more French vocab

sans pour autant

without actually, without necessarily

en permanence

permanently

l’a priori (m)

preconceived idea

acculturé

adjusted to a new culture

indiscutable

Indisputable

meurtrier

deadly

le Maghreb

region of Africa - north west

la coiffure

hairstyle

le harcèlement

bullying

le bien-être

wellbeing

renvoyer à

to refer to

en amont

in advance

le bail

lease

s’acquitter de

to pay off

le loyer

the rent

le foyer

hostel

la réclamation

complaint

la recrudescence

aggravation / worsening / increase (of problems)

la saisine

court referral

l’Antillais(e)

West Indian

favoriser

to encourage

la mise en vigeur

enforcement

siéger

to sit on / be on (a committee)

par le biais

via

la contestation

challenge

l’impératif

necessity / requirement

l’enfant du voyage

traveller child

unitaire

common / unified

le chemin

way

déclarer

to announce / state

le rôle

role

boucler

to make ends meet

peiner

to struggle / have difficulty

remettre en cause

to question

cossu

affluent

le SAMU social

a charity

voyant

conspicuous

le sort

fate / destiny

l’issue (féminin)

outcome

chasser

to chase away

mendier

to beg

déplorer

to find (something) regrettable

la prise en charge

care

métisser

to mix / crossbreed

assouplir

to relax / soften

abîmé

in a bad way / state

adossé contre

with one’s back against

capter

to pick up / receive

effacer

to erase

la plaque de cuisson

hob

le relais de poste

coaching inn

sommaire

brief

tenir à

to have a strong desire for

censé

supposed

l’effet pervers

negative effect

éventuel

possible

le patronyme

surname

le référent

advisor

ardent

intense

la chorégraphie

choreography

aborder

to tackle

l’épanouissement (m)

blossoming / flourishing

la licence

degree

le / la navigateur (trice)

sailor

l’adhésion

membership

inapte

unfit

acharné

bitter / fierce

conforter

to strengthen

l’École normale

teacher training college

éprouver

to experience

exercer

to practice a profession

mener

to carry out

le bailleur

social housing landlord

rompre

to break / escape from

l’aménagement (m)

modification / fitting-out

se chiffrer

to add up to

survoler

to take a quick look at

le racket

extortion

provisoire

temporary

prendre la parole

to speak

le cours préparatoire

first year of primary school

complice

complicit / incollusion

le fantôme

ghost

le / la gosse

kid

paller

to mitigate / alleviate

paumé

lost / out of it

le front

forehead

habile

clever

la narine

nostril

dédaigneux

scornful

l’ouvrage

work

l’arrachage

snatching

le tourisme d’affaires

business tourism

l’adjoint (e)

deputy

le supplice

torture

l’entassement

piling up

infliger

to inflict

les Lumières

Age of Enlightenment 17th/18th siècle

délabré

run down

le conseiller (ère) d’insertion

integration officer