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IU F250 Final Exam
Ch. 6,7,8,9
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Language - French
Undergraduate 2
05/01/2010
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Term
l'actif/l'active
 Definition
employed person
Term
l'actif/l'active
 Definition
employed person
Term
l'ancien détenu (m)
 Definition
ex-convict
Term
le barman
 Definition
barman
Term
le cadre/ la femme cadre
 Definition
executive (staff)
Term
le candidat/ la candidate
 Definition
candidate
Term
le chef
 Definition
boss
Term
le/la complice
 Definition
accomplice
Term
le contrôleur judiciaire
 Definition
parole officer
Term
le criminel/la criminelle
 Definition
criminal
Term
le directeur/la directrice
 Definition
director/manager
Term
l'employé/l'employée
 Definition
employee
Term
l'employeur (m)
 Definition
employer
Term
l'escroc (m)
 Definition
crook
Term
l'espion/l'espionne
 Definition
spy
Term
le patron/la patronne
 Definition
boss
Term
le secrétaire
 Definition
secretary
Term
le voleur/la voleuse
 Definition
thief
Term
le voyou
 Definition
thug
Term
l'augmentation de salaire (f)
 Definition
Term
le curriculum vitae (CV)
 Definition
resume
Term
la demande d'emploi
 Definition
job application
Term
le dossier
 Definition
file
Term
l'entretien d'embauche (m)
 Definition
job interview
Term
la formation
 Definition
training
Term
la lettre de motivation
 Definition
letter of intent
Term
l'offre d'emploi (f)
 Definition
job offer
Term
les petites annonces (f)
 Definition
classified ads
Term
le poste
 Definition
position, job
Term
la promotion immobilière
 Definition
property development
Term
le salaire
 Definition
salary
Term
le stage
 Definition
internship, training course
Term
l'agence immobilière
 Definition
real estate agency
Term
le duplex
 Definition
duplex home
Term
le F1
 Definition
apartment w/ separate kitchen
Term
le F2
 Definition
apartment with kitchen and bedroom
Term
la pièce
 Definition
room of a house (apartment)
Term
la placard
 Definition
closet
Term
le studio
 Definition
efficiency, studio apartment
Term
l'ANPE (f)
 Definition
government employment agency
Term
le bar
 Definition
bar
Term
la boîte de nuit
 Definition
night club
Term
le bureau
 Definition
office
Term
le chantier
 Definition
building site, worksite
Term
l'entreprise (f)
 Definition
firm, company
Term
la mairie
 Definition
city hall
Term
la prison
 Definition
prison
Term
la société
 Definition
company, corporation
Term
la taule (familier)
 Definition
prison
Term
les toilettes
 Definition
restroom, bathroom
Term
l'appareil auditif (m)
 Definition
hearing aid
Term
l'atmosphère (f)
 Definition
atmosphere, environment
Term
le chauvinisme
 Definition
chauvinism
Term
la compétence
 Definition
ability, skill
Term
le complot
 Definition
plot
Term
l'état d'esprit (m)
 Definition
state of mind
Term
le handicap
 Definition
handicap
Term
la liberté conditionnelle
 Definition
parole
Term
les lèvres
 Definition
lips
Term
la manipulation
 Definition
manipulation
Term
les prothèses auditives (f)
 Definition
hearing aids
Term
le vol aggravé
 Definition
aggravated theft
Term
compétent/e
 Definition
competent
Term
débordé/e
 Definition
overwhelmed, swamped
Term
dupé/e
 Definition
fooled
Term
efficace
 Definition
efficient
Term
endurci/e
 Definition
hardened
Term
handicapé/e
 Definition
handicapped
Term
isolé/e
 Definition
isolated/lonely
Term
mal à l'aise
 Definition
uncomfortable
Term
malentendant/e
 Definition
hard of hearing
Term
manipulateur/trice
 Definition
manipulative
Term
qualifié/e
 Definition
qualified
Term
sourd/e
 Definition
deaf
Term
avoir confiance en soi
 Definition
to have confidence in oneself
Term
craindre
 Definition
to fear, to dread
Term
déchiffrer
 Definition
to decipher, to solve
Term
embaucher
 Definition
to hire
Term
engager
 Definition
to hire
Term
espionner
 Definition
to spy
Term
fouiller
 Definition
to search
Term
gagner
 Definition
to earn
Term
lire sur les lèvres
 Definition
to lipread
Term
poser sa candidature à
 Definition
to apply for
Term
quitter le nid
 Definition
to leave home
Term
remplir
 Definition
to fill out
Term
se mettre à
 Definition
