Vocabulary

29 New vocabulary learnt in class "Renforcement de la langue" terms

A balancing act

A situation in which a person tries to give care and attention to two or more activities at the same time.

Example: Pleasing both parties requires a delicate balancing act.

fr: Equilibrisme

A benefit

Adventage

Example: Members can enjoy all the benefits of the club.

fr: Bénéfice

A census

An official periodic count of a population including information such as sew, age, occupation etc.

Example: According to the census, most people live in cities.

fr: Recensement

A downturn

A decline in economic, business or other activity.

Example: Despite the current downturn, economic predictions are positive.

fr: Une baisse

A loan

A borrow at the bank.

Example: He needs a loan to buy a new car.

fr: Un emprunt

A requirement

Important quality needed

Example: Applicants must meet certain requirements.

fr: Exigence, prérequis

A spokesperson

Someone chosen to speak officially for a group, organization or government.

Example: I am the spokesperson for the demonstrators.

fr: Un porte parole

Abetting

Helping someone doing something wrong or illegal.

Example: It also covers attempting, aiding or abetting and inciting such offences.

fr: Etre complice de ..

An asylum seeker

Someone that leaves a country because of poverty, war,... and needs a shelter country.

Example: Where an asylum seeker is held in detention he/she should have a right to a judicial remedy before national court.

fr: Demandeur d'asile

An insight

A chance to see or understand something.

Example: This trip would provide an insight into the needs of the local scientists and rangers and clearly define priorities.

fr: Un aperçu

Appraisal

Evaluation

Example: Accordingly, in determining whether new undertakings are required, it is necessary to make an appraisal of the effectiveness of the measures.

fr: Evaluation, estimation

Destitution

Poverty

Example: The country is doing its best to fight illness and destitution.

fr: Misère, pauvreté

K-12 education

Education from kindergarten to twelfth grade.

Example: She studied linguistics after a K-12 education.

Outskirts

The outer parts of a town or city.

Example: My sister lives in the outskirts of New York.

fr: Périphérie, banlieue

Penniless

Having no money.

Example: Overnight they found themselves penniless because of those investments.

fr: Fauché

Reluctant

Unwilling and hesitant, disinclined.

Example: I was reluctant at first, but they managed to convince me.

fr: Réticent

Secondary education

School for children between 11 and 18.

Example: Teenagers learn a lot during secondary education.

fr: Education secondaire, Collège et lycée

Squalor

A state of being extremely dirty or unpleasant.

Example: Some of the people on the reserves are living in squalor.

fr: Saleté, crasse

To apportion

To divide something such as payments between two or more people, organizations, etc.

Example: The mother apportioned the sweets among her children.

fr: Répartir, diviser

To be capped

Having an upper limit.

Example: The level of grant per project will be capped at GBP 16 000 for all applicants.

fr: Etre plafonné

To curb

To control or limit something in order to prevent it from having a harmful effect.

Example: The new law curbed the increase in inflation.

fr: Limiter

To flesh out

To give substance to.

Example: We fleshed out our sales strategy in the meeting.

fr: Etoffer

To float

To suggest an idea for people to consider to see how they will react.

Example: She floated some new ideas at the business meeting.

fr: Lancer une idée

To implement

To carry out

Example: I have implemented the changes.

fr: Mettre en oeuvre

To pledge

To make a formal, usually public, promise that you will do something.

Example: Many countries made a pledge for climate protection.

fr: Promettre

To protest

Show to the government a disagreement.

Example: There was a protest in front of the embassy.

fr: Manifester

To shift

To change or transfer from one place, position, direction.

Example: The government shifted its aims to reflect global developments.

fr: Déplacer, décaler

To smuggle

To move goods or persons illegally into or out of a country.

Example: The criminal smuggled banned goods into the country.

fr: Faire de la contrebande, introduire clandestinement

Unsustainable

Something that cannot continue at the same rate.

Example: The new employee works at an unsustainable pace.

fr: Insoutenable