1fees, tuition fees, recruitment fees
des frais, frais d’inscription
2an ailment
a minor illness or disease
3a crop
une culture, the same kind of plants cultivated in one particular place
5a boundary
a dividing line
6a fray
a dispute, a fight (une mêlée)
7a purveyor
a person or company that provides something (to purvey), un fournisseur
8tepid, the tepid US response
tiède, peu enthousiaste
9unsettling
causing anxiety or uneasiness (troublant, déconcertant)
10scorching (heat)
very hot (brulant, torride)
11burgeoning
beginning to grow or increase (bourgeonnant, naissant, florissant)
12dwindling, dwindling rainfall
gradually dis minis hung in size, amount or strength
13brisk, brisk movement
rapid, quick, active
14choppy, choppy sea
mer agitée
15resilient, resilient economy
the ability to recover and survive
16intricate, intricate patterns, an intricate puzzle
difficult, complex
17multifaceted
having many sides
18grubby
covered with dirt, crasseux
19ghastly
causing great horror or fear (épouvantable)
20to foil, Germany foiled a coup attempt
déjouer, faire échouer
21to overthrow
to topple the government, renverser
22enhance, the German government enhanced measures
to increase
25to interlink
to join, to connect
26to malign
to speak about something in a critical manner
27to upend, the principal upended the school’s crisis plans
to overturn, chambouler, renverser
28to replenish
restore to a former condition
29to stymie, they stymied my efforts by…
to present an obstacle to, contrarier, contrecarrer