| A | B |
|---|
| abaisser (abaisser les prix; abaisser qqn.) | to lower, to let down; to humble |
| bâcler (expédier (un travail) sans soins) | to skimp on; to botch |
| se cabrer (II: se révolter: elles se sont cabrées à l'idée de céder) | to rear (up) (horse); to baulk, to jib |
| daigner faire qqch. (condescendre à: il a daigné lui parler) | to deign to do sth. (to do sth. that one considers to be beneath one's dignity) |
| ébahir (s'ébahir de) (voilà une nouvelle qui m'ébahit) | to stun, to astound (to marvel, to wonder at) |
| fabriquer (article fabriqué en série) | to make, to produce, to manufacture |
| gâcher (gâcher son argent, son talent, une occasion) | to waste; to spoil, to ruin; to mix |
| s'habiller (l'enfant s'habille tout seule maintenant) | to get dressed, to dress |
| idéaliser | to idealize |
| jaillir (il jaillit de derrière le mur) | to spring from; to leap (flame); to start flowing (tears); to burst out (laughter) (he leapt out from behind the wall) |
| labourer (un terrain labouré par des obus) | to plough; to dig (over) (land churned up by artillery shells) |
| mâcher (mâcher du tabac) | to chew (to chew tobacco) |
| nager | to swim |
| obéir à qqn. | to obey sb. |
| pacifier (pacifier les esprits) | to pacify (to calm people down) |
| se qualifier (se qualifier pour la finale) | to qualify (to get through to the finals) |
| rabattre (rabattre son chapeau sur ses yeux; il a rabattu 5% sur le prix affiché) | to lower; to deduct (he knocked 5% off the marked price) |
| saccager (Les vandales! Ils ont tout saccagé!) | to wreck, to devastate |
| tacher (se tacher) | to stain (to stain one's clothes) |
| ulcérer (leur manque de confiance l'a ulcéré) | to appal, to sicken; to hurt (he was hurt by their lack of trust) |
| vacciner | to vaccinate |
| zébrer | to streak, to stripe |
| abandonner | to abandon, to leave, to desert |
| abattre (l'arbre fut abattu par le vent) | to cut down, to fell (tree); to knock down; to shoot |
| abêtir (rendre bête, stupide) | to dull the mind of |
| abîmer (s'abîmer la santé; la lait s'est abîmée) | to spoil (clothes), to damage, to ruin (to ruin one's health; the milk has gone off) |
| bafouer | to defy (a law); to ridicule, to scoff at |
| se bagarrer (mes parents se bagarraient) | to fight, to quarrel (my parents used to quarrel) |
| baigner (se baigner) | to bathe; to soak (to have a bath) |
| bâiller | to yawn |
| cacher (tu me caches la vue) | to hide, to conceal (you're blocking my view) |
| cadrer (les deux notions ne cadrent pas ensemble) | to tally, to correspond (the two ideas don't go together) |
| cajoler (cajoler un enfant) | to cuddle |
| calculer (j'ai tout calculer) | to calculate, to work out (I have it all worked out) |
| damner (faire damner qqn.) | to damn (to drive sb. round the bend) |
| danser | to danse |
| dater (carte datée de mardi); dater de | to date (postcard dated Tuesday); to date from |
| débarquer (il s'est fait débarquer) | to unload, to land, to disembark; to sack (he got the sack) |
| s'ébattre | to frolic (to play or move about in a cheerful and lively way) |
| ébaucher (ébaucher des négotiations) | to sketch, to outline; to begin (to start the process of negotiation) |
| éblouir (nous étions éblouis par le soleil (aveuglés)/ par ce spectacle (émerveillés)) | to dazzle, to stun |
| ébranler (ébranler la confiance de qqn.) | to shake, to rattle; to weaken (to undermine sb.'s confidence) |
| fâcher (se fâcher (tes parents se sont fachés?) | to annoy, to vex (to get angry (did your parents get angry?)) |
| faciliter (ça ne va pas faciliter les choses entre eux) | to ease, to make easy (it won't make things easier between them) |
| façonner (façonné à la main) | to shape, to fashion, to mould; to manufacture (handmade) |
| facturer qqch. à qqn. | to bill sb. for sth.; to invoice sb. for sth. |
