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djm-other05

French vocabulary

QuestionAnswer
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
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