Interpretive Communication Vocabulary

Le prospectus

leaflet / flyer

Se dérouler

to take place / to unfold / to uncoil

Dès

as soon as / from

La patinoire

ice skating rink

Le flambeaux

torch

prix de présence

price of attendance

Gonflable

inflatable

La calèche

horse-drawn carriage

Kermesse

bazaar / fête / charity fair / street party

parcours

route / path

Le patin

ice skate / ice skating

alimentation

food / diet / food and drink

La motoneige

snowmobile

Une inscription

registration / check-in

souper

supper / dinner

Chinois(e)

Chinese

À volontè

all you can eat

Le rallye

ball (dance) / rally (automobile sport)

Le concours

contest / competition

La cabane

hut / shack / cabin

En vente

for sale / on sale

Auprès de

near / beside / next to / close to

Grandissante

growing / increasing

Ressentir (ressentaient)

to feel

saluer (salués)

to greet / acknowledge

Révéler (révèlé)

to reveal / give away

S'emparer de (s'emparée)

to seize / capture / take possession of

Se dire (se disant)

to be said / be (language) / be pronounced

Sentier (senti)

to smell / to feel

Se rebattre (Se rebattent)

to beat again / reshuffle

Seulement

only / not before / except that / but

À la fois

both / at once / at the same time

Instantanément

instantly / instantaneously

Basculer

to tip over / topple / change dramatically

La tendance

tendency / trend / fashion

lourd(e)

heavy / weighty

Souligner (souligné)

underline / highlight / emphasize / stress

Le trait

line / stroke / dash / trait / feature / characteristic / drop

Le taux

rate / ratio / level

Atteindre (atteignait)

to reach / attain / affect / touch / harm

L'île

island, isle

Le commerçant / La commerçante

shopkeeper / trader

chaleureusement

warmly / cordially

Soit

either / or

La convivialité

friendliness, togetherness

Exprimer (exprimant)

to express / show / reveal

Rédiger (rédigée)

to write

Conjointement (adv)

jointly, collectively, together

notamment

especially / particularly / notably

La commune

town / municipality / village

Offusquer (offusquée)

to offend

La mairesse

mayor

La valorisation

validation / promotion / valorisation

La salutation

greeting

Miser sur

to bet on / to count on / to gamble on

La demeure

house / home

Le retour

return / journey home

La diminution

reduction / decrease / lessening

Éroder

to eat away / erode / diminish / weaken

La manière

way / manner / fashion

Au fil de

over / during / as [sth] goes by

La décennie

decade

Évoquer (évoquées)

to mention / bring up / allude to

Le siège

seat / chair / headquarters / siege

Le fournisseur / La fournisseuse

supplier

Au boulot

Back to work!

Colliger (colligées)

to gather / gather together / compile

Réclamer (réclame)

to demand / claim / beg for / expect

La loi

law

Charcuter (charcutée)

to hack about / butcher

Le tribunal

court / courthouse

La dent

tooth / tine / prong / crag / jagged peak

Effectuer

to perform / carry out / effect

Éprouvant

punishing / demanding

Aborder (abordés)

to reach / approach

À peu près

about / around / more or less

Un accroissement

increase / growth

Hors de

out of / outside

Tirer

to pull / draw / yank

Taux d'accroissement

rate of growth / growth rate