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JFA vocab
French V AP-Siff
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11/06/2005
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Term
trancher
 Definition
to slice
Term
au grand dam de qqn
 Definition
to the great displeasure of...
Term
houleux
 Definition
violent, stormy
Term
dissequer
 Definition
to dissect
Term
un coup d'arret
 Definition
sudden stop
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d'ampleur
 Definition
of wide scope
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lesiner sur
 Definition
compter sur
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une instauration
 Definition
establishment
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un octroi
 Definition
grant, assignment
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primaute
 Definition
primacy
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moindre
 Definition
mere, minor
Term
en somme
 Definition
in sum
Term
le dumping social
 Definition
exportation from countries with weak labor standards to gain economic advantage
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le ras-le-bol
 Definition
i've had it up to here
Term
muer
 Definition
to break/slough off
Term
aboutir
 Definition
to accomplish
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ressortir
 Definition
to re-emerge
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averer
 Definition
prove to be
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au-dela de
 Definition
beyond
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une implusion
 Definition
a spurring, start
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une efficacite
 Definition
efficiency
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priori
 Definition
hypothesis
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interioriser
 Definition
to internalize
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saper
 Definition
to eat away, run down
Term
imbu
 Definition
imbued
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poreux
 Definition
porous
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une carapace
 Definition
a shell
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corporel
 Definition
bodily
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voeux
 Definition
wishes
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revirement
 Definition
turnaround of a situation or idea
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reouvrir
 Definition
to reopen
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cicatrizer
 Definition
to heal
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interpenetration
 Definition
permeation
Term
le noyau
 Definition
core
Term
affile
 Definition
sharp
Term
eriger
 Definition
to erect
Term
fuite
 Definition
to drain
Term
premunir
 Definition
to protect
Term
ineluctable
 Definition
unforgiving
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l'invective
 Definition
invective
Term
une contrition
 Definition
contrition (religion)
Term
menacant
 Definition
menacing
Term
debiteur
 Definition
debtor
Term
en stop, auto-stop
 Definition
hitchhiking
Term
le pouce leve
 Definition
with one's thumb out
Term
etape
 Definition
leg of a journey
Term
neglige
 Definition
disheveled
Term
poignee de main
 Definition
handshake
Term
franc/franche
 Definition
forthright
Term
bien coiffe
 Definition
with a good haircut
Term
rase de pres
 Definition
clean-shaven
Term
machinalement
 Definition
on automatic
Term
ordinateur portable
 Definition
laptop
Term
etourdi
 Definition
dizzy
Term
gestion
 Definition
management
Term
faire du stop
 Definition
to hitchhike
Term
s'averer
 Definition
to prove, to turn out to be
Term
trajet
 Definition
ride
Term
heberger
 Definition
to host, lodge
Term
engage
 Definition
committed
Term
conference
 Definition
lecture
Term
appareil photo
 Definition
camera
Term
baisser les bras
 Definition
to give up
Term
quotidien
 Definition
daily
Term
courriel
 Definition
email
Term
parrain
 Definition
sponsor
Term
boise de
 Definition
wooded with
Term
au dela de
 Definition
beyond
Term
un chercheur
 Definition
a researcher
Term
un chercheur
 Definition
a researcher
Term
un chercheur
 Definition
a researcher
Term
l'acuite
 Definition
acuity
Term
un defi
 Definition
a challenge
Term
une penurie
 Definition
a shortage
Term
le concours
 Definition
cooperation
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la gestionnaire
 Definition
a manager
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edifier
 Definition
construire
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un elu
 Definition
elected one
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une gamme
 Definition
a range
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un atelier
 Definition
a studio
Term
entamer
 Definition
to begin
Term
le peloton
 Definition
a little ball
Term
obligeant
 Definition
obliging
Term
une saison blanche sans participer
 Definition
blank
Term
ecrasante
 Definition
crushing
Term
suprematie
 Definition
supremacy
Term
porte-parole
 Definition
