| A | B |
|---|
| à cause de | because of |
| à l'avenir | in the future |
| à l'époque | in those days |
| à peine | scarcely; hardly |
| à tout hasard | just in case; on the off chance |
| actuel (fr) | current; of the present day; today's |
| actuellement | currently; at the present time |
| affaire (f) (fr) | a business; a company; a deal (une bonne affaire - a good deal) |
| affaires (f) | your belongings; your things |
| agrafe (f) | a staple |
| agrafer | to staple |
| agrafeuse (f) | a stapler |
| agréable (fr) | pleasant |
| aider (fr) | to assist; to help |
| aiguille (f) | needle; hand of watch or clock |
| allumette (f) | match |
| ancien and nom | former and noun |
| apprendre par coeur | to learn by heart; to memorize |
| approcher (fr) | to approach in the sense of to enter into communication with |
| après avoir and participe passé | after_-ing |
| après être and participe passé | after _-ing |
| assister à (fr) | to attend; to be present at |
| assister à qqch | to attend smthg |
| atteindre | to attain; to reach; to it (a ball, etc.) |
| attendre | to await; to wait for |
| attendre (fr) | to wait for (for is included in Fr) |
| au lieu de | instead of |
| au sujet de | about |
| autrefois | formerly; in the olden days; in the past |
| autrement dit | in other words |
| avoir bon caractère (fr) | to have a good disposition |
| avoir des devoirs | to have homework |
| avoir envie de faire | to feel like doing |
| avoir l'air and adj | to look or seem and adm |
| avoir mauvais caractère (fr) | to be bad tempered; to have a bad disposition |
| avoir qqch à faire | to have smthg to do |
| baccalauréat (m) | a degree granted to students having successfully completed their secondary studies |
| bacho, bac (m) | short for the baccalauréat |
| baie (f) | bay |
| battre | to beat |
| bibliothèque(f) | the library |
| bic (m) | a ballpoint pen |
| bien disposé envers; consentant (fr) | agreeable |
| blesser (fr) | to injure |
| bois (m) | wood |
| bosser (pop) | to work very hard |
| boue (f) | mud |
| bouquin (m) | a book |
| bouquiner | to read; to go through old books |
| bourse (f) | a scholarship |
| brouillon (m) | a rough draft |
| bruit (m) | the noise |
| bureau (m) | a desk (teacher's); an office |
| but (m) | a goal |
| cachot (m) (fr) | the dungeon |
| cahier (m) | a notebook |
| calculatrice (f) | a calculator |
| calé(e) | knowledgeable; talented |
| camion (m) | truck |
| caractèr (m) | temperament |
| caractère (m) (fr) | temperament; temper |
| cas (m) | case |
| casser | to break |
| ce n'est pas la peine | it's not worth the trouble |
| ce qui est amusant, c'est and nom | what's amusing is and noun |
| ce qui est amusant, c'est que and proposition | what's amusing is that and clause |
| ce qui est frappant, c'est and nom | what's striking is and noun |
| ce qui est frappant, c'est que and proposition | what's striking is that and clause |
| ce qui est inquiétant, c'est and nom | what's unsettling/worrisome is and noun |
| ce qui est inquiétant, c'est que and proposition | what's unsettling/worrisome is that and clause |
| ce qui est intéressant, c'est and nom | what's interesting is and noun |
| ce qui est intéressant, c'est que and proposition | what's interesting is that and clause |
| ce qui est plutôt drôle, c'est and nom | what's rather funny is and noun |
| ce qui est plutôt drôle, c'est que and proposition | what's rather funny is that and clause |
| ce qui est surprenant, c'est and nom | what's surprising is and noun |
| ce qui est surprenant, c'est que and proposition | what's surprising is that and clause |
| ce qui se fait parfois c'est . . . | what's done sometimes is . . . |
| cela (me, nous) fait penser à | this reminds me, us of |
| cela ne se fait pas | that isn't done |
| cela se fait parfois | that's sometimes done |
| cela semble indiquer que | this seems to indicate that |
| cependant | however; nevertheless |
| cesser | to stop; to cease |
| c'est pourquoi | that's why |
| c'est simple comme bonjour | it's easy as pie |
| chiffre (m) | figure, number, statistic |
| chouchou, chouchoute (m,f) | teacher's pet |
| collège (m) | a private secondary school; in US, a middle or junior high school |
| colline (f) | hill |
| commande (f) (fr) | an order (restaurant; catalog; internet) |
| commander (fr) | to order (restaurant; catalog; internet) |
| compréhensif, -ive (fr) | understanding; sympathetic; tolerant |
