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| 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) |
| nettoyer | to clean |
| frapper | to hit; to strike |
| détuire / détruit | to destroy / destroyed |
| roux; rousse | red-headed |
| un trou | a hole |
| le dos | the back |
| la nourriture | the food |
| vouloir dire | to mean |
| avertir | to warn |
| debout | standing (This adjective only has one form - it is invariable. It cannot take a feminine or plural form.) |
| une pièce | a room; a coin; a play |
| un coffre | a chest |
| tard / tôt | late / early |
| être en retard / être à l'heure | to be late / to be on time |
| ouvrir / ouvert | to open / opened |
| découvrir / découvert | to discover / discovered |
| le personnage | the character (as in a book, movie, or play) |
| le titre | the title |
| les sous-titres (m) | the subtitles |
| garder | to keep |
| puissant(e) | powerful |
| le dessin | the drawing |
| la guerre | the war |
| la paix | the peace |
| un manteau | a coat |
| un maillot de bain | a bathing suit |
| une pêche | a peach |
| une poire | a pear |
| le royaume | the kingdom |
| merveilleux(se) | marvelous; terrific; enchanting |
| la maladie | the illness |
| mieux | better |
| Ça va mieux, merci. | I'm doing better, thanks. Things are going better, thanks. |
| le patron; la patronne | the boss; the manager |
| la drogue | the drug |
| le médicament | the medicine (a medication) |
| frit(e) | fried |
| cru(e) | raw |
| cuit(e) | cooked |
| une bombe | a bomb |
| l'argent (m.); une robe argentée; une bague en argent | the money; the silver / a silver dress / a silver ring |
| avoir peur de | to be afraid of |
| J'ai peur des araignées | I'm afraid of spiders. |
| doux; douce | soft; gentle; sweet; mild |
| doucement | softly; gently |
| prier | to pray |
| plein(e) / vide | full / empty |
| détendu(e) vs. tendu(e) | relaxed vs. tense, tight, uptight, strained |
| navré(e) | sorry; upset; apologetic |
| ravi(e) | delighted; thrilled; really pleased |
| presque | almost |
| le bonheur | the happiness |
| la joie | the joy |
| venir / venu | to come / came |
| devenir / devenu | to become / became |
| revenir / revenu | to return / returned |
| se souvenir de / se souvenu | to remember / remembered |
| tenir / tenu | to hold; to hold on to / held |
| l'alcool (m) | the alcohol |
| prendre un verre = prendre un pot | to have a drink; to go for a drink |
| payer | to pay |
| l'addition (f) | the check; the bill |
| une douzaine | a dozen; about a dozen |
| une centaine | about one hundred |
| mille | a thousand |
| la pâtisserie / à la pâtisserie | the pastry (sweet) shop; at the pastry shop |
| le supermarché / au supermarché | the supermarket / at the supermarket |
| la boucherie / à la boucherie | the butcher shop / at the butcher shop |
| biologique | organic |
| une dinde | a turkey |
| une citrouille | a pumpkin |
| le symbole | the symbol |
| la morale | the moral |
| le thème | the theme |
| la métaphore | the metaphor |
| enlever | to take off; to remove (this verb is conjugated like "acheter") |
| offrir / offert | to offer / offered |
| reculer | to recoil; to pull back; to withdraw |
| ignorer | to not know about; to be ignorant of |
| le bout | the bit; tip; end |
| le couloir | the hallway |
| au bout du couloir | at the end of the hall |
| battre / battu | to beat; to defeat / beat; defeated |
| la peine | the sorrow; grief; sadness |
| déranger | to disturb; to upset |
| blesser | to wound; to injure |
| le quartier | the neighborhood |
| pleuvoir / il pleut / il a plu | to rain / It is raining (It rains) / It rained.. |
| une affaire | a business; an affair |
| tirer | to pull; to shoot |
