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L'anglais contemporain, Robert et Nathan : vocabulaire thématique 1 CHILDHOOD l

L'anglais contemporain, Robert et Nathan : vocabulaire thématique 1 CHILDHOOD la maternité, la paternité = parenthood parents adoptifs = foster parents famille monoparentale = one-parent family filleul = godchild / godson / god-daughter un enfant unique = an only child belle fille/fils = son/daughter-in-law (gendre/bru), stepdaughter/stepson (remariage) un petit fils = a grandson les frêres et soeur = the siblings vrais jumaux = identical twins les liens = bonds familial (adj) = family (eg family love) aimant = caring l'initiation à = initiation into patience = patience privation = deprivation > to deprive of punition = punishment élever = raise gâter, céder à = to indulge sb chouchouter, dorloter = to pet compréhensif = understanding, comprehensive = complet turbulent, bruyant = boisterous dur, sévere = harsh, severe sournoiserie = slyness bouderie = sulkiness > faire la tête = to be/look sulky espieglerie, malice = mischief méchanceté = malice, nastyness, maliciousness, meanness, viciousness entêtement = obstinacy, wilfulness. Entêté, volontaire = wilful opiniâtreté = stubbornness obéir à qqn = to ebey sb effronté, insolent = cheeky désobéissant = desobedient rebelle (adj) = rebellious, rebel une toupie = a spinning top une marionette = a puppet un soldat de plomb = a tin soldier assembler, monter (jouet) = to put together démonter = to take apart tirer, remorquer = to tow (tow truck = depaneuse) traîner = to trag. (fig > to hang around) un dé= a dice, a die flechettes = darts gribouiller, griffonner = to scrawl (pour un enfant), to sketch (ébauche) une devinette = a riddle (poser = to ask a riddle) une panoplie = an outfit déguisement = fancy-dress s'avouer vaincu = to give in. “I give in” = je donne ma langue au chat faire semblant (2 facons différentes de le dire) = to pretend (+ing), to make believe formateur = formative, instructive bac a sable = sandpit toboggan = a slide un cerceau = hoop billes = marbles la marelle = hopscotch le saute mouton = leap-frog (“to be leapfrogging”, cf. presse) un manège = a merry-go-round fête foraine = a fun fair trébucher = to stumble (a stumbling block = a bone of contention) vaciller = to teeter sautiller = to hop, to skip poursuivre = to chase diriger (qqch vers...)= to direct joueur (adj) = playful agité = restless téméraire = reckless (a reckless driver = chauffard) More words Boy scouts / Girl guides a pantomime = spectacle traditionnel où les acteurs se travestissent Common fairy tales : Little Red Riding Hood, T om Thumb, Puss in boots, The ugly duckling, Snow White and the seven dwarves un chouchou / une chouchoute = a blue-eyed boy/girl “un petit garcon a sa maman” = a mother's boy / !\ (FA) a sister (Brit.) peut vouloir dire une infirmière en chef “kid” is colloquial faire le jeu de qqn = to play into sb's hand jouer sa carte maîtresse = to play one's ace “Like father, like son”. “It runs in the family” = “C'est de famille !” 2 EDUCATION fréquenter l'école = to attend school avoir cous d'Histoire = to have a History class une nourrice = a child minder une école maternelle = a kindergarten (US), a nursery school un élève de maternelle = a preschool child mettre un enfant à la crêche = to put a child into daycare l'instruction/la scolarisation (obligatoire) = (compulsory) schooling / !\ FA (Brit) a public school = a private school <> a state school un internat = a boarding school laïque = non-denominational <> confesionnel = denominational enseignement supérieur = higer education formation continue = further education un amphi = a lecture room, a theatre l'inscription, s'inscrire = enrolment, registration > to enrol, to register les admissions = the intake les cours = tuition > tuition fees se spécialiser en (US) = to major in formation professionnelle = vocational training un stage, un stagiaire = a training course, a trainee un programme de formation = a training scheme une formation sur le tas/hors entreprise = on-the-job/off-the-job training une formation en alternance = a sandwich course (GB), cooperative education, on-the-job schooling former a nouveau, recycler = to retrain le doyen de la fac = the dean of faculty président d'université (GB) = the chancellor faire de la recherche = to do research une classe = a class, a form (GB), a grade (US) un ancien élève = an alumnus le programme scolaire = the curriculum le programme d'une matière = the syllabus [silebes] (pl. syllabi) les 3 cptences fondamentales = the 3 Rs (Reading, Writing, Arithmetic) les lettres = arts l'informatique = computer sciences/studies / !