| A | B |
| équipe | staff, team, crew |
| voeux | wish |
| revole | fly again |
| Gonesse | town in the Val-d'Oise department of Îl-de-France region |
| au sein de | within |
| coûté la vie à | took/cost the life of |
| Raphaël | Italian painter whose masterpieces include The Marriage of the Virgin, The Sistine Madonna, and the Transfiguration. |
| volet | part/section |
| reportages effectés | reports done |
| Provence | former province of southeastern France bordering on the Mediterranean, now part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region |
| Alphonse Daudet | French writer, much of whose work (Les Lettres de mon moulin; L'Arlésienne) is marked by nostalgia for Provence and his happy childhood in Nîmes. |
| au travers des voix | through the voices |
| Fernandel | horse-faced comic actor whose toothy grin, expressive hands, and warm voice endeared him to the French public. |
| Guide du Routard | backpacker's/budget traveler's guide, a collection founded in 1975 by Philippe Gloaguen and Michel Duval and published by Hachette |
| Pays basque | the Basque Country, a region in the western Pyrenees on the Bay of Biscay that includes parts of Spain and France. |
| A l'écoute | listening to/with his finger on the pulse of/attentive to |
| sanctionnent | determine |
| remporter | win |
| prix Goncourt | prestigious 50-franc literary prize, awarded annually since 1903 |
| coureurs cyclistes | racing cyclists |
| également | as well/also; equally |
| sortie | release; publication; exit |
| parution | publication |
| me permets de vous rappeler que | take the liberty of reminding you that |
| face à | up against |