A | B |
un complot | a plot; conspiracy; scheme |
le monde | the world |
tout le monde | everyone |
le plombier | the plumber |
l'est (m) | the east |
l'ouest (m) | the west |
punir | to punish (a regular IR verb) |
agir | to act (a regular IR verb) |
étroit(e) | narrow |
le diable | the devil |
l'enfer (m) | (the) hell |
un vol | a flight |
une voiture volante | a flying car |
la vérité | the truth |
le mensonge | the lie |
une tasse / une tasse de thé vert | a cup / a cup of green tea |
une fourchette | a fork |
les petits pois (m) | the green peas |
une tomate | a tomato |
une pomme de terre | a potato |
la chance | the luck |
avoir de la chance | to be lucky |
la voix | the voice |
un canard | a duck |
bon marché | inexpensive (this is an invariable adjective, so it can't take a plural or feminine form) |
le prix | the price; the prize |
le nid | the nest |
le miel | the honey |
le chou | the cabbage |
mon petit chou | my sweetie pie (literally: my little cabbage) |
rater | to miss; fail; flunk; flop |
la nappe | the tablecloth |
le marin | the sailor |
le lac | the lake |
une île | an island |
le bras | the arm |
la jambe | the leg |
un os | a bone |
bouger | to move |
une menace | a threat |
tout de suite | at once; right away; immediately |
le sort | the spell; the fate; the destiny |
à gauche | to the left; on the left |
à droite | to the right; on the right |
un monstre | a monster; a freak; a fiend |
lourd(e) | heavy |
léger; légère | light |
propre / sale | clean / dirty |
grossir | to gain weight |
maigrir | to lose weight |
rougir | to blush |
punir | to punish |
réfléchir à | to think about; reflect on |
bâtir | to build |
laisser | to leave; let; allow |
jeter | to throw |
jeter un sort | to cast a spell |
la gare | the train station |
je m'en fiche | I don't give a darn! |
cacher | to hide |
d'abord | first |
une oreille | an ear |
la reine | the queen |
une balle | a ball; a bullet |
la musique | the music |
large | wide |
carré(e) / rond(e) | square / round |
lent(e) / lentement | slow (m/f) / slowly (the adverbial form) |
drôle = marrant(e) | funny; peculiar |
un portefeuille | a wallet |
un gant | a glove |
une grenouille | a frog |
grave | serious; deep; grave |
une agression | an attack; a mugging |
Ça m'est égal | It's all the same to me. It doesn't matter to me. |
coupable | guilty |
une crevette | a shrimp |
un bol | a bowl |
le ciel / Le ciel est couvert. Le ciel est gris. | the sky; heaven / It's overcast. / The sky is gray. |
l'aéroport (m) | the airport |
une cuillère | a spoon |
une assiette | a plate |
puer | to stink |
seul(e) | alone |
seulement | only |
vers | towards; approximately |
un jumeau / des jumeaux | a twin (m.) / twins |
bonnes vacances | Have a good vacation! |
les vacances (f/pl) | the vacation |
bon voyage | Have a good trip! |
le savoir | the learning; knowledge |
savoir | to know (a fact or how to do something) |
une arme | a weapon |
penser | to think |
suivre / suivi | to follow / followed |
même | same; even |
quand même | anyway |
à côté de | next to |
le grand-père | the grandfather |
la grand-mère | the grandmother |
les parents (m) | the parents; the relatives |
un anniversaire | a birthday; an anniversary |
bon anniversaire = joyeux anniversaire | Happy birthday! |
la rue | the street |
couper | to cut |
un biscuit | a cookie |
un biscuit salé | a cracker |
salé(e) | salty |
le sel | the salt |
le sucre | the sugar |
sucré(e) | sweet |
épais; épaisse | thick |
gras; grasse | fatty; oily; full fat (as opposed to lean or lowfat) |
le salon | the living room |
la salle à manger | the dining room |
utile / inutile | useful / useless |
le héros | the hero (male) |
l'héroïne | the heroine (both the female hero of a story and the narcotic) |
porter | to carry; to wear |
apporter | to bring |
le début | the beginning |
sauter | to jump |
le bois | the wood; the woods |
coûter | to cost |
l'avenir (m) | the future |
le thon | the tuna |
le saumon | the salmon |
une botte | a boot |
