IB French Vocab from Reading Papers

la renommée

reputation, renowned

empêcher

to prevent/avoid

le supplice

torture

c'est chaud

it's tough

briller

to shine/stand out

racaille

riffraff

n'importe quoi

anything, nonsense

n'importe qui

anyone

cohabiter

to live together

le récit

account, story, tale

le timbre

stamp, tone

étroitement

closely

nu(s)

naked, bare, empty, unused

dépareillé(e)(s)

mismatched

la savate

slippers/flip flops

médiatiser

to publicise

la vague

wave

le cauchemars

nightmares

le bouton

button, stud, pimple

le cerne

under eye bags

chaleureux/(euse)

warm, welcoming

le haut-parleur

speaker

le truc

thing

abîmer

to damage

toutefois

however, nevertheless

enfoncer

to sink

interlocuteur/trice

spokesperson, representative

le vieillissement

old age

la exposition

exposure

le baladeur

walkman, music player

poussé

advanced

le fond

bottom/background

atteindre

to reach/attain

haut

high

le dégât

damage

la baisse

drop, fall

le sifflement

whistling

le bourdonnement

buzz

survenir

to occur/to arise

la gêne

difficulty

supportable

tolerable

le frigo

fridge

voire

even, indeed, in fact

le courant

common, ordinary, running, power, current

par rapport à

in comparison to

devoiler

to unveil

le caoutchouc

rubber

nourrir

to feed

récolter

to harvest/collect

mener

to lead/direct

compter

to count/include/boast/allow

l'ordonnance (f)

prescription

la Tribune

platform

consacré à

dedicated to

fédérateur

unifying

le portrait-robot

template

souder

to knit, to bring together

déborder

to overflow

le plaidoyer

defence speech, plea, appeal

L'ère (f)

era

bien commun

common good

commun des mortels

ordinary person

croissant (adj)

increasing

étendre

to spread

au-delà

beyond, on the other side

le sort

destiny, fate

autrui

others

préconiser

to recommend

autocollant

self-sticking

autant de

as many

inéluctable

inevitable

inexorable

unescapble/unstoppable

la fourchette

fork, range, speed

abriter

to shelter

le tier

third-party, outsiders

engloutir

to submerge

répertorier

to list, to index, to identify

bas(se) (adj)

low

à quatre pattes

on all fours

au départ

to begin with, initally

frénétiquement

frantically

sauter

to jump, skip, miss

auprès de

near, close to, next to, with

le abonnement

subscriptions

la méfiance

suspicion, distrust, mistrust

régner

to reign, rule

espacer

to space, to space out

le préalable

precondition

adepte

member

le hors-la-loi

outlaw

appartenir à

belong to

propriétaire

owner

la péremption

expiry

enceinte

pregnant

revendiquer

to demand

apprenti(e)

apprentice

quasiment

nearly, almost

le bouche-à-oreille

word of mouth

la toile

internet

décrocher

to take down, to pick up, to land