I made this glossary because it can be useful for the exam.
A shift dress
Phrase
a dress in which the cloth falls straight from the shoulders and has darts around the bust.
Example: The Cathy dress is a shift dress.
en: Une robe droite
Competition
noun
The situation in which people or businesses are trying to be more successful than each other, for example by making more sales in a market.
Example: In 1973 the UK joined the EC which practices the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), a different system used to support farmers. 4 CAP uses variable import levies (a tax on imports from outside the EU) and subsidises exports from the EU in order to protect UK farmers from foreign COMPETITION by raising the EU domestic price above world market price.
en: Concurrence
Font
Noun
a set of printable or displayable typography or text characters in a specific style and size.
Example: Despite its small size, the darker coloured FONT adequately contrasts with the background to aid reading.
en: Graphie
foot-in-the-door
Noun
to make a small but successful start at something
Example: The foot-in-the-door can be really successful
en: Le pied dans la porte
Greenwashing
noun
Greenwashing (a compound word modelled on "whitewash"), also called "green sheen", is a form of advertising or marketing spin in which green PR and green marketing are deceptively used to persuade the public that an organization's products, aims and policies are environmentally friendly.
Example: Ecotourism can be misused by firms to refer to elements of wildlife, when in fact they do little to apply basic ecotourism principles: this is known as GREENWASHING.
en: Blanchiment écologique
Hem
Noun
the edge of a piece of cloth or clothing which has been turned under and sewn.
Example: All my pants need to have hems
en: L'ourlet
Husbandry
Noun
the care, cultivation, and breeding of crops and animals.
Example: zoo visitors see visible, interactive animals while learning the importance of low-stress animal HUSBANDRY
en: Elevage
Lined
Adjective
having a lining or a liner
Example: This dress is lined.
en: Doublé(e)
Low-cut
adjective
Having the opening around the neck shaped in a way that shows more than the usual amount of the chest.
Example: This dress has a low-cut back.
en: échancré
Motto
noun
a short sentence or phrase chosen as encapsulating the beliefs or ideals of an individual, family, or institution.
Example: Consumers are one of the target groups of informational campaign launched be the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development on 10 October 2005 under the MOTTO: "Originality under protection".
en: Devise
Negligible
Adjective
so small or unimportant as to be not worth considering; insignificant.
Example: the amount of work done by the team was NEGLIGIBLE.
en: Minime
Outrageous
adjective
shockingly bad or excessive.
Example: She becomes so OUTRAGEOUS, so huge and terrifying a monster.
en: Exorbitant
Plant
Noun
a place where an industrial or manufacturing process takes place.
Example: characteristics linked to the plant performance can be reactive power, inertia or the system's spinning reserve.
en: Centrale
Slaughter
Noun
the killing of animals for food.
Example: The recent erection of a specialised building has taken place to provide ideal handling facilities to sort beef cattle every week for SLAUGHTER
en: L'abatage
Supply and demand
phrase
the amount of a commodity, product, or service available and the desire of buyers for it, considered as factors regulating its price.
Example: Other factors affecting SUPPLY AND DEMAND are things such as household income, interest rates and the cost of land.
en: L'offre et la demande
Sustainability
noun
the idea that goods and services should be produced in ways that do not use resources that cannot be replaced and that do not damage the environment.
Example: This is of concern because the other components may prove to be more important within the ecosystem with respect to long-term biodiversity SUSTAINABILITY.
en: Durabilité
Tanning
noun
the action or process of converting animal skin into leather by soaking it in a liquid containing tannic acid, or by the use of other chemicals.
Example: Tanning operations should be prioritized in the country of origin
en: Tannage
To deceive
verb
To deliberately cause (someone) to believe something that is not true, especially for personal gain.
Example: Yet when one examines the Southern leadership, their actual army and ingenious measures such as Lee's maneuvering around first McClellan, managing TO DECEIVE him into thinking that his army was larger than McClellan when in fact it was resolutely smaller.
en: Tromper
Undertake to do something
phrase
to promise or agree to do something.
Example: ECOALF undertook the mission to create a new generation of recycled products.
en: Entreprendre de faire quelque chose
Voltage
noun
an electromotive force or potential difference expressed in volts.
Example: Different device requires different VOLTAGE power supply.
