| A | B |
|---|
| perché | perched (like a bird) |
| maghrébin | North African |
| antillais | West Indian |
| (se) mélanger | to mix/blend together |
| le niveau | the level |
| faible | weak |
| défavorisé | underprivileged; disadvantaged |
| sinon | if not |
| réussir à | to succeed at |
| secouer | to shake |
| essayer de | to try to |
| décrocher | to take down; unhook; get; answer (a phone) |
| l'impuissance (f) | the impotence; helplessness; powerlessness |
| s'agripper à | to cling to; grip |
| une boucle | a curl; buckle; loop |
| jauger | to gage; size up |
| quotidiennement | daily |
| au sommet | at the top; summit |
| croiser | to cross |
| lassé | to weary; bore; grow tired |
| bâiller | to yawn |
| la chair | the flesh |
| le boudin | the blood sausage |
| le papier WC | toilet paper |
| renvoyer | to expel; dismiss; return; send back |
| lointain | far away; distant |
| ressembler à | to ressemble |
| la couleur | the color |
| porter | to wear; carry |
| courir | to run; compete; race |
| la maîtresse | the elementary school teacher (f.) |
| s'agiter | to fidget; toss and turn; sway; shake |
| contrit | contrite; apologetic |
| un espoir | a hope |
| rattraper | to catch up; make up for |
| le retard | the lateness; delay; backwardness |
| sans issue | without solution/exit |
| une issue | an exit; solution |
| effleurer | to graze; skim; brush |
| à peine | hardly; barely; scarcely |
| un mouton | a sheep |
| le conseil | the advice |
| paraître | to seem; appear |
| inquiet, inquiète | worried |
| une volée | a volley; flock |
| un coup | a blow; knock; thump |
| à cause de | because of |
| raconter | to tell; narrate; recount |
| bavarder | to chat; talk |
| au garde-à-vous | (standing) at attention |
| rigoler | to joke around; kid |
| bégayer | to stammer |
| par-dessus | over; above all |
| s'élancer | to dash forward; soar |
| la cigale | the cicada |
| dépourvu | without; devoid of; lacking in |
| sangloter | to sob |
| grincer | to creak; screech; gnash (teeth) |
| un violon | a violin |
| emporter | to carry away; sweep away |
| la prière | the prayer |
| le poète | the poet |
| arracher | to extract; rip out; uproot |
| le sourire | the smile |
| déclamer | to rant; rail |
| le seigneur | the lord |
| plisser | to squint; pleat; crease |
| une pensée | a thought |
| profond | deep |
| le désir | the desire; wish; longing |
| terminer | to finish; end |
| une ronde | a round dance; patrol; watch |
| un rond | a circle |
