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
la trahison
betrayal, treachery, treason c’etait rien, juste une petite trahison – it was nothing, just a little bit of treason
revers nm(pl)
back, reverse, setback il y a le revers de la medaille – there is the other side of the coin
explicitement adv
explicitly se separer explicitement de l’amour – to separate oneself explicitly from love
le fantome
ghost, phantom j’ai encore vu un fantome dans ma maison – I saw a ghost in my house again
errone adj
erroneous cette idee est completement erronee – this idea is completely false
le pasteur
minister, clergyman, pastor elle aime mieux le pasteur que le Jesuite – she prefers the pastor to the Jesuit
envoler v
to fly away, fly off, take off son ame s’envolait, portee par les anges – his soul flew away, carried by the angels
le serment
oath, vow tu ne peux pas rompre un serment, c’est sacre – you can’t break an oath – it’s sacred
voiler v
to veil les femmes doivent se voiler – women must wear a veil
sceptique nadj(f)
sceptical, sceptic le monde scientifique reste en majorite sceptique – the scientific world for the most part remains sceptical
capter v
to pick up, capture, tap puis ses yeux capterent un mouvement – then her eyes caught a motion
detecter v
to detect les fuites sont difficiles a detecter – leaks are difficult to detect
le abbe
abbot, priest je vous presente M. l’abbe – may I introduce the abbey
le noyer nm
walnut; to drown, flood, blur, water down tous trois ont peri noyes, prisonniers du vehicule – all three of them drowned, trapped in the vehicle
prelever v
to impose, levy, withdraw, remove l’argent est preleve sur les cheques toutes les semaines – money is debited against the checks every week
leguer v
to bequeath, hand down, pass on il aurait du me leguer la maison tout entiere – he should have bequeathed me the whole house
pervers nadj(pl)
pervert, perverse, perverted vous aimez les trucs pervers, hein? – you like perverted stuff, hey?
la ignorance
ignorance tu m’as aime par ignorance! – you loved me out of ignorance!
grossier adj
unrefined, crude, coarse, rude, rough excusez-moi. j’ai ete grossier – excuse me. I was rude
pretendu nadj
so-called, alleged il est impossible d’accepter cette pretendue reponse – it’s impossible to accept this so-called response
le sou
penny ils etaient des refugies sans le sou – they were refugees without a single penny
convaincant adj
convincing tu as ete convaincant a la tele aujourd’hui – you were convincing on TV today
la recession
recession si on parle de recession, les gens n’achetent plus – if there’s talk of a recession, people will stop buying
la aptitude
ability ses aptitudes en mathematiques me desesperent – his aptitude for mathematics left me in despair
tacher v
to endeavor tachez donc a faire plus simple – so try to simplify
minime nadj(f)
minor, minimal beaucoup de ces differences sont minimes – many of these differences are minimal
la emeute
riot, rioting c’etait le point zero des emeutes de Los Angeles – it was ground zero for the Los Angeles riots
marginal nadj
marginal j’ai jamais pense que j’etais marginal – I never thought of myself as marginal
efficacement adv
efficiently, effectively nous avons toujours travaille efficacement ensemble – we have always worked effectively together
gras adj(pl)
fatty, fat, greasy il y a 20 % de matieres grasses dedans – it has a 20% fat content
le remede
cure, remedy leur herbier fournit des remedes, des tisanes – the herbalist provides remedies, herbal teas
le exil
exile elle mourut dans l’exil, dans la pauvrete – she died in exile, in poverty
carrement adv
completely, directly, straight out ici, on passe carrement par-dessus la tete des syndicats – here, frankly, we go over the heads of the unions
dedier v
to dedicate ce livre est dedie a ma soeur qui est decedee – this book is dedicated to my sister who passed away
planer v
to glide, soar un grand oiseau planait – a large bird was soaring
precoce adj(f)
early, precocious nous favorisons la detection precoce et la prevention – we support early detection and
harceler v
to harass, plague la police des moeurs harcele encore les jeunes – the vice squad is still harassing the youth
la indemnisation
indemnification, compensation jamais une periode d’indemnisation n’a ete aussi longue – no period of compensation has ever been this long
rapporteur nadj
telltale, rapporteur je vous en informe comme rapporteur – I’m telling you this as a reporter
sombrer v
to darken; to sink, lapse je sombrai dans le chaos – I sank into chaos
la tristesse
sadness, gloominess, dreariness je n’ai jamais pris leur tristesse au serieux – I never took their sadness seriously
le suffrage
vote le suffrage est le court moment du souverain – the popular vote is the beginning of the end for
le diable intj,
devil vous croyez que je suis le diable? – you think I’m the devil?
souscrire v
to subscribe elle ne souscrit pas completement a nos principes – she doesn’t altogether subscribe to our principles
la maree
tide c’est a maree haute qu’il faut venir – you must come at high tide
la restauration
restoration; catering la restauration emploie beaucoup de jeunes – catering employs many young people
le deploiement
deployment, spreading, unfurling, display il s’agirait du premier deploiement de missiles sol-air – it would be the first deployment of surface-to-air missiles
le confrere
colleague mes confreres de classe ont beneficie de ces bourses – my classmates benefited from those scholarships
le adieu intj
goodbye, farewell, adieu je ne t’aime plus. adieu – I don’t love you any more. farewell
la panne
breakdown, failure ton telephone est en panne – your telephone doesn’t work
fonctionnel adj
functional vous savez, tout est fonctionnel – you know, everything works
authentique adj(f)
genuine, authentic mon objectif premier : rester authentique – my main objective: to remain authentic
la occurrence
instance, case, occurrence nous pourrions compter sur les doigts de la main les occurrences du mot – we could count on
fondre v
to melt, merge quel pudding exquis, il fond dans la bouche – what exquisite pudding–it melts in the mouth
le echelon
rung, step, grade, echelon j’ai tente de grimper encore un echelon, pour lui echapper – I tried to crawl up one more rung to escape him
le apport
supply, contribution cite-moi un seul apport positif de la technologie – name me one positive contribution from technology