Vocab from Haiti article (21/07/21) Flashcards
(64 cards)
1
Q
to clear up/ clarify something
A
faire la lumière
2
Q
to stain with blood
A
ensanglanter
3
Q
thorough search (raking/combing)
A
le ratissage
4
Q
nightmare
A
un cauchemar
5
Q
starter/catalyst
A
le ferment
6
Q
greedy/grasping (keen on)
A
avide
7
Q
to react immediately
A
réagir à chaud
8
Q
shortcut
A
le raccourci
9
Q
to feed/increase
A
alimenter
10
Q
gulf/abyss of common place/cliché
A
l’abyme des poncifs
11
Q
to throw into panic
A
affoler
12
Q
stubborn
A
récalcitrant
13
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annoying/unsettling/disturbing
A
dérangeante
14
Q
behviour
A
la tenue
15
Q
to take the place of
A
saisir la place
16
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to reattach
A
rattacher
17
Q
beam/ray
A
le faisceau
18
Q
to demolish
A
battre en brèche
19
Q
mould/cast
A
le moule
20
Q
ship/vessel
A
le navire
21
Q
to look in askance
A
sourciller
22
Q
to not bat an eyelid
A
ne pas sourciller
23
Q
backyard
A
l’arrière-cour (f)
24
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to relieve/take the weight off
A
se soulager
25
rice/rice-growing sector
le secteur rizicole
26
to make money out of
monnayer
27
the deceased
le défunt
28
to replace/take over from
relayer
29
language
le langage
30
to rub shoulders with/stand alongside
côtoyer
31
as stated/indicated
comme le précise
32
so well/as well
si bien
33
to prove/turn out to be
s'avérer
34
to fill
combler
35
issue/concern/stake/bet
l'enjeu
36
break/interruption
la coupure
37
to make poorer/impoverish
appauvrir
38
peasantry
la paysannerie
39
mafia
mafieuses (adj f. pl.)
40
to absorb/trap/never let go
phagocyter
41
lawful
licite
42
to erect/put up
eriger
43
to pervert/corrupt
pervertir
44
earthquake
le séisme
45
to claim/demand
se réclamer
46
inside
dedans
47
pertaining to
afférent à
48
hand-to-hand combat
le combat à mains nues
49
bare-handed
mains nues
50
to be resistant/defiant to
réfractaire à
51
assult/attack
l'assaut (f)
52
exhastion/end of stock
l'épuisement (m)
53
to get ready
s'apprêter
54
stubborness/obstinacy
l'opiniâtreté
55
noxiousness/detrimental
la nocivité
56
to trap/snare
piéger
57
customary/traditional
coutumière
58
contrary to what is conveyed in
et contrairement à ce qui est véhiculé dans
59
approach/process
le démarche
60
to spread out
se deployer
61
fury
la fureur
62
denial
le deni
63
self-flagellatiom/self-punishment
l'autoflagellation
64
term for refering to people living in extreme poverty
le quart-monde
