| A | B |
|---|
| (bon) sens de l'humour (m) | a (good) sense of humor |
| à nouveau | again; anew |
| abeille (f) | bee |
| abolir (2nd conj) | to abolish |
| accuser quelqu'un de qqch ou de faire qqch | to accuse smn of smthg or of doing smthg |
| adorer | to adore |
| agacer | to annoy; to irritate |
| ailleurs | elsewhere |
| aimer bien | to like |
| aimer | to love |
| aîné, l'aînée | the oldest child |
| ainsi que | as well as |
| ainsi | thus |
| Allemagne | Germany |
| Angleterre | England |
| angoisse (f) | anguish |
| anxieux, -euse | anxious |
| au début | in the beginning |
| au lieu de | instead of |
| au milieu de | in the middle of |
| au secours! | help! |
| aucun, aucune | none; no one |
| avoir de la chance | to be lucky |
| avoir des ennuis | to have troubles, problems; to be preoccupied |
| avoir l'air triste | to look sad |
| avoir lieu | to take place |
| avoir mauvais caractère | to have a bad temper |
| avoir un rendez-vous | to have a date or an appointment |
| bientôt | soon |
| bière (f) | beer |
| bijoux (m) | jewelry |
| bise (f) | a kiss (familiar) |
| blague (f) | a joke; a trick |
| blâmer | to blame |
| blesser | to wound; to injure; to hurt |
| bonheur (m) | happiness |
| bonheur (m) | happiness |
| bonne nuit | good night |
| bouleversé | upset, distressed, emotional |
| bouleverser | to upset; to throw into confusion |
| bruit (m) | noise |
| ça fait mal | that hurts |
| ça leur est égal | it's all the same to them; it doesn't matter to them |
| ça m'est égal | it's all the same to me; it doesn't matter to me |
| calme-toi; calmez-vous | calm down |
| case (f) | hut |
| celui-là | that or this one there (ms) |
| c'est drôle | that's funny |
| c'est ma faute | it's my fault |
| c'est marrant | that's funny |
| c'est rigolo | that's funny |
| Charlemagne | Charlemagne |
| château (m) | a castle |
| chômage (m) | unemployment |
| cohabitation (f) | situation in which the president and the prime minister come from two different political parties |
| colle (f) | glue |
| coller | to glue; to stick |
| comédien, -ienne | actor ou actress performing in theater, movies, radio, TV-not necessarily for comedies only; someone who pretends to have feelings she or he does not have |
| comique | funny (adj); the funny aspect of smthg (nm) |
| conquérir | to conquer, to vanquish |
| conservateur, -trice | conservative |
| content, -e | satisfied; happy |
| coup de foudre (m) | love at first sight (lit: a thunderbolt) |
| cour (f) | the court; the courtyard |
| court, courte | short |
| créer (1st conj) | to create |
| creuser | to dig; to hollow out |
| creux, creuse | hollow |
| crier | to yell |
| critiquer | to criticize |
| Croisades | the Crusades |
| cueillir (comme ouvrir) | to gather in; to harvest |
| cuire | to cook (refers to that which is cooking) |
| d'ailleurs | what's more; moreover |
| déception (f) | disappointment |
| décevoir (like recevoir) | to disappoint |
| déçu, déçue | disappointed |
| déranger | to bother |
| désespoir (m) | despair |
| détruire (comme conduire) | to destroy |
| devenir (comme venir) | to become |
| devenir (conj like venir) | to become |
| deviner (1re conj) | to guess |
| devise (f) | a motto |
| d'habitude | usually |
| Dieu | God |
| divorce (m) | divorce |
| divorcer d'avec son mari ou sa femme | to divorce one's husband ou wife |
| divorcer | to get a divorce |
| donner un coup de pied à qqn | to kick smn |
| donner un coup de poing à qqn | to hit smn with the fist |
| donner une fessée à qqn | to spank smn |
| donner une gifle à qqn | to slap smn |
| droit (m) | a right |
| droit (m) | a right |
| du haut en bas | from top to bottom |
| dur, dure | hard; difficult |
| durer (1st conj) | to last |