| concours (m) | a competition; an entrance exam to an institution of higher learning |
| confus, confuse (fr) | embarrassed |
| congé (m) | a short vacation; a day off |
| conseils (m) | advice |
| copie (f) | a copie; a student's work |
| copier | to cheat |
| corbeille (à papier) (f) | a waste paper basket |
| côte (f) | coast |
| cours (m) | a class; a course |
| cracher | to spit |
| d'abord | first; at first |
| d'ailleurs | what's more; moreover; besides |
| dans un avenir proche | in the near future |
| d'après | according to |
| de nos jours | nowadays; in our time |
| de plus | furthermore; moreover |
| de plus en plus | more and more |
| de toute façon | in any case |
| débrouiller, se | to manage; to get along despite difficulty |
| déçu | disappointed |
| défendre à qqn de faire | to forbid smn from doing |
| dégonflé | deflated |
| dégoûté | disgusted |
| demander (fr) | to ask; to ask for (no separate preposition in French) |
| désormais | from now on |
| deviner | to guess |
| devoirs (mpl) | homework |
| donc | therefore; so |
| donjon (m) (fr) | the keep of a castle |
| donner à qqn l'ordre de faire qqch (fr) | to command (smn to do smthg) |
| échouer à un examen | to fail an exam |
| écriture (f) | handwriting |
| éducation (f) | education; manners |
| éducation physique (f) | physical education |
| élève (m/f) | an elementary or secondary school student |
| en conclusion | in concluding |
| en d'autres termes | in other words |
| en retard | late (for something) |
| en revanche | on the other hand |
| en tout cas | in any case |
| enfin | finally; at last |
| enseigner | to teach |
| ensuite | then |
| envers | toward (abstract) |
| épée (f) | sword |
| épreuve (f) | a test; an examination; an event in sports |
| essayer | to try |
| essuyer | to wipe off or dry off |
| être dans les nuages | to be daydreaming (lit: in the clouds) |
| être en train de faire qqch | to be doing smthg |
| être recalé à un examen | to fail an exam |
| étudiant(e) (m/f) | a university or college student |
| étudier par coeur | to study by heart; to memorize |
| éventuellement (fr) | possibly |
| évidemment | obviously |
| exiger (fr) | to demand; to require |
| faculté; la fac (f) | the college of a university |
| faire honte à qqn | to shame smn |
| faire partie de | to be part of |
| faire semblant de | to pretend |
| faire semblant de ne pas voir (fr) | to ignore |
| fauteuil (m) | armchair |
| féliciter (fr) | to commend; to praise |
| feutre (m) | a felt tip pen |
| fierté (f) | pride |
| finalement (fr) | eventually (like a consequence of events piling up) |
| foule (f) | crowd |
| gâcher | to spoil, ruin, mess up |
| général (fr) | comprehensive |
| grâce à | thanks to |
| gronder | to scold |
| histoires (fpl) | in plural: trouble(s) |
| ignorer (fr) | to be unaware; to not know |
| il a su | he found out |
| il est évident que | it is obvious that |
| il me faut | I need |
| il me semble que | it seems to me that |
| il ne faut pas oublier que | one must not forget that |
| il paraît que | it is rumored that |
| il s'agit de | it's a matter of (in the sense of it's about) |
| il va sans dire que | it goes without saying that |
| il y a and temps | time and ago |
| injure (f) (fr) | an insult |
| instituteur, institutrice | elementary school teacher (old fashioned) |
| interrogation (f) | a quiz |
| j'ai connu X | I met (for the first time) X |
| jardin d'enfants (m) | kindergartn |
| la bibliothèque (fr) | the library |
| la librairie (fr) | a bookstore |
| la maîtrise (fr) | command in the sense of mastery of smthg |
| lâcher | to let go of; to release |
| lecture (f) (fr) | a reading; reading as an activity |
| lettre de recommandation (f) (fr) | a letter of commendation; a letter praising someone for something |
| lettre de référence (f) (f) | a recommendation |
| liaison (f); (une aventure) (fr) | an affair |
| librairie (f) | the bookstore |
| littoral (m) | costal area |
| lorsque | when |
| lycée (m) | a high school |
| mâcher | to chew |
| maître, maîtresse | elementary school teacher (old fashioned; now only used for maternelle) |
| malgré | in spite of |
| malin | clever |
| manquer | to lack |
| maternelle (f) | pre-kindergarten and kindergarten |
| matière (f) | a subject (in school) |
| menacé | threatened |
| mère (f), un père (fr) | a parent (mother, father) |
| miettes (fpl) | crumbs |
| mouchoir (m) | handkerchief |
| ne pas ignorer (f) | to know; to not not know :) |
| néanmoins | nevertheless |
