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French vocabulary C1: Important, useful, necessary
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What matters, what helps and what cannot be avoided: prestige, relevance, need and priority, with words such as “la nécessité”, “prestigieux”, “inéluctable”, “le préalable” and “sans valeur”.
63 French words at level C1, with their translation.
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limitantalso: limitante, restrictif, restrictive, contraignant, contraignante
limitingalso: restrictive
le lien (entre des éléments)also: la liaison, l'articulation
linkagealso: link
la nécessité
necessity
moindre
lesser
notable
notablealso: noteworthy
perceptible
noticeablealso: perceptible
le nécessaire
what is neededalso: the necessary, what is necessary
suprême
supreme
de bonne réputation
reputablealso: well-regarded
la pertinence
relevance
illustre
illustrious
inévitable
inevitable
influentalso: influente
influential
légendaire
legendary
inévitablement
inevitablyalso: unavoidably
la dépendance (vis-à-vis de qqch)also: la dépendance à
reliance (on sth)also: dependence on
sans valeur
worthless
inaperçualso: inaperçue
unnoticed
requériralso: nécessiter
to requirealso: to call for
applicable
applicable
l'adéquation
appropriatenessalso: suitability, adequacy
en priorité
as a priorityalso: as a matter of priority, with priority
décisifalso: décisive
decisive (crucial)
prioritaire
high-priorityalso: priority
la composante
component (part of a whole)
axé sur (qqch)also: axée sur, orienté vers, orientée vers
geared towards (sth)also: geared to, focused on
emblématique
iconicalso: emblematic
obscur (peu connu)also: obscure, peu connu, peu connue
obscurealso: little-known
sensiblement
noticeablyalso: appreciably
le prestige
prestige
profitable
worthwhilealso: profitable, beneficial
inutilement
unnecessarilyalso: needlessly
collatéralalso: collatérale
collateral
tributaire de (qqch)also: dépendant de
dependent on (sth)
à fort impact
high-impact
à l'avantage (de qqn)also: en faveur de
in favour (to sb's advantage)also: to the advantage of, in favour of, in favor of
sans rapport (avec qqch)
unrelated (to sth)
bien adapté (à qqch)also: bien adaptée
well-suited (to sth)
non désiréalso: non désirée, indésirable, non souhaité, non voulu
unwantedalso: undesired, undesirable
inéluctable
inescapablealso: unavoidable
se rapporter à (qqch)
to pertain to (sth)
passer avant tout
to come firstalso: to take priority
aller de pair (avec qqch)
to go hand in hand (with sth)also: to go together
l'emporter sur (qqch)
to outweigh (sth)
satisfaire les goûts de (qqn)
to cater to (sb's tastes)also: to cater for
remplir une fonction
to fulfil a functionalso: to fulfill a function, to serve a function, to perform a function
dénué de sensalso: dénuée de sens, vide de sens
meaninglessalso: empty
non essentielalso: non essentielle
non-essentialalso: not essential
le point de mire
centre of attentionalso: focus of attention, focal point, center of attention
hors sujet
irrelevantalso: off-topic, beside the point, off the point
être en vue
to be in the public eyealso: to be prominent, to be in the limelight
être très recherché
to be in demandalso: to be highly sought after, to be much sought after
la condition préalablealso: le préalable, le prérequis
prerequisitealso: precondition
bien normal (et juste)also: c'est bien normal, tout à fait normal, ce n'est que justice
it's only rightalso: it's only fair, it is only right, it's only right and proper, only right
sans grande conséquencealso: de peu d'importance, sans grande importance, sans conséquence
of little consequencealso: of no great consequence, inconsequential
obtenable
obtainable
répondre aux besoins de (qqn)
to meet the needs of (sb)also: to cater for, to cater to
la quantité suffisante (de qqch)
sufficiency (of sth)
relever de la responsabilité (de qqn)also: être de la responsabilité de
to be the responsibility of (sb)also: to fall to, to be the job of
être la clé de (qqch)
to be key to (sth)also: to be the key to
tristement célèbre
infamousalso: notorious
jouer un rôle déterminant (dans qqch)also: être déterminant
to be instrumental (in sth)also: to play a decisive role, to play a key role
faire partie intégrante (de qqch)
to be an integral part (of sth)also: to be integral
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