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French vocabulary C1: Acting, starting and stopping
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Taking action, getting things going and bringing them to an end, such as “prendre en charge”, “le démarrage”, “saboter”, “le point de non-retour” and “l'achèvement”.
127 French words at level C1, with their translation.
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rester (après le départ des autres)
to stay on (after others have left)also: to stay behind
entreprendre (qqch)
to undertake (sth)
suspendre (une activité)
to put on hold (an activity)also: to suspend, to halt temporarily
déclencher (une réaction)
to trigger (a reaction)
rendre (un service)
to render (a service)
éviter (à qqn de faire qqch)
to save (sb from doing sth)
sauver (qqch d'endommagé)
to salvage (sth damaged)
clôturer (qqch en beauté)
to round off (sth)
arrêter (un processus ou un mouvement)
to halt (a process or movement)also: to bring to a halt
engager (une procédure officielle)
to instigate (an official procedure)
instaurer (un système ou une règle)
to institute (a system or rule)
infliger (qqch à qqn)
to inflict (sth on sb)
imposer (qqn/qqch comme qqch)
to establish (sb/sth as sth)
apparaître (d'un fait)
to emerge (of a fact)also: to come to light
exercer (une influence ou une pression)
to exert (influence or pressure)
exclure
to exclude
ancrer (qqch dans qqch)
to embed (sth in sth)
incomber (à qqn)
to fall on (sb as a duty)also: to be incumbent on, to lie with
l'arrêt (interruption)
halt (a stop)
la gestion (d'une affaire)
handling (of a matter)
la fondation (création)
foundingalso: foundation
l'implication (conséquence)
implication (consequence)
opérationnelalso: opérationnelle
operational
la manipulation
manipulation
prévoir (qqn/qqch à l'avance)
to line up (sb/sth in advance)
manifester (qqch)
to manifest (sth)
animer (qqch)
to liven up (sth)
manipuler (en général)
to manipulate
officialiser (qqch)
to make official (sth)
retirer (une déclaration ou une offre)
to withdraw (a statement or an offer)
le lancement
launch
le déclenchement
triggering
élaborer (un plan ou un rapport)
to put together (a plan or a report)also: to draw up, to work out
rétablir (un contact ou une relation)
to re-establish (contact or a relationship)
renoncer à (qqch)
to relinquish (sth)also: to waive
perpétuer
to perpetuate
appliquer (une règle ou une méthode)
to apply (a rule or method)
la suspension (d'une règle ou d'une personne)
suspension (of a rule or a person)
le feu vert
the go-aheadalso: green light, the green light
spontanément
spontaneously
éliminer (faire disparaître)
to eliminate
clore (un débat ou une séance)
to conclude (a debate or meeting)also: to wind up, to close
dissoudre (un parlement ou une société)
to dissolve (a parliament or a company)
dispenser (des conseils ou des médicaments)
to dispense (advice or medicine)
culminer
to culminatealso: to peak, to reach a peak
l'élaboration (d'un plan ou d'un texte)
drawing up (of a plan or text)also: drafting
la mise en place (de qqch)
setting up (of sth)also: establishment, implementation
l'exclusion
exclusion
l'émergence
emergence
l'achèvement
completionalso: finishing
le démantèlement
dismantling
favoriser (le développement de qqch)
to foster (the development of sth)
alimenter (une machine ou un système)
to feed (a machine or system)
consolider (un projet ou un accord)
to firm up (a plan or an agreement)also: to consolidate
finaliser
to finalisealso: to finalize
le démarrage (d'une machine ou d'un projet)
start-up (of a machine or project)also: starting, getting under way
la diversion (pour détourner l'attention)
diversion (to distract attention)
listeralso: énumérer
to list (name one by one)also: to itemize, to itemise
les retombées
falloutalso: repercussions, repercussion
l'annulation (d'un événement ou d'un vol)
cancellation (of an event or flight)
interférer (avec qqch)
to interfere with (sth)
abuser
to go too faralso: to overstep the mark
abuser de (qqch)
to abuse (sth)also: to overuse
saboter
to sabotagealso: to wreck
le stratagèmealso: la ruse
ployalso: ruse, stratagem