spokesman
Term
incursion
 Definition
foray
Term
aerien
 Definition
aerial
Term
enchainer
 Definition
to connect
Term
monochrome
 Definition
monochromium
Term
notamment
 Definition
notably
Term
endemique
 Definition
endemic
Term
se laisser contraindre
 Definition
to let itself force
Term
deroger
 Definition
to depart from
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scandee
 Definition
stressed by
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se degrader
 Definition
to degrade oneself
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des obus
 Definition
shells
Term
villegiaturer
 Definition
aller a la campagne
Term
la villegiature
 Definition
where you go for a holiday
Term
moribond
 Definition
dying
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acheminer
 Definition
to transport
Term
l'ere industrielle
 Definition
industrial era
Term
une prise
 Definition
a grip
Term
insalubrite
 Definition
manque d'hygiene
Term
regnant(e)
 Definition
reigning
Term
sain
 Definition
healthy
Term
deculper
 Definition
to increase tenfold
Term
un temoignage
 Definition
a testimony
Term
s'emparer de
 Definition
to take ahold of
Term
une rive
 Definition
river bank
Term
un ecriteau
 Definition
a notice
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une tablee
 Definition
table of people
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bon enfant
 Definition
friendly
Term
un locuteur
 Definition
a speaker
Term
se debrouiller
 Definition
to get along/manage
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se frotter
 Definition
to rub up against
Term
faire en sorte
 Definition
to bring about, cause
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de souche
 Definition
native
Term
un rayonnement
 Definition
an influence
Term
peiner
 Definition
to have difficulty
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s'etoffer
 Definition
to grow larger
Term
une adepte
 Definition
follower
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un cadre
 Definition
executive
Term
esperantophone
 Definition
one wh ospeaks esperanto
Term
avoir vent
 Definition
to get word of
Term
le maillon
 Definition
link of a chain
Term
le chapiteau
 Definition
capital
Term
un gradin
 Definition
a step
Term
amovible
 Definition
moveable
Term
nevralgique
 Definition
nuralgic
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saltimbanque
 Definition
mountebank
Term
un atteinte
 Definition
attack
Term
un dechet
 Definition
a waste
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en fouire
 Definition
to bury in the ground
Term
le hebergement
 Definition
lodging
Term
un virage
 Definition
a turn, bend
Term
en temps de paix
 Definition
in times of peace
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un eclaireur
 Definition
a scout
Term
un radoub
 Definition
drydock
Term
un systeme d'echfaudages
 Definition
scaffolding
Term
menuisier
 Definition
a woodsman
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un forgeron
 Definition
blacksmith
Term
un perceur
 Definition
a driller
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un atlier
 Definition
a workshop
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un rouet
 Definition
a spinning wheel
Term
un ancre
 Definition
an anchor
Term
les anneaux
 Definition
metal rings
Term
un cordage
 Definition
a rope
Term
fregate
 Definition
frigate
Term
tenir de
 Definition
to take after
Term
voire
 Definition
verily
Term
rebutant
 Definition
repulsive
Term
ressort
 Definition
drive, moral force
Term
banalisation
 Definition
interchange
Term
decennie
 Definition
decade
Term
affadir
 Definition
to make tasteless
Term
rayonnement
 Definition
influence
Term
deferlement
 Definition
invasion
Term
bourse
 Definition
purse
Term
foncier
 Definition
land
Term
la primaute
 Definition
primacy
Term
pele-mele
 Definition
tumble
Term
astuce
 Definition
shrewdness
Term
erige
 Definition
erected
Term
rocheux
 Definition
rocky
Term
ludique
 Definition
related to a game
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meler
 Definition
to mingle
Term
moine
 Definition
monk
Term
sorciere
 Definition
witch
Term
commune
 Definition
town or village
Term
periple
 Definition
trek
Term
abords
 Definition
surroundings
Term
s'egrainer
 Definition
to tick by one by one
Term
proie
 Definition
prey
Term
epreuve
 Definition
ordeal, test
Term
quasiment
 Definition
nearly
Term
recoin
 Definition
nook
Term
troglodyte
 Definition
underground
Term
borne
 Definition
terminal
Term
ecran tactile
 Definition
touch screen
Term
coup d'essai
 Definition
test run
Term
capteur
 Definition
sensor
Term
inedite
 Definition
almost unheard of
Term
une apprentissage
 Definition
apprenticeship
Term
la laicite
 Definition
secularness
Term
deboucher
 Definition
to unplug, emerge
Term
agricole
 Definition
agricultural
Term
croise
 Definition
crossed
Term
predilection
 Definition
preference
Term
envahisseur
 Definition
invader
Term
gaulois
 Definition
galic
Term
temoigner
 Definition
to testify
Term
jalonner
 Definition
to stake out
Term
la vie quotidienne
 Definition
daily life
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