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Abetting
verb
Helping someone to do something wrong or illegal.
Example: He was not guilty of murder but was guilty of aiding and abetting others.
fr: Encourager
Acquiescence
noun
Reluctant agreement.
Example: In silent acquiescence, she roses to her feet.
fr: Consentement
Altar
noun
A holy surface used for rituals.
Example: The altar is a crisply hewn block of granite.
fr: Autel
Application
noun
A formal request for permission to do or have something.
Example: An application for leave.
fr: Candidature
Appraisal
noun
Evaluation.
Example: The critics's appraisal of pop arts.
fr: Le bilan
Asylum seekers
noun
A person who, from fear of persecution for reasons of race, religious, social group or political opinions, goes to another country in which they hope to be granted refugee status.
Example: Only alysum seekers who are granted refugees status have the right to work in the country.
fr: Demandeurs d'asiles
Complicit
adjective
Involved in a crime, with other people.
Example: Or, as it is sometimes switched round in homophobic (or just careless) thought: the victim is somehow the same as the aggressor and hence in some vague sense COMPLICIT with the aggression.
fr: Complice
Draft
noun
A preliminary version of a written document.
Example: The first draft of the party's manifesto.
fr: L'ébauche
Flesh out
Phrasal verb
To justify an argument with substance.
Example: You need to flesh out your plan with more details.
fr: Etoffer
Forthcoming
Adjective
Happening or coming soon.
Example: The forthcoming cricket season.
fr: A venir
MEP
noun
A member of the European Parliament: a person who represents an area of a European country in the European Parliament.
Example: Theresa Muigg became one of the Members of the European Parliament since October 2022.
fr: Membre du Parlement Européen.
Mull
verb
To think over a problem for a long time.
Example: She began to mull over various possibilities.
fr: Réfléchir
Pledge
verb
To make a formal, usually public, promise that you will do something.
Example: The conference ended with a joint pledge to limit pollution.
fr: Promettre
Provison
noun
The noun derived from "to provide".
Example: New contrats for the provisions of services.
fr: L'approvisionnement
Smuggle
verb
To take something or someone illegally from one country to another.
Example: He's been smuggling cigarettes from Gibraltar into Spain.
fr: Passer en contrebande
Spokesperson
noun
Someone chosen to speak officially for a group, organization or government.
Example: A spokesperson for the Scottish office.
fr: Porte-parole
Springboard
noun
A beginning from which an entreprise is launched.
Example: The news served as a springboard for a class discussion.
fr: Tremplin
Staunch
Adjective
Loyal, and showing strong belief in something or strong support for something.
Example: A strong supporter of the anti-nuclear lobby.
fr: Dévoué
Stem
verb
To stop something from happening, spreading or developing.
Example: To stem a production.
fr: Arrêter
Thoroughfare
noun
The main road through a place.
Example: The teeming thoroughfares of central London.
fr: La rue
To crub
verb
To reduce or limit something in order to avoid a negative effect.
Example: She promised she would curb her temper.
fr: Freiner
To float
verb
To suggest an idea to see how people will react.
Example: He floated the idea to his friends about going on a trip.
