Trad Appl Monde Pro ANglais
Trad Appl Monde Pro ANglais
20 terms
Reference new vocabulary and keep reminder of some words particular uses.
- asunder (put asunder)
- adverb
- put asunder : bring apart, seperate
- Example: Once friend, they were put asunder by others mischievous cunning plots
- being dumbed down
- verbal group
- to be robbed of one's intelligence, to be reduced to a state of drowsiness
- Example: They'll try to push drugs that keep us all dumbed down (Muse, Uprising)
- en: être abruti par
- Class Action
- noun
- A judical procedure, in which many complainants sue the same defendant
- Example: International firms are often targeted by collective cases
- eco-designed
- adjective
- Referes to goods which were made following guidelines in order to reduce environmental impact.
- Example: Eco-designed furniture is often made of recycled materials
- en: écoconçu
- file (a lawsuit/compllaint)
- verb
- to initiate a judicial procedure against someone/something. To sue.
- Example: A lawsuit was filed to the Oakland court.
- flimsy
- adjective
- weak, fragile, not strong enough
- Example: He wont get away with that flimsy defence, the judge sees right through his game.
- en: piètre, fragile
- Gathering, to gather
- noun, adjective or verb
- to collect, to bring together
a meeting
the fact of things or people being brought together somewhere
- en: réunion
recueillir, réunir, s'amonceler
réuni, amoncelé
- Hallowed
- Adjective
- Qualifies something sacred, holy, godly, revered.
- Example: Hallowed be thy name
- en: Loué, sacré, sanctifié
- hue
- noun
- The shade, complexion of someone ; the colour spectrum, the skin tone
- Example: The sun has the heave and the hue of a woman on fire (Elbow, forget myself)
- en: Teint
- Implement
- Verb
- step up from promiss, law, etc, into action, fieldwork.
- en: Mettre en oeuvre
- Lippy
- Adjective
- Insolent, showing disrespect towards others
- Example: Lippy kids on the corner begin settling like crows (Elbow, Lippy Kids)
- en: insolent
- manyfold
- adjective
- Said of something given, done, etc, many times.
- Example: To hope for a manyfold increase in profit
- mound
- noun
- a hill, a pile of matter things together
- Example: The desert sand mound a burial ground (Iron Maiden, Afraid to shoot strangers)
- en: monticule, pile, tas
- real time control
- noun group
- the possibility to check, to monitor a process at any time of its progress
- Example: real time control is key to many industrial activities
- en: contrôle en temps réel
- Slaughterhouse
- noun
- place in which cattle is put down, killed, in order to make meat.
- Example: The slaughterhouse was sued for breaching animals welfare.
- Slew
- noun
- a series, a repetition of numerous events or actions, a large collection of things
- Example: A slew of bad luck tore his hopes to shreds
- en: série de, pléthore de
- Steady, even
- adjectives
- describe the idea of regularity, invariability
- Example: keeping a steady paces makes the effort more bearable
- en: Stable
- Supplier
- noun
- Economic partner of a buisness, in charge of supplying, bringing forth, material necessary to manufacture a good or provide a service.
WARNING: do not use "furnisher", as the word doesn't exist and "furniture" referes to storage or house-holding items and chairs, couches, etc.
- Example: The suppliers shall be aware of their impact on deforestation and actively work to avoid taking part in it.
- en: Fournisseur
- tree nuts
- noun
- Fruits such as peanuts, often component of tinned food and allergenic.
- Example: Possible traces of tree nuts
- en: fruit à coque
- undergo
- verb
- Synonym of "face", "endure", "go through", "suffer", "withstand", etc. Seems more appropriate to speak of institutions, inanimates.
- Example: The buisness is undergoing a bad crisis due to the oil-supply shortage
- en: Subir