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English to French

TermDefinition
to run away, escape se sauver
to rush se précipiter
to leap, (= to spring, bound, jump, hop) bondir, (faire un bond)
to start jump, (make a sudden surprising movement, give a start, get up, rise, stand, stand up) sursauter
to startle, (make a surprise move) faire sursauter, (faire un sursaut)
to make up, paint, (your face) se maquiller
to cut off couper, amputer
to turn up arriver, venir
to turn over, to turn round se retourner
to search, (examine) fouiller
to remain demeurer, rester
to breed, give birth, bring into existance, conceive / produce, generate engendrer
to blow souffler
to breathe respirer
to cough tousser
to sneeze éternuer
to sniff renifler
to spit, throw mouth saliva cracher
a charity un organisme humanitaire
emergency relief l'aide d'urgence
natives and immigrants autochtones et immigrés
a quota un quota
popular / code, no. / quote (finance), odds (sport), dimension (technique) une cote
to be popular avoir la cote
a sweatshop un atelier clandestin
exploitation l'exploitation
a ghetto, areas with Jews gathered by force/law, isolated, self-contained, segregated / area or field of interest; often of minority or specialist interest un ghetto
race relations les relations raciales
segregation la ségrégation
prejudice, bias préjugé, m
persecution la persécution
Whites and Blacks les Blancs et les Noirs
a negro un noir
a slave un esclave
slavery l'esclavage
coloured people les gens de couleur
a gipsy un gitan
a jew / a Jewess un juif / une juive
a concentration camp un camp de concentration
civil rights les droits civiques
equal rights l'égalité des droits
settlers and aborigènes colons et indigènes
the (Red) Indians les indiens (peaux rouges)
the Frontier la limite des terres colonisées (US)
the Wild West le Far West
a pioneer un pionnier
a reservation une réserve
a nomad un nomade
a tribe une tribu
the prairie la prairie
a genocide un génocide
a mass-killing une tuerie
a slaughter une tuerie, un carnage
a totalitarian regime un régime totalitaire
oppressed, minority opprimé(e), minorité
the Red Cross la Croix Rouge
a civilian un civil
an uprising un soulèvement
a dissenter un dissident religieux
an ordeal une (rude) épreuve
an exodus, (=sudden departure, of a large number of people) un exode
rural exodus l'exode rural
an exile un exilé
an expatriate un expatrié
wealthy, affluent riche
well-off, well-to-do aisé
prosperous prospère
extravagant, wasteful dépensier, prodigue
extravagantly wasteful avec prodigalité
to deliver a speech faire un discours
to go to the polls aller vote
general elections élections législatives
local elections élections municipales
to run for president être candidat aux élections présidentielles
God helps those who help themselves Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera
Charity begins at home Charité bien ordonnée commence par soi-même
Religion is the opium of the people (Marx) La religion, c'est l'oppium du peuple
A religion is but a succesful sect Une religion n'est jamais qu'une secte qui a réussi
the rich and the poor les riches et les pauvres
the well-to-do, the well-off les gens aisés
wealth la richesse
affluence l'abondance, l'aisance
riches les richesses
prosperity la prospérité
an upstart, rise to an upper class, by wealth, rights, authority but not accepted socially, (=parvenu) un parvenu(e)
luxury le luxe
a billionaire un milliardaire
the Establishment les pouvoirs établis
layer, bed / nappy, diaper (us) couche
the upper/lower classes, (of the scociety) la couche supérieure/inférieure
status le standing
the deprived les déshérités
the needy les nécessiteux
the underprivileged les défavorisés
the destitute les indigents
the homeless les sans abri
poverty la pauvreté
hardship, deprivation la privation
destitution le dénuement, l'indigence
wretchedness la misère, l'extrême pauvreté
squalor la misère noire
the rascal or scum, cheeky, criminal, poorest, lowest of people la racaille
a plight, (=dangerous, risky situation) une situation critique, désespérée
homelessness le fait d'être sans toit
a beggar un mendiant
a soup kitchen une soupe populaire
a shanty town un bidonville
a slum un taudis
misfits les inadaptés
an underdog un opprimé
a dropout un marginal
an outcast un paria
a failure un raté, un échec
a tramp un clochard
a drug addict un drogué
rejection le rejet, l'exclusion
loneliness la solitude
the Third World le tiers monde
pressure la pression, des pressions
debt la dette
a gap un écart
plenty l'abondance
a shortage, lack, scarcity, parsity / poverty, misery une pénurie
parcity, scarcity le manque, la pénurie
starvation l'inanition, la famine
famine la famine
drought la sécheresse
malnutrition la malnutrition
a commodity une denrée
help, aid l'aide
wrinkled ridé
blind aveugle
deaf sourd
dumb muet
deaf and dumb sourd-muet
extremely, exceedingly excessivement
strikingly remarquablement
carefully prudemment
delicately délicatement
lightly légèrement
painfully péniblement
energetically énergiquement
steadily régulièrement
slightly légèrement, un peu
approximately environ
prettily joliment
backward (s) en arrière
forward (s) en avant
sideways de côté
to and fro de long en large
to quit quitter, cesser
to come venir, jouir
to come upon tomber sur
to stand être debout
to stand up se lever
to lie s'étendre, être
to lie down allonger, s'allonger
to lay poser, mettre
to lay out disposer
to bring up élever (enfant)
to carry out effectuer
to bear porter, supporter
to drag traîner
to fetch aller chercher
the skull le crâne
the forehead le front
a wrinkle une ride
an eyebrow un sourcil
an eyelid une paupière
an eyelash un cil
a nostril une narine
the limbs les membres
an elbow un coude
a wrist un poignet
a rib une côte
an ankle une cheville
a heel un talon
a toe un orteil
the trunk le tronc
to punch donner un coup de poing à
to kick donner un coup de pied à/dans
to break casser
to sit s'asseoir, être assis
to sit down s'asseoir
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