VOCABULAIRE
VOCABULAIRE
20 terms
- Abetting
- Noun
- Helping someone to do something wrong or illegal
- fr: Aider (un criminel)
- Altar
- Noun
- A holy surface used for rituals
- fr: Autel
- Apportion
- To divide something such as payments between two or more people, organizations etc
- fr: Répartir
- Appraisal
- Noun
- Evaluation
- fr: Évaluation
- Ashore
- To close a business, stop providing a service
- fr: Descendre à terre
- Bandwidth
- The range of frequencies used in a specific telecommunication signal
- fr: Débit
- Census
- Noun
- An official periodic count of a population including information such as sew, age, occupation etc
- fr: Recensement
- Embed
- To fix something firmly into a substance
- fr: Enfoncer, implanter
- Encroachment
- A gradual advance beyond usual or acceptance limits
- fr: Intrusion, empiètement
- Forestall
- To prevent something from happening by doing something before it can happen
- fr: Prévenir, déjouer
- Insignia
- Badge
- fr: Insigne
- Loathsome
- fr: Dégoûtant, répugnant
- Meekly
- Quietly and gently
- fr: Docilement
- Outskirts
- Noun
- The outer parts of a town or city
- fr: Périphérie, banlieue
- Proponent
- Someone who publicly supports an idea, policy, plan, etc
- fr: Partisan(e)
- Springboard
- Noun
- A beginning from which an entreprise is launched
- fr: Tremplin
- Squalor
- Noun
- A state of being dirty or unpleasant
- fr: Saleté, crasse
- Staunch
- Loyal, and showing strong belief in something or strong support for something
- fr: Ardent, fervent
- Thoroughfare
- The main road through a place
- fr: Rue, passage
- Welfare
- Health, prosperity, well-being
- fr: Bien-être