Glossary S1
Glossary S1
42 Perfectionnement de la maîtrise de la langue TD5 terms
Find here all the new vocabulary we learnt through S1
- A proponent
- noun
- Someone who publicly supports an idea, policy or plan.
- fr: Un promoteur
- Backlash
- Noun
- A strong feeling among a group of people in reaction to a change or recent events in society or politics.
- fr: Réaction (violente)
- Buttress
- Verb
- To make someone or smth stronger by supporting them in some way.
- fr: Soutenir, étayer
- Careen
- Verb
- To move forward quickly and suddenly, going from side to side in an uncontrolled way.
- fr: Foncer, se précipiter
- Casualties
- noun
- People injured or killed in a serious accident or war.
- fr: Blessés, morts, victimes
- Consortium
- Noun
- An association, typically of several companies.
- fr: Consortium
- Crosshairs
- Plural noun
- Sighting lines in a gun
- fr: (ligne de ) mire
- Dog-tired
- slang
- Exhausted
- fr: épuisé, éreinté, lessivé
- Downturn
- Noun
- A decline in economic, business, or other activities.
- fr: Baisse/Ralentissement
- Eavesdrop
- Verb
- To spy/ To try to listen to what someone is saying
- fr: Espionner, écouter aux portes
- Embed
- To fix smth firmly into a substance
- fr: Enfoncer qqch
- Encroachment
- noun
- A gradual advance beyond usual or acceptable limits.
- fr: Empiètement, envahissement
- Flesh out
- phrasal verb
- If you flesh out something such as a story or plan, you add details and more information to it.
- fr: étoffer
- GUE/NGL
- A left-wing political group of the European Parliament established in 1995.
- fr: Parti de Gauche au parlement Européen
- GUE/NGL
- Acronym
- The Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL is a left-wing political group of the European Parliament established in 1995.
- fr: Groupe de la Gauche au parlement Européen
- In the throes of
- figurative
- experiencing smth unpleasant
- fr: Connaître/subir les affres de
- K-12
- term
- Relating to education from kindergarten (= the class that prepares children for school) to 12th grade
- fr: De la maternelle au lycée
- Loathsome
- adj
- Highly offensive
- fr: Détestable
- Meekly
- adj
- Quietly and gently
- fr: Docilement
- MEP
- Proper Noun
- Member of the European Parliament
- fr: Député Européen, membre du parlement Européen
- MEP
- Noun/Acronym
- A member of the European parliament.
- fr: Député Européen
- Monitor
- Verb
- To watch carefully
- fr: Surveiller
- Mull
- verb
- To think over a problem for a long time
- fr: Bien réfléchir à
- Outskirts
- Plural noun
- The outer parts of a town or city.
- fr: Faubourgs
- squalor
- Noun (uncountable)
- A state of being extremely dirty or unpleasant.
- fr: Conditions sordides/miséreuses
- Staunch
- Adjective
- A staunch supporter or believer is very loyal to a person, organization, or set of beliefs, and supports them strongly.
- fr: (Quelqu'un de) fervent
- Stem (sth)
- If you stem something, you stop it spreading, increasing, or continuing.
- fr: Juguler
- The Noughties
- 2000's
- fr: Les années 2000
- Thoroughfare
- Noun
- A primary passage, a main road in a town.
- fr: Artère (rue principale)
- To Apportion
- Verb
- To divide something such as payments between two or more people, organisations, etc
- fr: Séparer/ Diviser
- To be capped
- Verb
- If the government caps an organization, council, or budget, it limits the amount of money that the organization or council is allowed to spend, or limits the size of the budget.
- Example: In UK, the fees will be capped.
- fr: Plafonner
- to bunk off
- verb
- To not go to (school, work, etc.)
- Example: I've never bunked off school a single day in my life but maybe I should have.
- fr: Sécher (les cours)
- To chuck
- verb
- To throw something without giving it your attention.
- Example: Chuck me the keys Jordan!
- fr: Balancer/ Jeter (qqchose)
- To lean on
- verb
- To rely on/ depend on someone or something.
- Example: All we need is someone to lean on.
- fr: S'appuyer sur quelqu'un ou quelque chose
- To mull
- verb
- If you mull something, you think about it for a long time before deciding what to do.
- fr: (bien) réfléchir à
- To Shift
- verb
- To change or transfer from one place, position, direction
- fr: Se déplacer/ Se décaler
- to smuggle
- verb
- To move goods or persons illegally into or out of a country.
- fr: Faire de la contrebande / Passer en contrebande
- To stem smth
- Verb
- To stop smth unwanted from spreading/increasing
- fr: Juguler
- To throw one's hat into the ring
- idiom
- To announce that you are going to invest in something important / compete in an election, a competition, etc.
- fr: Investir / Se jeter dans le ring / Se jeter à l'eau
- To tout
- verb
- To try to persuade people that somebody/something is important or valuable by praising them/it
- Example: Fluency in a second language is often touted as an important asset.
- fr: Reconnaître/ Présenter/ Vanter
- Wind turbines / Windmill
- Noun
- Turbines that produce electricity thanks to the wind
- fr: éoliennes
- yobs
- Countable noun [slang]
- If you call someone a yob, you disapprove of them because they behave in a noisy, rude, and perhaps violent way in public.
- Example: Violent and dangerous yobs deserve to be locked up.
- fr: loubard