se cliver
curfew
couvre-feu
The European-Algerians who fled to France
les pieds-noirs
Muslim Algerian loyalists who served in France army during Algerian war
les Harkis
au ras de
level with
un boulet
cannonball
loophole/flaw
une faille
lovely/rousing
entraînant
to get a move on
se magner
claim to be
se vouloir
excessiveness
la démesure
ages ago
depuis les lustres
gaping
béant
to have at your disposal
disposer de
a regime
le régime (m)
manifesto
le manifeste
constituency
la circonscription
the vote
le vote (m)
a procedure/pathway
une filière
to get on with something
s’atteler à qch
to advise
préconiser
certifying/establishing
constatant
to alienate
se mettre à dos
outrageousness
une outrance
louvoyer
to stagger/take a roundabout route
to refer to sthg/take something back
renvoyer à qqch
to attribute/award
décerner
underlying/concealed
latent
side-lining
mise à l’écart
opposite
ci-contre
resort/solution/aid
le recours
instaurer
to establish
beforehand/in advance
en amont
long-standing
de longue date
a saying
un adage
entamé
under way/started
rayonner
to shine
égrener
to list
adosser
to lean against
déferler
break, crash, erupt
benefits
allocations
la rixe
fight
saper qn
to undermine someone
la concurrence
competition
déchaîner
to unleash
réprimer
to repress
accabler
to oppress/ to overwhelm
prôner
to advocate