| gagner (gagner le gros lot) | to win; to earn; to gain (to hit the jackpot) |
| galoper | to gallop |
| garantir (suis mes conseils et je te garantis le succès) | to guarantee (take my advice and I guarantee you succes) |
| garder (j'ai gardé toutes ses lettres) | to look after, to keep an eye on; to keep (I kept all his letters) |
| habiter (j'habite à Paris; j'habite à la campagne)) | to live in, to inhabit (I live in Paris; I live in the countryside) |
| s'habituer à | to become used to |
| hacher (hacher de la viande) | to chop (to mince, to grind meat) |
| haïr (il me hait de lui avoir menti) | to hate, to detest (he hates me for having lied to him) |
| identifier (il a été indentifié comme étant le voleur) | to identify (he was identified as the robber) |
| ignorer (il ignorait tout d'elle) | to be unaware of (he knew nothing about her); to ignore, to take no notice of |
| illuminer | to light up (face); to floodlight (a monument) |
| illustrer | to illustrate |
| jaser | to gossip, to chatter |
| jaunir (le soleil a jauni les pages) | to turn yellow, to yellow (the sun has made the pages turn yellow) |
| jeter (jeter qqn. en prison) | to throw (to throw sb. into jail) |
| lacer | to lace (up), to tie (up) |
| lâcher (lâcher les chiens sur qqn.) | to loosen, to slacken; to drop; to release (to set the dogs on sb.) |
| laisser (j'ai laissé mes enfants chez mon frère) | to leave; to abandon (I left my children at my brother's) |
| machiner | to hatch, to plot |
| magnifier (la légende magnifie les héros) | to magnify, to glorify; to exalt, to idealize |
| maigrir | to grow thinner |
| naître | to be born |
| nantir qqn. de | to provide sb. with |
| narrer qqch. | to narrate, to tell |
| paître (faire paître le bétail) | to graze (to graze the cattle) |
| pâlir (pâlir de peur) | to turn pale (to turn pale with fear); to fade |
| palper (palper un tissu) | to palpate; to feel (to finger a fabric) |
| se quereller (quereller) | to row (to reprimand) |
| questionner qqn. | to ask sb. questions |
| quêter | to collect money; to pass the hat round |
| raccommoder (se raccommoder) | to repair, to mend (to be reconciled) |
| raccompagner qqn. (je vais te raccompagner chez toi) | to show sb. out (I'll walk you home, I'll give you a lift home) |
| raccorder | to join up; to link up |
| saisir (il m'a saisi par la manche) (elle saisit ma main) | to grab (hold of), to seize, to grasp (he grabbed me by the sleeve); to grip (she gripped my hand) |
| salir | to make dirty, to soil |
| saluer qqn. | to greet sb. |
| tâcher que (tâcher de ) | to make sure that (to try to ) |
| tailler | to cut; to trim (moustache) |
| se taire | to keep quiet |
| unifier | to unify, to unite; to standardize |
| unir | to unite, to bring together; to link, to connect |
| urbaniser | to urbanize (to make urban) |
| vaincre | to overcome, to triumph over |
| valoir (valoir très cher) | to be worth, to cost (to be very expensive)) |
| vanter (se vanter: il s'est vanté de gagner la course) | to praise (to boast, to brag: he boasted that he would win the race) |
| zézayer | to have a lisp, to lisp |
| zigzaguer | to zigzag |
| sanctifier | to sanctify, to hallow |
| taper (elle a tapé du poing sur la table) (taper 40 mots à la minute) | to hit, to slap (she banged her fist on the table); to type (to type 40 words per minute); to dial |
| user (user un jean jusqu'à la corde) | to wear away, to wear out (to wear out a pair of jeans); to use |
| varier (les prix varient de 50 à 150 francs) | to vary, to diversify (prices range from 50 to 150 francs) |
| raccourir (tu as trop raccourci les manches) | to shorten; to trim; to cut short (holidays); you've made the sleeves too short) |
| quitter | to leave, to split up with; to quit |
| palpiter (son coeur palpitait violemment) | to throb, to flutter, to quiver (her heart was pounding) |
