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Manifestations et grèves - Vocab French to English

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Manifs et grèves Vocab French to English

Key topic words

Key topic words

  • le blocage - blockade
  • le (la) casseur - troublemaker
  • la grève - strike
  • le/la gréviste - striker
  • le/la manifestant(e) - demonstrator
  • la manifestation - démonstration
Nouns

Nouns

  • le bienfait - benefit
  • le boulot - job
  • le cadre - executive
  • le chassé-croisé - back and forth
  • le chef - leader, head
  • le cheminot - railway worker
  • l'ouvrier(ère) - worker
  • la veille - the day before
Nouns (continued)

Nouns (continued)

  • le chômage - unemployment
  • le cortège - procession
  • décalage - gap, discrepancy
  • défilé - march
  • la direction - management
  • l’époque - period in time
  • la perturbation - disruption
  • le voyou - gangster
Nouns (continued)

Nouns (continued)

  • l’exigence - demand
  • le gaz lacrymogène - tear gas
  • la journée d’action - day of action
  • la lutte - struggle
  • la mobilisation - rallying
  • la négociation - negotiation
  • le parcours - route
Nouns (continued)

Nouns (continued)

  • le rassemblement - gathering
  • la revendication - demand
  • la séance - session
  • le tract - leaflet
  • les tractations - negotiations
  • le travail - job
  • l’usine - factory
Verbs

Verbs

  • agir - to act
  • battre le pavé - to take to the streets
  • dénoncer - to denounce
  • dépasser - to overtake
  • dicter - to dictate
  • encadrer - to supervise
  • soutenir - to support
Verbs (continued)

Verbs (continued)

  • exprimer - to express
  • lancer - to launch
  • menacer - to threaten
  • mobiliser - to rally
  • porter - to support
  • rassembler - to assemble
Adjectives

Adjectives

  • imprescriptible - enduring
  • inviolable - very important
  • pacifique - peaceful
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