Unit 12 Vocab Flashcards
abriter (v)
to shelter / to house
accent (mettre l’~ sur) (exp)
to focus on
accompagner (v)
to go with
accompagner (v)
to go with / to support
accorder (v)
to grant / to give
accueillir (v)
to welcome
acquitter (s’~ de) (v)
to discharge / to carry out
adresser (s’~ à) (v)
to speak to
allocution (n/f)
short (official) speech
allouer (v)
to allocate
amélioration (n/f)
improvement
améliorer (v)
to improve
approprier (s’ ~) (v)
to appropriate
artisan(e) (n/m/f)
craftsman /craftswoman
artisanat (n/m)
craft industry
aspirer à (v)
to yearn for / to aspire to
atelier (n/m)
studio / workshop
attendre (s’~ à) (v)
to expect / to wait for
audacieux (-euse) (adj/m/f)
daring / audacious
auditoire (n/m)
audience / public
augmentation (n/f)
increase / raise
autonomisation (n/f)
empowerment
autosuffisance (n/f)
self-sufficiency
avouer (v)
to admit / to confess
bâtisse (n/f)
building
bénéficiaire (n/m/f)
beneficiary
besoin (n/m)
need
biais (par le ~ de) (exp)
by means of / by way of
bien-fondé (n/m)
validity / wisdom / merits
bourse (n/f)
scholarship /grant
bricole (n/f)
thing / trifle
but (à ~ lucratif)(exp)
for-profit / profit-driven
but lucratif (à ~) (exp)
for-profit / profit-driven
candidature (n/f)
application
capital (n/m)
asset / capital
casse (n/f)
automobile scrapyard
célibataire (adj/m/f)
single
changement climatique (n/m)
climate change
charger (se ~ de) (exp)
to take care of
chef de file (n/m/f)
leader
chômage (n/m)
unemployment
citoyen(ne) (n/m/f)
citizen
clore (v)
to close
clôture (n/f)
closing
colloque (n/m)
conference
commercialiser (v)
to market
communauté (n/f)
community
complément d’information (n/m)
further information
concentrer (se ~ sur) (v)
to focus on
concours (n/m)
competition
conçu(e) pour (adj/m/f)
designed for
confiant(e) (adj/m/f)
confident / trusting
confier (se ~ à) (v)
to confide in
confier qqch. à qqn (v)
to give an assignment to someone / to attribute
consommateur (-trice) (n/m/f)
consumer / customer
costume (n/m)
suit
cours d’eau (n/m)
stream
couvrir (v)
to cover
covoiturage (n/m)
carpooling
cravate (n/f)
tie
cultivateur (-trice) (n/m/f)
farmer
cuvette (n/f)
basin
décédé(e) (adj/m/f)
deceased
défi (n/m)
challenge
délabré(e) (adj/m/f)
dilapidated
démarche (n/f)
step / initiative
démontrer (v)
to show / to demonstrate
dépit (en ~ de) (exp)
in spite of
déroulement (n/m)
progress / development
dérouler (se ~) (v)
to take place
détenir (v)
to detain / to possess
dignitaire (n/m)
dignitary
dirigeant(e) (n/m/f)
leader / manager
diriger (v)
to manage / to run
discrétionnaire (adj/m/f)
discretionary
dispensaire (n/m)
clinic
dispensaire (n/m)
dispensary / clinic
dissiper (v)
to clear / to dissipate
dommages (n/m/plur)
damages
doter de (v)
to provide with / to equip with / to endow
doter de (v)
to provide with / to equip with / to endow with
doué(e) (adj/m/f)
gifted
drapeau (n/m)
flag
droits coutumiers (n/m/plur)
customary rights
durer (v)
to last
eaux pluviales (n/f/plur)
rainwater
ébauche (n/f)
draft / outline / sketch
échange (n/m)
exchange
éclaircir (v)
to lighten
écrouler (s’~) (v)
to collapse
édifice (n/m)
building
efficace (adj/m/f)
effective / efficient
égoutter (v)
to drain
élan (n/m)
impetus
emblématique (adj/m/f)
symbolic
embouteillage (n/m)
traffic jam
emmener (v)
to take (someone somewhere)
empirer (v)
to get worse
employer (v)
to use
endommagé(e) (adj/m/f)
damaged
englober (v)
to include
enseignement (n/m)
education