traitement des déchets = waste disposal assainir = to clean up traiter : eaux usées → to proccess sewage ; déchets → to manage, to dispose
waste
qui fonctionne à l’énergie solaire/éolienne = solar/wing-powered économique en carburant = fuel-efficient sans plomb/phosphates/agents polluants = lead/phosphate/pollutant-free
MORE WORDS “écologiquement correct, bien vu” = ecologically PC “not in my backyard” = celui qui se mobilise qd son environnement direct est
menacé (pas derrière chez moi)
countrycide = hazardous for the countryside (pun) eco-aware the greening of business, of aggriculture, of politics… donner le feu vert = to give the green light nettoyer a fond = to clean out /!\ clean is also an adverb : clean=completely. “we’re clean out of bread”
10 SPEAKING AND SPEECH
marmonner = to mumble une expression consacrée = a set phrase la langue de bois = cant (= hypocritical talks) murmurer = to murmur un orateur charismatique = a spell-binder prononcer un discours = to deliver a speech couper la parole = to cut sb short mettre son grain de sel = to butt in persuader qqn = to talk sb into doing sth to convince of / to dissuade from au deuxieme degré = tongue-in-cheek parler sans discontinuer = to rattle away franchise = frankness, straightforwardness dire ce que l’on pense = speak one’s mind tourner autour du pot = to beat about the bush mâcher ses mots = to mince one’s words rire aux éclats = to roar with laughter hurler de douleur = to wail enroué, rauque = hoarse perrçant = shrill évoquer = to mention aisance = fluency s’adresser à = to adress s.o.
galvanisant = rousing riposte = retort s’insurger = to rail against to joke about ridiculiser = to deride ressasser = to harp on a subject aller droit au fait = to go straight to the point prudent = cautious un sanglot = a sob (to sob) gémir = to groan pleurnicher = to snivel ronchonner = to moan gronder = to tell off balbutiement = stammering
11 THE SELF AND OTHERS : HARMONY
une âme soeur = a kindred spirit un penchant = a liking for (personne), a leaning toward intimité = closeness to /!\ sympathy = compassion > to sympathize with, to be sympathetic entretenir de bonnes relations = to be on friendly/good terms se compléter = to complement each other être solidaire de qqn = to stand by sb attaché à = devoted to amour maternel = motherly love > fraternel, paternel… solidarité féminine = sisterly solidarity narcissisme = self-love tendresse = tenderness être fou de qqn = to dote on sb séduisant = alluring, appealing un cavalier = an escort une maîtresse = a mistress a romance = une idylle, romance = romantisme poser un lapin = to stand someone up un célibataire = a bachelor une vieille fillle = a spinster, an old maid une union = a match le témoin = the bridesmaid jeunes mariés = newly-weds mariage blanc = a paper marriage une pulsion = an urge le désir = lust volupté = sensuousness caresser = to stroke > caresser du regard = to look at sb lovingly, caresser
dans le sens du poil = to stay on the right side of sb