things that have come up that I DID NOT UNDERSTAND. JE NE COMPRENDS PAS!!

économies d’échelle

economies of scale

résoudre

solve/resolve

exposition

exhibition

parmi

among

autonome

independent/autonomous

alimenter la pénurie

fuel the shortage

désormais

from now on

formulaires

forms

pré-rédigés

pre-written

véritables

real/true

rendre [qch] à [qqn/qch]

give [sth] back to [sb/sth]

entreprendre

begin/start doing

égaux

equal (impf)

bannir

banish/exile

francs-maçons,

free masons

écolier

schoolchild

porte-parole

spokesperson

craigner

to fear

un tournant

turning point

assouplissement

relaxing/ making less strict

repousser

push back

la trêve

the truce

préoccupante

worrying

caserne

barracks

endommager

damage/harm

cachot

solitary confinement

dirigeant

director/manager

(party) in power

témoin

witness

fracassant

sensational

épargner

save/spare

trêve

truce

carré

square/patch

sein

centre/heart

mouillage

anchorage OR moistening/dampening

déchoir

strip [sb] of [sth], deprive [sb of [sth]

disquaire

record shop owner

chagrin

sadness

vécu (N)

experience/life

vécu

lived (pp of vivre)

âme

soul

chair

flesh

souiller

dirty/sully

exigence

demand/requirement

commissariats de police

police station

verra

we’ll see (future of voir)

déchirer

tear apart

verser

pour (liquid)/shed (blood, tears)

sans ménagement

unceremoniously/bluntly

fourgon

van

évasion

an escape

douloureux

painful

vers

towards

enfer

hell

revoir

see [sb/sth] again

manquant

missing

parole

word/promise

livrer

deliver

bourreau

executioner/persecutor/torturer

conduite

driven (pp of conduire)

diriger

direct/guide

revenir

come back/return

repérer

to notice/spot

autoroute

motorway

à coup de

by means of

vouz auriez raison

you would be right

de plus en plus nombreuses

ever more numerous

surtout

especially

elle-même

herself

en outre

furthermore/moreover

enregistrer

to record (music etc.)

il a du mal

he struggles/he has trouble

génial

brilliant

ça m’a plu

I liked it

une/une bénévole

volunteer

vient en aide

come to the aid of/help

lorsque

when/while/as soon as

le bénévolat

volunteer/charity work

se donner

to give up yourself/put yourself out

réelement

really

déménager

to move (house)

proposer

to offer

présenter

put on (e.g. a show)

ainsi que

as well as

reconstituer

reconstructed

déjà

already

selon/d’après

according to

sembler/paraître

to seem

hésiter

to hesitate

dépenser

to spend

la carte bleue

credit card

les frais de livraison

delivery costs

un tournée

tour

un trône

throne

le transbordement

transhipment

le séisme

earthquake

birman(e)

Burmese

s’entraider

help each other

paraître

appear

vécu

experience

perçevoir

recieve/collect