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French vocabulary B2: Acting, succeeding, failing
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Acting, succeeding and failing: taking charge and taking risks, seizing a chance, getting a job done or giving up, and how things turn out, such as “prendre les choses en main”, “saisir l’occasion”, “venir à bout de”, “baisser les bras” and “tomber à l’eau”.
84 French words at level B2, with their translation.
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se passer de (qqn/qqch)
to do without (sb/sth)also: to go without
faire face à (qqch)also: affronter
to face up to (sth)also: to confront, to face
en venir à (un état)
to come to (reach a state)
tomber à l'eau
to fall throughalso: to come to nothing
conduire à (qqch)also: mener à
to lead to (sth)also: to bring about
sous contrôle
under control
aboutir à (qqch)
to result in (sth)
coûte que coûtealso: à tout prix
whatever the costalso: no matter the cost, no matter what the cost, at all costs, at any price, at any cost, whatever it takes
courir à (la catastrophe)
to be heading for (disaster)also: to be headed for
à tout prixalso: coûte que coûte
at all costsalso: at any price, at any cost, whatever it takes, whatever the cost, no matter the cost, no matter what the cost
d'une façon ou d'une autrealso: d'une manière ou d'une autre
one way or anotheralso: one way or the other, somehow or other, somehow
éviter de faire (qqch)
to avoid doing (sth)
mettre fin à (qqch)also: mettre un terme à
to put an end to (sth)also: to bring to an end, to end, to put a stop to
s'en tenir à (qqch)
to stick to (sth)also: to keep to
se charger de (qqch/qqn)
to see to (sth/sb)also: to take care of, to deal with
s'empresser de (faire qqch)
to rush to do (sth)also: to hasten to do
jouer un rôle dans (qqch)
to play a part in (sth)also: to have a part in, to play a role in
saisir l'occasion
to seize an opportunityalso: to seize the opportunity, to seize a chance, to seize the chance, to grab the opportunity, to grab a chance
se remettre à (qqch)
to get back to (sth)
se dérober à (qqch)also: se soustraire à
to shirk (sth)also: to dodge, to get out of, to evade
mener à (qqch)also: conduire à
to lead to (sth)also: to bring about
faire la différence
to make a differencealso: to make a big difference
faire usage de (qqch)
to make use of (sth)also: to use
s'accommoder de (qqch)
to make the best of (sth)
être à la hauteur de (qqch)
to live up to (sth)also: to measure up to
mettre un terme à (qqch)also: mettre fin à
to put a stop to (sth)also: to bring to an end, to put an end to, to end
porter ses fruits
to bear fruitalso: to come to fruition
venir à bout de (qqch de difficile)also: surmonter
to get through (sth difficult)also: to overcome
s'atteler à (qqch)
to get down to (sth)also: to put your mind to
donner suite à (qqch)
to follow up (sth)also: to follow up on
se soustraire à (qqch)also: se dérober à
to get out of (sth)also: to avoid, to escape, to shirk, to dodge
travailler sur (qqch)
to work on (sth)
s'appliquer à (qqch)
to work at (sth)also: to apply yourself to
profiter de l'occasion pour (faire qqch)
to take the opportunity to do (sth)also: to take this opportunity to do
prendre le contrôle
to take controlalso: to take over
prendre un risque
to take a riskalso: to take risks
prendre les choses en main
to take chargealso: to take matters into your own hands
se casser la figure
to come a cropperalso: to take a tumble
se dispenser de (qqch)
to dispense with (sth)also: to spare yourself, to skip
être conçu (pour qqch ou pour faire qqch)also: être conçue
to be designed (for sth/to do sth)
être destiné à (qqn)also: être destinée à
to be aimed at (sb)also: to be intended for, to be meant for
prendre les commandesalso: prendre les rênes
to take the helmalso: to take over the controls, to take the reins
prendre les rênesalso: prendre les commandes
to take the reinsalso: to take the helm
faire le suivi (de qqch)
to keep track of (sth)also: to monitor
indépendant de ma volontéalso: hors de mon contrôle
beyond my controlalso: outside my control, not within my control
devenir réalitéalso: se réaliser
to become a realityalso: to come true
être utile
to be of any usealso: to be of some use, to be any use, to be some use, to be useful
être inutile
to be of no usealso: to be no use, to be useless
ne rien valoir
to be no goodalso: to be not any good, to be worthless
ne servir à rien de faire (qqch)
to be no use doing (sth)also: to be pointless doing
être obligé de faire (qqch)also: être obligée de faire
to be obliged to do (sth)also: to be forced to do, to have to do, to be compelled to do
rattraper son retard (dans qqch)
to catch up on (sth)also: to catch up with
manquer de pratique
to be out of practicealso: to be rusty
assumer la responsabilité de (qqch)
to take responsibility for (sth)also: to accept responsibility for
ne pas lâcher (qqch/qqn)
to stick with (sth/sb)also: to stay with
être mêlé à (qqch)
to be mixed up in (sth)
être tenu dealso: être tenue de
to be required toalso: to be bound to
être en tortalso: être dans son tort
to be in the wrongalso: to be at fault
baisser les bras
to give up (stop trying)also: to throw in the towel
bien tourner
to work out (turn out well)also: to turn out well
donner son feu vert (à qqch)
to give the green light (to sth)also: to give the go-ahead
avoir l'occasion de (faire qqch)
to get to do (sth)also: to have the chance to do, to have the opportunity to do
chercher à obtenir (qqch)
to go for (try to get sth)also: to aim for, to try to get
trouver le temps de (faire qqch)
to get round to (doing sth)also: to get around to
s'avouer vaincu
to give in (admit defeat)also: to admit defeat, to give up, to concede
passer à côté (d'une occasion)also: rater une occasion
to miss out (on an opportunity)also: to miss an opportunity
être payant
to pay off (succeed)
hors de mon contrôlealso: indépendant de ma volonté, hors de votre contrôle
beyond my controlalso: out of my control, beyond your control
n'arriver à rien
not to get anywherealso: to not get anywhere, to get nowhere
reconnaître sa responsabilité
to accept responsibility (admit it)also: to admit responsibility, to own up
être un jeu d'enfant
to be a piece of cakealso: to be child's play, to be easy
ne pas parvenir à (faire qqch)also: le fait de ne pas faire
to fail to do (sth)
faire du bon travail
to do a good jobalso: to do an excellent job, to do a great job
faire du tortalso: nuire
to do harmalso: to cause harm, to do damage, to harm
échouer lamentablement
to fall flat on your facealso: to fail miserably, to flop
tirer le meilleur parti de (qqch)
to make the most of (use sth fully)also: to take full advantage of, to get the most out of
retenir la leçon
to learn your lesson
ne rien changer
to make no differencealso: to not make any difference, to change nothing
se solder par (qqch)
to end in (sth)
les hauts et les bas
ups and downs
tirer la leçon (de qqch)
to learn a lesson (from sth)also: to draw a lesson
repousser ses limites
to push your limitsalso: to push the boundaries
servir à quelque chose
to serve a purposealso: to be of use
tourner court
to come to an abrupt endalso: to be cut short, to fizzle out
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