Deck 1 Flashcards
par-delà
beyond, across; on the other side of
en termes de
in terms of
un socle
base, stand, pedestal
se fonder sur
to be based on
s’écarter de
to stray/wander/digress from
reconstituer
to reconstitute; reconstruct
un cas à part
special case
cerner
to surround, encircle; pinpoint
dépeindre
to depict, portray; paint a picture of
l’avènement (m.)
advent, coming
le point de départ
point of departure
ériger
to erect, rise; set-up, establish (élever, instaurer)
objecter
to object
entreprendre
to undertake, start doing
l’emporter sur
to prevail over, defeat (person)
déjouer
to foil, frustrate, thwart; evade (surveillance)
une attente
expectation (usu. plural); wait, wait time
l’ébullition (f.)
boiling
détourner
to divert, reroute; redirect, hijack; embezzle, misappropriate
une revendication
claim; statement
du côté de
on the side of
rangé
tidy, neat, orderly
sauter
to jump, leap; flicker
démanteler
to demolish, dismantle; uninstall; break up
s’efforcer de
to endeavor/strive to
s’adosser
to lean/stand against
bailleur/-euse
lessor; backer, silent partner
assimiler
to assimilate, integrate (intégrer); absorb
rétif
edgy, recalcitrant; wayward, difficult; indolent
la contrepartie
response, return; compensation, quid pro quo
énoncer
to announce, state, pronounce
un pair
peer, colleague
re résoudre à
to decide/resolve to
se couler
to slip into
s’émanciper
to emancipate oneself
le joug
yoke
affranchir
to free, emancipate, liberate
aussitôt
immediately, right away
aussitôt + [pp]
no sooner [adj.]
réprimer
to repress, suppress, restrain; hold back
