| A | B |
|---|
| les relations personnelles (f.pl.) | personal relationships |
| une âme soeur | a soul mate |
| une amitié | a friendship |
| des commérages (m.pl.) | gossip |
| un esprit | a spirit |
| un mariage | a marriage; a wedding |
| un rendez-vous | a date (e.g. going out) |
| une responsabilité | a responsibility |
| compter sur | to rely on |
| draguer | to flirt; to try to "pick up" |
| s'engager (envers qqn) | to commit (to someone) |
| faire confiance (à qqn) | to trust (someone) |
| mentir (like "sentir") | to lie (i.e. not to tell the truth) |
| mériter | to deserve; to be worth (not monetary worth) |
| partager | to share |
| poser un lapin (à qqn) | to stand (someone) up |
| quitter (qqn) | to leave someone (e.g. permanently) |
| rompre (irreg.) | to break up |
| sortir avec | to go out with |
| (in)fidèle | (dis)loyal |
| les sentiments (m.pl) | the feelings |
| agacer/énerver | to annoy |
| aimer | to love;to like |
| avoir honte (de) | to be ashamed (of)/embarrassed |
| en avoir marre (de) | to be fed up (with) |
| s'entendre bien (avec) | to get along well (with) |
| gêner | to bother, to embarrass (to make s.o. feel awkward) |
| se mettre en colère contre | to get angry with |
| ressentir (like "sentir") | to feel |
| rêver de | to dream about |
| tomber amoureux/amoureuse (de) | to fall in love (with) |
| accablé(e) | overwhelmed |
| anxieux/anxieuse | anxious |
| contrarié(e) | upset |
| déprimé(e) | depressed |
| enthousiaste | enthusiastic;excited |
| fâché(e) | angry; mad |
| inquiet/inquiète | worried |
| jaloux/jalouse | jealous |
| passager/passagère | fleeting (thought/feeling) |
| l'état civil (m.) | marital status (used in "vital records" = birth, marriage, death certificates |
| divorcer | to get a divorce |
| se fiancer | to get engaged |
| se marier avec(qqn.) | to marry (s.o.) |
| vivre (irreg.) en union libre | to live together (as a couple) |
| célibataire | single (i.e. not married) |
| veuf/veuve | widowed; widower/widow |
| la personnalité | the personality |
| avoir confiance en soi | to be confident |
| affectueux/affectueuse | affectionate |
| charmant(e) | charming |
| économe | thrifty |
| franc/franche | frank (very honest) |
| génial(e) | great; terrific |
| (mal)honnête | (dis)honest |
| idéaliste | idealistic |
| inoubliable | unforgettable |
| (peu) mûr(e) | (im)mature |
| orgueilleux/orgueilleuse | proud |
| prudent(e) | careful, prudent |
| séduisant(e) | attractive |
| sensible | sensitive |
| timide | shy |
| tranquille | calm;quiet |
| le court métrage | the "short",short film |
| la boue | the mud |
| le cauchemar | the nightmare |
| la crise d'hystérie | the attack of hysteria |
| un(e) estropié(e) | a cripple(d) (person) |
| une guerre | a war |
| le pouvoir | the power |
| une route | a route |
| un supplice | a torture |
| boiter | to limp |
| crier | to yell |
| s'enfoncer | to drown |
| frapper | to knock; to hit |
| paniquer | to panic |
| raconter (une histoire) | to tell (a story) |
| réagir | to react |
| soulager | to relieve |
| se tromper | to be wrong |
| désespéré(e) | desperate |
| émotif/émotive | emotional |
| humain(e) | human |
| pourtant | however |
| la culture | the culture |
| un(e) ancêtre | an ancestor |
| un choc culturel | a culture shock |
| le dépaysement | the change of scenery; disorientation |
| un mélange (de) | a mix (of) |
| une nouvelle vague | a new wave |
| un soldat | a soldier |
| s'assimiler à | to blend in |
| émigrer | to emigrate |
| fuir (irreg.) | to flee |
| immigrer | to immigrate |
| s'intégrer (à un groupe) | to integrate (into a group) |
| rejoindre (irreg.) | to join |
| bilingue | bilingual |
| à partir de | from (a time onwards) |
| grâce à | thanks so (a fortunate circumstance) |
| la littérature | the literature |
| des amants (m. pl.) | lovers |
| la joie | the joy |
| une liaison | an affair; a relationship |
| la peine | the sorrow; the grief |
| une rupture | the breakup |
| la tristesse | the sadness |
| s'en aller | to go /fade (away) |
| couler | to flow |
| sonner | to strike; to sound |
| désabusé(e) | disillusioned |
| las/lasse | weary |
| mélancolique | melancholic |
