Perfectionnement vocabulary 4

23 Big Brother is watching you terms

Bandwidth
noun
The range of frequencies used in a specific telecommunications signal.
fr: Bande passante
An image of a bandwidth
Catch up
Phrasal verb
To reach the same standart.
Example: The country's catch-up phase of economic development.
fr: Rattraper
A man trying to catch up another man on a spaceship
CCTV
noun
Closed circuit television.
fr: Télévision en circuit fermé
Closed circuits television
Criticism
noun
Denunciation or objection.
Example: He received a lot of criticism.
fr: La critique
A man with floating bubbles with a up and down thumb next to him.
Device
noun
A machine or piece of equipment that does a particular thing.
Example: A measuring device.
fr: Appareil
Devices
Eavesdrop
verb
To spy.
Example: My father eavesdropped on my phone calls.
fr: Ecouter de façon indiscrète
A woman listening to someone carefully
Forestall
verb
To prevent something from happening by doing something before it can happen.
Example: They will present their resignations to forestall a vote of no confidence.
fr: Prendre des mesures
Manual
noun
A book that gives instructions on how to do something.
Example: A computer manual.
fr: Manuel
A manual with instructions.
Meekly
Adverb
Quietly and gently.
Example: To keep the peace, she nodded meekly and smiled.
fr: Docilement
Monitor
verb
To watch carefully.
Example: Equipment was installed to monitor air quality.
fr: Surveiller
A girl watching carefully.
Onset
noun
The beginning of something, especially something bad.
Example: The onset of Winter.
fr: Début
A girl who seems to watch a movie in which something bad is going to happen.
Paranoia
noun
An unreasonable feeling that people will harm or criticise you.
Example: I got into a state of paranoia about various night noises which in daylight seems utterly silly.
fr: Paranoïa
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Passerby
noun
A person who walks past a particular place, a pedestrian.
Example: The raiders fled when disturbed by a passer-by.
fr: Passant
A passerby on seaside.
Proliferation
noun
When something increases suddenly in number.
Example: We attempted to measure cell proliferation.
fr: Prolifération
A bar chart.
Scrutting
noun
Careful examination of someone or something.
Example: The policy came under scrutiny last month.
fr: Scrutation
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Sensitive
Adjective
Able to feel or percieve.
Example: A total lack of common decency and sensitivity.
fr: Sensible
A woman showing compassion to another woman.
Sleepwalk
Verb
Walk in one's sleep (literal sense).
Example: Apparently, people who sleepwalk often make for the wardrobe.
fr: Etre somnambule
A girl sleepwalking.
Snap
noun
A photograph.
Example: People took snaps of the Eiffel Tower.
fr: Clichés
A girl taking a picture of something
Sniffer dogs
noun
They are used by the police to track criminals.
Example: A sniffer-dog found out the criminal.
fr: Chiens renifleurs
A sniffer-dog
The Tube
noun
London's underground train.
fr: Le métro
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Trim down
Phrasal verb
The synonym of reduce.
Example: Using the diet he's trimmed down from 90 kilos to 70.
fr: Réduire
Wireless
Adjective
Using radio, microwaves, etc. to transmit signals.
Example: Wireless headphones.
fr: Sans fil
An image of a wireless network
Worked up
Adjective
To be upset, angry.
Example: It's easy to get worked up when you're tired and everything seems to be against you.
fr: En colère
A little girl yelling at a phone.