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1
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“to trigger extensive press coverage” [exp]

A

faire couler beaucoup d’encre

2
Q

a story, tale

A

un conte

3
Q

ill at ease; uncomfortable (adj)

A

mal à l’aise

4
Q

morality

A

la moralité

5
Q

lack of [sth]

A

pénurie de

6
Q

to come to/reach an agreement; make a decision

A

se mettre d’accord

7
Q

a glimmer, glow

A

une lueur

8
Q

hope

A

l’espoir (m)

9
Q

a tasting; sampling

A

une dégustation

10
Q

blind (noun & adj.)

A

non-voyants

11
Q

to bark (ex. a dog)

A

aboyer

12
Q

to pass out/lose consciousness

A

perdre connaissance;
tomber dans les pommes;
s’évanouir

13
Q

change of government (by force)

A

un coup d’État

14
Q

a march, parade, procession

A

le défilé

15
Q

a survey, poll

A

un sondage

16
Q

customs, traditions

A

des moeurs (f)

17
Q

a stake, support (for plants)

A

un tuteur

18
Q

to be on the edge of the abyss

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être au bord du gouffre

19
Q

to open up, come out, bloom

A

s’épanouir

20
Q

to confess, own up to [sth]

A

avouer

21
Q

to end in, result in [sth]

A

aboutir à

22
Q

demands, requirements

A

les exigences (f)

23
Q

a hit list, prize list

A

un palmarès

24
Q

a slum

A

un bidonville

25
Q

a cable car

A

un téléphérique

26
Q

in vain [exp]

A

en vain

27
Q

literacy

A

l’alphabétisation (f)

28
Q

to pierce, break through [sth]

A

percer

29
Q

easily, comfortably (adv)

A

aisément

30
Q

a sample

A

un échantillon

31
Q

easy, well-off (adj)

A

aisé

32
Q

to drive, lead, direct

A

mener

33
Q

to start, initiate

A

entamer

34
Q

to take down, unhook

A

décrocher

35
Q

help, assistance

A

un secours

36
Q

an assessment

A

un bilan

37
Q

to overwork

A

surmener

38
Q

to get worse

A

empirer

39
Q

to make/get stupid

A

abrutir

40
Q

mind-numbing (adj)

A

abrutissant

41
Q

to withdraw, shut yourself away

A

se replier

42
Q

a puzzle (game)

A

un casse-tête

43
Q

secular (adj)

A

laïque

44
Q

secularism

A

la laïcité

45
Q

an outfit, uniform

A

une tenue

46
Q

“tit for tat” (adv)

A

du tac au tac

47
Q

to satisfy, fill up

A

rassasier

48
Q

pensive, dreamer (adj)

A

songeur

49
Q

generously, heartily (adv)

A

copieusement

50
Q

generous, plentiful (adj)

A

copieux

51
Q

full (adj)

A

repu

52
Q

a snack

A

en-cas (m); casse-croûte

53
Q

double-jointed (adj)

A

désarticulé

54
Q

a joint (on the body)

A

une articulation

55
Q

flexible (adj)

A

souple

56
Q

young age (adj)

A

en bas âge

57
Q

elbow

A

un coude

58
Q

elbowing (noun)

A

la bousculade

59
Q

to weaken

A

débiliter

60
Q

a speaker, contributor, player;

someone who intervenes

A

un intervenant

61
Q

to intervene, step in

A

intervenir

62
Q

a witness

A

un témoin

63
Q

to bear witness, testify

A

témoigner

64
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a testimony, evidence

A

un témoignage

65
Q

a prank, hoax

A

un canular

66
Q

to resuscitate, revive

A

réanimer

67
Q

to discharge [so] (ex. from the hospital)

A

l’évacuation

68
Q

lucky (adj)

A

chanceux

69
Q

emergency reception

A

l’accueil de l’urgence

70
Q

to beg, plead, implore

A

implorer

71
Q

to wear out, wear thin

A

user

72
Q

sand

A

le sable

73
Q

sediment

A

le sédiment

74
Q

storm, thunderstorm

A

un orage

75
Q

a gesture, movement

A

un geste

76
Q

a trick ;

cleverness, cunning

A

une astuce

77
Q

to miss (ex. a target), fail, mess up [sth]

A

rater

78
Q

to be inattentive/distracted

A

se dissiper

79
Q

inattentive (adj)

A

dissipé

80
Q

to claim, demand

A

revendiquer