| éclater de rire | to burst out laughing |
| embrasser | to kiss |
| emporter | to take or carry away |
| emprunter | to borrow |
| ému, émue | moved (emotionally); touched |
| en avoir assez | to have had enough |
| en avoir marre | to have had enough |
| en vouloir à qqn | to hold a grudge against smn |
| endroit (m) | place |
| enthousiaste (n & adj) | someone enthusiastic; enthusiastic |
| envahir (2nd conj) | to invade |
| épouse (f) | a wife |
| épouser qqn | to marry smn |
| époux (m) | a husband |
| épuisé | exhausted |
| être amoureux ou amoureuse de | to be in love with |
| être de bonne humeur | to be in a good mood |
| être de mauvaise humeur | to be in a bad mood |
| être déprimé | to be depressed |
| être désolé | to be sorry |
| être en colère | to be angry |
| être fou ou folle de joie | to be crazy with joy |
| être heureux, -euse de faire | to be happy |
| être la bête noire de quelqu'un | to be smn's pet peeve |
| être passionné de qqch | to be very fond of smthg |
| être ravi, -e de faire | to be delighted to do |
| être tracassé | to be worried |
| faire de la peine à qqn | to hurt someone (emotionally; feelings) |
| faire du bien à qqn | to do smn good |
| faire le clown | to act like a clown; to make people laugh |
| femme (f) | a wife, a woman |
| fessée (nf) | a spanking |
| fidèle | faithful |
| fils (m) | a son |
| flirter | to flirt |
| fou (fol), folle | crazy; mad |
| furieux, furieuse | furious |
| garder | to keep |
| gifle (f) | a slap |
| goûter à qqch | to taste smthg for the first time; to sample; to try a small quantity |
| goûter qqch | to taste smthg |
| grâce à | thanks to |
| grimper dans un arbre | to climb a tree |
| grogner | to grumble; to moan; to growl or grunt out |
| gronder | to scold |
| guérir | to heal; to cure |
| guerre de Cent Ans | the Hundred Years War |
| guerre | war |
| guerrier, -ière (n, adj) | a warrior; warlike |
| Guillaume le Conquérant | William the Conquerer |
| heureux, -euse | happy |
| humour (nm) | humor as in sense of humor |
| hurler | to scream |
| il était une fois | there was once; used like our "once upon a time" |
| impoli, impolie | rude; impolite |
| impôt (m) | a tax |
| inquiet, inquiète | worried |
| insulter | to insult |
| jaloux, jalouse | jealous |
| je n'en peux plus | I can't go on any longer |
| Jeanne d'Arc | Joan of Arc |
| joie (f) | joy |
| jouer un bon tour à qqn | to play a trick on someone |
| joyeux, -euse | joyous |
| j'y vais | I'm going (there) |
| la paix! | silence! |
| lâcher | to let go of; to release |
| laisser tomber qqn | to drop smn |
| larme (f) | a tear (as in crying) |
| léger, légère | light |
| lendemain (m) | the next day |
| lettre d'amour (f) | a love letter |
| loi (f) | a law |
| lourd, lourde | heavy |
| maire (m) | the mayor |
| mal élevé(e) | rude; badly raised |
| malheur (m) | misfortune |
| malheur (m) | misfortune; unhappiness |
| malin, maligne | clever |
| manger dans le bol | to eat from the bowl |
| manquer à qqn | to be missing to smn; to be missed by smn; to miss |
| manquer de plus nom | to lack |
| manquer de qqch (1st conj) | to lack smthg |
| manquer plus objet direct | to miss plus direct object |
| mari (m) | a husband |
| mariage (m) | marriage; wedding |
| marier | to marry someone off; to marry a couple (as in perform the ceremony) |
| marrant, -e | very funny |
| médias (mpl) | the media |
| menacer | to threaten |
| miel (m) | honey |
| mon amour | my love |
| mon chou, ma choute | my sweetheart |
| mon lapin | my sweetheart |
| mort (f) | death |
| mort (m) | the dead person; the body |
| moyen (m) | a means or way |
| Moyen Âge | the Middle Ages |
| ne pas être dans son assiette | to feel out of sorts |
| ne verbe que | not verb but; only |
