Vocabulaire du Discours Flashcards

Verbs useful for presenting arguments and debating concepts.

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concourir à

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to compete with

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soutenir

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to support

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une raison pour laquelle

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a reason for that

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l’usage / l’utilisation

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the usage

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contester

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object to

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plutôt que + de

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rather than

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bénéfique

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beneficial

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supposer

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to assume

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endommager

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to damage, to harm

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permettre

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to allow, permit, enable

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planifier

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to plan a schedule

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soumettre à

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to subject to

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lier à, c’est lié à

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connects to, links to

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freiner

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to constrain, to hold back (by others)

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s’opposer à

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to disagree with

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nuire à

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to damage, cause harm to

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prendre exemple

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take example, raise example, take as an example

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affronter

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to face up to

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organiser

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to plan, to arrange

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compter sur

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to expect

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démontrer

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to demonstrate

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22
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le problème principal

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the main problem

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mettre en avant

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to highlight, feature, point out

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réperer

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to identify, find, notice

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Dans l'attente de votre réponse, je vous prie d'agréer, Monsieur le..., l'expression de mes sentiments respectueux.
in hopes of a responses, please accept, Mr. .... , my respectful regards
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incertitude
uncertainty
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nocive / nocif
harmful
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cas par cas
case by case
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agir sur
to have an effect on
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de base
at it’s base
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parler de
to speak about
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fondamentalement
fundamentally
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l'attente
the expectation
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retenir
to hold back
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agir
to act, take action, behave
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s'agir de
to be about
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le fil conducteur
the gist, main theme
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relever
pick up, raise, notice
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promettre
to promise
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exprimer
to express, to show
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aboutir à
results in, leads to
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promouvoir
to promote
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avoir parti pris
to have a bias
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pratique
convenient, practical
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prévoir
to predict
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compter faire
to plan to do
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je vais me pencher sur
i'm going to steer toward ...
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prédire
to predict
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avoir l'intention
to plan to do
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prôner
to advocate, to extol (e.g., a principal, belief)
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au fond
at it’s base, core, fundamentally
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proposer
to suggest, to propose
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suggérer
to suggest, to propose
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soulever
raise (examples)
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il s'agit de
it talks about / refers to
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énumerer
to list
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je vous prie d'agréer mes salutations distinguées
please accept my best regards (literally, i beg)
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ci-dessus
above
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ci-dessous
below
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en dépit
despite
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les tout-petits les enfants en bas âge les très jeunes enfants
children under three (3 examples)
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les plus petits
children
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les écoliers
school children
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les adolescents
adolescents
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les collégiens et les lycéens
junior high and high school students
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envisageable
possible
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faisable
possible
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indispensable
necessary
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souhaitable
desirable, needed
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incontournable
indispensible
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aborder
to approach / broach (e.g., a topic)
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dissuader
discourage
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rédiger
write-down, draft
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déclencheur
trigger point
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personnaliser
to customize
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susciter l'intérêt de
to arouse interest
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motivation (la)
the incentive
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points
grades
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connaissance
knowledge
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dissuader
to discourage
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presence
attendance
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diminuer
to diminish / reduce
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à la fin
in the end
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le côté positif / négatif
the positive / negative side
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il est vrai que ... cependant
it is true that ... however
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c'est ainsi que je vois cette question
this is the way that I view this question
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il serait bon sans doute d'ajouter
without a doubt, it would be good to add
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voilà ce que je pense de ...
and that's what i think about ...
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il faudrait peut-être mentionner
perhaps I should mention
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il convient encore de préciser que ...
it would be suitable to specify ...
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c'est que me semble être ...
what seems to me to be ...
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je ne vois pas pourquoi ...
I don't see why ...