FRENCH - Week 5 vocab

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Allant de

Ranging from

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Chuter

Fall / tumble

E.g. Ce sportif a chuté à la troisième haie

The runner fell at the third hurdle

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Frissons

Shivers

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Au cas où

In case

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Méfier

Beware

E.g. Méfiez-vous

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Aîné

Eldest / oldest

E.g. Ma fille aînée a terminé ses études

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Par conséquent

Therefore

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Dans un premier temps

To begin with

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En revanche

On the other hand

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Tout simplement

Quite simply

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Tout d’abord

First of all

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Autant que

As much as

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Ce dernier

The latter

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Les tentations

The temptations

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La fermeture

Locking/closing

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Chialer

To bawl / howl

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Repli

Withdrawal / retreat

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L’espérance

Hope / expression

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Déclassement

Demotion / relegation / downgrading

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Impuissance

Helplessness / powerlessness

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Se sont coupé

Cut itself off

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Qui ont du mal à boucler

who have difficulty closing off

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Soi-disant

So-called / supposed or supposedly

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Méprisé

To show contempt for sb / smt

Le roi méprisait son peuple 

The king was contemptuous of his people

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Le peuple

The people / population

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La colère

Anger / rage

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Mesdames et messieurs

Ladies and gentlemen

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Fracas du monde

Crash / roar / noise of the world

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Autocratique

Autocratic

Refers to a ruler who has absolute power

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Soutenu

Sustained

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Vitre

Window

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Soi-même

Oneself

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Prétendu

Supposed / so-called / supposedly

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L’ampleur

The extent / scale

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Saluer

Greeting

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Pompier

Firefighter

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En revue

In review

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Déposer

Drop off / drop sb off OR File a patent for

E.g. J’ai déposé mon manteau chez le teinturier

E.g. Veux-tu que je te dépose chez toi?

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Reproches

Reproach sb for smt or sb with smt

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Dénoncer

Denounce

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Surfait

Overrated

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Allocution

Short speech

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Chantier

Construction / building site

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Auxquels

To whom

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D’aucuns

Some

E.g. D’aucuns pensent - some think

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Le sondage

Survey / opinion poll

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En tant que

As

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Manif en ligne

Online demonstration

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Aménager

To set smt up / adjust, rearrange

E.g. J’ai aménagé un coin musique dans le salon

I’ve set up a music area in the living room

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Convoquer

To summon / call in

E.g. Le patron m'a convoqué à 10 h ce matin

The boss called me in at 10am

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Quant à

As for [smt]

E.g. Quant aux impôts

As for the taxes

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Orgueilleux

Proud / arrogant / big-headed