un jean | a pair of jeans |
grandir | to grow up; to get bigger |
un dinosaure | a dinosaur |
le musée / au musée / le musée du Louvre | the museum / at the museum / the Louvre museum |
la tour / la Tour Eiffel | the tower / the Eiffel Tower |
un café / un café au lait / un café crème | a café / a coffee with milk / a coffee with cream |
la farine | the flour |
la charcuterie | the deli; the delicatessen |
à la charcuterie | at the deli |
la mer | the sea |
à la mer | at the sea |
le stade | the stadium |
au stade | at the stadium |
le concert | the concert |
au concert | at the concert |
l'hôpital (m) | the hospital |
à l'hôpital | at the hospital |
l'hôtel (m) | the hotel |
à l'hôtel | at the hotel |
J'habite aux États-Unis | I live in the United States |
Je suis des États-Unis | I'm from the United States |
Tu travailles au Canada | You (familiar/singular) work in Canada |
Il voyage au Mexique | He's traveling (he travels) to Mexico. |
Nous habitons à Londres | We live (we are living) in London. |
Tu voyages à Paris. | You (familiar/singular) travel (are traveling) to Paris. |
prochain(e) | next |
avoir envie de | to feel like; to be in the mood for |
en face de | across from; facing |
tout droit | straight ahead |
un avis | an opinion |
à mon avis | in my opinion |
partout | everywhere |
se passer = arriver | to happen; to take place; to occur |
mettre / mis | to put; to place / put; placed |
promettre / promis | to promise / promised |
l'amour (m) | the love |
dur(e) / durer | hard; difficult (un adjectif) / to last (un verbe) |
le coin | the corner |
rêver | to dream |
un rêve / Fais de beaux rêves! | a dream / Sweet dreams! |
le coup | the blow; shot; kick; punch |
toujours | always; still |
premier; première | first (m/f) |
devoir | to have to; must |
le devoir | the duty; obligation |
vraiment | really |
s'appeler | to be called (named) |
laid(e) = vilain(e) = moche | ugly (moche = ugly, awful, dreadful. This word has a more colloquial usage.) |
la côte | the coast |
bas; basse | low (m/f) |
désolé(e) | sorry; contrite |
un ange | an angel |
Nous voyageons en Suisse | We are traveling (we travel) in/to Switzerland |
Vous travaillez en Angleterre | You (formal/plural) work (are working) in England. |
Elles habitent en Allemagne | They (female) live (are living) in Germany. |
un bouton | a button; a pimple |
un pull = un pull-over | a sweater |
enfin | finally; at last |
le petit déjeuner | the breakfast |
le déjeuner | the lunch |
le dîner | the dinner |
le goûter | the snack |
goûter | to taste |
le goût | the taste; the flavor |
selon | according to |
la framboise / de la glace à la framboise / une tarte aux framboises | the raspberry / (some) raspberry ice cream / a raspberry tart/pie |
le lapin | the rabbit |
un panier | a basket |
des pâtes (f) / des pâtes à la sauce tomate | (some) pasta / pasta with tomato sauce |
une âme | a soul |
une bouteille de vin | a bottle of wine |
une bouteille d'eau (minérale / gazeuse) | a bottle of water (mineral water / bubbly water) |
le pamplemousse | the grapefruit |
une recette | a recipe |
du jus / du jus d'orange | (some) juice / some orange juice |
du jus de pomme | (some) apple juice |
le homard | the lobster (this word begins with an "aspirated" H) |
un(e) avocat(e) | a lawyer (m/f) |
un infirmier; une infirmière | a nurse (m/f) |
un ingénieur | an engineer |
entendre / entendu | to hear / heard; understood |
rendre / rendu | to return; give back; repay / returned |
perdre / perdu | to lose / lost |
vendre / vendu | to sell / sold |
attendre / attendu | to wait / waited |
aucun(e) | none; none at all |
Je n'ai aucune idée | I don't have any idea (at all)! (I really don't know!) |
génial = chouette | Cool! Great! |
C'est dommage | What a shame. That's too bad. |
le boulot | the work (slang) |
le besoin | the need |
avoir besoin de | to need |
une valise | a suitcase |
une fée | a fairy |
des céréales (f) | (some) cereal |
heureux; heureuse | happy |
essayer (de) | to try (to) |