Vocab from Haiti article (21/07/21) Flashcards by Juliet Charters

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to clear up/ clarify something

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faire la lumière

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to stain with blood

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ensanglanter

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thorough search (raking/combing)

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le ratissage

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nightmare

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un cauchemar

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starter/catalyst

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le ferment

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greedy/grasping (keen on)

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avide

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to react immediately

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réagir à chaud

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shortcut

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le raccourci

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to feed/increase

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alimenter

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gulf/abyss of common place/cliché

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l’abyme des poncifs

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to throw into panic

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affoler

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stubborn

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récalcitrant

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annoying/unsettling/disturbing

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dérangeante

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behviour

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la tenue

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to take the place of

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saisir la place

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to reattach

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rattacher

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beam/ray

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le faisceau

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to demolish

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battre en brèche

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mould/cast

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le moule

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ship/vessel

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le navire

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to look in askance

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sourciller

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to not bat an eyelid

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ne pas sourciller

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backyard

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l’arrière-cour (f)

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to relieve/take the weight off

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se soulager

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rice/rice-growing sector

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le secteur rizicole

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to make money out of

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monnayer

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the deceased

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le défunt

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to replace/take over from

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relayer

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language

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le langage

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to rub shoulders with/stand alongside

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côtoyer

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as stated/indicated

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comme le précise

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so well/as well

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si bien

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to prove/turn out to be

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s’avérer

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to fill

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combler

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issue/concern/stake/bet

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l’enjeu

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break/interruption

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la coupure

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to make poorer/impoverish

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appauvrir

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peasantry

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la paysannerie

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mafia

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mafieuses (adj f. pl.)

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to absorb/trap/never let go

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phagocyter

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lawful

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licite

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to erect/put up

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eriger

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to pervert/corrupt

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pervertir

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earthquake

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le séisme

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to claim/demand

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se réclamer

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inside

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dedans

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pertaining to

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afférent à

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hand-to-hand combat

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le combat à mains nues

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bare-handed

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mains nues

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to be resistant/defiant to

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réfractaire à

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assult/attack

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l’assaut (f)

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exhastion/end of stock

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l’épuisement (m)

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to get ready

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s’apprêter

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stubborness/obstinacy

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l’opiniâtreté

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noxiousness/detrimental

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la nocivité

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to trap/snare

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piéger

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customary/traditional

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coutumière

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contrary to what is conveyed in

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et contrairement à ce qui est véhiculé dans

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approach/process

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le démarche

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to spread out

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se deployer

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fury

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la fureur

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denial

A

le deni

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self-flagellatiom/self-punishment

A

l’autoflagellation

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term for refering to people living in extreme poverty

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le quart-monde