Axis 1 - Identities and Exchanges: Gap Year Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards based on the Axis 1 - Identities and Exchanges gap year vocabulary list.

To go / to travel abroad

Overseas / aller / voyager à l'étranger

To discover a new culture

To explore or learn about a culture foreign to one's own

To learn / to study a new language

To acquire knowledge of a new language

To get / to gain new knowledge

Connaissance

To broaden one's horizons

To expand one's horizons / élargir ses horizons

To cross cultures

Passer d'une culture à une autre / to widen

To improve something

Améliorer qque chose

To adapt to / to adjust to

S'adapter à

To get involved (in something / in doing something)

S'impliquer / s'engager dans qque chose / to be dedicated

To be committed to

To be dedicated to

To volunteer / to do volunteering

Faire du bénévolat

A volunteer

Un bénévole

A charity

A charitable organization

An NGO

A non-governmental organization

To share

Partager

To grow (up)

Grandir / to become more mature = to gain maturity

Traditions

Customs

To rely on someone

Compter sur qqu'un

To be fond of something / to be keen on something (doing something)

Beaucoup aimer qque chose (faire qque chose)

To socialize

Fréquenter des gens

To be aware of

To be conscious of = to realize

To be understanding (of)

Showing compassion, tolerance, or insight toward others

To be open-minded

Tolerant ≠ narrow-minded = intolerant = ouvert d'esprit

A gapper

A gap year student

A gap year

A year out = a year off = a sabbatical year

Rewarding

Gratifiant / enriching = enrichissant

Meaningful

Qui a du sens

Valuable

Beneficial

Exciting

Thrilling

Risky / perilous / hazardous

Dangerous

Exhausting / tiring

Épuisant

Genuine

Authentic

Exceptional

Outstanding