to start to
Term
souffrir de
 Definition
to suffer from
Term
suivre
 Definition
to follow
Term
se taire
 Definition
to be quiet
Term
travailler au noir
 Definition
to work on the side
Term
traîner
 Definition
to drag
Term
tromper
 Definition
to cheat (on someone)
Term
virer (famillier)
 Definition
to fire
Term
voler
 Definition
to steal
Term
ennuyante
 Definition
boring
Term
la belle-fille
 Definition
stepdaughter, daughter-in-law
Term
la belle-mère
 Definition
stepmother, mother-in-law
Term
le chœur
 Definition
choir
Term
le chauffeur
 Definition
driver
Term
la demi-sœur
 Definition
half sister
Term
l'écrivain
 Definition
writer
Term
l'editeur/trice
 Definition
editor, publisher
Term
l'homme entretenu
 Definition
"kept" man
Term
le/la lecteur/trice
 Definition
reader
Term
le/la photographe
 Definition
photographer
Term
le professeur de chant
 Definition
singing instructor
Term
le/la raté/e
 Definition
failture
Term
la vedette
 Definition
star
Term
le videur
 Definition
bouncer
Term
l'avant-première (f)
 Definition
premiere, preview
Term
le chant
 Definition
singing
Term
le concert
 Definition
concert
Term
le cours de chant
 Definition
singing class
Term
la critique
 Definition
review, criticism
Term
la littérature
 Definition
literature
Term
l'opéra
 Definition
opera
Term
la répétition
 Definition
rehearsal
Term
le roman
 Definition
novel
Term
l'église
 Definition
church
Term
la maison de campagne
 Definition
country house
Term
la maison d'édition
 Definition
publishing house
Term
la carte de visite
 Definition
business card
Term
le carton d'invitation
 Definition
invitation
Term
la déception
 Definition
disappointment
Term
le déclin
 Definition
decline
Term
la dynamique familiale
 Definition
family dynamic
Term
l'égoïsme (m)
 Definition
selfishness
Term
l'égocentrisme (m)
 Definition
egocentricity
Term
l'émission (f)
 Definition
show
Term
le portable
 Definition
cell-phone
Term
la queue
 Definition
line
Term
le soutien
 Definition
support
Term
les troubles alimentaires (m)
 Definition
eating disorder
Term
célèbre
 Definition
famous
Term
la queue
 Definition
line
Term
le soutien
 Definition
support
Term
confiant/e
 Definition
confident
Term
cynique
 Definition
cynical
Term
décu/e
 Definition
disappointed
Term
déprimé/e
 Definition
depressed
Term
égocentrique
 Definition
egocentric
Term
égoïste
 Definition
selfish
Term
mal à l'aise
 Definition
uncomfortable
Term
mélodramatique
 Definition
melodramatic
Term
obséquieux/euse
 Definition
obsequious
Term
puissant/e
 Definition
powerful
Term
rejeté/e
 Definition
rejected
Term
sarcastique
 Definition
sarcastic
Term
sous-entendu
 Definition
implied
Term
troublé/e
 Definition
troubled
Term
vaniteux/se
 Definition
vain
Term
absolument
 Definition
absolutely
Term
actuellement
 Definition
currently
Term
admirablement
 Definition
admirably
Term
ailleurs
 Definition
elsewhere
Term
apparemment
 Definition
apparently
Term
bientôt
 Definition
soon
Term
brièvement
 Definition
briefly
Term
bruyamment
 Definition
noisily
Term
confusément
 Definition
confusedly
Term
constamment
 Definition
constantly
Term
énormément
 Definition
enormously
Term
franchement
 Definition
frankly
Term
gentiment
 Definition
nicely
Term
intellegemment
 Definition
intelligently
Term
intensément
 Definition
intensely
Term
lentement
 Definition
slowly
Term
longtemps
 Definition
long
Term
précisément
 Definition
precisely
Term
parfois
 Definition
sometimes
Term
partout
 Definition
everywhere
Term
passionnément
 Definition
passionately
Term
patiemment
 Definition
patiently
Term
poliment
 Definition
politely
Term
premièrement
 Definition
first
Term
profondément
 Definition
deeply
Term
quelquefois
 Definition
sometimes
Term
récemment
 Definition
recently
Term
spontanément
 Definition
spontaneously
Term
suffisamment
 Definition
sufficiently
Term
abandonner
 Definition
to abandon
Term
aspirer à
 Definition
to aspire to
Term
assister à
 Definition
to attend
Term
avoir confiance en soi
 Definition
to have self-confidence
Term
bénéficier de
 Definition
to benefit from
Term
blesser
 Definition
to hurt
Term
changer d'avis
 Definition
to change one's mind
Term
compter sur qqn.
