French Words

entre guillemets

in quotation marks

dématérialisé

electronic

relou

annoying

quoi que ce soit

anything (something unknown, i.e., if you need anything = “si t’as besoin de quoi que ce soit”)

parti pris

bias

stagiaire

intern

entaché

sullied

et pourtant

and yet

promouvoir

promote

immanquable

must-see

s’étaler

spread out over time

manipuler

handle (or manipulate)

effectuer

make

prendre un sacré coup

to take a big hit (negatively)

renvoyer

to fire someone

flou

fuzzy/vague

lisse

bland

démêler

to sort out

licenciement

firing/dismissal

prometteur (adj)

promising

à peine

barely

déraper

to get out of control

issu de

from (as a child)

tel quel

as is

menton

jawline

en revanche

on the other hand

gestion

management

formation

training/schooling

on verra bien

we’ll see

soudoyer

to bribe

revendiquer

to claim responsibility for

médico-légal

forensicc

compenser

to make up for

surgir

to emerge/appear suddenly

être chargé de qqc

to be in charge of something

s’emmêler

to get involved

il y aura

there will be

magouiller

to scheme

défoncer

to beat/smash sth up

discutable

debatable

calme plat

dead calm

il aurait approché

he would approach

alors que

while

régler

to settle/resolve something

un tournant

a turning point

une nouvelle fois

once again

frôler

brush past/graze (as in “glad to have brushed past death with you”)

se frôler

to just miss each other