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Unit 2
Family
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aliment (m) | item of food |
| chiffon (m) | piece of rag |
| crise (f) de foie | liverishness, bad upset stomach |
| rendre compte | to realise, to take on board |
| révolte (f) | rebellion |
| sain(e) | healthy |
| casse-croute (m) | snack |
| micro-onde (m) | microwave (oven) |
| nettoyage (f) | cleaning |
| problèmes (mpl) renaux | kidney problems |
| utensile (f) | utensil |
| caniche (f) | poodle |
| morceau (m) | piece |
| nausea (f) | nausea |
| papillon (m) | butterfly |
| perroquet (m) | parrot |
| se venger | to get even |
| vomir | to vomit |
| celibataire | single |
| cohabition (f) | living together outside marriage |
| famille (f) monoparentale | single parent family |
| famille (f) nombreuse | large family |
| famille (f) nucléaire | nuclear family |
| famille (f) recomposée | composite family |
| ménage (m) | household |
| rupture (f) d'union | marriage break-up |
| union (m)libre | living together outside marriage |
| assistant(e) social | social worker |
| assumer | to assume (responsibility) |
| avorter | to abort |
| calvaire (m) | suffering, martyrdom |
| cendre (m) | ash |
| combler | to fill, make up for |
| convier | to invite |
| craquer | to 'lose it' |
| se culpabiliser | to take the blame |
| s'extasier | to take delight in |
| deçevoir | to decieve |
| declic (m) | trigger mechanism |
| fonder ses espoirs (mpl) | to pin one's hopes |
| gosse (m) | kid |
| grossesse (f) | pregnancy |
| incinerer | to burn |
| insouciance (f) | carefree attitude, lightheartedness |
| manqué (m) | lack, gap |
| ménagement | care, consideration |
| naissance (f) | birth |
| pilule (f) | contraception pill |
| recul (m) | hindsight |
| tomber enceinte | to become pregnant |
| baptême (m) | batism |
| carnet (m) | newspaper announcements (births, marriages and deaths) |
| les quatre coins du monde | the four corners of the world |
| soit.. soir.. | either.. or.. |
| abimer | to wreck or ruin |
| concurrence (f) | competition |
| courant(e) | common |
| elargi(e) | extended |
| emprunter | to borrow |
| s'entraider | to help each other |
| s'y faire | to make the best of it |
| gare à ... | watch out you don't ... |
| gérer | to manage |
| grande surface (f) | big supermarket |
| natal(e) | native (town, country) |
| offenser | to offend |
| partager | to share |
| prendre la relève | to take over |
| faire profiter | to take advantage |
| se réunir | to get together |
| susceptible | easily offended |
| tendance (f) | tendency |
| tribu | tribe |
| coutume (f) | custom, tradition |
| consonance (f) | sound |
| diminution (f) | decrease |
| fortuné(e) | well off |
| iconique | having the status of an icon |
| marraine (f) | godmother |
| neanmoins | nonetheless |
| une nouvelle mode se deferle | a new fashion takes over |
| ordre (m) décroissant | decreasing order |
| patronyme (m) | family name derived from one's father |
| trait (m) de caractère | personality characteristic |
| à moins que | unless |
| appartenir | to belong to |
| communement | commonly |
| crise (f) | crisis, trouble |
| croyant(e) | faithful |
| diptherie (f) | diptheria |
| en ce qui concerne | insofar as |
| faire la loi | to decide how things will be done |
| fiable | reliable |
| fiancé(e) | engaged to be married |
| guère | hardly |
| hors question | out of the question |
| infection (f) intestinale | stomach bug |
| interdit(e) | forbidden |
| par rapport à | in comparison with |
| pneumonie (f) | pneumonia |
| scarlatine (f) | scarlet fever |
| s'en sortir | to get out of (trouble) |
| se tourner vers | to turn to |
| tuberculose (f) | tuberculosis |
| taux (m)de mortalite | death rate |
| vedette (f) | star (celebrity) |
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