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liste de vocabulaire français 001
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| sortir du placard | to come out of the closet |
| le geste | gest, gesture, movement // act, action |
| stressé | stressed, stressed-out |
| prélever | to take off, remove // to withdraw, transfer out |
| cerner | to surround, encircle // to figure out, understand, get one's head around, get a grasp on |
| la rétrocaveuse | backhoe |
| bâcler | to botch, bungle |
| l'arnaque (f) | con, rip-off // hoax, deception |
| faire en sorte que | to make sure to do |
| encaisser | to bank, bring in, pay in, cash // to enclose, encase, box |
| l'incitatif (m) | incentive |
| légiférer | to legislate |
| s'en mettre plein les poches | to line one's pockets with it |
| au détriment de | at the detriment of |
| vénal | easily corrupted, corruptable |
| l'éboulement (m) | landslide |
| la carrière | quarry // career |
| manquer à l'appel | to be missing |
| le coup de pouce | boost |
| en proportion de | in proportion to |
| d'entrée de jeu | from the outset, from the start |
| la levée | revocation |
| d'ores et déjà | already |
| le débit saccadé | jerky, twitchy gait |
| le chambreur | lodger, boarder |
| la complicité | complicity, collusion // connection, bond, rapport |
| la suie | soot |
| être porté disparu | to go missing |
| être porté à | to be inclined to |
| le magouilleur | schemer, conniver, wrangler, wheeler-dealer |
| magouiller | to connive, scheme, wrangle |
| édulcoré | watered-down, toned-down, moderated, weak, weakened, ineffective |
| édulcorer | to sweeten // to water down, moderate |
| l'embûche (f) | trap, pitfall, snare, hazard, danger |
| brimer | to harass, persecute, pick on, victimize |
| innocenter | to clear, prove innocent |
| engloutir | to gobble, gobble down |
| intenter un procès à qqn | to sue, file a lawsuit against |
| voir d'un bon oeil | to look favourably upon, to view as a positive, see in a positive light |
| ne pas en démordre | to stick to it, stand fast |
| rétorquer | to retort, snap back |
| la buanderie | laundromat |
| le plongeur | diver // dishwasher |
| démentir | to deny, refute // to contradict // to let down, disappoint |
| dénier qch à qqn | to deny somebody of something |
| nier + verbe | to deny + gerund |
| en bloc | outright, entirely // everything, the whole thing, the whole matter |
| la prestation | service // performance, appearance // allowance, benefit |
| l'assurance-emploi (f) | social security, unemployment insurance |
| enquêter sur | to investigate |
| tasser | to pack, pack up, pack away, put away |
| se tasser | to shrink |
| sans tambour ni trompette | in an unheralded manner, without warning |
| amorcer | to initiate, launch, set in motion // to prime, prepare |
| médiatiser | to cover, broadcast |
| le forcéné | gunman, shooter |
| friand de | fond of |
| faire irruption dans | to burst into, barge into |
| la mesquinnerie | pettiness, sillyness |
| oiseux | pointless, ridiculous, senseless |
| buriné | weathered, craggy |
| en diverses occasions | on various occasions, numerous times |
| dans l'enceinte de | within |
| l'entraide (f) | mutual aid, mutual assistance |
| en passe de | on the verge of, about to |
| l'appoint (m) | right change, exact amount |
| avoir l'appoint | to have the right amount of money |
| le bizut | freshman |
| le bizutage | hazing, freshman initiation |
| se mesurer à | to measure onself against, compare oneself to // to measure up to |
| l'affaissement (m) | decline, drop, droop |
| faire fureur | to be all the rage, take by storm, be the latest and greatest thing, be a hot topic |
| la réforme | reform |
| la franchise | frankness, candour, honesty |
| l'écueil (m) | reef, shoal // pitfall |
| le tube | tube // hit |
| le cylindre | cylinder |
| le cône | cone |
| Ça sent le sapin. | That's the final nail in the coffin. It's the beginning of the end. It's all but done for. // It smells like trouble. I smell a rat. |
| l'épinette (f) | spruce |
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