Global Exam Compréhension Écrite Flashcards
Thick skin
Le peau dure
The struggle
La lutte
Finding, conclusion
Un constat
Figures (numbers)
Le chiffre
For example
à titre d’exemple
Training
Une formation
Certain/sure
Certe
A third of them
un tiers d’entre elles
Because
Car
To sacrifice
Se sacrifier
Insecurity (economic)
La précarité
Besides
D’ailleurs
Status
Un statut
Executive status
Un statut de cadre
The gap
Un écart
Notice
Constater
Elect
Élire
Distribution
Répartition
Deal with, approach a problem
Aborder
Unworthy
Indigne
Opinion
Un avis
Such
Tel -e/s/es
Action, intrigue, scheme (derogatory)
Agissement
Rape
Le viol
Spouse
Conjoint
During their lifetime
Au cours de leur vie
Bitter
Amer
Destitute (peniless but also emotionally)
Démuni
To deprive of
Démunir
To abandon
Délaisser
Way, method + medium —> pluriel=means
Moyen
Miss
Manquer
Haughtiness or arrogance/ used for height or level of the issue
La hauteur
Issue, problem, challenge
Enjeu
Weak, low (amount), small (degree, percentage)
Faible
Impact, effect, consequence (and incidence)
Incidence
That is to say
C’est-à-dire
To have, hold, keep, consider/account for
Tenir
Supply, provide, furnish
Fournir
In this way, thus
Ainsi
As, just as, like, as well as
Ainsi que
Full, plenty
Plein
(Paid) employee
Salarié
Poll, survey
Le sondage
Maner, way
La manière
Strike (cessation of work)
La grève
Approve overwhelmingly
Plébisciter
Quest, search
La quête
Virtue
La Vertu
Unsuspected
Insoupçonné
Stir up, fuel, evoke
Susciter
Distrust
Méfiance
Sweet, soft, mild, gentle + used in phrase for alternative medicine
Doux (f: douce, mpl: doux, fpl: douces)
To count, to census, to identify
Recenser
Pain
La douleur
To point to
Pointer du doigt
Opponent
Détracteur
Defender
Défenseur
Formation, development, education, training
La formation
Evidence, proof
La preuve
To apprehend, dread, catch
Appréhender
Reassure, calm down
Rassurer
Harmful for one’s health
Nocif (f: nocive)
Relieve, soothe
Soulager
Belief
La croyance
Harmful, damaging, injourious
Nuisible
To award
Décerner
Result, sequel
Suite
To wish (for), to hope (for)
Souhaiter
Holder (eg of a record, of a language exam)
Détenteur (détentrice)
To pursue (chase, prosecute, continue)
Poursuivre
To treat
Traiter
Test, ordial, trial
L’épreuve (f)
Orders, instructions
La consigne
Draw, bring out (a conclusion or idea)
Dégager
To exceed, surpass, overtake
Dépasser
Test, try, feel, experience
Éprouver
Load, burden, cargo, responsibility
La Charge
Development, blooming, flowering
Un épanouissement
Conflicted, undicided, unsure
Partagé, tiraillé
