prepa écrit voc lettre A Flashcards
To abuse (insult / ill-treat)
insulter OU maltraiter, abuser
Abide by (respect, comply with)
respecter / se plier à
Abroad (overseas)
à l’étranger
Abrupt (sudden)
soudain / brutal
Acrimonlously (bitterly)
avec aigreur / acrimonie
Affluent (rich, wealthy, well-off, well-heeled)
riche / abondant
Afford (can pay for)
Avoir les moyens financiers de / pouvoir acheter
An abode (place to live, dwelling)
une demeure / un domicile
An accomodation (lodging)
Un logement
An accord (agreement/convention/concord)
un accord
An advent (appearance, arrival)
La venue / l’avènement
An aim (goal, objective)
un objectif / but
An assignment (appointment, post, mission OR homework)
mission / affectation OU devoirs à la maison
An attire (clothes, garments, outfit)
tenue / vêtements
Attend (be present)
ê présent / assister à qqc
Attend to (tend to, care for, take care of, look after)
s’occuper de / prendre soin de qqn, qqc
Available (accessible, at hand, ready for use)
disponible
Aversion (abhorrence, detestation, disgust, hate, loathing)
aversion / détestation / dégoût
The ailment (suffering)
la souffrance
To abandon
renoncer à qqc
To abate
se calmer / faiblir en intensité
To abet (help)
aider / encourager OU être complice
To acclaim (praise)
louer / vanter les mérites
To accomodate (change for convenience or put sb up)
S’accomoder de qqc OU loger / héberger
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
