June vocabulary Flashcards

1
Q

pour tenter d’y parvenir

A

to achieve it/ this

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2
Q

décliner

A

to introduce

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3
Q

pouvoir prétendre à

A

to qualify for

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4
Q

coup de pouce fiscal

A

tax break

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5
Q

verdir

A

to green (generally environmental)

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6
Q

la concurrence

A

competition

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7
Q

prétendre à

A

to aspire to

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8
Q

le gaz à effet de serre

A

greenhouse gas

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9
Q

la friche industrielle

A

brownfield site

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10
Q

tout est conçu

A

everything is designed

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11
Q

concevoir

A

to conceive, design

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12
Q

miser

A

to bet, stake, wage

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13
Q

la démesure

A

excess, immoderate

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14
Q

creuser

A

to dig, excavate

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15
Q

carrément

A

straight, actually, outright

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16
Q

défier

A

to challenge, defy

17
Q

on lui prête

A

she/he is rumoured/ thought to

18
Q

appartenir

A

to belong to

19
Q

il/elle avait été bâtie à partir des pierres depuis…

A

it had been built from stone since the time of…

20
Q

il fallait arriver presque à la cheville

A

in it ankle deep

21
Q

un cercueil

A

a coffin, casket

22
Q

un linceul

A

a shroud

23
Q

se tenir

A

to stand

24
Q

le fouet

A

the whip

25
Q

l’uræus

A

cobra (fem)

26
Q

le némès

A

the nemes (striped headdress of Pharaoh)

27
Q

ourler

A

to hem