| A | B |
| un immigré | immigrant |
| sembler | to seem |
| un arrondissement | a district of Paris |
| au sujet de | about (eg a song about / to talk about) |
| par hasard | by chance |
| un salarié | an employee |
| enregistrer | to record |
| un quartier | a district |
| inviter qn à faire qqch | to invite sb to do sthg |
| attirer | to attract |
| étranger / étrangère | foreign |
| compter | to count |
| compter sur | to rely on / to count on |
| le paysage | the countryside (landscape) |
| innombrable | innumerable |
| d'ailleurs | furthermore / moreover |
| un bouchon | a traffic jam |
| se méfier (de) | to be suspicious of / to be wary of |
| la patrimoine | heritage |
| un vol | a flight / a theft |
| un kilomètre carré | a square kilometer |
| faire face à | to face up to / to confront / to deal with |
| la toxicomanie | drug addiction |
| partager | to share |
| se droguer | to take drugs |
| se mettre en colère | to get angry |
| sans cesse | incessantly / all the time |
| pourtant | however / though |
| malheureux | unhappy |
| s'occuper de | to look after sb / sthg |
| se passer | to happen |
| soigner | to care for |
| un mensonge | a lie |
| mentir | to lie |
| une menace | a threat |
| menacer | to threaten |
| le désespoir | despair |
| réussir à faire qqch | to manage to do sthg |
| s'en sortir | to pull through |
| à l'époque | at the time |
| venir de + inf | to have just done something |
| poser une question | to ask a question |
| la récré | break (school) |
| prévenir | to warn |
| éteindre | to switch off |
| néanmoins | nevertheless |
| allumer | to light / to switch on / to turn on |
| se servir de | to use |
| débile | idiotic |