week 5 Flashcards
a domestic/household task
ie washing the dishes, doing the laundry
a chore (N)
loss of trees
deforestation (N)
deforested (adj)
the natural disappearance of sth (soil) due to wind / water
soil erosion (N)
extinction animale
animal extinction
animaux en voie d’extinction
endangered animal / species (almost extinct)
endanger (V)
the endangerment of animals
inondation
- flood (N) (countable) (specific)
The 3 floods / the flood of 1971 killed over 300,000 people - flooding (N) (uncountable) (general)
Flooding is a common problem in this part of the country.
overstep your power
exceed your authority
avoir accès
gaining an understand / access TO a building, a computer
faced
encountered
very competent
stiff
encountered stiff opposition / competition
so focused in sth, you’re not distracted by anything else
very positive
to feel (completely) in my element
être très heureux, ravi
être au 7ème ciel
to be over the moon
to be on cloud 9
to be ecstatic
avoir confiance en qqch, qqn
to put one’s trust IN sb / sth
to participe
to take part IN
most of the time
more often than not
happy
to feel happy with
contented (adj)
to feel content WITH sb, sth
work at night
work the graveyard shift
travailler à l’intérieur / dehors
to work indoors / outdoors
advantages, extra to your income, fringe benefits
perks (N)
rendre qqn (triste, bouleversé) sentiment
to make sb upset (feeling adj)
to have enough time to do sth
to get round TO sth / doing sth
to fix (sth again)
to get sth working
to connect sb (phone)
to put sb through
to distract sb
to put sb off
to postpone
to put sth off
to host, accommodate
to put sb up
to put up with
to tolerate, endure
to be discouraged
to be put off
to stop working, tomber en panne
to break down
to raise
to bring up
to cancel
to call off
to discover, find
to come across
to disconnect (phone)
to cut off
didn’t happen, didn’t eventuate
to fall through
to have a good relationship
to get on well
to expire (i.e. milk)
to go off
to continue, to persist
to keep on
I am eager, excited
I am looking forward to -ING form
to look like, ressemble
to take after
to learn outside typical classes
to pick sth up
to understand
to make out
to support sb
to back sb up
to reject, to decline
to turn down
to quit, to stop
to give up
to reveal the truth
to give (sb) away
to hire, contract, employ
to take on
to start, begin, fonder
to set up
to refuse
to turn away
to encounter, to face (problems)
to run up against
to decide
to make up (my mind)
to save $
to put by / away
to start (alarms)
to go off
when you think you are better, to patronize, when you are snob
to look down on (people)
to survive
to get by
to fail, not keep up
to fall behind
to boast
to show off
to separate, divorce
to split up
Créé pour
Designed to
Laisser qqn, qqch avec qqn, qqch
To leave sb, sth WITH sb, sth
Isolation (chaleur)
Insulation (N)
To insulate sth
May cause cancer
Carcinogenic (adj)
Describes sth that contains cancer
Cancerous (adj)
To make a “fake” passport
To forge a passport, a document
A forged passport
A forger (n, p)
Argent faux
Counterfeit money
To lose one’s job
Here it doesn’t tell you how
To be given the boot
To sack sb / to be sacked
To fire / to be fired
-> you made a mistake
When there’s no more work for you
To make sb redundant
To be made redundant
To be laid OFF
A lot of
Prevalent (adj)
Incidence (N)
A professional, office-based job
A white-collar job
Labourer, manufacturing (job)
A blue-collar job
To work for a low salary
To work for peanuts
To be paid peanuts : be paid badly
Mariage arrangé
An arranged marriage
To make fun OF sb FOR
To tease sb FOR sth
- to make sth perfect, to perfect, to master
- to make sharp, to sharpen
To hone
- > your accent
- > a specific skill
My sword is blunt, not straight. I need to hone it.
Marked sth out as special
Distinguished
Increase
Crank up
Keep its position again others
Hold its own
To long for sth
To yearn
Boring hard work
Drudgery
Inintelligent
Dumb
Lightening, making less depressing
Leavening
