Vocab 3 Flashcards
“to trigger extensive press coverage” [exp]
faire couler beaucoup d’encre
a story, tale
un conte
ill at ease; uncomfortable (adj)
mal à l’aise
morality
la moralité
lack of [sth]
pénurie de
to come to/reach an agreement; make a decision
se mettre d’accord
a glimmer, glow
une lueur
hope
l’espoir (m)
a tasting; sampling
une dégustation
blind (noun & adj.)
non-voyants
to bark (ex. a dog)
aboyer
to pass out/lose consciousness
perdre connaissance;
tomber dans les pommes;
s’évanouir
change of government (by force)
un coup d’État
a march, parade, procession
le défilé
a survey, poll
un sondage
customs, traditions
des moeurs (f)
a stake, support (for plants)
un tuteur
to be on the edge of the abyss
être au bord du gouffre
to open up, come out, bloom
s’épanouir
to confess, own up to [sth]
avouer
to end in, result in [sth]
aboutir à
demands, requirements
les exigences (f)
a hit list, prize list
un palmarès
a slum
un bidonville
a cable car
un téléphérique
in vain [exp]
en vain
literacy
l’alphabétisation (f)
to pierce, break through [sth]
percer
easily, comfortably (adv)
aisément
a sample
un échantillon
easy, well-off (adj)
aisé
to drive, lead, direct
mener
to start, initiate
entamer
to take down, unhook
décrocher
help, assistance
un secours
an assessment
un bilan
to overwork
surmener
to get worse
empirer
to make/get stupid
abrutir
mind-numbing (adj)
abrutissant
to withdraw, shut yourself away
se replier
a puzzle (game)
un casse-tête
secular (adj)
laïque
secularism
la laïcité
an outfit, uniform
une tenue
“tit for tat” (adv)
du tac au tac
to satisfy, fill up
rassasier
pensive, dreamer (adj)
songeur
generously, heartily (adv)
copieusement
generous, plentiful (adj)
copieux
full (adj)
repu
a snack
en-cas (m); casse-croûte
double-jointed (adj)
désarticulé
a joint (on the body)
une articulation
flexible (adj)
souple
young age (adj)
en bas âge
elbow
un coude
elbowing (noun)
la bousculade
to weaken
débiliter
a speaker, contributor, player;
someone who intervenes
un intervenant
to intervene, step in
intervenir
a witness
un témoin
to bear witness, testify
témoigner
a testimony, evidence
un témoignage
a prank, hoax
un canular
to resuscitate, revive
réanimer
to discharge [so] (ex. from the hospital)
l’évacuation
lucky (adj)
chanceux
emergency reception
l’accueil de l’urgence
to beg, plead, implore
implorer
to wear out, wear thin
user
sand
le sable
sediment
le sédiment
storm, thunderstorm
un orage
a gesture, movement
un geste
a trick ;
cleverness, cunning
une astuce
to miss (ex. a target), fail, mess up [sth]
rater
to be inattentive/distracted
se dissiper
inattentive (adj)
dissipé
to claim, demand
revendiquer
