MDL Thème 5
MDL Thème 5
10 Big brother terms
This topic deals with the famous event in England "Big brother is watching you"...
It depicts the fact that the government put some cameras everywhere in the town, a destrict to spy people.
It create fear for people, nevertheless cameras can spy bad people, such as thieves and alert the police !
- Catch up
- Reach the same standards ( phrasal verb).
Syn : reach, get to
Ant : avoid, miss
- Example: he stopped and waited for her to catch up
- en: Rattraper, rejoindre
- Cotton on
- To begin to understand a situation (a phrasal verb)
Syn : catch on
Ant : missunderstand
- Example: She began to cotton on the situation
- en: Comprendre (une situation)
- Criticism
- Denounciation or objection
Syn : reproval, denunciation
Ant : neglect, heedlessness
- Example: People give their criticism to the government
- en: Critique
- Forestale
- act in advance of (someone) in order to prevent them from doing something
Syn : anticipate
Ant : inhibit from action, unstuff
- Example: He advises her to take her umbrella to forestale the rain
- en: Prévenir, éviter
- Meekly
- in a quiet, gentle, and submissive manner.
Syn : lightly, delicately
Ant : harshly, brutally
- Example: To keep the peace, she nodded meekly and smiled
- en: Docilement
- Monitor
- observe and check the progress or quality of (something) over a period of time; keep under systematic review
Syn : observe, keep an eye on
Ant : neglect, ignore
- Example: equipment was installed to monitor air quality
- en: Surveiller, contrôler
- Paranoïa
- An unreasonable feeling that people will harm or criticise you.
Syn : fear
Ant : happy
- Example: The paranoïa invaded every people of London
- en: Paranoïa
- Proliferation
- When something increases suddenly in number
Syn : expansion
Ant : decline
- Example: There was a proliferation of cameras last year
- en: Prolifération
- Trim down
- to become smaller in size; to make something smaller.
Syn : reduce
Ant : increase
- Example: It trims down the fear of people
- en: Réduire
- Worked up
- very angry, excited, or upset about something.
Syn : upset
Ant : Daeden, pacify
- Example: He got all worked up over the football game.
- en: (Être) Remonté, excité