| A | B |
|---|
| l'assimilation (f.) | assimilation |
| un but (prononcez le "t") | the goal |
| une cause | a cause |
| le développement | the development |
| en voie de développement | developing (e.g country) |
| la diversité | diversity |
| un(e) émigré(e) | an emigrant |
| une frontière | a border |
| l'humanité (f.) | humankind |
| l'immigration (f.) | immigration |
| un(e) immigré(e) | an immigrant |
| l'intégration (f.) | integration |
| une langue maternelle | a native/mother tongue |
| une langue officielle | an official language |
| le luxe | luxury |
| la mondialisation | globalization |
| la natalité | the birthrate |
| le patrimoine culturel | the cultural heritage |
| les principes (m.) | the principles |
| aller de l'avant | to forge ahead |
| s'améliorer | to better oneself, to improve oneself |
| attirer | to attract |
| augmenter | to grow; to raise (not increase in height) |
| baisser | to decrease |
| deviner | to guess |
| prédire (like DIRE) | to predict |
| (non-) conforme | (non)conformist |
| exclu(e) | excluded |
| polyglotte | multilingual |
| prévu(e) | foreseen |
| seul(e) | alone |
| le chaos | chaos |
| la compréhension | understanding |
| le courage | courage |
| un dialogue | a dialogue |
| une incertitude | uncertainty |
| l'instabilité (f.) | instability |
| la maltraitance | the abuse |
| un niveau de vie | a standard of living |
| une polémique | a controversy |
| la surpopulation | overpopulation |
| un travail manuel | manual labor |
| une valeur | a value |
| un voeu/les voeux | a wish/the wishes |
| avoir le mal du pays | to be homesick |
| faire sans | to do without |
| faire un effort | to make an effort |
| lutter | to struggle (e.g. to fight against corruption/hunger/cancer, etc.) |
| dû/due à | due to |
| surpeuplé(e) | overpopulated |
| s'adapter | to adapt |
| appartenir (à) (like TENIR) | to belong (to) |
| dire au revoir | to say goodbye |
| s'enrichir | to become rich |
| s'établir | to settle |
| manquer à | to miss |
| parvenir à | to achieve |
| projeter (like JETER) | to plan |
| quitter | to leave behind |
| réaliser (un rêve) | to fulfill (a dream) |
| rejeter (like JETER) | to reject |
| un(e) bavard(e) | a chatterbox |
| un châtiment | a punishment |
| un commissaire (de police) | a (police) commissioner |
| (un jour) férié | a public holiday |
| un flic | a cop (slang) |
| un(e) gamin(e) | a kid (slang) |
| un(e) môme | a kid (slang) |
| une supposition | an assumption |
| un témoin | a witness |
| avoir des préjugés | to be prejudiced |
| brûler | to burn |
| supposer | to assume |
| témoigner de | to be witness to |
| voler | to steal (also to fly) |
| défavorisé(e) | underprivileged |
| nombreux/nombreuse | numerous |
| un(e) allié(e) | an ally |
| le comportement | the behavior |
| un(e) gardien(ne) | a keeper |
| un(e) guerrier/guerrière | a warrior |
| le patrimoine | the cultural heritage |
| une règle | a rule |
| un roi | a king |
| le savoir | the knowledge |
| s'assouplir | to become more flexible |
| maintenir | to maintain |
| rapporter | to tell |
| transmettre | to pass down |
| hétérogène | heterogeneous |
| homogène | homogeneous |
| une bande | a gang (slang) |
| une couche sociale | a social level (e.g. middle class, upper class, etc.) |
| la persévèrance | the perseverance |
| la vengeance | the revenge |
| s'acharner sur | to pursue relentlessly |
| se décourager | to lose heart, to become discouraged |
| en vouloir (à) | to have/hold a grudge (against) |
| s'en vouloir | to be angry with oneself |
| s'installer | to settle (e.g. into a chair, a new place) |
| se lancer | to launch into |
| mener (like SE PROMENER) | to lead |
| raffoler de | to be crazy about (slang) |
| soutenir | to support |
| pareil(le) | similar; alike |
| sourd(e) | deaf |
| un(e) tel(le) + noun | such a(n) + noun |
