| A | B |
| une école | a school |
| un sorcier | a wizard |
| le survivant | the survivor |
| survivre | to survive |
| la fierté | the pride; the haughtiness |
| normal / normaux | normal (masculine singular and plural forms) |
| quiconque | whoever |
| quoi que ce soit | anything; whatever |
| étrange | strange |
| perdre | to lose |
| une sornette | a tall tale |
| diriger | to lead; to direct; to manage |
| une entreprise | a business; an industry |
| fabriquer | to make; to manufacture |
| une perceuse | a drill |
| le cou | the neck |
| posséder | to possess |
| en revanche | on the other hand |
| la taille | the waist; the size; the height |
| quant à | as for |
| mince | slim; thin |
| une fois | one time; once |
| la moyenne | the average |
| fort | strong; heavy; stout; large |
| utile | useful |
| espionner | to spy |
| le voisin / la voisine | the neighbor (male / female) |
| par-dessus | over |
| la clôture | the fence |
| le jardin | the garden |
| prénommé | first-named |
| les yeux (m) | the eyes |
| le monde | the world |
| la chose | the thing |
| craindre | to fear |
| découvrir | to discover |
| entendre | to hear |
| convaincre / convaincu | to convince / convinced |
| se remettre de | to recover from |
| la soeur | the sister |
| se revoir / se revu | to see (each other) again/ to have seen again |
| la fille unique | the only child (a daughter) |
| car | because; for |
| bon à rien | good for nothing |
| le mari | the husband |
| éloigné | distant; remote |
| une épouvante | a terror; a horror |
| la pensée | the thought |
| le malheur | the misfortune |
| (se) montrer | to show oneself to be |
| la rue | the street |
| une raison | a reason |
| tenir | to hold; to keep; to hold out |
| fréquenter | to associate with; to attend |
| celui-là | that one (a masculine, singular pronoun) |
| lorsque | when |
| s'éveiller | to wake up |
| le matin | the morning |
| il faisait gris | It was grey out (the weather). |
| triste | sad |
| le ciel | the sky |
| nuageux | cloudy |
| prévoir | to predict; to foresee |
| bientôt | soon |
| se produire | to occur; to happen |
| le pays | the country |
| fredonner | to hum |
| nouer | to tie; to knot |
| la cravate | the (neck)tie |
| sinistre | bleak; dreary; sinister |
| travailler | to work |
| raconter | to recount |
| badin | playful |
| les potins (m) | the gossip |
| le quartier | the neighborhood |
| s'efforcer | to try hard |
| brailler | to bawl |
| la force | the strength |
| les poumons (m) | the lungs |
| aucun | none; not any |