Maitrise de la langue S1
Maitrise de la langue S1
21 null terms
- abet
- helping someone to do something wrong or illegal
- fr: aider à commettre
- apportion
- to divide something such as payments between two or more people
- fr: répartir, distribuer
- balancing act
- a situation in which a person tries to give care and attention to two or more activities at the same time
- fr: un tour d'adresse
- blight
- something that damages or spoils something else
- fr: gâcher, anéantir, briser
- buttress
- to make someone or something stronger by supporting them in some way
- careen
- to move forward quickly and suddenly, going from side to side in an uncontrolled way
- fr: zigzaguer à toute allure
- census
- an official periodic count of a population including information such as sew, age, occupation, etc.
- fr: recensement
- curb
- to control or limit something in order to prevent it from having a harmful effect
- fr: limiter
- downturn
- a decline in economic, business, or other activity
- fr: récession, diminution
- encroachment
- a gradual advance beyond usual or acceptable limits
- fr: empiètement
- flesh out
- to give substance to something
- fr: développer
- forestall
- to prevent something from happening by doing something before it can happen
- fr: devancer, anticiper
- loathsome
- morally reprehensible
- fr: détestable, répugnant
- meekly
- quietly and gently
- fr: avec douceur
- mull
- think over a problem for a long time
- fr: réfléchir à, ruminer
- outpouring
- an expression of strong feeling that is difficult to control
- fr: déversement
- reluctant
- unwilling and hesitant; disinclined
- fr: réticent
- scrutiny
- careful examination of someone or something
- fr: examen minutieux
- sniffer
- dogs used by the police to track criminals
- springboard
- a beginning from which an enterprise is launched
- fr: tremplin
- squalor
- a state of being extremely dirty or unpleasant
- fr: insalubrité, misère