HT French Vocabulary

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veiller

ensure

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Dans le respect de

in compliance with

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estimer

argue

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déposer

tabled

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à deux reprises

on two separate occasions

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clé de voûte

keystone/ cornerstone

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rassembler

bring together

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remparts

bastions

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charger de

tasked with

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instituter

inaugurated/ appointed

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or

however/ but

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insupportable

unbearable/ unendurable

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à l’instar

along/ following the example

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pivot de cette promesse

the lynchpin of this promise

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au fil de

throughout

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aux abords

on the outskirts/ around

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déformer

to warp/ to bend/ to deform/ distort

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tendancieux

loaded/ biased

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la contestation

opposing/ questioning

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en vigueur

into effect

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des visées

aims

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la revalorisation

revaluation/ upgrade

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pain bénit

bread and butter

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l’enlisement

stagnation/ stalemate/ deadlock

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laisser poindre

give rise

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enchaîner

chain/ link/ follow/ string together

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apaiser

soothe/ appease

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un temps éclair

a flash/ a short time/ not time at all

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s’enliser

get bogged down/ get stuck

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une polémique

a contraversy

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les allocataires

the beneficiaries

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s’éloigner

get away/ walk away/ depart from

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pour autant

however/ nevertheless/ for all that

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se heurter

face/ encounter with/ collide

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impulser

drive/ promote. boost

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fixer

set/ secure/ attach

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durcir

harden/ tighten/ strengthen

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hors de portée

out of reach/ out of range/ outside the scope

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percevoir

perceive/ receive/ discern/ claim

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la barème

scale

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un allongement

make something longer, lengthening

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la durée d’indemnisation

compensation duration

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opposer

oppose/ contrast

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une perruque blanche

a white wig

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redoutable

formidable/ fearsome/ daunting/ dreaded

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exposer

exhibit/ display/ present/ explain

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jouir

enjoys/ boasts/ benefits

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un critère

standard/ benchmark

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la remise en cause

questioning/ challenging/ calling into question

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il ne croit pas si bien dire

he could not have said it better

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en effet

indeed/ in fact/ actually/ as a matter of fact

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basculement

shift/ changeover

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dans le contexte actuel

in the current context

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la clarté

clarity/ brightness

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plane inévitablement sur ces audiences

looms large over the audience

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un rescapé

a survivor

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un affrontement

a confrontation/ clash

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dans l’optique de

from the perspective of

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relever

meet/ address/ face/ raise

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la justice

righteousness/ judiciary

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faire remarquer

get noticed/ observe/ draw attention

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le travail de mémoire

the role of memory

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sensible

sensitive/ responsive

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au mépris de

in defiance of/ in violation of/ regardless of

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parvenir

achieve/ reach/ deliver

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l’entreprise de déstabilisation

business of destabilising

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coup de

stroke of

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le chef de file

the leader/ head manager

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enrôler

enlist/ join/ enroll

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dépouiller

strip/ rob/ deprive

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un oripeau

frippery/ trappings

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le dépassement

overrun

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une riposte

a response/ retaliation/ counter-attack

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étaler

spread out/ staggered

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un entrepôt

a warehouse/ storehouse

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convoquer

convene/ call/ summon

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semer

sow/ plant/ spread

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à l’écart de

away from/ out of/ apart from

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les voyous

thugs/ punks/ hoodlums

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une saillie

a projection

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une doléance

grievance/ complaint

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à circonscrire l’incendie

to contain the fire

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l’abus de confiance

the breach of trust

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le parquet

the prosecution/ prosecutor’s office

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l’élaboration

the development

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la directrice de cabinet de la présidente de région

the Regional president’s chief of staff

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détournement de fonds

embezzlement of funds

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sans suite

dismissed

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prises illégales d’intérêts

illegal conflicts of interest

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le signalement

the report

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une infraction

an offence/ crime

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s'appuyer

to rely on/ built on

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un audition

a hearing

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un abus de confiance

a breach of trust

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une onde de choc

shockwave

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dépasser

exceed/ go beyond

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réunir

to gather

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le coup d’envoi

the kick off

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se livrer

to give himself, indulge himself, surrender

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avoir le dessus

to have the upperhand