Improve Your French - Advanced Vocabulary - 'Important' Vocab
Improving Your French
Think you know French? Think again.
French, as with all languages, is a language that you can speak on different levels. To help you become more sophisticated and raise your level of French, here are some words and phrases to do with stating the importance of matters that you may learn to improve upon an already solid French lexis.
Vocabulary Portraying Importance
| French | English Translation |
|---|---|
Enjeu | Stake/Issue/Challenge |
Un enjeu de taille | A big Issue |
Un enjeu capital | A prime issue |
Étape | Step/Stage/Phase |
Une étape essentielle | A vital Stage |
Au cœur du débat | At the heart of the discussion |
Le point de mire | Focal point |
La pierre angulaire | Cornerstone |
Le principe directeur | Guiding principle |
Une nécessité de premier plan | a priority need |
Pèser | To weigh/influence |
Un facteur d'un poids décisif qui pèse lourd | A factor of decisive significance which weighs heavily |
Phrases to do with Importance
| French | English Translation |
|---|---|
Il faut | We must |
Souligner l'importance de ... | Emphasise the importance of ... |
Prendre au sérieux | Take seriously |
Tenir compte du fait que ... | Take into account that ... |
Insister sur le fait que ... | Emphasise that ... |
Quelque chose de notable | Something noteworthy |
Un événement marquant | An important event |
L'essentiel de l'affaire | Crux of the issue |
Le point crucial du débat; le noeud du débat | Crucial point of the discussion |
Le débat tourne autour de ... | The discussion hinges on ... |
Poser un problème crucial | To pose a central problem |
Être pour beaucoup dans l'affaire | To count for a lot in the issue |
Le plus frappant ici c'est | The most striking thing here is ... |
More phrases to do with importance
| French | English Translation |
|---|---|
Il est utile de s'attarder sur | It is worth dwelling on (...) |
Plusieurs points forts se dégagent | Several important points emerge |
Il ne faut pas banaliser le danger | We must not play down the danger |
Il ne faut pas passer sous silence; il ne faut pas tirer le rideau sur ... | We must not draw a veil over (...) |
Désigner les sources du mal | To pinpoint the origins of the ill |
Remonter de l'effet à la cause | To work back from effect to cause |
Jouer un rôle primordial/prépondérant | To play a major part |
Vocabulary to do with the extent of consequences
| French Words | English Translation |
|---|---|
L'ampleur (f) | Magnitude/Extent |
L'ampleur des conséquences | Extent of the consequences |
Des conséquences d'une grande portée | Far-reaching consequences |
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Comments
Lina on January 12, 2015:
My preolbm was a wall until I read this, then I smashed it.
quicksand on March 02, 2012:
It' good to know such phrases too. Certainly valuable even to someone who already has a working knowledge of the language.
