Glossary UGA
Glossary UGA
17 Glossary terms
(Sources : The definitions were taken from the Linguee website or from documents provided by Mrs. OLORUNTOBA Ifeoluwa.)
- Backlash
- noun
- A strong feeling among a group of people in reaction to a change or recent events in society or politics.
- Example: The election results provoked a backlash. → The election results provoked a backlash.
- en: Contrecoup/tollé
- Bandwith
- Noun
- The range of frequencies used in a specific telecommunications signal.
- en: bande passante
- Buttress
- verb
- To make someone or something stronger by supporting them in some way.
- Example: Son avocat n'a fait que renforcer sa déclaration.→ His lawyer only buttresed his declaration.
- en: Renforcer
- Debunk
- verb
- To prove that something such as an idea or belief is false and silly.
- Example: The writer's aim was to debunk the myth that had grown up around the actress.→ L'objectif de l'écrivain était de détruire le mythe qui s'était développé autour de l'actrice.
- en: Discréditer/Détruire
- Despictable
- adjective
- Morally reprehensible.
- Example: He wants to conceal his despicable actions.→Il veut cacher ses actes odieux.
- en: Méprisable/odieux/répugnant
- Downturn
- noun
- A decline in economic,buisness,or other activity.
- Example: His companie is facing an important economic downturn.
→
Son entreprise est confrontée à un important ralentissement économique.
- en: Ralentissement/Crise
- Embed
- verb
- To fix something firmly into a substance.
- Example: I embedded the aquarium in the wall. → J'ai encastré l'aquarium dans le mur.
- en: Encastrer/Enfoncer
- forestall
- verb
- To prevent something from happenning by doing something before it can happen.
- Example: The government tried to forestall the next crisis.→ Le gouvernement a essayé de prévenir la prochaine crise
- en: Prévenir/Anticiper
- Loathsome
- adjective
- Détestable/Répugnant/Odieux
- Example: The criminal was punished for his loathsome crimes.→ Le criminel a été puni pour ses crimes répugnants.
- en: Highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust.
- Onset
- noun
- The beggining of something,especially something bad.
- Example: Temperatures usually rise at the onset of summer.→ Les températures augmentent généralement au début de l'été.
- en: Début/assaut
- Outskirts
- noun,plural
- The outer parts of a town or city.
- Example: My parents live in the outskirts of London.
→
Mes parents vivent dans les périphéries de Londres.
- en: Périphéries/environs
- Peer
- verb
- to look very carefully, espicially because something is difficult to see.
- Example: He peered at his target for the last time,before to shoot.→ Il a regardé sa cible pour la dernière fois, avant de tirer.
- en: Regarder attentivement
- Reluctant
- adjective
- unwilling, and hesitant, disinclined
- Example: I was reluctant to travel alone but finally I am proud of my choice.→ J'était réticent à l'idée de voyager seul mais finalement je suis fière de mon choix.
- en: Réticent
- Scrutiny
- Noun
- Careful examination of someone or something.
- Example: The report was the subject of close scrutiny.→ Le rapport a fait l'objet d'un examen approfondi.
- en: Contrôle/invistigation/examen approfondi
- Squalor
- noun
- A state of being extremly dirty or unpleasant.
- Example: He lives in a squalor place since he immigrated in England.
→
Il vit dans un endroit insalubre depuis qu'il a immigré en Angleterre.
- en: Insalubre/misère
- To smuggle
- verb
- To move goods or persons illegally into or out of a country.
- Example: He smuggled banned goods into the country.
→
Il a passé des articles interdits en contrebande dans le pays.
- en: Passer en contrebande
- Trim down
- phrasal verb
- Synonymm of reduce
- Example: He has trimmed down his wheight by swimming and boxing.→Il a réduit sa taille en faisant de la natation et de la boxe.
- en: Réduire