frequent part 3-200 vocabs- Flashcards
la reticence
reluctance, hesitation je ne ressens pas de reticence de la part des auteurs francais – I don’t sense any reluctance on behalf of French authors
le versant
hillside, mountainside voila succinctement resume un versant de sa nature – there, briefly put, is one side of his nature
sommaire nadj(f)
summary, brief, cursory l’examen est certes assez sommaire – the examination is certainly rather cursory
la provocation
provocation c’est de la provocation indue, non souhaitable et injustifiee – it’s undeserved, undesirable and unjustified provocation
prefet nm
prefect le prefet ne fera rien pour nous – the police commissioner will do nothing for us
le aval
downstream, downhill on parle des avantages en aval – we’re talking about downstream benefits
opposant nadj
opponent, opposing mais les opposants sont sceptiques – but the opponents are sceptical
filial adj
filial; branch office il fallait creer une entreprise filiale – it was necessary to create a subsidiary company
la controverse
controversy il y a beaucoup de controverses au sujet des chatiments corporels – there are many
le gel
frost, freezing, gel ils ont besoin d’un gel des frais de scolarite – they need a freeze in tuition
coder v
to code, encode chaque langue code une culture determinee – each language encodes a particular culture
contrevenant nadj
offender, offending cela evite au contrevenant d’aller en prison – this prevents the offender from having to go to prison
consolider v
to strengthen, reinforce la societe consolide sa position en matiere de propriete intellectuelle – the company is
televiser v
to televise la concurrence des journaux televises est indeniable – competition among TV newscasts is undeniable
oral nadj
oral ces histoires constituent le folklore oral moderne – these stories comprise modern oral folklore
instable adj(f)
unstable je regardai avec effroi ces etres instables – I watched with fear these unstable beings
soustraire v
to substract, remove, shield, escape from nul homme ne peut se soustraire au terme de sa vie – no man can escape from the endpoint of his life
courbe nadj(f)
curve, curved la courbe qu’il specifie est une spirale – the curve that it describes is a spiral
inconscient nadj
unconscious, thoughtless apres cela, je suis reste inconscient pendant 24 heures – afterwards, I was unconscious for 24 hours
la equite
equity, fairly il faudra renforcer l’equite en matiere d’emploi – it will be necessary to strengthen equity in the workplace
instruire v
to instruct , teach, educate, inform ils sauront l’instruire sur leurs anciennes pratiques – they know how to teach him their ancient practices
emerger v
to emerge, rise up, come out cette facon de penser emerge presque partout – this kind of thinking is emerging almost everywhere
os nm(pl)
bone je jette un os a un chien – I toss a bone to a dog
le sursis nm(pl)
reprieve, deferment une peine d’emprisonnement avec sursis ne suffirait pas – jail time with remission of sentence would not be enough