IMPROVE YOUR WRITTEN EXPRESSION #3

► To be remembered, a word has to be learnt three times.

Learn the following lines three times and tick the column on the right when you
are sure you know it by heart.

1 2 3
A TO ADVOCATE (FOR) = Plaider en faveur de, être partisan de (// to support, to favour)

B BIAS = Inclination, tendance, parti pris (// Slant, prejudice) → Biased = Partial

C CASUALTY = Victime (mort ou blessé)

C CAUTIOUS = Prudent (// Careful ≠ Careless) → Caution = Prudence

D TO DEEM = Juger, décider après réflexion

E EFFICIENT = Efficace / Efficiency = Efficacité

F TO FACE = Etre face à (// To be faced / confronted with) / Faire face à (// To cope with)

G GLOOMY = Sombre, pessimiste, triste (// Bleak, pessimistic)

H TO HARASS = Harceler, tracasser → Sexual harassment / To be harassed by doubt

I TO IMPLEMENT = Réaliser, exécuter (// To realize, to carry out, to instrument)

J TO JOIN = Rejoindre, retrouver, devenir membre, raccorder, relier (// To link)

K TO BE IN / OFF KEY = (Ne pas) être dans le ton / Low-key = Discret / The key to the problem

L TO LESSEN = Diminuer, réduire, atténuer (// To diminish)

M A / THE MEANS (inv.) = Un / les moyen(s) / By all / no means = Bien sûr / En aucun cas

N NUISANCE = Ennui, embêtement, nuisance (// Annoyance, bother)  NOISE POLLUTION

O TO OCCUR = Avoir lieu, se produire (// Happen, take place) → Occurence = Événement

P TO PLEDGE = Promettre, s'engager (// To vow, to promise) → A pledge, a vow

P PURPOSE = But, raison d'être (// Aim, objective) / On purpose, purposely = Exprès

R TO REACH = Atteindre, arriver à / Out of reach / range = Hors de portée (≠ Within...)

R REGARDLESS OF = Indépendamment de / Regarding = Concernant

S SAMPLE = Echantillon / To sample = Goûter, essayer / Sampling = Échantillonnage

S TO STRUGGLE = Lutter  CLASS STRUGGLE

T TENSE = Tendu (// Strained)

U TO URGE = Presser, conseiller vivement → To urge somebody to do something

V VALUE = Valeur, mérite → To value = Priser

W WAR = La guerre / Warfare = Guerres, luttes / Warmonger = Belliciste

© Eva Boussaguet / Journal'Ease, Judith Andreyev, Bréal.