| A | B |
|---|
| 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...) |