| note (f) | a grade (academic) |
| n'oublions pas que | let's not forget that |
| nul / nulle en X | worthless; bad at smthg |
| offrir (fr) | to present; to give a gift |
| ordinateur (m) | a computer |
| original (m) (fr) | a character in the sense of someone who is a bit eccentric |
| orthographe (f) | spelling |
| pape (m) | Pope |
| par contre | on the other hand |
| parce que | because |
| pareil, pareille | the same |
| parent (m) (fr) | a relative; an ancestor (usually refers to generations before you); a member of the family (including mother and father) |
| paresseux, paresseuse | lazy |
| parmi | among |
| paroles (fpl) | words (meaningful) |
| partager | to share |
| passer un examen | to take a test |
| pèlerin, -e | pilgrim |
| permanence (f) | study hall |
| perplexe (fr) | confused |
| personnage (m) (f) | a character in a play or book |
| personnage (n) | character in a play, story, movie |
| plaindre | to pity |
| plaire à qqn | to be pleasing to smn |
| posséder (fr) | to possess; to have; to own |
| posséder bien (fr) | to have a good command of, a mastery of; to be very knowledgeable about |
| pour commencer | to begin with |
| pour finir | as a conclusion |
| pourtant | however; nevertheless |
| pousser un soupir | to let out a sigh |
| présenter (fr) | to introduce |
| presqu'île | peninsula |
| preuve (f) | proof |
| prévenir | to warn |
| prof (m/f) | short form for hs or univ teacher |
| professeur (m) | a high school or university teacher |
| profiter de qqch | to take advantage of smthg |
| programmer | to program a computer; also to plan and schedule an event or meeting |
| proposer que and subj | to suggest that |
| puits (m) | well |
| pupitre (m) | a student desk |
| qqn de bonne réputation (fr) | smn of character (good; honorable) |
| qui a de la compassion (fr) | sympathetic |
| quotidien, -ienne | daily |
| radin | stingy |
| raisonnable (fr) | sensible |
| ramasser | to pick up |
| rapport (m) | the relationship |
| rater | to miss; to mess up |
| rater un examen | to fail a test |
| récolte (f) | harvest |
| rédaction (f) | a composition |
| regarder (fr) | to look at (no prep in French); to watch |
| règle (f) | a ruler (to measure with); a rule |
| rentrée (f) | beginning of the school year |
| répéter | to rehearse |
| répétition (f) | a rehearsal |
| respecter (fr) | to regard well; to think highly of; to respect |
| rester (fr) | to stay |
| réussir | to succeed |
| réussir à un examen | to pass a test (to succeed at) |
| romain (fr) | Roman |
| roman (m) (fr) | a novel |
| salle de classe (f) | the classroom |
| s'appliquer à qqch | to apply oneself to smthg |
| s'approcher de (fr) | to come near; to walk up to |
| s'attendre à faire qqch | to expect to do smthg |
| s'attendre à qqch | to expect smthg |
| sauf | except |
| se battre | to fight |
| se comporter | to behave |
| se débrouiller | to manage; to get along doing smthg |
| se demander | to wonder |
| se mettre à faire | to begin to do smthg |
| se plaindre | to complain |
| se reposer (fr) | to rest |
| se taire | to get quiet |
| se vexer que and subj | to be annoyed that |
| sécher un cours | to skip a class |
| sécheresse (f) | drought |
| selon moi (toi, lui, elle, etc.) | according to me, you, him, her, etc. |
| sensible (fr) | sensitive |
| sermon (m), une conférence, une leçon (fr) | a lecture |
| sondage (m) | poll |
| sourcil (m) | the eyebrow |
| sous la pluie | in the rain |
| soutenir (fr) | to support |
| souvent | often |
| stylo (m) | a fountain pen, generic for any pen |
| stylo à bille, stylo-bille (m) | a ballpoint pen |
| suivre | to follow |
| supporter (fr) | to bear; to tolerate; to stand |
| surligneur (m) | highlighter |
| surveillant (m) | the proctor / monitor |
| sympathique (fr) | likeable; pleasant |
| taquiner | to tease |
| téléchargeable | downloadable |
| tenir | to hold |
| tenir à faire qqch | to be anxious/eager to do smthg; to really want to do; to insist on doing smthg |
| terrain vague (m) | vacant lot |
| tirer au sort | to draw lots |
| tout d'un coup | all of a sudden |
| travail (m) | the work |
| travail de Penelope (m) | never-ending task or work |
| travailler | to work; to study |
| tricher | to cheat |
| tricoter | knit |
| trombone (f) | paperclip |
| trottoir (m) | sidewalk |
| usine (f) | factory |
| vacances (fpl) | vacation |
| vers | toward (concrete) |
| vrai; réel (fr) | actual |
| vraiment; réellement (fr) | actually |
