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Vocabulary 4
French Vocabulary 4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dépouillement | counting, snalysis |
| parviendront; (infinitive: parvenir) | will reach,mwill succeed, will attain |
| limogeage | sacking, dismissal |
| revanche | revenge, vengeance, rematch |
| entamer | to enter into, to cut into, to make inroads into, to break into |
| menée | verb: conducted; noun: scheming |
| étouffer | to smother, suppress, stifle, choke, suffocate |
| entendent | hear (3rd person plural) |
| affluer | to flow in, to trickle, to flow |
| franchir | to cross, ford, jump over, pass through |
| essor | development, rise, boom, soaring |
| font | make, produce, do ( 3rd person plural of faire) |
| héberge | host, accommodate, house, harbor |
| scinder | to split, break up, sunder |
| compte | noun: account, count, tally; verb: count, tally, reckon |
| miliciens | militia |
| milicien | militiaman |
| tout comme | just as, just like |
| tollé | outcry |
| scrutin | ballot, vote, poll |
| voie | noun: way, route, channel, pathway, lane; verb: see, look at ( 1st and 3rd person singular) |
| crapuleux | villainous, crooked, dissolute |
| parquet | floor, wood floor, public prosecutor's office |
| la prise | the catchi, capture, plug, socket, engagement, dose, handhold |
| sillon | furrow, slot, groove, ridge |
| sillonner | to crisscross, to ridge, to rut |
| fouet | whip, scourge, beater |
| enceinte | adj: pregnant; noun: enclosure, precinct |
| vaincre | to overcome, defeat, vanquish, clobber |
| remporter | to win, earn, carry off, chalk up |
| le fisc | tax department, treasury |
| le viseur | viewfinder, eyepiece, gunsight |
| litige | litigation,mdispute, judicial proceeding |
| montant | noun: amount, sum, figure; adj: rising; vetb: fitting, editing, mounting, welling, climbing, welling, ascending |
| dépasser | exceed, transfer, overtake, outstrip, overshoot |
| inculpation | charging, indictment |
| élargir | to widen, expand, broaden |
| notamment | especially, notably, among other things |
| piratage | hacking |
| ampleur | extent, scale, size, dimension, intensity, magnitude |
| dévoilée | unveiled, unlocked, laid bare |
| survenir | to occur, arise, emerge, take place |
| manifestation | demonstration |
| couvre-feu | curfew |
| parvenir | to achieve, reach, attain, run across |
| averti | warned |
| retenue | detention, restraint, deduction, holdback |
| saper | to undermine, subvert |
| renchérir | to go further, get cleaner |
| a renchéri | went further |
| volonté | willingness, will, willpower |
| évincer | evict, oust, supplant, get rid of |
| démissionner | to resign, quit, retire |
| détenue | owned, detained, prisoner |
| interdit | prohibited, banned, forbidden |
| inutile | pointless, unnecessary, useless, wasted |
| élu | adj: elected; verb: chosen; noun: beloved, chosen one |
| amorce | bait, leader, boot, primer |
| en lice | vying, in the running, in contention |
| lice | contention, battleground, arena |
| internautes | Internet users |
| données | data, inputs |
| courriel | |
| filiale | subsidiary, affiliate, branch office |
| affaibli | adj: weakened, debilitated, effete, lessened; verb: weakened, impaired, diluted |
| affable | affable, kind spoken, genial |
| retirer | to pull, withdraw, strip, retract, take off, back out |
| déroute | noun: rout; verb: reroute, obfuscate, lead astray, bewilder, faze |
| feu nourri | heavy fire, intense fire |
| nourri | fed, nourished, nurtured |
| dû | adj and noun: due; verb: past participle of devoir |
| sauf | preposition: except for, apart from; adj: safe, unhurt |
| drap | sheet, woolen cloth, bedsheet |
| drapeau | flag, banner |
| envisage | consider, contemplate, envision |
| perte | loss, waste, undoing, bereavement |
| en fonction | in-office |
| désormais | henceforth, from now on |
| escale | stopover, layover, port of call |
| arracher | to pull, tear away, extract, snatch, pluck |
| reprise | recovery, resumption, revival |
| antérieure | previous |
| éclaté | burst, divided, fragmented |
| voisins | neighbors |
| tracer | to trace, draw, chart |
| feuille de route | roadmap, waybill |
| feuille | leaf, sheet, foil |
| félicité | verb: congratulated; noun: bliss, happiness |
| fustigé | blasted, castigated, thrashed |
| revendiquée | to claim, demand, protest |
| député | deputy, representative |