Year 11 French - Newspapers and Environment II

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French

11th

66 Terms

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décévant

disappointing

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s'évader de

to escape

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3

un abonnement

a subscription

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4

un foyer

a household (with f)

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autrefois

formerly

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livrer

to deliver

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7

un sondage / une enquête

a survey (with s / with e)

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d'après

according to (not selon)

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hebdomadaire

weekly

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10

actuel

current

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corrompu

corrupt

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12

un mensonge

a lie

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mentir

to lie

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14

attirer l'attention

to catch attention

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15

exagérer

to exaggerate

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16

un gamin

a child (with g)

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une pièce

a room

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bâtir

to build

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enseigner / apprendre qqn. à faire qch.

to teach smn. to do sthng. (with e / with a)

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20

piquer

to steal (informal)

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21

déçu

disappointed

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22

un défi

a challenge

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23

le chauffage

the heating

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une ampoule

a bulb

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25

baisser

to lower

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26

hausser

to raise

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27

une décharge

a landfill

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éteindre

to turn off

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mettre de l'argent de côté

to save money (not 'economise')

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30

trier

to sort

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rejeter

to emit

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32

en veille

on standby

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un ménage

a household (with m)

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s'inquiéter de

to worry about

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35

gaspiller

to waste

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36

un magnétoscope

a video-player

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37

relever

to take up (a challenge)

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toucher

to affect

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39

éternuer

to sneeze

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40

une espèce en voie de disparition

an endangered species

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une inondation

a flood

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être conscient de

to be aware of

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sensibiliser qqn à qch

to raise awareness of sthng to smn

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nuire à

to be harmful to

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45

nuisible

harmful

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subir

to undergo

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47

un mode

a way

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une couette

a duvet

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s'épaissir

to get thicker

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s'amincir

to get thinner

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épais

thick

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or

however (not cependant)

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53

une issue

a way out

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une catastrophe naturelle

a natural disaster

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une brèche

a breach

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les dégâts

damages

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une digue

a dyke

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les fonds marins

the sea-bed

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59

la pluie

the rain

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une vague

a wave

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61

la canicule

a heatwave

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62

meurtrier

deadly

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l'ouragan

a hurricane

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craindre

to fear

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pris au piège

trapped

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sinistré

disaster-stricken

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