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sensibilisation
awareness; sensitisation; bad reaction
cinglante
stinging, squelch, crushing
tempèrer
assuage, temper, soothe
coutumier
traditional, customary; used, accostomed; typical, ordinary
fumée
smoke, fumes; vapor
étranche
waterproof, watertight; airtight, hermetic
sas
airlock; airtight chamber
abriter
shelter
voire
even, indeed, in fact
ingérence
interference, intrusion
régnante
reigning, prevailing
exigence
demand, requirement; demanding
intervenir
intervene, step in, take action
coussin
cushion
rembourré
soutien-gorge rembourré
padded, stuffed, plump
padded bra
gorge
throat, bosom
patir de
suffer from
coupant
sharp, sharp edged; cutting, biting
novatrice
innovative
mener
lead, conduct; give [sb] a ride
camion-citerne
tanker
engluer
s’engluer
englué
stick, glue, make [sth] sticky
get stuck, get bogged down
sticky, stuck
bafouer
flout, ridicule, scorn, besmirch
élevage
livestock farming, breeding farm
carcérale
prison, penitentiary
méandres
twists and turns, meander
déchoir
deprive [sb] of [sth], strip [sb] of [sth]
surlendemain
two days later
apatride
stateless, stateless person
parsemer
sprinkle, scatter
conteur
storyteller, narrator
animer
s’animer
present, host, facilitate; stir, keep [sth] going; bring to life,
enliven
come to life, liven up; come to life
voué
destined, fated
insoumission
disobedience, rebelliousness; conscientious objection, awol
bretelles
suspenders
juridiquement
legally, juridically
s’eprendre de
fall in love with [sb], be enamoured of [sth], fall in love with [sth]
hors pair
hors
outstanding, peerless, without equal
without, not including, beyond
sale temps
bad westher, hard times
l’essentiel des étrangers
mostly foreigners
nébuleuse
nebula
bannir
exclude, ostricize, bar, banish
port du voile
voile
wearing of a headscarf
headscarf, hijab (muslim)
frontale
head-on,
conserver
keep, hold, retain, preserve
gènèrique de début
gènèrique de fin
opening credits
closing credits
adouber
dub
bienveillance
benevolence, kindness
scaphandre
diving suit; space suit
fuite
leak, escape
balade
stroll, walk, ramble
amarrage
docking, mooring
échéant
due (as in due date); expiry
cas
scenario, event, case, situation
traiter
treat, negotiate
échéant
due (as in due date); expiry
cas
scenario, event, case, situation
butiner
gather pollen, gather nectar, forage
prè
meadow, field
avant-coureur
early warning sign
videur
bouncer
moulant
skin-tight, close fitting
s’accouder
lean on one’s elbows;
feutrer
become felted, padded with felt; soften, dampen
PACS
contract of civil union, civil partnership
extirper
s’extirper de
haul out, drag out, exact
extract yourself from
dessus de lit
bedspread
retenir
catch, get hold of; retain; remember
pimentées
hot and spicy
chercheur
researcher, seeker
tenace
stubborn, resistant, tenacious
action boursière; bulle boursière; capitalisation boursière; débâcle boursière; place boursière;
stock, share; stock market bubble; market capitalization; stock market crash; financial center;
méforme
unfitness; lack of fitness
guetter
look out for, spy on
cahoteux
bumpy, rough
inchangé
unmodified, unchanged, unaltered
batailles de boules de neige;
bonhomme de neige
snowball fight;
snowman
désoeuvrée
idle, unoccupied, inactive
pelleter
shovel
pas-de-porte
key money; lease money
téméraire
audacious, risk-taking, daring, foolhardy
rond-point
rotary, traffic circle
biens
goods, property, assets
CPI
cour pènal internationale (International Criminal Court)
aveu
admission, confession, proclamation, declaration
procureure
district attorney, public prosecutor
forceps
forceps
raréfier
rarify, make scarce
ronger
se ronger
gnaw on, erode;
bite (nails)
ambiant
surrounding, room temperature; prevailing
vicié
contaminated, stale, flawed
cursus
course, curriculum
courtiser
woo, court, flatter
intraitable
hard-nosed, inflexible, uncompromising, strict
assumer ||
s’assumer
take [sth] on, take [sth] on yourself, assume, accept ||
be self sufficient, be at ease with yourself
laxisme
laxity, permissiveness
garde de sceaux
attorney general
dense
dense, thick, concise, succinct, condensed, concentrated
charmant, adorable, agréable
lovely
pinceau
paintbrush, brush, make-up brush