Unit 1 vocabulary Flashcards
against the odds
contre toute attente
foresee
prévoir, anticiper
half-hearted
tiède, hésitant
networking
réseauter, activer son réseau
scrape through
passer l’année à la raclette
feasible
faisable, réalisable
fidget
remuer, gigoter
long-winded
très long
mumble
marmonner, bredouiller
pay off
rembourser
to rumble
divaguer, partir/faire une randonnée
safety margin
marge de sécurité
slouch
fainéant, être avachi
affluent
riche
allocate
distribuer, répartir
assimilate
assimiler
grasp
hold
liaise
coppérer, collaborer
strech
étirer
close-knit community
communauté très lièe
heavy workload
grosse charge de travail
thight deadlines
courte échéance
muddled
confused
make an impression
faire impression
to have an inpact on something
avoir un impact sur quelque chose
put some ideas into pratice
mettre ses idées en pratique
take something in your stride
to calmly and easily deal with something unpleasant or difficult and not let it affect what you are doing
take pleasure in
prendre du plaisir en faisant quelque chose
apprehensive about
to be worried about something
to make the best of something
to do as well as possible with something
be pressurised into
se sentir forcé à faire quelque chose
to take pity on
avoir pitié de quelqu’un
to be taken aback
confused or surprised by something unexpected
to crop up
To happen or appear, often unexpectedly
to stand somebody in good stead
if an experience, a skill, or a qualification will stand you in good stead, it will be useful in the future
to snap (something) up
to grasp something quickly
take something personnally/seriously
prendre les choses personnellement ou sérieusement
make time for something
to allow time for something in particular
take no for an answer
if someone will not take no for an answer, they continue asking for something although their request has already been refused
take the time to do something
prendre le temps de faire quelque chose
hand in your resignation
to quit your job by your own
hand in your essay
rendre quelque chose
do a course
faire un cours
do law
faire du droit
have a carreer
avoir une carrière
take no notice of something
without paying attention
take advantage of something/somebody
profiter de
take exception to something
to take offense at something, to disagree with something
take pride in something/somebody
do somtehing carefully beacause it is important for somebody
take it out on somebody
to make suffer because of your problems
take sides in a debate
take position
take in
fully understand