| n'en pouvoir plus | to have had enough |
| obtenir (comme venir) | to obtain; to get |
| on a bien rigolé | we had a good time; we laughed a lot |
| on dirait que . . . | you (in general) would think that . . . |
| paix (f) | peace |
| par exemple | for example |
| paresseux, paresseuse | lazy |
| parti (m) | a political party |
| pas (m) | step; footstep; footprint |
| paysan, une paysanne | a peasant |
| peine de mort (f) | the death penalty |
| pénible | tedious, painful |
| perdre son sang froid | to lose one's cool |
| pessimiste; pessimistic | pessimist; pessimistic |
| petit(e) ami(e) | boy friend; girl friend |
| petit-fils (m) | a grandson |
| pièce (f) | coin |
| piège (m) | trap |
| plaire à | to be pleasing to; to appeal to |
| plaisanter | to joke; to kid |
| plaisanterie (f) | a joke |
| pleurer | to cry |
| pot (m) | jar |
| potager (m) | vegetable garden |
| poursuivre | to pursue |
| prier (1st conj) | to pray |
| puissant | powerful |
| punir | to punish |
| punition (f) | the punishment |
| quel dommage! | what a pity! |
| Quelle mouche te pique? | What's eating you? literally what fly is biting you? |
| raconter des blagues | to tell jokes |
| raconter | to tell a story |
| rage (f) | rage |
| ramener | to take back (usually smn; here, a pet) |
| récolte (f) | harvest |
| réélire | to reelect |
| réfléchir | to think; to reflect |
| règne (m) | the reign |
| régner (1st conj) | to reign |
| reine (f) | a queen |
| rendre qqn heureux/furieux/malade, etc. (3rd group, -re) | to make smn happy/furious/sick, etc. |
| réunir (2nd conj) | to bring together; to reunite |
| rêver | to dream |
| rigoler | to laugh |
| rigolo, -te | funny |
| risquer | to risk; to be likely to happen or to have a good chance of happening |
| roi (m) | a king |
| rompre avec qqn | to break up with smn |
| saisir | to seize |
| saisir | to seize; to grab |
| s'amuser | to have a good time |
| sangloter | to sob |
| sans blague | no kidding |
| sauter de joie | to jump for joy |
| se disputer | to fight or quarrel |
| se fâcher avec qqn | to get angry with smn |
| se fâcher | to get angry |
| se marier avec qqn | to get married to smn |
| se mettre en colère | to get angry |
| se moquer de qqn | to make fun of smn |
| se passer | to happen |
| se plaindre (like craindre) | to complain |
| se tenir bien | to hold on tight; also, to behave well (learn both) |
| se tromper | to make a mistake |
| s'échapper (à qqn) | to escape (from smn) |
| séduire | to seduce; to fascinate; to lure; to charm |
| s'éloigner (de) | to move away from; to distance oneself from |
| sembler | to seem |
| s'en aller | to go away from |
| s'énerver | to get irritated |
| sensible | sensitive |
| s'entendre avec qqn | to get along with smn |
| siècle (m) | a century |
| siege (m) | a seat (general or in a legislature) |
| s'inquiéter de qqch | to be worried about smthg |
| s'intéresser à | to be interested in |
| soigner (1ere conj) | to care for; to take care of |
| souhaiter | to wish |
| soupirer | to sigh |
| souriant, -e | smiling |
| sourire (m) | a smile |
| sourire | to smile |
| soutenir (conj like venir) | to support |
| suivre | to follow |
| supporter (1st conj) | to tolerate; to stand |
| surveiller | to watch over |
| sympathiser avec | to find a person likeable |
| tant pis | too bad |
| tenir (comme venir) | to hold on; to hang in there |
| tomber amoureux ou amoureuse de | to fall in love with |
| tout de suite | immediately; right away |
| triste | sad |
| tristesse (f) | sadness |
| tromper qqn | to be unfaithful to smn; to deceive smn |
| trou (m) | hole |
| vaillant, -e | valliant |
| vaincre | to vanquish, to conquer |
| vider | to empty |
| voisin, voisine | neighbor |
