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French vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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les traces de pas | footprints |
partir pour | to start for, leave for |
l'exception | exception |
exception faite de/à l'exception de | with the exception of |
l'état d'exception (m) | state of emergency |
sauf exception | with certain exceptions |
d'exception | exceptional, special |
le marché du travail | the labor market |
conclure un marché | to strike a bargain |
par-dessus le marché | to top it all off |
des présentes | hereof |
le déroulement | development, progress; unwinding, unrolling |
impunément | with impunity |
mon sembable | my fellow man |
il n'a que | it's nothing more than; it's just a matter of; he's but to |
convaincre | to convince |
convaincre qqn de faire | to convince s.o. to do (s.t.) |
le réchauffement climatique | global warming |
le changement climatique | climate change |
assombrir | to darken; make gloomy; cloud |
assommer | to knock out; kill; bore (fig) |
obscurcir | to obscure; darken, dim |
la levée de fonds | fundraiser |
s'obscurcir | to grow dark; become obscure or dim |
couramment | widely |
accéder à | to gain, reach, attain; accede to (request) |
le recul | recoil; backward motion; recession, decline, retreat; setback; distance (fig) |
avoir un mouvement de recul | to start back |
avec le recul | from a distance; with the passage of time |
prendre du recul | to stand back |
être en recul | to be on the wane, in decline |
la reculade | withdrawal, climb-down |
reculer | to move back; push back; defer, postpone; reverse (car) |
reculer devant | to shrink from; balk at |
se reculer | to move back |
s'extasier (avant/sur) | to go into raptures over |
le teint | color, complexion |
le bon/grand teint | fast color; reliable (fig) |
le petit teint | faded color; non-fast color; touch, tinge (fig) |
pâlir | to make pale, grow pale |
le statut | status; statute |
se débattre | to struggle, flounder around |
débattre | to debate, discuss |
le brin | blade (grass); strand (rope); bit (horse) |
la ruelle | lane, alley |
rempli (de) | full (of); filled (with); busy (day, etc.) |
ringard, -e | old fashioned, corny |
emmener | to take; carry; transport |
le bouquin | book (fam) |
la causerie | chat, talk |
causer | to chat, talk; to cause |
en cause | involved |
mettre en cause | to question (s.t.) |
pour cause | for a good reason |
la matière | material; matter, substance; subject (fig) |
les matières premières (f,pl) | raw materials |
les matières plastiques (f,pl) | plastics |
en matière de | as regards; in matters of |
la table des matières | table of contents |
ma meilleure matière | my best subject |
c'est une matière à discussion | it's a matter for discussion |
donner matière à | to give cause for |
convenable | decent, proper; suitable; reasonable, acceptable |
envisager | to consider |
envisager de faire | to consider doing |
je suis d'accord | I agree |
avouer | to admit, confess |
l'avoué (m) | solicitor, attorney |
l'avorton (m) | abortion |
l'avorton (f) | shrimp |
franchir | to cross over, surmount, clear; cover (distance); to last through (time) |
l'essor (m) | flight (bird); expansion, growth, development |
être en plein essor | to grow/expand rapidly; take flight |
prendre son essor | to be booming |
permettre qqn à qch | to allow s.o. s.t. |
permettre à qn de faire/fasse qch | to allow s.o to do s.t. |
il se croit tout permis | he thinks he can do as he please |
se permettre qch | to allow oneself s.t. |
franchir le rubicon | to cross the rubicon |
s'efforcer (de) | to strive (to); endeavor (to); try hard (to) |
empêcher (de) | to prevent, stop (from) |
il n'empêche que | nevertheless, still |
s'empêcher | to refrain, stop oneself |
je ne peux pas m'empêcher de rire | I can't stop myself from laughing |
ils ont empêcher la catastrophe | they prevent the disaster |
nuire à | to be harmful to, damage (s.t.) |
obéir à | to obey, be obedient to |
(savoir) se fair obéir | to command obedience |
ordonner | to order; arrange |
ordonner à qqn de qch | to order s.o. to do s.t. |
ordonner le silence à qqn | to order s.o. to be quiet |
Je t'ordonne de te taire | I order you to shut up. |
persister dans qch | to stick with s.t. |
plaindre | to feel sorry for |
il n'est pas à plaindre | he has nothing to complain about |
plaindre de + inf | to be sorry, sympathize, pity |
plaindre qqn de (inf) | to be sorry for s.o. because |
je vous plains d'être | I am sorry that you should be |
se plaindre que de (inf) | to be sorry/sympathetic that s.o. should + inf |
songer | to think about, consider |