Test 3 Vocab Flashcards by Victor Wang

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foyer

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referring broadly to people’s homes (pénétrer dans)

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essor

A

the rise (ont permis l’essor de…)

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s’affirmer

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to find and set your place (s’affirme dans)

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grève

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worker strike

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revendications

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demands, claims

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peu importe

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no matter (…peu importe…)

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émeute

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riot

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enjeux

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stakes

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accorder

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agree to

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charnière

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transitional (événement…)

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précurseur

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precursor (événement…)

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bénéficier de

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enjoy, have (les memes droits)

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syndicat

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federation, union (ouvrier=worker)

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dans la foulée de

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following afterwards (more broadly, consequence)

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se doter de

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to create (se doter une système)

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bénéfique

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beneficial, conducive to

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figurer

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represents (symbole figure)

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bouleversement

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disruption

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écarter

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to exclude

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se targuer de

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to boast about

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piètre

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poor, bad

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faire fureur

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be all the rage (…faire fureur)

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cabotiner

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se faire remarquer (pertubateur student in class)

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des propos

A

words

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se livrer à

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to surrender to someone’s power (la justice)

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se rebiffer

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to rebel, refuse to obey

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pouilleux

A

dirty, flea-ridden

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sublimé

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translated to something more widely accepted

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scorie

A

useless parts

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obscurantiste

A

unclear (politicien…approche obscurantiste)

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par ricochet

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by extension, indirect consequence (end of sentence)

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concurrentiel

A

competitive

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créneau

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period of time (créneau commun)

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avoir l’aval

A

have approval (l’aval de ma mère)

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se prendre en main

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to take charge, control

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ce n’est pas demain le veille

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not gonna be tomorrow

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baisser les bras

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give up

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tirer leur épingle du jeu

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play cards right

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jouer du conde

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do all you can to succeed

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chialer

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to nag, complain (qqn chiale)

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banc de neige

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pile of snow

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détracteurs

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people who belittle

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ecoeurés

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sick and tired

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redouter

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to dread, worry about

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déblaier

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to clear (shovel) snow

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manifestant

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protestor

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axe prioritaire

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area of priority

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les pourparlers

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negotiations

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numérique

A

tech

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émergent

A

emerging

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en guise de

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by way of (en guise de réponse)