 Definition
to count on someone
Term
critiquer
 Definition
to criticize
Term
culpabiliser
 Definition
to make feel guilty
Term
se désespérer
 Definition
to be disheartened, to dispair
Term
se détériorer
 Definition
to deteriorate
Term
s'évanouir
 Definition
to faint
Term
être mal dans sa peau
 Definition
to be uncomfortable with oneself
Term
se fâcher contre
 Definition
to get angry with
Term
faire la queue
 Definition
to wait in line
Term
fêter
 Definition
to celebrate
Term
lutter contre
 Definition
to struggle against
Term
monter un concert
 Definition
to put on a concert
Term
répéter
 Definition
to rehearse
Term
sortir (pour un livre)
 Definition
to publish, to come out
Term
soutenir
 Definition
to support
Term
suivre un cours
 Definition
to take a class
Term
supporter
 Definition
to tolerate
Term
avarice
 Definition
stupidity
Term
l'agent de police
 Definition
police officer
Term
la bande
 Definition
Term
la bonne
 Definition
maid
Term
le/la coursier/ière
 Definition
(bike) messenger
Term
le/la diplomate
 Definition
diplomat
Term
le/la gynécologue
 Definition
gynecologist
Term
l'immigré/e
 Definition
immigrant
Term
le/la métis/se
 Definition
bi-racial person
Term
le jeune de banlieue
 Definition
a youth from the suburbs
Term
le jeune de banlieue
 Definition
a youth from the suburbs
Term
le jeune de banlieue
 Definition
a youth from the suburbs
Term
le jeune de banlieue
 Definition
a youth from the suburbs
Term
le jeune de banlieue
 Definition
a youth from the suburbs
Term
la police
 Definition
police
Term
le revendeur de drogue
 Definition
drug dealer
Term
le catholicisme
 Definition
Catholicism
Term
le/la catholique
 Definition
catholic
Term
le/la chrétien/ne
 Definition
christian
Term
le christianisme
 Definition
christianity
Term
le/la croyant/e
 Definition
believer
Term
la foi
 Definition
faith
Term
l'islam
 Definition
islam
Term
le judaïsme
 Definition
judaism
Term
le/la juif/ve
 Definition
jew/jewess
Term
le/la musulman/e
 Definition
muslim
Term
le/la pratiquant/e
 Definition
follower, faithful
Term
les Antilles
 Definition
West Indies
Term
la banlieue
 Definition
suburb
Term
le centre-ville
 Definition
downtown
Term
la cité
 Definition
urban zone (ghetto)
Term
le gymnase de boxe
 Definition
boxing gym
Term
le Maghreb
 Definition
Maghreb
Term
la Martinique
 Definition
Martinique
Term
le quartier chaud
 Definition
dangerous neighborhood
Term
le quartier défavorisé
 Definition
urban zone (ghetto)
Term
le terrain de basket
 Definition
basketball court
Term
l'accouchement
 Definition
birth
Term
l'argot
 Definition
slang
Term
la bonne volonté
 Definition
good intentions
Term
la crise
 Definition
crisis
Term
le débat
 Definition
debate, argument
Term
le droit
 Definition
law (studies)
Term
l'émeute
 Definition
riot
Term
la grossesse
 Definition
pregnancy
Term
la manifestation
 Definition
demonstration
Term
la polémique
 Definition
controversy
Term
la politique
 Definition
policy
Term
le streetwear
 Definition
clothes
Term
les tâches ménagères
 Definition
household chores
Term
le test de paternité
 Definition
paternity test
Term
le verlan
 Definition
back slang
Term
actuel/le
 Definition
current
Term
africain/e
 Definition
African
Term
antillais/e
 Definition
West Indian
Term
chrétien/ne
 Definition
Christian
Term
dragueur/euse
 Definition
a person who hits on others
Term
enceinte
 Definition
pregnant
Term
fâché/e
 Definition
angry
Term
frustré/e
 Definition
frustrated
Term
juif/ve
 Definition
jewish
Term
musulman/e
 Definition
muslim
Term
ostensible
 Definition
conspicuous
Term
raciste
 Definition
racist
Term
trompeur/euse
 Definition
cheater
Term
xénophobe
 Definition
Term
accepter une responsabilité
 Definition
to assume a responsibility
Term
accoucher
 Definition
to give birth
Term
(s')accroître
 Definition
to increase
Term
accepter une responsabilité
 Definition
to assume a responsibility
Term
décevoir
 Definition
to disappoint
Term
donner naissance à
 Definition
to give birth to
Term
s'écraser
 Definition
to crash
Term
se fâcher
 Definition
to get angry
Term
faire les courses
 Definition
to do the shopping
Term
faire le ménage
 Definition
to clean the house
Term
gêner
 Definition
to bother, to embarass
Term
marchander
 Definition
to bargain
Term
se mettre à
 Definition
to start to
Term
prendre une décision
 Definition
to make a decision
Term
prévenir
 Definition
to warn, to alert
Term
rendre visite à qqn.
