Unit 12 Obj 1 Flashcards
to shelter, house
abriter
to grant, give
accorder
to speak to
s’addresser à
to improve
améliorer
to yearn for, aspire to
aspirer à
studio, workshop
le atelier
increase, raise
la augmentation
to admit, to confess
avouer
building
la bâtisse
legitimacy
validity, wisdom, merits
le bien-fondé
asset, capital
le capital
the thing, trifle,
la bricole
automobile scrapyard
junkyard
cuts in staff
damage (destruction)
la casse
to take charge of
se charger de
unemployment
le chômage
community
la communauté
competition
le concurs
designed for
Verb: design, perceive
conçu(e) pour (adj)
Verb: concevoir
confident, trusting
confiante(e)
to confide in
se confier à
to give an assignment to someone, to attribute something to someone
confier qqch à qqn
carpooling
le covoiturage
basin, bowl
la cuvette
basin des toilettes
deceased
décédé(e)
dilapidated, run down, in bad shape
délabré(e)
step/initiative
approach, process (one’s method)
la démarche
in spite of
en dépit de
dignitary
le dignitaire
discretionary
discrétionnaire
to clear, dissipate
to distract
dissiper
damages (compensation)
les dommages
to provide with, to equip with, to endow
doter de
gifted
doué(e)
rainwater
eaux pluviales
to collapse
s’écrouler
building (structure)
le édifice
to drain
égoutter
symbolic
emblématique
to get worse
empirer
