Manifestations et grèves - Vocab French to English
French: AQA A Level, topic 9.2.1
Manifs et grèves Vocab French to English
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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- le rassemblement - gathering
- la revendication - demand
- la séance - session
- le tract - leaflet
- les tractations - negotiations
- le travail - job
- l’usine - factory
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)
- exprimer - to express
- lancer - to launch
- menacer - to threaten
- mobiliser - to rally
- porter - to support
- rassembler - to assemble
Adjectives
- imprescriptible - enduring
- inviolable - very important
- pacifique - peaceful
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