🇫🇷 French Vocabulary — 27 Jul 2026

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GUARDIAN V
acheté

obtained or bought something

"The critical threshold to be crossed with those was called “grid parity”, where the cost of one unit of electricity produced via a fully installed and functioning solar generation system would be equal to the cost of the same unit procured from the grid."

acquired purchased obtained
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GUARDIAN ADJ

lasting for a long time

"Prolonged closures have separated parents from children, spouses from one another, and patients from treatment."

extended lengthy protracted
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GUARDIAN N

a condition caused by lack of food or poor diet

"The result is not just hunger but chronic malnutrition representing a less visible crisis but one with far-reaching consequences."

starvation hunger famine
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longue durée

lasting for a long time

"The project will simultaneously focus on institutional strengthening and community-level strategic planning for durable impact and continuity."

long-lasting enduring permanent
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évitable

able to be stopped or avoided

"The death of so many children to a very preventable cause is not something that can be easily overlooked or written off."

avoidable evitable stoppable
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GUARDIAN V

become worse

"The security situation deteriorated sharply in 2025, marking the fifth consecutive year of rising terrorism."

declined degraded impaired
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GUARDIAN N
direction

the system or manner of governing

"THE passage of the Police Order (Second Amendment) Bill, 2025 by the Punjab Assembly offers a quick peek into Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s style of governance."

leadership administration management
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GUARDIAN ADJ
correctif

intended to correct or improve a situation

"While emergency food aid is expected to provide short-term relief, the government said it remained committed to implementing long-term remedial measures with the recently approved regional development plan."

corrective restorative therapeutic
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fondamental

relating to the basic organization or framework of something

"It says the Seed (Amendment) Act, 2024, will help address long-standing structural issues facing the seed sector."

fundamental basic underlying
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fatigant

causing extreme tiredness

"THE new year is a mere few days old but 2026 already promises to be more exhausting than its predecessor."

draining wearying fatiguing
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petit

very small or limited

"For a country already struggling with a fragile external account, even a modest increase in freight costs, insurance rates and ‘war premiums’ being charged by shipping companies can translate into significant financial pressure and rapidly drain its meagre foreign exchange reserves."

scanty insufficient inadequate
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grave

severe or serious

"Two crew members, of British and Dutch nationality, had acute respiratory symptoms, one mild and one severe."

intense sharp critical
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GUARDIAN ADJ

able to be forecast or anticipated

"The result has been predictable: investor hesitation and missed opportunities."

expected forecast anticipated
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