Verbes importants Flashcards
parvenir a
to reach / to achieve / to get through
e.g.en vue de parvenir a un accord
prevaloir
to prevail
fournir
to supply/ provide
lancer
to launch
susciter
to stimulate / to cause
appuyer
to support
concevoir
to develop / create/conceive
e.g.il est essentiel qu’on concoive un plan
emmener
to take (a person or thing to another place)
se depecher
to rush/ hurry
soutenir
to support
promouvoir
to promote
promettre
to promise
ressentir
to feel (deeply)
vs. sentir = feel/smell
se sentir + adj TOUJOURS e.g. il se sent triste/malade/heureux
faire preuve
to demonstrate
recompenser
reward
acquerir
to acquire
echouer
to fail
il a echoue l’examen
estimer
to estimate / to count (yourself lucky)
s’entendre
to understand each other/ to agree/ to get along
empecher
to prevent something in that moment (e.g. ca m’empêchait de devenir suisse)
versus prevenir= to prevent something far in advance eg. l’epuissement
decouler de
to derive from
(e.g.les defis decoule de la diminution du budget)
convenir
- to confirm or agree
- to suit or to fit => il me convient
instaurer
to establish/introduce/implement
(e.g.instaurer une norme, une pratique)
reprendre
to resume
constater
to notice or realize something
vivre
to live / to experience
se comporter
to behave
demeurer
to remain/continue/stay
e.g. il doit demeurer en equilibre
licencier
to fire/ terminate an employee
diriger/ se diriger
to lead / to draw up
atteindre
to reach/ to succeed
attendre
to wait, to expect
s’attendre
to expect
s’interesser a
to care about
s’engager
to be committed to / to commit
(e.g.s’engager a son equipe)
surveiller
monitor
lutter
to fight
baisser
to drop / decrease (e.g. il a baisse la productivite)
s’etonner
to wonder (comme se demander)
s’apercevoir
to notice
s’aggraver
to aggravate / worsen
*verbe pronominal
acquitter
to pay/ settle/acquit/ clear
s’acquitter
to fulfill or pursue(des obligations)
répartir
to spread/ distribute / divide
(e.g. le patron a reparti les taches)
+ verbe s’etendre
rassurer
reassure
exiger
to require
exercer
to exercise/apply e.g. son autorite, son droit
facher
to anger/ upset
(bouleverser, s’enerver)
prevoir
to foresee/ to plan for
e.g. n’avait prevu
mener
to lead/ conduct/ carry out/ undertake
se soucier de
to care about/ to worry about
subventionner
to subsidize
se fier a
to rely on (aussi compter sur)
e.g. je me fie a mon gestionnaire
se mettre
to start
detenir
to possess/ hold (a quality, a skill, etc.)
syn posseder
ressortir
/faire ressortir
to stress/ to emphasize
faire ressortir = to bring to light
doter
to endow (or to allow)
dotation = endowment
alleger
to reduce / to alleviate
e.g.on allege le probleme, le mal a dos, la charge fiscale, etc.
completer
to complement
distraire
to distract
entreprendre
to undertake
(synonym de lancer)
appartenir
to belong
(sentiment d’appartenance = belonging)
elargir
to expand, broaden
(synonym d’ameliorer dans quelques contextes)
s’interesser V interesser
to care about / to be interested
disparaitre
to dissapear
attirer
to attract
accomplir
accomplir les resultats
realiser
to carry out or to do / to achieve or to realize
reconnaitre
recognize / acknowledge / appreciate
nuire
to harm
compromettre
to compromise
valoriser
to appreciate
s’entraider
to help one another
e.g. nous nous entraidons
on s’entraide
concilier
reconcile / find a balance
e.g. concilier le travail et la famille
se remettre en question
to self-analyze/ examine/ reflect
approfondir
to deepen, to further
(e.g. ils voudraient approfondir les competences, leur partenariat)
repenser
to revise (e.g. repenser vos activities, vos taches)
reagir
to react
se derouler
to unfold / play out
(decouler = to unwind qqch.)
aborder
to address/ approach/ tackle/ discuss
(e.g. aborder un autre sujet)
se soigner
to cure / heal
s’occuper
to take care of/to care for
e.g. le patron s’occupe des employes
faire evoluer
to evolve/ to develop / to push forward
distribuer
to distribute
e.g. les taches, les jours de vacances
meriter
to deserve
restreindre
to restrict / limit
plafonner
to cap / to peak
e.g. on doit plafonner le budget
necessiter
to require / necessitate
depasser
to exceed/ surpass/ push (e.g. depasse les limites)
adj: il est depasse = overwhelmed
autoriser
to allow / to enable
surmonter
overcome / surmount (e.g. des contraintes)
achever
to complete, conclude, finalize
se mettre d’accord sur
to agree on
impliquer
to involve
e.g. mon poste impliquait le leadership
empirer
to get worse/ worsen
(syn: aggraver/ s’aggraver)
affecter
to assign someone to something; like a transfer
(e.g. il m’a affecte au consulat au mexique)
combler
to fill/ fulfill (e.g. un manque d’information, manque de ressource)
synonym: pallier
ralentir
to slow down
(e.g. the economy)
VS. stimuler
passer
se passer
passer = to pass qqch.
se passer = to happen (qu’est ce qui se passe)
se mefier
to distrust
e.g. il faut se mefier des fraudeurs
entraver
to impede/ hinder
e.g. le critique entrave des personnes d’apprendre une nouvelle langue
redefinir
repurpose
attenuer
to mitigate/ diminish
grimper
to climb
colloquially: to increase
sauter
to jump
reporter
to postpone
rapporter
to report
to bring back/return
attribuer
to assign/delegate the tasks
synonym: deleguer
to allocate or attribute
lier
to bind / to relate to
eg. les problemes lient aux malentendus
deviner
to guess
prevenir
to prevent (something far in advance)
AND to warn or inform
contenir
to contain / to hold
croitre
to grow (comme croissance = growth)
synonym grandir, accroitre (mais croitre = intransitif e.g. un arbre croit)
accroitre
to increase qqch.
(syn: augmenter, croitre)
tromper
se tromper
tromper: to mislead or deceive / to cheat on someone
se tromper: to make an error
perturber
to disrupt, to disturb
s’etablir
to settle in
enqueter
to investigate
effrayer
to scare/ frighten
stagner
to stagnate
accumuler
to collect, to accumulate
stocker
to store
emprunter
to borrow
preter
to lend
