random vocab 3

rapprocher

to bring closer, reconcile

d'autant plus que

all the more since, especially

à avoir subi

to have suffered

dans ce qui pourrait s'apparenter à

in what could be seen as

faire valoir

to assert, highlight, emphasise

privilégier

to favour, prioritise

une ère

era, age, period

concevoir

to design, develop, conceive

éblouir

to dazzle, blind, amaze

auparavant

beforehand

faillir faire de qqch.

to almost do something

monopoliser

to dominate, hog

un prestidigitateur

magician

primordial

essential, important, vital

semblable

similiar, alike, close

faire vivre

to provide for, support

au maintien

in maintaining

une diminution

decrease, reduction, decline

assister à qqch.

to attend

les menottes

handcuffs

valoir la peine de

to be worthwhile, worth doing

faire usage de

to make use of

la part de marché

market share

la gratuité

free

le mal de dos

back pain

bec et ongles

tooth and nail

la recrudescence

upsurge, spate, surge, resurgence

interpeller

to challenge, question, call on

négligé

overlooked, untidy, sloppy, neglected

l’effectif (m)

staff, headcount

orienté vers

geared towards

faire barrage à

to block sth.

s'acquitter de

to repay sth., pay sth. off

la réclamation

claim, complaint

favoriser

to promote, foster, help, boost, favour