Vocabulaire_4 Flashcards
Decapiter
Behead
Empoigner, saisir
To grasp
He quickly grasped the problem and found a solution.
Eradiquer, lutter contre qquch.
To stamp sth. out
The study proposes a plan of action to stamp out this phenomenon.
Horrible, macabre
Gruesome
A gruesome discovery
Mecontent
Disgruntled
The disgruntled clients are angry
Un lien => des liens
A tie => ties
He maintains strong ties with his country of origin.
Préalable
Prior
The candidate must have prior experience in a similar position.
Toucher une corde sensible
Struck a nerve
it has struck a nerve
Timide
Shy
Un repere, un jalon
A landmark
We use this point as landmark
Emblematique
Landmark
It’s a landmark decision
Tenace, opiniatre
Dogged
She’s a dogged worker
Aspirer a qqch => une aspiration
Yearn => a yearning
I felt a yearning to be back home.
He yearned for a simpler life
Intensifier
To step up
She stepped up her effort
Le couvre-feu
The curfew
The country declared a nationwide curfew
Severe, plus severe
Harsh, harsher
They allow regional officials to impose harsher restrictions on movement.
Un abri
A shelter
Hong Kong has long been a place of shelter for people escaping war.
En desordre, en vrac => une confusion
Helter-skelter => a helter skelter
Everything’s gone helter-skelter.
De façon discrète, sobrement
Understatedly
They were all understatedly dressed in black.
Un obstacle
A barrier
In a tolerant country your name is no barrier to success.
