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
entreprenariat (n/m)
entrepreneurship
entreprendre (v)
to begin / to undertake
entretien (n/m)
interview
envergure (de petite/de grande ~) (exp)
small-scale / large-scale
envisager (v)
to consider / to view
équilibrer (v)
to balance
esclavage (n/m)
slavery
espoir (n/m)
hope
esprit (n/m)
mind / spirit
essor (n/m)
expansion
établissement (n/m)
establishment
état des lieux (n/m)
current situation / inventory
état des lieux (n/m)
needs assessment
événement (n/m)
event
exhiber (v)
to display / to show off / to present
fabriquer (v)
to make / to manufacture
fâcheux (-euse) (adj/m/f)
unfortunate / regrettable
favoriser (v)
to favor
filière (n/f)
sector / industry
financement (n/m)
financing
fondateur (-trice) (n/m/f)
founder
fonder (v)
to establish / to found
formulaire (n/m)
form
fort(e) (adj/m/f)
strong
frais d’acquisition (n/m)
acquisition costs / fees
fût (n/m)
barrel
geste (n/m)
gesture
grâce à (prep)
thanks to
gravure (n/f)
engraving
groupement (n/m)
group
guichet (n/m)
counter / window
habitude (n/f)
habit
habituer (s’~ à) (v)
to get used to
implication (n/f)
involvement
impliquer (v)
to involve / to imply
imprimé(e) (adj/m/f)
printed
incontestablement (adv)
unmistakably
inédit(e) (adj/m/f)
unpublished
inscrire (s’~) (v)
to enroll / to join
issu de (exp)
coming from / descended from
jardinage (n/m)
gardening
lancement (n/m)
launching
lendemain (n/m)
the next day / the following day
lieu (au ~ de) (prep)
instead of
lieu (n/m)
place
loger (v)
to house
lycéen(ne) (n/m/f)
high school student
main-d’œuvre (n/f)
labor / workforce
maire (n/m)
mayor
manière (n/f)
way / manner
mécanisme (n/m)
mechanism
mener (v)
to lead
mener à terme (exp)
to complete
mentorat (n/m)
mentoring
menuiserie (n/f)
woodworking / carpentry
mettre en œuvre (exp)
to implement
montant (n/m)
amount
mordu (past part)
bitten
morsure (n/f)
bite
numéraire(s) (en ~) (exp)
cash
obus (n/m)
shell
octroyer qqch. à qqn (exp)
to grant somebody something
octroyer qqch. à qqn (v)
to grant somebody something
œuvre (n/f)
work
œuvrer (v)
to work
opérer (v)
to proceed / to operate
ordre (de l’~ de) (exp)
approximately
orienter (v)
to adjust / to direct / to point
outil (n/m)
tool
outré (en ~) (exp)
moreover / on top of
ouvrir la session (exp)
to start the session / to open the session
palabres (n/f/plur)
endless discussions
parmi (prep)
among
patrimoine (n/m)
heritage
paysage (n/m)
landscape
permettre (v)
to allow
perpétuer (v)
to immortalize / to carry on
personne (n/f)
person
personnel (n/m)
staff / personnel
pièce (n/f)
document / piece / play
piller (v)
to pillage / to steal
plage (n/f)
beach
plaider (v)
to plead
plaisant(e) (adj/m/f)
amusing / pleasant
postuler (v)
to apply
précaire (adj/m/f)
precarious
préservation (n/f)
protection / conservation
prévenir (v)
to warn / to notify
prévoir (v)
to foresee
procurer (se ~) (v)
to get / to raise
prodiguer des soins (exp)
to provide (medical) care
produit artisanal (n/m)
craft
profiter (de) (v)
to take avantage (of), / to benefit (from)
programme phare (exp)
key program / flagship program
projection de film (n/f)
film screening
prolonger (v)
to extend
promoteur (-trice) (n/m/f)
developer
promotion (n/f)
promotion
promotion (n/f)
promotion / class
promouvoir (v)
to promote
puisque (conj)
because / since
rassembler (v)
to gather together / to collect
reboisement (n/m)
reforestation
reconvertir (v)
to convert
recrutement (n/m)
recruiting / recruitment
recueillir (v)
to collect
rédacteur (-trice) en chef (n/m/f)
editor-in-chief
réfléchir (v)
to reflect / to think
rencontrer (v)
to meet (with)
rendre (se ~ à) (v)
to go
renforcer (v)
to strengthen / to reinforce
renommée (de ~ international) (exp)
world-renowned
renommée international (de ~) (exp)
world-renowned
renouer (v)
to reconnect / to renew / to resume
renseignement (n/m)
information
reposer (se ~) (v)
to rest
représentant(e) (n/m/f)
representative
reprise économique (n/f)
economic recovery
ressortir (v)
to highlight / to bring out
retenir (v)
to remember
rêve (n/m)
dream
revenu (n/m)
income
richesse (n/f)
wealth
rompre (v)
to break / to rupture
saccager (v)
to wreck / to trash / to ransack
sauvegarder (v)
to save / to protect
savon (n/m)
soap
serpent (n/m)
snake
soin (n/m)
care
sol (n/m)
ground
solliciter (v)
to request / to seek
sondage (n/m)
poll / survey
soumettre (v)
to submit
soutenir (v)
to support
soutien (n/m)
support
stage (n/m)
training course / internship
subvention (n/f)
subsidy
tant (en ~ que) (conj)
as
télécharger (v)
to download
témoignage (n/m)
testimony / evidence
tenir au courant de (exp)
to keep up-to-date on
tenue (n/f)
outfit
terrain (sur le ~) (exp)
in the field
toit (n/m)
roof
toiture (n/f)
roofing
tollé (n/m)
outcry
tomber malade (exp)
to get sick
trait (avoir ~ à) (exp)
to be related to
traiter de (v)
to deal with
transport (n/m)
transportation
travers (à ~) (prep)
through / throughout
veiller à (v)
to see to / to keep an eye on
viser à qqch. (exp)
to aim at something
vue (en ~ de) (exp)
with the aim of
