| A | B |
|---|
| craindre | to fear |
| sauvegarder | to save (files, etc) |
| nettoyer | to clean |
| convaincre | to convince (convaincs, convaincs, convainc, convainquons, convainquez, convainquent) |
| le prix | the price (also prize) |
| l'ouvrier | worker |
| la fenêtre | window |
| établir | to establish |
| le règlement | regulations, rules, settlement |
| fuir | to flee, avoid |
| sentir | to smell, feel |
| un rhume | a cold |
| songer à | to think of something |
| les affaires (f) | things, belongings (also, matter, business) |
| décoller | to take off (in a plane) |
| un éclair | flash of lightening |
| atterir | to land (a plane) |
| il pleut à verse | it's pouring |
| le temps (il) est couvert | it's cloudy |
| la séance | showing, show time |
| mouillé | wet |
| bondé | crowded |
| à cette époque-là | at that time |
| améliorer | to improve |
| tout autour | all around, surrounding |
| un étage | floor, story (of building) |
| autour de | around |
| la mansarde | attic |
| la clôture | fence |
| au bord de la mer | at the seashore, seaside |
| l'obscurité | darkness |
| jurer | to swear |
| rejoindre | to meet, catch up with |
| sonner à la porte | to ring the doorbell |
| éclater | to burst, explode |
| le quartier | neigborhood |
| bruyant | noisy |
| peu de (noun) | few |
| le piéton, la piétonne | pedestrian |
| l'arrêt d'autobus (de bus) | bus stop |
| recevoir le diplome | to get your diploma, degree (to graduate) |
| accoucher | to give birth, deliver |
| à la fac (la faculté) | à l'université |
| le cambrioleur | burglar |
| s'échapper de | to escape from |
| depuis quand est-ce que tu chantais | how long had you been singing |
| depuis combien de temps est-ce que tu regardais | How long had you been watching.. |
| Ca faisait combien de temps que tu faisais du ski? | How long had you been skiiing? |
| Il y avait combien de temps que tu travaillais au Hot Spot? | How long had you been working at the Hot Spot? |
| Je chantais depuis deux ans. | I had been singing for two years |
| (Il y avait) Ca faisait deux semaines que je regardais... | I had been watching...for two weeks. |
| J'ai eu | I began to have, I got, I received |
| J'avais | I was in the process of having, I had |
| Je savais | I knew |
| J'ai su | I found out |
| J'ai connu | I met |
| Je connaissais | I knew |
| Je ne pouvais pas | I couldn't |
| Je n'ai pas pu | I couldn't (and didn't) |
| Je ne voulais pas | I didn't want |
| Je n'ai pas voulu | I didn't want (refused--didn't do it) |
| le canapé | le sofa |
| l'immeuble | appartment building |
| garer | to park |
| là-dessus | on it |
| là-dessous | under it |
| là-dedans | into it |
| aller bien à qqn | to look nice on someone |
| convenir à qqn | to suit someone, be good for someone |
| déplaire à qqn | to displease someone |
| désobéir à qqn | to disobey someone |
| en vouloir à qqn | to have a grudge against someone |
| obéir à qqn | to obey someone |
| plaire à qqn | to please someone |
| répondre à qqn | to answer someone |
| ressembler à qqn | to look like someone |
| succéder à qqn | to succeed someone |
| téléphoner à qqn | to phone someone |
| penser à qqn | to thing of someone (uses disjunctive pronoun) |
| songer à qqn | to think of someon (uses disjuncitve pronoun) |
| assister à qqch | to attend something (events,etc) |
| échapper à qqch | to escape/avoid something |
| échouer à qqch | to fail in something |
| jouer à qqch | to play something (a game) |
| participer à qqch | to participate in something |
| parvenir à qqch | to reach/attain something |
| penser à qqch | to think about something |
| réfléchir à qqch | to thing about something, reflect on |
| remédier à qqch | to rectify/fix something |
| renoncer à qqch | to give something up, quit something (je renonce à parler anglais!) |
| réussir à qqch | to succeed in something |
| songer à qqch | to think about something |
| survivre à qqch | to survive something |
| toucher à qqch | to touch something, mess up something |
| veiller à qqch | to see to something |
| constamment | constantly |
| le sous-sol | the basement |
| le maître | the master |
| un alpiniste | a mountaineer, climber |
| un orage | storm |
| le tremblement de terre | earthquake |
| le poste | job (LA POSTE--POST OFFICE) |
| le locataire | tenant, renter |
| embaucher | to hire |
| en avoir marre de | to be fed up with |
| abuser de | to take advantage of, misuse |
| accabler de | to overwhelm with |
| avoir besoin de | to need |
| avoir peur de | to fear |
| couvrir de | to cover with |
| dépendre de | to depend on |
| douter de qqch | to doubt something |
| encombrer de | to clutter with, litter with |
| entourer de | to surround with |
| hériter de | to inherit |
| jouer de | to play (an instrument) |
| menacer de | to threaten with |
| munir de | to supply with |
| parler de | to talk about |
| planter de | to plant with |
| remplir de | to fill with |
| se servir de | utiliser |
| se souvenir de | to remember |
| trembler de | to tremble with |
| la bonté | la gentillesse |
| la vedette | movie star |
| s'en aller | to go away |
| s'en prendre à qqn | to attack someone, pick a fight with someone |
| en revenir | to get over it |
| s'en tenir à | to stick to (facts, etc) |
| en vouloir à qqn | to have a grudge against someone |
| le fait | fact |
| d'occasion (un livre d'occasion) | used (a used book) |
| la librairie | a bookstore |
| le répondeur | answering machine |
| les projets | plans (also projects) |
| le pneu | tire |
