The nouns which I don't know how to translate or which is interesting/difficult for me
blanket
n.
a large piece of woollen or similar material used as a covering on a bed or elsewhere for warmth.
Example: Given the enormous pressures on land for housing and other developments it is questionable whether such a BLANKET approach is still appropriate.
fr: couette
commitment
n.
a promise or firm decision to do something
Example: It is clear that EI refers to management-led initiatives, aimed at stimulating employee COMMITMENT and allowing discretion for employee decision-making on lower, often task-based ground s .
fr: engagement
goodwill
n.
friendly, helpful, or cooperative feelings or attitude.the established reputation of a business regarded as a quantifiable asset and calculated as part of its value when it is sold.
Example: Kidde's policy on accounting for GOODWILL is given in note 1 of the 2003 Annual report.
fr: bonne volonté
hardship
n.
severe suffering or privation.
Example: Rating agencies will not send a third institution, as the IMF can send the World Bank, to promote social programmes during periods of economic HARDSHIP.
fr: épreuve
intermittency
n.
the quality or state of being intermittent
Example: Beyond Dams Options and Alternatives, A report by the American Rivers and International Rivers Network, 2004, p72 Solar power also suffers from INTERMITTENCY, reducing its potential contribution to a grid system.
fr: intermittence
larceny
n.
theft of personal property. In English law larceny was replaced as a statutory crime by theft in 1968.
Example: It was an essential of the common law crime of larceny .
fr: vol
ongoing
n.
continuing; still in progress
Example: For the "Big Five", two extreme alternatives seem possible: to resist the ONGOING market transformations through mergers and legalistic procedures, or to undergo technological modifications.
fr: en cours
pillar
n.
a tall vertical structure of stone, wood, or metal, used as a support for a building, or as an ornament or monument.
Example: One particular version of the Djed emblem has the PILLAR as the body of Osiris with his arms showing holding his characteristic symbols, the crook and the flail (below).
fr: axe
pillow
n.
a rectangular cloth bag stuffed with feathers or other soft materials, used to support the head when lying or sleeping.
Example: The child in the left of the picture appears to be crying into her PILLOW and displays some sort of emotional distress.
fr: oreiller
violation
n.
the action of violating someone or something.
Example: The financial cost to cardholders of card fraud is largely borne by the banking industry, but the personal cost in time, inconvenience and frustration while an incident is investigated - being without cards, waiting for fraudulent expenditure to be reversed or offset, the sense of VIOLATION - is immeasurable.
fr: violation
zipper
n.
a device consisting of two flexible strips of metal or plastic with interlocking projections closed or opened by pulling a slide along them, used to fasten garments, bags, and other items.
Example: They are not a standard size or shape and commonly have a zipper or hook-and-loop enclosure.
