| A | B |
| une production écrite | a written piece of work |
| un accompagnement | a side-dish |
| l'erreur est constructive | the error is constructive |
| Jetez-vous à l'eau! | Throw yourself into it! |
| La nuit, tous les chats sont gris. | At night, don't trust anyone. |
| sans domicile fixe | SDF |
| le rire | laughter |
| les cigales | cicadas |
| le funambule | tightrope walker |
| le ressac | undertow (le son de la mer) |
| s'enlacer | to hug each other |
| un juron | a curse, expletive |
| une panthère | a panther |
| routinié | routined, repetitive, monotonous |
| la trahison | betrayal |
| une balade | a stroll, a walk |
| consommer | to consume (le petrol, l'énergie) |
| se faufiler | to serpentine in a crowd to avoid obstacles |
| un ourlé | a seam (clothes) |
| chiper | to steal / voler (familiar) |
| la maraude | thievery |
| marauder | to thieve, pilfer |
| la buée | mist, condensation |
| enjoué | cheerful, light-hearted |
| le petit matin | the very earliest part of the morning |
| l'aube (f) | dawn (morning) |
| la crépuscule | dusk (night) |
| moulé | soft (baguette) |
| coincer | to wedge, to jam, to get stuck |
| mou / molle | soft |
| faufiler | to baste (sewing) |
| matinal | early-rising |
| noctambule | a night owl |
| être couche-tard | to be a night owl |
| être un oiseau de nuit | to be a night owl |
| être un lève-tôt | to be an early-riser |
| casanier | a homebody |
| un thermos | a thermos |
| une cafetière | a coffepot |
| la luciole | firefly |
| le grillon | cricket |
| une corvée | to be a drag; something you have to do but don't want to |
| garder une bonne mémoire de | to have a good memory of |
| développer au maximum | to develop (or improve) to the maximum |