🇫🇷 French Vocabulary — 15 Jul 2026
English words from daily news with French translations. Test your knowledge →
damaged or weakened, especially in a way that affects a person's or animal's ability to function
"The agencies interpreted the term to include significant habitat modification or degradation that injures or kills protected species by impairing their ability to feed, breed or find shelter"
standing alone, not supported or attached to anything else
"The environmental groups are challenging determinations that maintaining a freestanding definition of ‘harm’ is unnecessary"
sudden and significant, especially in relation to a change or increase
"For all the sharp elbows of the last year, they appear to have concluded that the best way to deal with a disruptive president is to court him, particularly since they still hope to engage the United States on thorny issues like the war in Ukraine."
a temporary suspension of an activity
"I think it is absolutely time that we take a hard look, if not a moratorium, on vehicular stops, until such time as we can decide, you know, what do we need to do to prevent this from re-occurring"
to reduce the quality or effectiveness of something
"The new rule rescinded that definition, and the environmental groups are challenging determinations that degrading a habitat does not qualify under the Endangered Species Act as an illegal take of endangered and threatened wildlife"
the act of starting something again after a pause or interruption
"There is now a serious danger of escalation, with diminishing prospects for the resumption of talks in Islamabad after the expiration of the fragile ceasefire."
the act of paying back or compensating someone for a loss or expense
"The president said the so-called reimbursement fee he only announced 24 hours earlier, would be replaced by trade and investment deals with Gulf states, which would see billions and billions of dollars pour into America"
relating to or involving vehicles, especially cars or trucks
"I think it is absolutely time that we take a hard look, if not a moratorium, on vehicular stops, until such time as we can decide, you know, what do we need to do to prevent this from re-occurring"
supported or agreed upon by both parties, especially in a two-party system
"And yet, occupation is a bipartisan business: it needs no Modi or Yogi to spur it along."
official permission or approval for something
"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told Congress on Thursday that President Trump does not have to comply with a law requiring presidents to seek congressional authorization to continue a war beyond 60 days because the cease-fire agreement reached with Iran has paused the clock on any such obligation."
speeded up or accelerated, especially in a formal or official process
"The report, citing case documents, also found that the court had been instructed to treat Khalil’s case as if he were still in detention custody, which typically results in an expedited processing timeline."