A court is a place where legal matters are decided by a judge and jury or by a magistrate.
Example: He was deported on a court order following a conviction for armed robbery.
fr: un tribunal
actually
adverb
You use actually to indicate that a situation exists or happened, or to emphasize that it is true.
Example: Interest is only payable on the amount actually borrowed.
fr: en réalité
additional keys by you
Example: If you decide to return the product it will be additionnal keys by you.
fr: frais à votre charge
animal welfare
Example: Animal welfare is very important.
fr: bien-être animal
back zipper
Example: This dress has a back zipper.
fr: fermeture éclair dans le dos
be advised
verb
Example: He was advised to stop this disastrous environmental policy.
fr: être invité à
be suspicious/ worry about
verb
fr: se montrer méfiants à l'égard de
Best Regards
fr: Bonne continuation
Break a leg/ Good luck
fr: Merde (bonne chance)
breakdown
noun
If a car or a piece of machinery has a breakdown, it stops working.
Example: Her old car was unreliable, so the trip was plagued by breakdowns
fr: pannes
broad/ wide and vague
adjective
Example: His shoulders were broad and his waist narrow.
fr: large et vague
carrier
noun
fr: transporteur
casual and easy fit
Casual and easy fit clothes are ones that you normally wear at home or on holiday, and not on formal occasions.
Example: I also bought some casual and easy fit clothes for the weekend.
fr: coupe décontractée et facile
caution driving
fr: prudence au volant
claim/ allegation
verb
If you say that someone claims that something is true, you mean they say that it is true but you are not sure whether or not they are telling the truth.
Example: I had never received one single complaint against me,' claimed the humiliated doctor.
fr: allégations
cold machine wash
Example: The wool can be cold machine washed.
fr: lavage en machine à froid
commitment to (+ v -ing)
noun
A commitment is something which regularly takes up some of your time because of an agreement you have made or because of responsibilities that you have.
Example: We made a commitment to keep working together.
fr: engagement
competitors/ rivals
noun
Example: There are many competitors for this game.
fr: concurrents
concerns
noun
Concern is worry about a situation.
Example: The group has expressed concern about reports of political violence.
fr: préoccupations/ inquiétudes
constantly monitored
fr: surveillé en permanence
consumption
uncountable noun
The consumption of fuel or natural resources is the amount of them that is used or the act of using them.
Or the consumption of food or drink is the act of eating or drinking something, or the amount that is eaten or drunk.
Example: Most of the wine was unfit for human consumption.
fr: consommation
contains tree nuts
verb and noun
Example: This product may contain traces of tree nuts
fr: peut contenir des traces de fruits à coque
damages
noun
Example: He owes her damages for having caused a car accident.
fr: dommages et intérêts
display
verb
Example: They display advertisements at bus stops.
fr: afficher
earthquake
noun
An earthquake is a shaking of the ground caused by movement of the Earth's crust.
Example: There are many earthquakes in Japan
fr: tremblement de terre
eco-certified
noun
Example: This cheese is eco-certified.
fr: écolabélisé
eco-friendly
adjective
Eco-friendly products or services are less harmful to the environment than other similar products or services.
Example: Tourism must try to be eco-friendly.
fr: respectueux de l'environnement
eggs from free-range or cage-free hens
Example: We prefer eggs from free-range hens in our restaurant.
fr: oeufs de poules élevées en plein air ou hors cage
endangered fish species
fr: espèces de poissons menacées
energy storage
noun
fr: stockage d'énergie
energy-intensive
noun
using a lot of electricity, gas, etc.
Example: This washing machine is energy intensive.
fr: energivore
EnR = renewable energies/ renewables
noun
fr: énergies renouvelables
Environnemental Policy
noun
Example: The country's environmental policy prohibits the sale of plastic bags and straws
fr: politique environnementale
exposed zipper/ zip
Example: There is an exposed zipper.
fr: fermeture éclair apparente
fabric
noun
Fabric is cloth or other material produced by weaving together cotton, nylon, wool, silk, or other threads. Fabrics are used for making things such as clothes, curtains, and sheets.
