RFI vocabulary Flashcards
déclencher
to trigger
purger une peine de
to serve a sentence (prison)
entamer
to launch (eg an appeal)
il est tout aussi important pour éviter qu’il n’échappe
it is equally important to prevent him from escaping
retracer, retraçant, retraçons, retraçaient
to trace, retrace, relate [tracing, we trace, they were relating]
coïncider
to coincide
fasciner
to fascinate
D’où vient-il ?
Where does it come from?
Il vient de nulle part ou de partout.
It comes from nowhere and everywhere
prouver
to prove
fou, folle
mad, crazy
des histoires incroyables
incredible stories
sourd, aveugle, paralysé, muet
deaf, blind, paralysed, mute
bouger
to move
le songe
the dream
Y a des personnes…
There are people…
ils/elles arrivent à diriger
they are able to control/direct
le sommeil paradoxal
REM sleep
l’éveil
awakening, enlightenment, wakefulness
le principe même
the very principle
déferler
to break over, unfurl, surge
une foule
a crowd
quasiment
almost
la saleté
the dirt
arraché(e)
torn
renverser
to overthrow
le soulèvement
the uprising
les acquis
the gains
acquérir
to acquire, purchase, gain
veiller à qqch.
veiller
to oversee, safeguard, watch out for sth
to ensure, make sure
d’emblée
at once, from the start, immediately
renaître
to revive
le marécage
the swamp
les bonnes sœurs
the nuns
C’était un projet quand même insolite.
It was an unusual project.
tout de suite après
straight/right after
quand même
still, anyway, all the same, regardless
en carrosse
in (a/the) carriage
habillés nickel
dressed to the nines
