unit 2 : Biomedical engineering and bioengineering : verbs, adverbs, prepositions, miscellaneous

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53 Terms

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to apply something to something/somebody

appliquer quelque chose à quelque chose/quelqu’un

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to argue

se disputer

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to boost

soulever, encourager, stimuler

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to coat something in/with something

couvrir, enduire, recouvrir quelque chose de/avec quelque chose

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to compel somebody to do something

obliger quelqu’un à faire quelque chose

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to conceive

concevoir

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to conduct (a poll)

mener, effectuer (un sondage), “to direct or take part in the management of a poll”

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to contribute to something

contribuer à quelque chose

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to cure

guérir

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to deliver

distribuer, livrer

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to design

dessiner, concevoir

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to edit

diriger, éditer

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to emulate

imiter, “to try to do something as well as somebody else”

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to enable

activer, permettre

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to encode

encoder

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to end up doing something

finir par faire quelque chose, finir par réagir

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to engineer

concevoir, construire, organiser, planifier

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to enhance

améliorer, “to improve”

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to ensure

assurer, garantir

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to exacerbate

exacerber

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to fasten

attacher, fermer

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to flourish

bien pousser, se développer, prospérer

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to grapple with

se battre avec, se battre contre, lutter contre, “to try hard to find a solution to a problem”

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to mean

vouloir dire, signifier

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to occur

se produire, apparaitre

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to outweigh

être plus important que

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to plague

affliger, “to cause pain or trouble over a period of time”

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to prevent somebody from (doing something)

empêcher quelqu’un de (faire quelque chose)

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to repel

repousser, dégouter

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to seek

chercher, rechercher, “to look for somebody/something”

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to soothe

calmer, apaiser, soulager

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to strengthen

renforcer, consolider, fortifier

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to surround

encercler, entourer

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to tackle

s’attaquer à, “to make a determined effort to deal with a difficult problem or situation”

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to turn to

se tourner vers, s’adresser à

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to undergo

subir

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alike

de la même manière

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eventually

finalement, '“finally (sauf dans les essais)”

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possibly

éventuellement

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otherwise

autrement, différemment, “differently”

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somewhat

assez, quelque peu

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thereby

ainsi

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among

au milieu de, parmi

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through

à travers, par

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throughout

tout au long de, durant, à travers

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to be on the hunt for

être à la recherche de quelque chose, “looking for somebody/something that is diffictult to find”

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in the excess of

dans le dépassement de, dans l’excès de

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a double-edged

un double tranchant

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sword

épée

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within our reach

à notre portée, à portée de main

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more likely

propice, “have better chance to, to have a good chance / a high propability of happening”

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to have tricks up

avoir des astuces, avoir des tours de passe-passe

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one’s sleeve

sa manche