A | B |
la course | the race; running |
hurler | to yell |
dessus | on top |
hausser | to shrug; raise; increase |
un biberon | a baby bottle |
une couche | a layer; sector; diaper |
une couche jetable | a disposable diaper |
un bigoudi | a roller; curler |
pendouiller | to dangle down |
grimacer | to grimace; wince |
la clé | the key |
le foyer | the home; hearth |
le chômage | the unemployment |
une allocation | benefit |
une bourse | a grant; scholarship; purse |
pendre | to hang |
le cou | the neck |
affaler | to collapse; fall down |
affalé | to lounge; sprawl |
le goûter | the snack |
un feuilleton | a soap opera |
faire mal | to hurt |
rater | to miss; lack; fail |
traîner | to drag; lug; dawdle; take forever |
mignon, mignonne | cute |
fréquentable | respectable |
la cave | the cellar; basement |
le repère | the mark; landmark; spot |
le nid | the nest |
l'habillement (m) | the clothing; apparel |
coudre | to sew |
la manche | the sleeve |
la chemise | the blouse |
travailler à la chaîne | to work in an assembly line |
tel, telle | such |
une usine | a factory |
un ouvrier, une ouvrière | a worker |
dehors | outside; out |
partout | everywhere |
le tissu | the fabric; material |
enfiler | to thread; slip on |
la canette | the spool; can; small bottle |
foutre | to do; fuck |
tais-toi | Be quiet! Shut up! |
le prénom | the first name |
signifier | to mean |
le/la vieillard(e) | the old man/woman |
verser | to pour; shed (a tear) |
allumer | to turn on; light |
ôter | to remove |
effrayer | to frighten; alarm |
suivre | to follow |
la gourmandise | the greediness; a weakness for sweet things or good food |
la lueur | the glow; glimmer |
la pâte | the pastry; dough; batter |
rimer | to rhyme |
parent | related to; similar |
appuyer sur | to lean on; press |
la sonnette | the bell; doorbell |
brodé | embroidered |
un fichu | a scarf |
grogner | to groan; grunt; grumble |
une tape | a pat; slap |
se faufiler | to slip out/through; sidle; edge out |
rigoler | to laugh; joke |
la chiotte | the shit |
barrer | to block |
raccourcir | to shorten; clip; abridge |
la branche | the branch |
la facilité | the ease; easiness; fluency |
le repos | the rest; relaxation |
l'orge (f) | the barley |
le fer | the iron |
jaillir | to gush out; shoot up; emerge |
un éclair | a flash of lightening |
le mitan | the middle |
s'entasser | to pile up; squeeze in |
déborder | to overflow |
remplir | to fill |
des lits superposés | the bunk beds |
une fermeture à glissière | a zipper |
semblable | similar |
sauf | except |
vaincre / vaincu | to defeat; overcome; beat; win; vanquish |
le lavage | the washing; cleaning |
terne | dull; drab |
effiloché | frayed; ragged |
plonger | to dive; swoop down; plunge |
remuer | to move; stir; shake |
une louche | a ladle |
un fait-tout | a soup/stew pot |
flotter | to float |
becqueter = bouffer | to eat (slang) |
goûter | to taste |