Français-26 Flashcards

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francilien

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from the Île-de-France region

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mouvementée

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lively, turbulent; rough, eventful

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agréablement

être agréablement surpris

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agreeably to

be pleasantly surprised

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miséreux

On est des miséreux

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destitute, poverty stricken

poor person, destitute person

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perturbation

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disruption, disturbance; trouble, disobedience, mayhem

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poids lourds

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heavyweight

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cariste

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fork lift operator, driver

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rocade

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bypass, belt-way

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dégager

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clear, pull out, remove; unblock, decongest, give, grant

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bizarrerie

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oddity, pecularity, anomoly

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tournage

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filming, shooting, shoot; turning

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éclairages

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lighting

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messagerie

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messaging service; delivery service

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agir

s’agir

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act, take action, do something; behave; take its course

be a question of something

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déplacement

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displacement, moving; travel, trip

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apparat

d’apparat

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pomp

ceremonial

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vertigineuse

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breathtakingly high, steep or fast

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galèrian

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galley slave

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ramer

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row, paddle; struggle

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barque

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small boat, hull

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tollé

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out cry

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sevrer

sevrés

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wean, wean [sb] off; deprive [sb] of, cut [sb] off

Sevrés porcelain

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avenant

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likeable, affable, appealing; additional clause, amendment

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coquilie

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shell; misprint, cup

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limace

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slug, snail; sea-slug

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maurette

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red wine sauce

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27
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tunes

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money

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calcaire

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limestone; chalky (rock), hard (water)

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précarité

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instability, insecurity, hesitancy

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prêt

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loan

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pavé

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cobblestone, cobbled; street, road

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couramment

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commonly, frequently, fluently

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33
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venter

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be windy

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34
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dépriments

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depressing

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35
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aller au restaurant

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eat out

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36
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main

main course

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principal

plat principal

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aguerrir

s’aguerrir

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harden, toughen up

get tougher, get harder

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38
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rapeller

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remind; call back

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39
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se tromper

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to be mistake, to mess up

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40
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se trouver

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to happen to be

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41
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recroiser

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meet again

42
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raïs

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Algerian music

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perfectionnement

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improvement, development, upgrading

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heurté
heurter
se heurter

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jerky
hit, collide with, run into, bump into
encounter, meet with [sth]

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apercevoir

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catch sight of, glimpse, notice, perceive

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assomer

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knock out, stun; bore [sb] stiff, bore [sb] to tears, stupefy

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affranchir

s’affranchir de

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free, emancipate, put a stamp on [sth]; tell, “get the memo”

free yourself from, free yourself of

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indisposer

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bother, annoy, indispose

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maid

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femmes de ménage, femmes de chambre, domestique

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polémique

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controversy, argument

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peine capitale

peine de mort

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death penalty

52
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au grand dam

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to the chagrin

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rectorat

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Board of Education

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gifler

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slap, smack, sting

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carabiné

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raging, ferocious; stinking

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engueulade

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reprimand

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faucher

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flatten; mow down, knock down; steal

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s’affairer

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busy yourself, be busy

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dégringolade

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fall, tumble; fall from grace, comedown, humiliation, disgrace

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coincer
se coincer
se coincer qch

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wedge; corner, nab, catch
be caught,
get [sth] caught, catch [sth]

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attentisme

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wait and see attitude

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rajouter

en rajouter

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add; tag on

rub it on, lay it on thick, over do it

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avoirs

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assets, holdings

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supplier qqn de faire qch

A

beg [sb] to do [sth], plead with [sb] to do [sth]

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doléances

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complaints, grievances

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grincheux

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grumpy, grouchy, cranky

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desserte

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servicing, service road

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calicot

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banner

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provenir de

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come from, originate in, be a product of; arise from, stem from;

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maladif

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sickly, unhealthy, sickly-looking, pathological

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détenteur

détenteur du permis de conduire

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sharer

holder of a driver’s license

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branlante

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shaky, wobbly; loose (i.e. teeth)

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pâlir

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grow pale, fade, die away

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émoi

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excitement, emotion; commotion, anxiety

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de plus belle

coucher à la belle étoile

A

even more

sleep under the stars

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achever

s’achever

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finish, complete, finish [sth] off; kill, finish [sb] off

draw to a close, come to an end

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corniche

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cliff, ledge;

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couteaux tirés

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fiercely competitive

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statuer

statuer sur

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rule, decree; give a ruling, pronounce a judgment

rule on, determine

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caracoler

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turn your horse about; turn about

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trimer

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slave, slave away, work your fingers to the bone

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lambeau

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bit, scrap, shred, tatter

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proxénétisme

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procurement, pimping

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renvoi

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firing, dismissal; expulsion; return, return to sender;

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libertinage

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debauchery; libertinism

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qualité

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quality; occupation, profession

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adeptes

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followers; member; supporter; enthusiast

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fourbir

fourbir ses armes

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hone, refurbish

prepare for war

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chalumeau

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blowtorch

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soudage

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soldering

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ingrédient

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ingrediant

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châtiment

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punishment, penalty; retribution

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perdition

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distress; debauch

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piège

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trap

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biréacteur

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twinjet

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extirper

s’extirper de

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drag out, pull out; extract

extract yourself from, get out of

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financement

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financing

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miner

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mine, place mines; wear down; undermine

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faire barrage
tir de barrage
barrage de la langue

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stand in the way of; obstruct
barrage
language barrier

100
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conducteur

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driver, conductor, foreman, supervisor; conductive