Term 2

ardent

intense, passionate

abaissement, le

decrease, reduction

attirance, la

attraction

asperger

to spray

abnégation, la

selflessness, self sacrifice

ambassade, la

embassy

avant-bras, le

forearm

avortement, le

abortion

avorter

to abort

Âme, la

soul, spirit

au-dessus

above

au-dessous

below

adepte, le

follower

À peine

hardly, barely

automobiliste, le

motorist

avouer

to admit

au premier plan

in the foreground

ascension, la

ascent, rise

acier, le

steel

autodidacte, le

self-taught person

apesanteur, la

weightlessness

automate, le

robot, automaton

avoir beau

to might well do, may well do

auditeur, le

listener

agrémenter

to brighten up, liven up

apaiser

to pacify, calm

À brefs intervalles

in quick succession

acquiescer

to agree, assent

agissements, les

schemes, machinations, doings

bâiller

to yawn

banalité, la

triviality, banality

bannir

to bannish, exile

béton, le

concrete

bobo, le

pain, small injury

bâtisse, la

building, structure

bariolé

multicoloured, colourful

bouille, la

face, mug

basculer

to tip over, tumble

belvédère, le

viewpoint, lookout

batifoler

to frolic

battant, le

fighter, warrior

cacher

to hide

caïd, le

boss

chenille, la

caterpillar

complaisance, la

kindness, indulgence

calcul, le

calculation

canarder

to pelt, throw

couche, la

layer

croix gammée, la

swastika

chouchou, le

favourite, pet

client, le

customer

coup de folie, la

moment of madness, whim, impulse

chevalier, le

knight

criard

gaudy, garish

chambouler

to turn upside down, shake up, cause havoc

corne, la

horn

cerf, le

deer

chroniqueur, le

columnist, journalist

chronique, la

chronicle, column

conçu

designed, conceived, imagined

comité, la

board, committee

chiffré

backed up by numbers, quantified

cobaye, le

guinea pig (in experiments)

certes

certainly, admittedly, of course

différend, le

disagreement, dispute

dès

as soon as, the second that

déplaisant

unpleasant, nasty

dégât, le

damage, harm

douanier, le

customs officer

dérèglement, le

malfunction, disruption

démentir

to deny

démissionner

to resign, quit

déclencheur, le

trigger, spark, catalyst

déjanté

crazy, mad, nutty

dément, le

psychiatric patient

disette, la

scarcity, insufficiency

délétère

harmful, detrimental

démesuré

excessive, immoderate, disproportionate

dévoiler

to unveil, reveal

épreuve, la

ordeal

embrigadement, le

indoctrination, drilling

écume, la

scum, froth, foam

épargner

to save, spare

épouvantable

terrible, ghastly, horrendous

étreindre

to embrace, grip

émoustiller

to excite, thrill

effroyable

dreadful, appalling

entasser

to pile up, accumulate

en dépit de

despite

emporte-pièce, le

cookie cutter, hole punch

effaré

stunned, staggered

echéance, la

due date, deadline

eventuellement

possibly, probably

exécuter

to carry out (an order)

en arrière-plan

in the background

entourer

to surround

enterrer

to bury

en décalage

out of step, not matching

esquisser

to sketch, begin

enflammer

to kindle, set alight, aflame