Février 2014 LeMonde Vocab Flashcards
(140 cards)
une sécheresse (nf)
drought (prone = only 2 syllables)
une inondation (nf)
flood
charrier
to carry along, to cart
le lot (nm)
- prize
2. lot, batch
humain, -e
human (pron=U-MA)
prosaïque
prosaic (pron = pro-zi-eek)
les dégâts
damages (think dagobah on pron, x-wing get damaged for definition)
se défausser
to discard, to offload a problem
étrangler
to strangle (beg. sounds like être)
peiner
to struggle, to grieve (prone = like penne pasta)
assumer
- to assume, to take on
2. to live with it
un calcul (nm)
calculation (3 syllables - kal-ko-la)
glacial, -e
icy, frosty
s’abattre
to come crashing down, to strike
un archipel (nm)
archipelago
détruire
to destroy
endommager
to damage
coutier, -ière
broker
appartenant
belonging
pallier
to make up for, to compensate, to address (prone = pa - yay)
une déficience
deficiency (prone = day-fee-see-unce)
matière
matter, material (as in subject matter)
un emprunt
a loan or bond
à haut rendement
high-yield (pron = AH-O-rond-mont)