Homework Vocab Flashcards
avoir sommeil
to be sleepy
parfois
sometimes
avoir envie de
to want
une batîse
stupid/foolish
avoir honte
to be ashamed
avoir lieu
to take place
avoir l’air
to look (like)
le stationnement
parking
se garer
to park
méchant
mean
laid
ugly/plain
ennuyeux
boring
silencieux
quiet
bruyant
loud
courageux
brave
bête
stupid
travailleur
hard working
paresseux
lazy
cependant
however
la écriture
writing/handwriting
guère
hardly (very little)
œuvres
works (ie art works)
pourtant
however
prévue
planned
rédiger
to draft / to write
soumettre
to submit
apprécier
to appreciate OR to appraise/evaluate
rédaction
composition / writing
exposer
to expose OR to exhibit
l’espèce
cash (money)
susciter
to stir up / give rise to
Bien que
Although
échouer
to fail
l’échec
failure / failings
chuter
to fall
lorsque
when
le contrat
contract
rompre
to break off / burst
selon
according to
l’échantillon
sample
la expédition
the sending/shipment (of packages)
mettre en demeure
to give notice
une remise
deferment
approfondir
to deepen
le dirigeant
director / administrator
le colloques
forum / conference
s’expatrier
to leave one’s country
polyvalent
multi-purpose
polycompétent
x
l’esprit de synthèse
x
poursuivre
to persue
puisque
since
étant donné que
given that
se tromper
to be wrong / mistaken
ne pas quittez
hold on (while on the phone)
prévenir
to warn
épeler
to spell
le lointain
the background / in the distance
apercevoir
to perceive / to discern
un aperçu (noun)
an overview (of a problem)
aperçu (adj)
perceived
en outre,
furthermore,
faire un pas
to take a step
aussitôt
immediately
se heurter
to bump into
la rafale
gust (of wind)
un plainte
a complaint
le sifflement
whistling (sound) / hiss
siffler
to whistle
l’épaule
shoulder
le poignet
wrist
le cou
neck
vivement
vigorously
rendre
to hand in / to return
un nuage
cloud
envahir
to invade / overrun
l’éclair
a flash
se réfugier
to take refuge
l’orage
storm
le rocher
rock / boulder
coup de tonnerre
thunderclap
éclater
to shatter / to explode
nuée
a cloud (of smoke)
le sommet
summit
rebondir
to bounce / to rebound
affreux
horrible
toute autre chose
anything else
blafard
pale
entrecouper
to punctuate
le rugissement
roar
hurler
to scream
sans cesse
continually / always
grondement
rumble / boom
arriéré
backward / old fashioned
reculer
to retreat / back up
valoir
to be worth / to deserve
épouser
to marry / wed
ailleurs
elsewhere
d’ailleurs
anyway
dans le fond
deep down
dégoûter
to disgust
taire
to keep quiet
ardent
scorching
récapituler
to summarize
apparaître
to appear / to seem
le rongeur
rodent
convenir
to be appropriate
éclairer
to light up / to brighten
le meuble
a piece of furniture
mettre en colère
to anger
craindre
to fear / to be afraid
avoir la trentaine / la quarantaine / la cinquantaine
30-something / 40-something / 50-something
mettre fin à
to end / to put an end to
tenter
to tempt / to be tempted by an opportunity
aboutir
to succeed / to come to fruition
autant
as many
la borne
boundary / limit
entreprendre
to undertake
un pompier
fireman
enfoncer
to force / to break down
reprocher
to express disapproval of
s’occuper de
to look after / take care of
licencier
to lay off (also: renvoyer)
postuler
to apply / to postulate
passer à l’action
to take action
Il a vite gravi les échelons
he rose quickly through the ranks
salaire brute
gross salary
l’introduction en bourse
IPO
cotation
quoting of values on the stock exchange
renoncer à
to call it quits
auparavant
previously
en autre
furthermore
peser
to weigh
inutile
useless
farouche
fierce / ferocious
