prepa écrit voc lettre A Flashcards by Côme Lepers

To abuse (insult / ill-treat)

insulter OU maltraiter, abuser

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Abide by (respect, comply with)

respecter / se plier à

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Abroad (overseas)

à l’étranger

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Abrupt (sudden)

soudain / brutal

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Acrimonlously (bitterly)

avec aigreur / acrimonie

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Affluent (rich, wealthy, well-off, well-heeled)

riche / abondant

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Afford (can pay for)

Avoir les moyens financiers de / pouvoir acheter

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An abode (place to live, dwelling)

une demeure / un domicile

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An accomodation (lodging)

Un logement

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An accord (agreement/convention/concord)

un accord

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An advent (appearance, arrival)

La venue / l’avènement

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An aim (goal, objective)

un objectif / but

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An assignment (appointment, post, mission OR homework)

mission / affectation OU devoirs à la maison

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An attire (clothes, garments, outfit)

tenue / vêtements

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Attend (be present)

ê présent / assister à qqc

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Attend to (tend to, care for, take care of, look after)

s’occuper de / prendre soin de qqn, qqc

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Available (accessible, at hand, ready for use)

disponible

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Aversion (abhorrence, detestation, disgust, hate, loathing)

aversion / détestation / dégoût

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The ailment (suffering)

la souffrance

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To abandon

renoncer à qqc

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To abate

se calmer / faiblir en intensité

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To abet (help)

aider / encourager OU être complice

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To acclaim (praise)

louer / vanter les mérites

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To accomodate (change for convenience or put sb up)

S’accomoder de qqc OU loger / héberger

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To accost (bother, harass, molest)

harceler / embêter physiquement

To accumulate (accrue, amass, pile, stack up, build up)

accumuler; amasser

To achieve (attain, reach)

Atteindre

To acknowledge (admit, recognize, concede)

reconnaître / concéder

To acquire (obtain, get)

acquérir / obtenir

To adapt to (change to suit different conditions, adjust to)

s'adapter / accepter le changement

To address (deal with, tackle, broach an issue OR speak to)

aborder un pb OU s'adresser à qqn

To adjust to (become more familiar with sth new, adapt to)

se familiariser / s'habituer au changement

To administer (give (medicine, drug))

prodiguer

To admonish (warn sb against sth)

mettre en garde

To advocate (favour, encourage, recommend, support)

soutenir, défendre

To affect (influence, have an effect)

Affecter / avoir une influence

To alter (change, modify)

modifier

To appeal for sth (ask for sth)

dder qqc

To argue (quarrel, wrangle, have a row OR contend, claim)

Se disputer OU affirmer / déclarer

To arouse (rouse, excite)

susciter / faire naître / provoquer (feelings)

To assuage (ease, relieve, sooth, alleviate)

soulager / apaiser

To assume (suppose, surmise, presume)

supposer

To avert (avoid / circumvent / dodge / eschew / evade)

éviter

To be appalled (horrified, shocked, stunned, revolted)

Etre atterré / choqué / révolté

To appeal to sb (call on sb)

faire appel à qqn

acceptable (valid)

valable / acceptable

accountable (responsible, answerable, duty-bound, liable)

responsable

accrued (accumulated, amassed)

accumulé / amassé

accurate (precise)

précis

ache (pain)

mal / douleur

across-the-board (all-insclusive, blanket, complete, comprehensive, everything, sweeping, total, overall)

général / généralisé / qui englobe tout / uniforme

adamant (inflexible, unyielding)

inflexible / qui ne cède pas

adequate (sufficient, enough)

suffisant

adjudicate (judge a contest / dispute)

juger un différend

advertisements (ads, adverts, classified ads)

Des annonces publicitaires / petites annonces classifiées

affordable (economical, low-cost)

abordable; peu coûteux

aggravate (irritate, irk OR exacerbate, make worse)

Agacer OU aggraver

akin (similar)

similaire, proche

albeit (although)

bien que

all-embracing (comprehensive, extensive, thorough)

exhaustif

allay (calm, placate, appease, sooth)

apaiser

alleviate (assuage, relieve, sooth, calm down)

soulager

alluring (appealing)

attirant / séduisant

altogether (wholly, completely, comprehensively)

entièrement

amaze (astonish, astound, surprise)

étonner / surprendre

amenity (comfort)

confort / agrément

amicable (friendly)

amical

amiss (awry, erroneous, fallacious, false, flawed, wrong)

faux / qui va de travers

anguish (affliction, agony, pain distress)

souffrance / douleur / affliction

anticipate (predict, envisage)

prévoir, envisager

antiquated (old-fashioned, outmoded)

dépassé / démodé

apex (the highest point, acme, apogee, climax)

point culminant / paroxysme

apologetic (feel sorry, express an excuse, regretful, rueful)

désolé / qui regrette

apparent (clear, evident, obvious)

évident

appealing (attractive, alluring, charming, enticing, seductive, beguiling)

séduisant / attirant

array (range)

gamme / étendue / éventail

ascertain (confirm, make certain)

confirmer / garantir

ashamed (embarassed)

gêné / honteux

assert (affirm, contend, claim, declare, argue)

déclarer / affirmer

assess (evaluate, estimate, appraise)

évaluer / estimer

astound (amaze, astonish, surprise)

étonner / surprendre

astute (smart, clever, canny, cunning, discerning, foxy sharp, shrewd, perceptive)

malin / astucieux / habile

attempt (try, have a shot at sth/tentative)

tenter / essayer

autonomous (independent, self-reliant)

independent, autonome

average (ordinary, common, medium, mainstream)

moyen / ordinaire

awareness (knowledge, conscioussness, sentience)

connaissance / conscience de qqc

awful (terrible, appalling, ghastly, horrible)

épouvantable / terrible

awkward (clumsy, inelegant OR uncomfortable, difficult)

Maladroit / sans grâce OU délicat / difficile