| remarquer | to notice |
| la couleur | the color |
| vivant(e) | living; alive |
| un pote | a buddy; a guy friend |
| un million | a million |
| un milliard | a billion |
| jouer de la guitare / jouer du tambour | to play the guitar / to play the drums |
| jouer aux échecs | to play chess |
| jouer aux dames | to play checkers |
| jouer au foot = faire du foot | to play soccer |
| jouer au football américain = faire du football américain | to play football |
| douteux(se) | doubtful; dubious; questionable |
| travailleur(se) | hard-working |
| amical(e) | friendly |
| abruti(e) | idiotic |
| bavard(e) | chatty; talkative |
| rusé(e) | cunning; sneaky |
| le chapitre | the chapter |
| la décision | the decision |
| résoudre / résolu | to resolve; to solve / resolved; solved |
| le sujet | the subject |
| un film d'épouvante | a horror movie |
| un film d'amour | a love story |
| une émission | a TV show |
| la télé-réalité | Reality TV |
| la chaîne | the chain; the channel |
| la campagne | the countryside |
| la rivière (a tributary - so smaller) = le fleuve (to the sea - so bigger) | the river |
| populaire | popular |
| célèbre | famous |
| une vedette | a star (of TV, film, etc.) |
| l'intrigue (f) | the plot (of a TV show, book, or movie) |
| le champignon | the mushroom |
| le parfum / Mon parfum de glace préféré est la glace à la noisette. | the flavor; the scent; the perfum / My favorite ice cream flavor is hazelnut ice cream. |
| l'huile (f) / une olive | the oil / an olive |
| l'huile d'olive | the olive oil |
| la moutarde | the mustard |
| un raisin / du raisin | a grape / (some) grapes; grapes |
| le riz / du riz | the rice / (some) rice |
| une chaussure | a shoe |
| la pharmacie / à la pharmacie | the pharmacy / à the pharmacy |
| un ours | a bear |
| un papillon | a butterfly |
| le sable | the sand |
| un chameau | a camel |
| vivre / vécu; survivre / survécu | to live / lived; to survive / survived |
| sembler = avoir l'air = paraître (past participle: paru) | to appear; to seem; to look |
| apparaître / apparu | to appear; to come out; to become visible; to become apparent / appeared... |
| disparaître / disparu | to disappear; to vanish / disappeared; vanished |
| épicé(e) | spicy |
| fier; fière | proud (m/f) |
| la ceinture | the belt |
| le collier | the necklace |
| la chemise | the shirt |
| les vetêments (m/pl) | the clothing |
| le cidre / du cidre | cider / (some) cider |
| une aubergine | an eggplant |
| une courgette | a zucchini squash |
| une cerise | a cherry |
| le poivre | the pepper |
| le blé | the wheat |
| le vinaigre | the vinegar |
| une baleine | a whale |
| un requin | a shark |
| un dauphin | a dolphin |
| un loup | a wolf |
| la salle de bains | the bathroom |
| prendre une douche | to take a shower |
| le savon | the soap |
| une serviette | a towel (also: a briefcase and a napkin) |
| le tapis | the rug |
| le conducteur | the driver |
| l'écrivain (m) | the writer |
| le politicien; la politicienne | the politician |
| le vendeur; la vendeuse | the salesperson |
| une publicité = une pub | an ad(vertisement) |
| le théâtre | the theater |
| l'amitié (f) | the friendship |
| geler / Il gèle. | to freeze / It's freezing. |
| grêler / Il grêle. | to hail / It's hailing. |
| l'ombre (f) | the shade; the shadow |
| un meurtrier | a murderer |
| la prison / le prisonnier; la prisonnière | the prison / the prisoner (m/f) |
| la frontière | the border; the frontier |
| parfait(e) | perfect |
| étrange | strange |
| affreux(se) | dreadful; ghastly |
| tout; tous; toute; toutes (Par exemple, tous mes amis / toutes les fleurs...) | all (m/s); (m/pl); (f/s); (f/pl) (For example, all my friends (m) / all the flowers...) |
