Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

Vocab English > Jones Ch 8&9 > Flashcards

Jones Ch 8&9 Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
Proverbs and Idioms flashcards
1
Q

Croates

A

Croats

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Manifestations

A

Démonstrations

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Thaïlandais

A

The Thais

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Antennes paraboliques

A

Broadcasting satellites / dishes

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Excédés

A

Annoyed

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Consacrer sa vie

A

To devote one’s life to

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Soutenus par la Chine

A

Chinese-backed

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Cambodge

A

Cambodia

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

Précaire

A

Precarious

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Face à

A

In the face of

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Telle ampleur

A

Such a widespread

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Désemparé

A

Helpless

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

La gravité

A

The severity

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Un enfant sur 10

A

One child in ten

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Ne mange pas à sa faim

A

Do not eat his fill

Does not get enough food

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Pas possible !

A

Week I never !

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Camps de réfugiés

A

Refugee camps

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

Souffrance humaine

A

Human suffering

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

Pour voir par lui-même

A

To see for himself

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Quel gâchis !

A

What a mess !

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

Arriver à un accord

A

To reach an agreement

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

Avoir du mal à se faire entendre

A

To find it hard to make yourself heard

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

A force de discussion

A

To talk someone into +ing

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

S’asseoir à la même table

A

To sit round the same table

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
Q

Reforme

A

White Paper

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
26
Q

Traiter / résoudre

A

To tackle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
27
Q

Jouer 19€

A

To stack

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
28
Q

Jusque là

A

So far

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
29
Q

Dirigeants

A

Leaders

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
30
Q

Être habitué à

A

To be used to +ing

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
31
Q

Être soumis à

A

To be subject to

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
32
Q

Pressions

A

Pressures

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
33
Q

Craquer

A

To breakdown

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
34
Q

Trompettiste de jazz

A

À jazz trumpeter

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
35
Q

La coccinelle

A

The beetle

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
36
Q

Sa fabrication va être reprise

A

Its production is going to be resumed

37
Q

Exaspéré

A

To be infuriated

38
Q

Belligérants

A

Warring factions

39
Q

Ex-Yougoslavie

A

Former Yugoslavia

40
Q

Les militants du congrès national africain

A

The ANC militants

41
Q

Les Zoulous

A

Zulus

42
Q

L’Alliance de Droite

A

The Right-Wing Alliance

43
Q

Néo-fascites et Ligue Lombarde

A

Neofascists and Northern League

44
Q

Être à couteaux tirés

A

To be at loggerheads with each other

45
Q

Décourageant

A

Discouraging

Disheartening

46
Q

Motifs futiles

A

Futile motives

47
Q

Candidats

A

Contenders

48
Q

Course à la présidence

A

Race for the presidency

49
Q

Ministère de l’éducation

A

Education Secretary

50
Q

Remplacer

A

To surrogate

51
Q

Les valeurs morales

L’éducation

A

Morality

52
Q

Imposées clairement à la maison

A

Being stressed in the home

53
Q

Revenir à la mode

A

Come back into fashion

54
Q

École publique

A

A state school

55
Q

GCSE

A

General Certificate of secondary education

56
Q

Se conformer

A

To comply

57
Q

Rappeler

A

To recall

58
Q

Un gouvernement de réconciliation nationale

A

A government of national reconciliation

59
Q

Salon automobile

A

Motor fair

60
Q

Enfants handicapés

A

Children with special needs

61
Q

Alliance

A

Covenant

62
Q

Crise de Yougoslavie

A

Yugoslav crisis

63
Q

Réussir un examen

A

To pass an exam

64
Q

Se contredire

A

To contradict themselves

65
Q

Citoyen moyen

A

Average citizen

66
Q

Où est la vérité

A

Where the truth lies

67
Q

Une bataille

A

The contest

68
Q

Serré

A

Tight

Close

69
Q

Faut-il s’inquiéter

A

Should one worry

Should one keep an eye on

70
Q

Agissements

A

Schemes

To be up to

71
Q

Secte Bouddhiste

A

Buddhist sect

72
Q

Va être pendu

A

Is due to be hanged

73
Q

Politique d’abattage

A

Slaughter policy

74
Q

Se poursuivre

A

To go on

75
Q

Fin de l’épidémie

A

End of the outbreak

76
Q

Sacro-saint

A

Sacrosanct

77
Q

Hommes d’état

A

Heads of state

78
Q

Ingérence étrangère

A

Foreign interference

79
Q

Peine de mort

A

Death penalty

80
Q

Actuellement

A

At present

81
Q

Repenser complètement

A

Complete re-think

82
Q

Dans la mesure où

A

In so far as

83
Q

Succéder

A

To succeed

84
Q

Est passé à l’Est

A

Defected to the East

85
Q

La série de colis piégées

A

The series of parcel bomb attacks

86
Q

Madman

A

Un détraqué

87
Q

Baisser les taux d’intérêt

A

Bring down interest rates

88
Q

Relancer l’économie

A

Boost the economy

Vocab English (6 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions