French Vocabulary

French Vocabulary

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apporter

to bring

bavarder

to chat

cesser

to stop

depenser

to spend (money)

dessiner

to draw

emprunter

to borrow

enseigner

to teach

passer

to pass; spend (time)

pratiquer

to practice

raconter

to tell, tell about, relate

rencontrer

to meet (by chance)

saluer

to greet

traverser

to cross

avertir

to warn

batir

to build

etablir

to establish

guerir

to cure, make better

mincir

to get thin

maigrir

to get thin

reussir

to succeed

rompre

to break, break off (especially figuratively)

avancer

to advance

effacer

to erase

lancer

to launch

placer

to place, invest

menacer

to threaten

remplacer

to replace

renoncer

to resign, quit

amenager

to fix up, convert (a room, etc.)

corriger

to correct

decourager

to discourage

demenager

to move (change residence)

deranger

to bother

diriger

to direct

partager

to share

plonger

to dive

rediger

to draft, write

balayer

to sweep

effrayer

to frighten

ennuyer

to bore

renvoyer

to send back, dismiss

tutoyer

to use the « tu » form to address someone

vouvoyer

to use the « vous » form to address someone

mener

to pick up, raise

peser

to weigh

epeler

to spell

feuilleter

to leaf through

projeter

to plan

rappeler

to call back

renouveler

to renew

ceder

to yield

reveler

to reveal

surprendre

to surprise

appartenir

to belong

soutenir

to support, hold up

faire du bricolage

to do odd jobs, putter around

faire les carreaux

to do the windows

faire la lessive

to do the laundry

faire le menage

to do the housework

Il fait un sale temps.

The weather is lousy.

prendre de l’essence

to get (buy) gasoline

parmi

among

accueillir

to welcome

cueillir

to gather, pick (flowers)

rouvrir

to reopen

battre

to beat

debattre

to debate

omettre

to omit

craindre

to fear

plaindre

to pity

paraitre

detruire

to destroy

suivre l’actualite

to keep up with the news

Ne + verb + guere

hardly

eviter de faire quelquechose

to avoid doing anything

la pile

battery

le plomb

lead

usage

used

faire mal

harmful

dechirer

to tear

salir

to dirty

la copie

composition, exercises

le pupitre

student’s desk at school

debrancher

to unplug

grimper

to climb

renverser

to knock over

le frigo

refrigerator

le portefeuille

wallet

la poubelle

trash can

au bord de la rue

at the side of the street

avoir un pneu creve

to have a flat tire

faire le plein

to fill up with gas

le pneu

tire

pousser

the push

la station-service

gas station

garer la voiture

to park the car

affreux

horrible

dormir a la belle etoile

to sleep outdoors