| A | B |
|---|
| actuel (fr) | current; of the present day; today's |
| vrai; réel (fr) | actual |
| actuellement (fr) | at the present time; now; currently |
| vraiment; réellement (fr) | actually |
| une affaire (fr) | a business; a company; a deal (une bonne affaire - a good deal) |
| une liaison; (une aventure) (fr) | an affair |
| agréable (fr) | pleasant |
| bien disposé envers; consentant (fr) | agreeable |
| approcher (fr) | to approach in the sense of to enter into communication with |
| s'approcher de (fr) | to come near; to walk up to |
| assister à (fr) | to attend; to be present at |
| aider (fr) | to assist; to help |
| attendre (fr) | to wait for (for is included in Fr) |
| le caractère (fr) | temperament; temper |
| avoir mauvais caractère (fr) | to be bad tempered; to have a bad disposition |
| avoir bon caractère (fr) | to have a good disposition |
| un original (fr) | a character in the sense of someone who is a bit eccentric |
| qqn de bonne réputation (fr) | smn of character (good; honorable) |
| une commande (fr) | an order (restaurant; catalog; internet) |
| la maîtrise (fr) | command in the sense of mastery of smthg |
| posséder bien (fr) | to have a good command of, a mastery of; to be very knowledgeable about |
| commander (fr) | to order (restaurant; catalog; internet) |
| féliciter (fr) | to commend; to praise |
| une lettre de recommandation (fr) | a letter of commendation; a letter praising someone for something |
| compréhensif, -ive (fr) | understanding; sympathetic; tolerant |
| général (fr) | comprehensive |
| confus, confuse (fr) | embarrassed |
| perplexe (fr) | confused |
| demander (fr) | to ask; to ask for (no separate preposition in French) |
| exiger (fr) | to demand; to require |
| le donjon (fr) | the keep of a castle |
| le cachot (fr) | the dungeon |
| éventuellement (fr) | possibly |
| finalement (fr) | eventually (like a consequence of events piling up) |
| ignorer (fr) | to be unaware; to not know |
| faire semblant de ne pas voir (fr) | to ignore |
| une injure (fr) | an insult |
| blesser (fr) | to injure |
| une lecture (fr) | a reading; reading as an activity |
| un sermon, une conférence, une leçon (fr) | a lecture |
| la librairie (fr) | a bookstore |
| la bibliothèque (fr) | the library |
| un parent (fr) | a relative; an ancestor (usually refers to generations before you); a member of the family (including mother and father) |
| une mère, un père (fr) | a parent (mother, father) |
| présenter (fr) | to introduce |
| offrir (fr) | to present; to give a gift |
| regarder (fr) | to look at (no prep in French); to watch |
| respecter (fr) | to regard well; to think highly of; to respect |
| rester (fr) | to stay |
| se reposer (fr) | to rest |
| un roman (fr) | a novel |
| romain (fr) | Roman |
| sensible (fr) | sensitive |
| raisonnable (fr) | sensible |
| supporter (fr) | to bear; to tolerate; to stand |
| soutenir (fr) | to support |
| sympathique (fr) | likeable; pleasant |
| qui a de la compassion (fr) | sympathetic |
| un personnage (fr; m) | a character in a play or book |
| les affaires (fr; f) | your belongings; your things |
| une lettre de référence (fr; f) | a recommendation |
| posséder (fr) | to possess; to have; to own |
| ne pas ignorer (fr) | to know; to not not know :) |
| donner à qqn l'ordre de faire qqch (fr) | to command (smn to do smthg) |
| attirer (fr) | to attract |
| vêtu (fr) | attired; dressed |
| habillé (fr) | attired; dressed |
| capacité (fr) | capability |
| en tant que (fr) | as; in one's capacity as |
| confidence (f) (fr) | secret |
| confiance (f; fr) | confidence |
| experience (fr; f) | experiment; experience (things experienced) |
| extenuer (fr) | to exhaust |
| atténuer (fr) | to extenuate; to reduce the impact or severity of |
| amoindrir (fr) | to extenuate; to reduce the impact or severity of |
| fabrique (f; fr) | factory |
| tissu (fr; m) | fabric |
| procès (fr; m) | trial |
| phénomène (fr) | process |
| méthode (f; fr) | process |
| révision (f; fr) | review |
| correction (f; fr) | revision |
| rude (fr) | uncouth; abrupt |
| impoli (fr) | rude |
| mal élevé (fr) | rude |
| vacances (fr; fpl) | vacation |
| vacance (fr; fs) | vacancy |
| poste vacant (fr; m) | vacancy |