\ Linguistics/economics/mathematics/... is a fascinating sbject (sglar words) le processus d'apprentissage = the learning process soutien pédagogique = remedial course susciter, éveiller = to arouse (arose, arisen) un devoir écrit = a paper un mémoire = a dissertation proposer une réponse = to volunteer an answer se porter volontaire = to volunteer corriger, se relire= to doublecheck, to proofread travailler dur = to toil plein d'enthousiasme = eager minutieux = painstaking studieux (pej)= bookish le renvoi, expulser = expulsion, to expel la discipline = discipline exiger = to demand obéissant = obedient docile = manageable la paresse = laziness l'école buissonière, faire l'école buisonnière = truancy, to play truant relâcher ses efforts = to slacken/to let up one's efforts (relâcher = to loosen, let up...) peu soigné, négligé = sloppy étourdi = scattered-brain, absent-minded. (étourdir = to stun, to make sb's head spin) turbulent = boisterous irrespectueux = disrespectful perturbateur = disruptive évaluation = assessment l'alphabétisation = literacy (l'illetrisme = illiteracy) des notions, des rudiments = a stammering of (to stammer = balbutier, bredouiller) bien connaître, maîtriser = to be familiar with atteindre un objective = to achieve instruit, savant = learned, knowledgeable compétent = competent déchiffrer = to decipher [disaïfer] saisir, comprendre = to grasp, to figure out, to catch on, to get... qui sait compter = numerate (<->litterate) doué pour = gifted for bulletin scolaire = school report décerner = to award soutenir une thèse = to defend a Ph.D la réussite = achievement, accomplishment un élève en difficultés = a low-achiever un redoublant = a repeater quitter l'école prématurément = to drop out of school troubles, difficultés = difficulties, impairment (hearing impairment, visual impairment..) troubles du comportement = behavioural difficulties l'aide, le suivi = monitoring > to monitor a student More Words Brit : Grammar school > lycée classique. Comprehensive school = école pblique (secondaire) The Ivy League (Harvard, Yale, Princeton...) > an ivy leaguer a freschman = en première année (US) (lycée ou fac) 3 POLITICS AND CITIZENSHIP un chef d'Etat = a head of state la destitution = deposition (to depose = détrôner) l'héritière = the heiress un coup d'Etat = a coup (un participant au ~ = a coupster) un parti dissident = a splinter party un programme = a platform une position = a stance, a position inciter = to urge, to induce mettre en doute = to question renier = to disown virer à = to swing to la candidature = candidacy se présenter à des élections = to run for office, to stand as a candidate prendre un bain de foule = to press the flesh flatter les electeurs = to woo voters un abstentionniste = a stay-away voter un vote de protestation = a protest vote participer = to turn out truquer = to rig être élu a un poste = to win office les délibérations = the proceedings abroger une loi = to repeal a bill un remaniement = a reshuffle income tax / property tax = sur le revenu / foncier frauder le fisc = to dodge/to evade taxes ministre des finances = chancellor of the Exchequer (GB), secretary of the treasury (US) ministre de la justice = the Lord Chancellor (GB), the Attorney General (US) ministre de l'intérieur = the home secretary (GB) ministre des affaires E = the foreign secretary (GB), the state secretary (US) enquêter = to hold an inquiry fouiller un endroit = to search a place enfermer qqn = to lock sb up dénoncer qqn = to inform against so, to give sb away tribunal = lawcourt procureur = the public prosecutor assignation a comparaitre = a subpoena (US) porter plainte contre qqn = to lodge a complaint against poursuivre en justice = to take/ to sue sb to court engager des poursuites = to take proceedings against l'erreur judiciaire = miscarriage of justice rendre un verdict = to return a verdict une mutinerie = a mutiny remise de peine = a reprieve la récidive = seconnd offence (récidiver= to repeat an offence) condamner à la prison = to sentence to prison purger une peine = to serve a sentence More words Check and balances in the US constitution la cour des comptes = the court of audits la PAC = the CAP la voie royale pour... = the royal road to au regard de la loi = in the eyes of the law 4 TIME AND uploads/Geographie/ vocabulaire-thematique.pdf