Le futur de l’engagement - Vocab English to French

French: AQA A Level, topic 3.3.2

Le futur de l’engagement - Vocab English to French

Key topic words

Key topic words

  • l'actualité - the news
  • le peuple - people
  • l'altermondialisation - anti-globalisation
  • le consumérisme - consumerism
  • la mondialisation - globalisation
Nouns

Nouns

  • le contre-pouvoir - challenge to political authority
  • défi - challenge
  • un enjeu - issue
  • le status quo - present situation
  • le sentiment d'appartenance - feeling of belonging
  • le rêve - dream
Nouns (continued)

Nouns (continued)

  • le milieu - background
  • la tendance - trend
  • le désaccord - disagreement
  • les idées reçues - received opinions
  • un élu - elected representative
Verbs

Verbs

  • influencer - to influence
  • donner la parole à - to give a voice to
  • se rapprocher de - to get close to
  • remédier à - to remedy something
  • nuancer - to tone down
  • rassembler - to gather
Verbs (continued)

Verbs (continued)

  • intervenir - to intervene
  • se prononcer pour/contre - to declare oneself for/against
  • susciter - to stir up
  • vaincre - to defeat
  • défendre - to defend
  • gaspiller - to waste
Verbs (continued)

Verbs (continued)

  • démontrer - to prove
  • s'efforcer de - to try to
  • exiger - to demand
  • fournir - to supply
  • résoudre - to solve
  • ne pas avoir de scrupules à - to be unscrupulous about
  • s'exprimer - to express oneself
Adjectives

Adjectives

  • décourageant - discouraging
  • encourageant - encouraging
  • dégoûté - disgusted
  • politisé - politicised

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