Les jeunes accros à l'info: supplementaire Flashcards
to seize, to grasp
eg: anxiety seizes us
Saisir
Eg: l’inquiétude nous saisit
approx. 40, about 40 (quantity)
or, quarantine
une quarantaine
high school students
Des lycéens
a person in their 30s
trentenaire
endangered
En voie de disparition
to freeze
glacer
to collapse
s’effrondrer
to undermine, to shake (eg shake your confidence)- lose your steadiness because of something or someone, or a situation
Ebranler
in first (eg in first year)
En première
to insist on, to stick to
tenir à (+ infinitif)
to evoke, to call up memory, remind someone of something, call up a mental image, to mention something
évoquer
to shake
secouer
in grade 10
en seconde
10e année secondaire
to complain
se plaindre de
to be impervious
laisser de marbre
Il me laisse de marbre. (i’m indiferent to them.)
literal translation: this leaves me like marble, like stone
to unhook, to fall behind- to lose interest (in class, eg, or telling a story, and lose track of it, lose interest in it)
décrocher
to peck (or to peck at food- to snack)
picorer
disillusioned
désabusés
to appropriate, to take something from someone else, to say something is yours when it is not
s’approprier
to relay
Relayer
a “supposed” youth
Une supposée jeunesse
is that different? like, completely different things
eg: ice and fire- no connection
or, eg: Nancy and agile :) two completely separate things
(Les jeunes et l’info), ça
fait deux
to hurry up
se presser
as a result
du coup
gaps
Des lacunes
une lacune
to withdraw into yourself, fold back into yourself
se replier sur
eg: Elle se replie sur elle-même
moi-même, nous-même, etc.
nothing is better than
rien ne vaut
an asset, the asset of
Un atout, l’atout de
borderline
Bordélique (familier)
the craze for
L’engouement pour
to beware of, to distrust
se méfier (de)
potable
potable
to abandon, to neglect, to leave
Délaisser
adjective? to know everything about a subject
incollable
unknown
Méconnu
the slightest
La moindre
to have difficulty in
Avoir du mal à
to concoct
concocter
