Unknown Words Ch1-2 Flashcards
Native
L’autochtone
to employ, to use
user
at high speed, rushed
à toute vapeur
without actually, without necessarily
sans pour autant
adjusted to a new cultural environment
acculturé
indisputable
indiscutable
to contradict
contredire
pullover, sweater
chandail (m)
maple, maple leaf
érable, feuille d’érable
to conquer, to eliminate
terrasser
to press, to sink into
enfoncer
to flatten, to squash
aplatir
employment, hiring
embauche (f)
acquired
acquise
to refer to
renvoyer à
to pay off
s’acquitter de
upstream
en amont
lease
le bail
complaint
la reclamation
aggravation, worsening, increase (of problems)
la recrudescence
court referral
la saisine
refusal, unwillingness
le refus
to sit
siéger
enforcement
la mise en vigueur
demands, grievances
revendications (f)
township, county
cantons
threshold, cut-off
un seuil
to make ends meet
boucler (un budget)
financial insecurity
la précarité
to struggle, to have difficulty
peiner
affluent
cossue
fringe
la frange
tramp
le clochard
decline, degradation
la déchéance
outcome
l’issue (f)
redundancy
le licenciement
to demand, to claim
revendiquer
a municipal humanitarian emergency service
le SAMU social
conspicuous
voyant
fate, destiny
le sort
vagrancy, living rough
en errance
to wander/roam
errer
to find (something) regrettable
déplorer
to fall to, to be the responsibility of
incomber à
(nursing) care
la prise en charge
with one’s back against
adossé contre
to pick up, to receive
capter
the hob
la plaque de cuisse
coaching inn
le relais de poste
the brief
sommaire (m)
supposed
censé
restrictive
contraignant
to rule out
écarter
possible
éventuel
training
la formation
surname
le patronyme
recommendation
réconisation
advisor
le référent
bitter, fierce
acharné
to allocate
attribuer
to strengthen
conforter
unfit
inapte
subsidy
la subvention
self-said
soi-disant
social housing landlord
le bailleur
to recognise, to greet, to acknowledge
saluer
shortly, soon, at times
tantôt
moth-eaten, seedy, shabby
miteux
furnished flat
meublé
in cash
en espèces
