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Tutor lesson 1
A2-Level
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Les harkis | Algerian people who fought with France, against Algerian independence |
| Franchir | to cross |
| représailles | retaliation |
| filières | channels |
| désarmes | disarmed |
| barbéles | barbed wire |
| L'Elysée | Presidential house |
| contracté | developped |
| devoirs | duty |
| ressaisie | recovered/ changed |
| la voie | the path |
| indignes | inadequate / unfit |
| parviennent | make it |
| sont livrés á leur sort | left to their fate |
| sanglantes | bloody |
| d'occulter | to conceal |
| alliés | allies |
| crèole | a language recently developed from another |
| dèmission | resignation |
| proie | prey |
| commis | clerk |
| casques blues | peace keepers |
| la lourder | burden |
| la diaspora | citizens living abroad- force to move due to circumstances |
| séismes | earthquakes |
| entrecoupées | broken / jolty |
| ralentis | slow down |
| dégâts | damage |
| déprécation | decrease in value |
| tiers | a third |
| l'hommes des affaires | business man |
| d'escadrons | squadrons |
| macoutes | thug |
| éclate | burst /small eruption |
| la gourde | a bowl /Haitian money |
| peté | burst (fart also) |
| autochtone | native |
| les barricades | barricades during resistance- represents resistance and uprising |
| forçat | convict |
| pavé | cobblestone |
| parution | release |
| la déchéance | the decline |
| sa vigueur | its vigor |
| l'atrophie | gradual decline |
| préface | introduction |
| degeneres | degenerates |
| gilets jaunes | Group of protesters |
| bousculera | shaken up |
| apparaissent | appear |
| ouvrière | factory worker |
| gamin | kid |
| démesurée | disproportionate |
| constater | to certify |
| de saluer | to greet |
| prolériat | working class person |
| comédiens | actor |
| éboueur | scavenger or bin man |
| débarquaient | landed |
| tirs | shots |
| épopée | epic |
| moeurs | manners |
| bavure | stain |
| coup de poing | punch |
| apnée | breathless |
| l'étincelle | spark |
| menotté | handcuff |
| racailles | scum |
| juste | fair/just |
| gueule | mouth |
| subir | to suffer/ undergo |
| jouir | enjoy |
| aisé | easy |
| caniveau | gutter |
| récompensées | rewarded |
| le chagrin | sorrow |
| ainsi (3) | thus so as |
| d'une chair de physique | chair of physics |
| à ce jour | to this day |
| grandeur | greatness |
| empeché | stop/ prevent |
| à Passy | rich area of Paris |
| naturalisée | to adopt a nationality |
| Varsovie | Warsaw |
| dés le | since the |
| titulaire | holder |
| sollicitée | asked for (famous) |
| se dégrader | to worsen |
| secouait | shaken up |
| une balles | a bullet |
| un bal | a ball/ dance |
| autant que possible | as much as possible |
| une radio | X-ray |
| manipulatrices radio | radiographers |
| dons | donations |
| rendit | returned |
| effigie | sculpture or model of a person |
| dévouement | dedication |
| voue | vow |
| bouillir | to boil |
| bouilloire | kettle |
| rémunération | payment |
| alourdissement | making it heavier |
| négociations | talks/negotiations |
| l'automne | autumn |
| charge de travail | workload |
| enseignants | primary school teachers |
| consacrée | dedicated |
| débordés | overflow |
| figurent | show |
| aux autres | to others |
| remplacements | substitute teachers |
| orientation | career path |
| propositions | proposals |
| second degré | High school and college |
| précisé | specify |
| repris | taken back |
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