fiercely opposed
- fiercely
- fierce
farouchement opposé
- farouchement
- farouche
banal
to make commonplace
banal
banaliser
the intuition
intuitive
intuitively
(la) intuition
intuitif/ve
intuitivement
to relay the message
relayer le message
relaie/relaies/relaie
relayons/relayez
relaient
the pothole
le nid de poule
I've had it with school. (2)
- to be fed up (2)
J'en ai marre de l'école.
Je suis tanné de l'école. (QC) (old French)
- en avoir marre, être tanné
the symbiosis
la simbiose
the forehead, the front (military, meterological, political)
le front (2)
the search warrant
le mandat de perquisition
the trail, the clue, the runway, the track
la piste (4)
(similar to "la pista" in Spanish)
the redevelopment, the rearrangement
to redevelop, to rearrange
le réaménagement (2)
réaménager (2)
to kill one another
s'entretuer
skillful
the technical skill
habile
(la) l'habileté technique
The symbols on the wall must have meant something.
- to signify, to mean
- the significance, the meaning
- significant, meaningful
Les symboles sur le mur devaient signifier quelque chose.
- signifier (2)
- la signification (2)
- significatif/ve (2)
the stove
le poêle (pronounced: poil)
the premise
la prémisse
From now on you’ll pay attention.
- from now on (not "désormais")
Dorénavant, tu feras attention.
- dorénavant
the ransom
to ransom
la rançon
rançonner
(pronounced "ron")
to put to the test
mettre a l'épreuve
I need to practice my Spanish.
Je dois pratiquer mon espagnol.
the vector
le vecteur
to apprehend (i.e., to understand, to catch)
appréhender
to stigmatize
stigmatiser
pejorative
péjoratif/ive
the father-in-law, the stepfather
the mother-in-law, the stepmother
( to be specific:
stepfather: le mari de ma mère
stepmother: la femme de mon père)
le beau-père (2)
la belle-mère (2)
incisive
incisif/ive
the scapegoat
- the goat (2)
le bouc émissaire
- le bouc, la chèvre
precarious
the precariousness
précaire
la précarité