Test 3 Vocab Flashcards by Victor Wang

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foyer

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referring broadly to people’s homes (pénétrer dans)

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essor

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the rise (ont permis l’essor de…)

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s’affirmer

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to find and set your place (s’affirme dans)

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grève

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worker strike

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revendications

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demands, claims

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peu importe

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no matter (…peu importe…)

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émeute

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riot

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enjeux

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stakes

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accorder

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agree to

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charnière

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transitional (événement…)

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précurseur

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precursor (événement…)

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bénéficier de

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enjoy, have (les memes droits)

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syndicat

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federation, union (ouvrier=worker)

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dans la foulée de

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following afterwards (more broadly, consequence)

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se doter de

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to create (se doter une système)

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bénéfique

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beneficial, conducive to

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figurer

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represents (symbole figure)

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bouleversement

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disruption

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écarter

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to exclude

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se targuer de

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to boast about

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piètre

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poor, bad

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faire fureur

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be all the rage (…faire fureur)

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cabotiner

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se faire remarquer (pertubateur student in class)

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des propos

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words

se livrer à

to surrender to someone's power (la justice)

se rebiffer

to rebel, refuse to obey

pouilleux

dirty, flea-ridden

sublimé

translated to something more widely accepted

scorie

useless parts

obscurantiste

unclear (politicien...approche obscurantiste)

par ricochet

by extension, indirect consequence (end of sentence)

concurrentiel

competitive

créneau

period of time (créneau commun)

avoir l'aval

have approval (l'aval de ma mère)

se prendre en main

to take charge, control

ce n'est pas demain le veille

not gonna be tomorrow

baisser les bras

give up

tirer leur épingle du jeu

play cards right

jouer du conde

do all you can to succeed

chialer

to nag, complain (qqn chiale)

banc de neige

pile of snow

détracteurs

people who belittle

ecoeurés

sick and tired

redouter

to dread, worry about

déblaier

to clear (shovel) snow

manifestant

protestor

axe prioritaire

area of priority

les pourparlers

negotiations

numérique

tech

émergent

emerging

en guise de

by way of (en guise de réponse)