 Definition
to visit a person
Term
résoudre
 Definition
to resolve
Term
revendre de la drogue
 Definition
to sell drugs
Term
traîner
 Definition
to wander around, to hang out
Term
les Alliés
 Definition
the Allies
Term
l'Axe
 Definition
the Axis
Term
le/la civil/e
 Definition
civilian
Term
le/lacollaborateur/trice
 Definition
collaborator
Term
l'ennemi/e
 Definition
enemy
Term
l'espion/ne
 Definition
spy
Term
la Gestapo
 Definition
Gestapo, German Secret Police
Term
l'homme politique
 Definition
politician
Term
le/la journaliste
 Definition
journalist
Term
le/la meurtrier/ière
 Definition
murderer
Term
le marin
 Definition
Marine
Term
le militaire
 Definition
member of the military
Term
le ministre
 Definition
minister
Term
le/la Nazi/e
 Definition
Nazi
Term
le/la résistant/e
 Definition
member of the Resistance
Term
le soldat
 Definition
soldier
Term
le voyou
 Definition
hooligan
Term
l'appel
 Definition
call, appeal
Term
l'armée
 Definition
army
Term
l'armistice
 Definition
armistice
Term
la bataille
 Definition
battle
Term
le bombardement
 Definition
bombing, shelling
Term
le code morse
 Definition
Morse code
Term
la collaboration
 Definition
collaboration
Term
le combat
 Definition
combat
Term
la défaite
 Definition
defeat
Term
l'exode
 Definition
exodus
Term
la guerre
 Definition
war
Term
l'insécurité
 Definition
insecurity
Term
la paix
 Definition
peace
Term
la patrie
 Definition
homeland
Term
le peuple
 Definition
people, nation
Term
le rationnement
 Definition
rationing
Term
la Résistance
 Definition
Resistance
Term
le risque
 Definition
risk, hazard
Term
la sécurité
 Definition
security, safety
Term
le traité
 Definition
treaty
Term
les actualités
 Definition
current events, news
Term
le câble
 Definition
cable (television)
Term
la diffusion
 Definition
broadcasting, distribution
Term
l'émission
 Definition
show (television/radio)
Term
les informations
 Definition
news
Term
l'informatique
 Definition
computer science
Term
Internet
 Definition
Internet
Term
le journal
 Definition
newspaper
Term
les nouvelles
 Definition
news
Term
la radio
 Definition
radio
Term
la télévision
 Definition
television
Term
les titres
 Definition
headlines
Term
la une
 Definition
front page
Term
l'affaire
 Definition
matter, issue
Term
l'arrestation
 Definition
arrest
Term
l'assassinat
 Definition
murder
Term
le bavardage
 Definition
gossip
Term
le coffre
 Definition
trunk
Term
l'espoir
 Definition
hope
Term
la livraison
 Definition
delivery
Term
la machine à écrire
 Definition
typewriter
Term
la menace
 Definition
threat
Term
diffusé/e
 Definition
broadcast, distributed
Term
la livraison
 Definition
delivery
Term
la machine à écrire
 Definition
typewriter
Term
la menace
 Definition
threat
Term
fiable
 Definition
reliable
Term
frivole
 Definition
frivolous
Term
insistent/e
 Definition
insistant
Term
irrévérencieux/euse
 Definition
irreverant
Term
manipulateur/trice
 Definition
manipulative
Term
mélodramatique
 Definition
melodramatic
Term
mensonger/ère
 Definition
deceptive, false
Term
puissant/e
 Definition
powerful
Term
rompu/e
 Definition
interrupted, broken
Term
assassiner
 Definition
to murder
Term
capituler
 Definition
to capitulate
Term
collaborer
 Definition
to collaborate
Term
déclarer la guerre à
 Definition
to declare war against
Term
faire appel à
 Definition
to appeal to, to call for
Term
faire la paix
 Definition
to make peace
Term
compter sur qqn.
 Definition
to count on someone
Term
se débarrasser de
 Definition
to rid oneself of
Term
démissionner
 Definition
to resign
Term
empirer
 Definition
to get worse
Term
s'enfuir
 Definition
to escape, to run away
Term
envahir
 Definition
to invade
Term
espionner
 Definition
to spy (on)
Term
évacuer
 Definition
to evacuate
Term
s'évader
 Definition
to escape, to run away
Term
feuilleter
 Definition
to thumb through (a book)
Term
fuir
 Definition
to flee, to escape
Term
harceler
 Definition
to harass
Term
livrer
 Definition
to deliver
Term
lutter contre
 Definition
to struggle against
Term
se méfier de
 Definition
to be suspicious of
Term
mentir
 Definition
to lie
Term
mettre fin à
 Definition
to end
Term
mobiliser
 Definition
to call up
Term
risquer sa vie
 Definition
risk one's life
Term
rompre avec
 Definition
to break up with
Term
transporter
 Definition
to transport
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