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le cacique
tribal chieftain in certain Indigenous cultures in South America
la siècle
century
l’arawak
ancient Indigenous language in South and Central America
la tribu
tribe / clan
légèrement
lightly / slightly
sourire
to smile / to smile at
le récit
story, account, tale
l’École Normale Supérieure (ENS)
top-tier public university on Ulm Street in France
le canular
prank, hoax, trick, practical joke
la plaisanterie
joke
épater
to amaze / to confound / to impress
le bourgeois / la bourgeoise
middle-class person
ignare
ignorant, uncultivated
s’emparer de
to seize / to capture / to take / to take possession of
le concours
competitive exam
ALTERNATIVE: arriver
to reach / to come
l’entrée
entry
n’importe
whichever, anything, whatever
sous
under
caciquer (ARGOT)
to finish first in an exam
c’est-à-dire
that is to say, that is in other words, namely
vers
in the direction of, toward(s), at, to, in something’s direction
diriger
to guide / to direct / to steer
le courtant
the branch of a political party
surtout
especially, in particular, particularly
durer
to last / to last for / to go on / to go on for
l’inamovible
a person who is fixed
les poids lourds
heavyweights (important people)
provenir de
to come from / to originate from / to be a product of (not for people)
quelques-uns
a few
connu
well-known, famous
le tabac
tabacco
ALTERNATIVE: remonter à
to go back to / to date back to
soit
either… or…
confectionner
to make / to create
séché(e)
dried
dont
whose, with
la fabrication
production
le canoë / le canot
canoe
le destin
destiny, fortune, fate
franciser
to gallicize, to make more French
canoter
to go canoing
la paille
straw
canotier / canotière
boater, straw boater
l’envahisseur / l’envahisseuse
invader
découvrir
to uncover
survivre à
to outlive, to survive
eux
them
la mise en place
arrangement, placement, setting up of, establishment
assurer
to insure
le déroulement
proceedings
RFI
Radio France Internationale
récemment
recently, not long ago, lately
la vidéosurveillance
CCTV, security cameras, video surveillance
couplé(e)
coupled
permettre
to allow, to permit, to authorize
le flot
surge, swell
continu
uninterrupted, continuous, unbroken
inquiétant(e)(s)
worrying, disturbing, troubling, concerning
l’attent (masc)
attack, bombing, assassination attempt
en tout cas
in any case, at any rate, in any event
l’événement (masc)
event
éviter
to avoid, to steer clear of
préciser
to explain, to clarify
inquiéter
to worry, to trouble, to concern
la voie
street, road
la peur
fear
FOR WORDS: l’emploi (masc)
use
se répandre
to spread
le cheminement
thought process
la suite
series
se servir de
to use
régulièrement
regularly
tel ou telle
such-and-such
suggérer
to suggest, to propose
se charger
to see to, to take care of, to deal with, to attend to
les gens
the people, the folks
se renseigner sur
to do research on, to look into, to find out about
commun(e)
common, shared
ALT: tout un/le
a whole, quite a
établir
to set up
le recoupement
cross-checking, cross-referencing, cross-check, cross-reference
s’appuyer sur
to lean on, to rely on
évidemment
evidently
étonnamment
amazing, surprisingly, astonishingly
se tromper de
to get the wrong
l’orthographe (fem)
spelling
s’agir
to be
le dérivé
derivative
pas du tout
not at all
huitième
eighth
traduire
to translate
originaire d’
of (place) origin
neuvième
ninth
apparaître
to appear
dès
from
ère
era, age
probablement
probably
assez
enough, quite
l’auteur
author, creator