la facilitation
facilitation
s'immiscer (dans qqch)
to meddle (in sth)also: to interfere in
la cessation
cessation
recommencer à zéroalso: repartir à zéro, tout recommencer
to start overalso: to start again from scratch, to start from scratch, to start all over again, to start afresh
repartir à zéroalso: recommencer à zéro, tout recommencer
to start from scratchalso: to start afresh, to make a fresh start, to start over, to start all over again
la résiliation (d'un contrat)
cancellation (of a contract)also: termination
se défaire de (qqch)also: se débarrasser de
to rid yourself of (sth)also: to part with, to shed, to get rid of
s'adonner à (qqch)
to devote yourself (to sth)also: to indulge in, to give yourself over to
s'appuyer sur (qqch)
to build on (sth)
se mettre en marche (d'un appareil ou d'une lumière)
to come on (of a light or heating)
puiser dans (qqch)also: piocher dans
to draw on (sth)also: to tap into, to draw upon, to dip into
avoir recours à (qqn/qqch)also: faire appel à
to have recourse to (sb/sth)also: to resort to, to turn to, to call on
l'autodestruction
self-destruction
court-circuiter (qqn/qqch)
to bypass (sb/sth)also: to short-circuit, to circumvent
faire profil bas
to keep a low profilealso: to lie low
enrayer (la propagation de qqch)
to stem (the spread of sth)also: to curb
résilier (un contrat)
to terminate (a contract)
sous-tendre (qqch)
to underpin (sth)also: to underlie
se tenir à l'écart de (qqch)
to stay away from (sth)also: to keep away from
extirper (qqch)
to stamp out (sth)also: to eradicate
mettre en mouvement (qqch)
to set in motion (sth)
reculer devant (qqch)
to shy away (from sth)
se lancer à la légère dans (qqch)
to rush into (sth)
ravoiralso: récupérer
to get back (have again)
prêter main-forte (à qqn)
to lend a hand (to sb)also: to give a hand, to lend a helping hand
prendre en charge
to take charge ofalso: to take responsibility for, to handle
prendre la liberté de (faire qqch)
to take the liberty of (doing sth)also: to take the liberty to
prendre naissance
to originatealso: to have its origins, to come into being
prendre ses marques
to settle inalso: to find your feet, to get your bearings
la réactivation
reactivation
être entre les mains de (qqn)
to be in the hands of (sb)
être destiné à (qqn/qqch)
to be intended for (sb/sth)also: to be meant for
ne pas manquer de (faire qqch)
to be sure to (do sth)
le point de non-retour
point of no returnalso: the point of no return
mettre à profit
to put to good usealso: to make good use of, to capitalise on, to capitalize on
mettre en mesure (qqn de faire qqch)
to put in a position (to do sth)
mettre le holà (à qqch)
to call a halt to (sth)
mettre aux oubliettes (qqch)
to shelve (sth)also: to consign to oblivion
malgré soi
unwillinglyalso: against your will, in spite of yourself
la force motrice
driving force
le vidage
emptying
machiner (qqch)
to engineer (sth)also: to contrive
échoir à (qqn)
to fall to (sb)
se désengager (de qqch)
to opt out (of sth)also: to withdraw from
dégrossir (qqch)
to lick into shape (sth)
annuler l'effet (de qqch)
to negate (sth)
sans contrainte
unconstrainedalso: free of constraints, without constraint
exploiter pleinement (qqch)
to use to full capacity (sth)also: to make full use of
se laver les mains de (qqch)
to wash your hands of (sth)
on n'aura plus qu'à (faire qqch)
We will just have to (do sth)also: We'll just have to
mettre en pratique (qqch)
to put into practice (sth)
passer outre à (qqch)
to override (sth)also: to overrule
être le pionnier de (qqch)
to pioneer (sth)
remettre sur les rails (qqch)
to put back on track (sth)
avoir un impact sur (qqch)
to impact (sth)also: to have an impact on
être pour quelque chose dans (qqch)also: contribuer à
to have a hand in (sth)
commencer à faire effet
to kick in
donner le coup d'envoi
to kick off
être consacré (à qqch)
to go into (be used for sth)
se sentir obligé (de faire qqch)also: se sentir obligée
to feel compelled (to do sth)also: to feel obliged
prendre la poussière
to gather dust
donner un élan à (qqch)
to give impetus to (sth)also: to give momentum to
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