LES MOTS DE LA FRANCOPHONIE Flashcards

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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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Arbitraire

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L’orthographe

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Transcrire

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Transcribe

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la subtilité

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Maîtriser

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to master (something)

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Intangible

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intangible

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se moquer | moqué
to mock | mocked
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Élocution
pronounciation
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la glottophobie
glottophobia (mocking regional accents)
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une sonorité
a sound/tone
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s’éloigner
to walk/move away
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dès que
as soon as
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la platitude
flatness
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irrépressible
irrepressible
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du fait que
because (due to the fact that)
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Insécurité linguistique
Linguistic insecurity | phenomenon of bullying non-parisiens
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aimanté
magnetise/attract
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Rassemblér
to gather
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le carrefour
crossroads
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gommer
to erase
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particularismes
particularities
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découler de
to ensue from
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à l'égard
with regards to
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jadis
formerly | e.g. elle traitait jadis les patois