Example: Whatever your colour scheme, there's a fabric to match.
fr: tissu
fees
noun
fr: Des frais
Fireworks
noun
Example: There were fireworks to celebrate the new year.
fr: feux d'artifice
flattering your size/ body type
Example: This dress flattering your size
fr: flatteuse qu'elle que soit vos proportions
flooding or floods
noun
If flooding occurs, an area of land that is usually dry is covered with water after heavy rain or after a river or lake flows over its banks.
Example: The flooding, caused by three days of torrential rain, is the worst in sixty-five years.
fr: inondations
food waste
fr: gaspillage alimentaire
full refund
fr: remboursement total
fully lined
Example: The jackets are fully lined.
fr: entièrement doublée
fur
noun
Example: She wears real animal fur.
fr: fourrures
generation
fr: production (électrique)
global warming
noun
a gradual increase in world temperatures caused by gases in the air which prevent heat escaping into space and are a big threat to the future of the earth.
Example: Global warming is wreaking havoc on flora and fauna.
fr: réchauffement climatique
goodwill
noun
Goodwill is a friendly or helpful attitude towards other people, countries, or organizations.
Example: I invited them to dinner, a gesture of goodwill.
fr: bonne volonté
greenwashing
noun
A superficial or insincere display of concern for the environment that is shown by an organization.
Example: Brands do greenwashing but continue to pollute enormously.
fr: blanchissement écologique
heat wave
noun
An air mass of high temperature covering an extended area and moving relatively slowly or a period of abnormally hot and usually humid weather.
Example: If global warming does not stop, we could have a heat wave until October.
fr: canicule
Homeowners
noun
Example: The homeowners had a tax increase on land.
fr: les propriétaires
husbandry
noun
Example: The husbandry of free-range hens is imported for the animal cause.
fr: élevage
hydroelectricity
noun
fr: hydroélectricité
I give up
fr: donner sa langue au chat
in accordance with
fr: dans le respect de
in any case
Example: In any case, I don't care!
fr: dans tous les cas
in question/ the reason for this
Example: The player in question is Mark Williams.
fr: en cause
increasing
adjective
fr: croissante
investigation
noun
The act or process of investigating; a careful search or examination in order to discover facts, etc
Example: An investigation has been opened against this man.
fr: enquête
label
noun
fr: l'étiquette
lawsuit
noun
Example: The plaintiffs, in the class action lawsuit again Apple, include the developper of the Figaro newsapp.
fr: procès / la plainte
leather
noun
Example: His trench coat is made of genuine leather.
fr: cuir
liable for
adjective
If you are liable for something such as a debt, you are legally responsible for it.
Example: The airline's insurer is liable for damages to the victims' families.
fr: responsable (contexte légal)
lockout
noun
The closing of a place of employment by an employer so as to bring pressure on employees to agree to terms.
Example: The employees had no choice but to accept the employers' lockout.
fr: grève patronale (fermeture d'une entreprise)
Milk solids
noun
Example: Babies often drink milk solids.
fr: Lait en poudre
misleading statements
misleading = adjective
statement = noun
If you describe something as misleading, you mean that it gives you a wrong idea or impression.
Example: He made misleading statements about the case.
fr: déclarations trompeuses
mono-use/ single-uge seal
fr: scellé mono-usage
motto
noun
A motto is a short sentence or phrase that expresses a rule for sensible behaviour, especially a way of behaving in a particular situation.
Example: Our motto is 'Plan for the worst and hope for the best'.
fr: devise
no fading
Example: The clothes are of good quality and without fading.
fr: sans décoloration
No preservatives
noun
Example: no added preservatives
fr: sans conservateur
non-dispatchable
adjective
fr: non pilotable
order
noun
Example: Orders made online will be refunded by paypal.
fr: commande
power supply to the system
fr: alimentation électrique du système
power systems
fr: systèmes électriques
products grown in vegetable gardens
fr: produits cultivés dans les potagers
researcher/ social-scientist
noun
Example: researchers/ social-scientists study the population to understand social behaviors.
fr: enquêteur
return fees
Example: Return fees will be borne by the customer.
fr: frais de retour
riot
noun
When there is a riot, a crowd of people behave violently in a public place, for example they fight, throw stones, or damage buildings and vehicles.
Example: Twelve inmates have been killed during a riot at the prison.
fr: émeute
Sales strategy/ tactics
noun
Sales strategy are a general plan or set of plans intended to achieve sales, especially over a long period.
