LES MOTS DE LA FRANCOPHONIE Flashcards by Phil Keane

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Autochtone

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native

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Concurrent

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competitor

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l’essor

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rapid growth/boom

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Locuteur

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speaker

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le rayonnement

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influence (e.g. of a country)

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Recenser

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To identify/census

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Édicter

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to decree

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Être en vigueur

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to be in force/current

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Légiférer

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to legislate

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Préconiser

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advocate

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Proscrire

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to outlaw/ban

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trancher

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to slice

to make a decision (usually a difficult one)

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tel/telle/tels/telles que

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such as

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refléter

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to reflect

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figé

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frozen/deadpan

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vivement

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strongly

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Incohérence

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incoherence

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enseignement

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education

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Arbitraire

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arbitrary

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L’orthographe

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spelling

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Transcrire

A

Transcribe

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la subtilité

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subtlety

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Maîtriser

A

to master (something)

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Intangible

A

intangible

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se moquer

moqué

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to mock

mocked

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Élocution

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pronounciation

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la glottophobie

A

glottophobia (mocking regional accents)

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une sonorité

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a sound/tone

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s’éloigner

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to walk/move away

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dès que

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as soon as

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la platitude

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flatness

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irrépressible

A

irrepressible

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du fait que

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because (due to the fact that)

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Insécurité linguistique

A

Linguistic insecurity

phenomenon of bullying non-parisiens

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aimanté

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magnetise/attract

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Rassemblér

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to gather

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le carrefour

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crossroads

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gommer

A

to erase

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particularismes

A

particularities

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découler de

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to ensue from

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à l’égard

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with regards to

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jadis

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formerly

e.g. elle traitait jadis les patois