Example: They studied the market before establishing their sales strategy.
fr: Tactiques de vente
scoop back
Example: This dress has a scoop back
fr: dos échancré
shift dress
Example: She was wearing a black shift dress.
fr: robe droite
shipping methods
Shipping methods are the rates and services that customers can choose from at checkout.
fr: méthodes d'expédition
short-term
adjective
Short-term is used to describe things that will last for a short time, or things that will have an effect soon rather than in the distant future.
Example: The company has 90 staff, almost all on short-term contracts.
fr: court terme
shortage
noun
A deficiency or lack in the amount needed, expected, or due; deficit.
Example: There was a shortage of toilet paper during the health crisis.
fr: pénurie
sign
noun
Example: Sign are very useful for advertising.
fr: pancarte
slaughterhouse
noun
Example: The chain slaughter of oxen is terrible!
fr: abattage
spinning reserve of the system
fr: réserve tournante du système
storm
noun
A storm is very bad weather, with heavy rain, strong winds, and often thunder and lightning.
Example: The storm destroyed homes.
fr: tempête
strap fasteners
Example: The strap fasteners are practical.
fr: attaches bretelles
strike
noun or verb
Noun: When there is a strike, workers stop doing their work for a period of time, usually in order to try to get better pay or conditions for themselves.
Verb: When workers strike, they go on strike.
Example: French air traffic controllers have begun a three-day strike in a dispute over pay.
fr: grève
Suburb
noun
Example: Public transport has been improved in the suburbs.
fr: banlieue
suppliers
noun
Example: Suppliers are all from China.
fr: fournisseurs
supply chain
noun
Example: The supply chain of raw materials go through all over the world.
fr: chaîne d'approvisionnement
sustainable
adjective
You use sustainable to describe the use of natural resources when this use is kept at a steady level that is not likely to damage the environment.
Example: It wants timber to come, where possible, from sustainably managed sources.
fr: durable
sustainable agriculture
noun
fr: agriculture durable
Take action
verb
To start doing something or to start a legal procedure.
Example: As soon as we get his decision, we'll take action.
fr: prendre des mesures
The chairman
noun
The presiding officer of a commitee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.
Example: The chairman addresses the assembly.
fr: le président
The criteria
noun
a standard by which something can be judged or decided
Example: The applicant fits the criteria for the job.
fr: Les critères
the inflation
noun
On ajoute l'article "the" si l'inflation est spécifique.
Example: Inflation has climbed 2% this year..
fr: l'inflation
The plaintiffs
noun
Example: The plaintiffs, in the class action lawsuit again Apple, include the developper of the Figaro newsapp.
fr: les plaignants
The sourcing
noun
Example: The sourcing/ supply of raw materials is done from Canada.
fr: l'approvisionnement
to be able to carry out
verb
fr: capable d'assurer
to be sued by
verb
fr: être poursuivi en justice par
to commit
verb
If you commit money or resources to something, you decide to use them for a particular purpose.
Example: The government had committed billions of pounds for a programme to reduce acid rain.
fr: s'engager
to cope with
verb
fr: faire face
to decrease
verb
fr: diminuer
to deem
verb
fr: réputer/ juger
to fill the gap between supply and demand
fr: combler l'écart entre l'offre et la demande
to implement
verb
fr: mettre en oeuvre
to increase
verb
fr: accentuer
to lend
verb
Example: They lend their lawn.
fr: prêter
to provid
verb
If you provide something that someone needs or wants, or if you provide them with it, you give it to them or make it available to them.
Example: I'll be glad to provide a copy of this.
fr: fournir
to reach
verb
When someone or something reaches a place, they arrive there.
Example: He did not stop until he reached the door.
fr: atteindre
to specify
verb
If you specify something, you give information about what is required or should happen in a certain situation.
Example: He has not specified what action he would like them to take.
fr: préciser
to undergo
verb
fr: subir
voluntary worker
noun
Example: Volunteer workers are very useful for associations.
fr: travailleur bénévole
We're not yet out of the hood
fr: On n'est pas sorti de l'auberge
Wheat flour
noun
Example: Wheat flour is used to make cakes.
fr: farine de blé
Withdrawal rights
noun
Example: The rights of withdrawal is/shall deemed correctly exercised if all the following conditions are met: