| A | B |
| la course | the race; running |
| hurler | to yell |
| dessus | on top |
| hausser | to shrug; raise; increase |
| un biberon | a baby bottle |
| une couche | a layer; sector; diaper |
| une couche jetable | a disposable diaper |
| un bigoudi | a roller; curler |
| pendouiller | to dangle down |
| grimacer | to grimace; wince |
| la clé | the key |
| le foyer | the home; hearth |
| le chômage | the unemployment |
| une allocation | benefit |
| une bourse | a grant; scholarship; purse |
| pendre | to hang |
| le cou | the neck |
| affaler | to collapse; fall down |
| affalé | to lounge; sprawl |
| le goûter | the snack |
| un feuilleton | a soap opera |
| faire mal | to hurt |
| rater | to miss; lack; fail |
| traîner | to drag; lug; dawdle; take forever |
| mignon, mignonne | cute |
| fréquentable | respectable |
| la cave | the cellar; basement |
| le repère | the mark; landmark; spot |
| le nid | the nest |
| l'habillement (m) | the clothing; apparel |
| coudre | to sew |
| la manche | the sleeve |
| la chemise | the blouse |
| travailler à la chaîne | to work in an assembly line |
| tel, telle | such |
| une usine | a factory |
| un ouvrier, une ouvrière | a worker |
| dehors | outside; out |
| partout | everywhere |
| le tissu | the fabric; material |
| enfiler | to thread; slip on |
| la canette | the spool; can; small bottle |
| foutre | to do; fuck |
| tais-toi | Be quiet! Shut up! |
| le prénom | the first name |
| signifier | to mean |
| le/la vieillard(e) | the old man/woman |
| verser | to pour; shed (a tear) |
| allumer | to turn on; light |
| ôter | to remove |
| effrayer | to frighten; alarm |
| suivre | to follow |
| la gourmandise | the greediness; a weakness for sweet things or good food |
| la lueur | the glow; glimmer |
| la pâte | the pastry; dough; batter |
| rimer | to rhyme |
| parent | related to; similar |
| appuyer sur | to lean on; press |
| la sonnette | the bell; doorbell |
| brodé | embroidered |
| un fichu | a scarf |
| grogner | to groan; grunt; grumble |
| une tape | a pat; slap |
| se faufiler | to slip out/through; sidle; edge out |
| rigoler | to laugh; joke |
| la chiotte | the shit |
| barrer | to block |
| raccourcir | to shorten; clip; abridge |
| la branche | the branch |
| la facilité | the ease; easiness; fluency |
| le repos | the rest; relaxation |
| l'orge (f) | the barley |
| le fer | the iron |
| jaillir | to gush out; shoot up; emerge |
| un éclair | a flash of lightening |
| le mitan | the middle |
| s'entasser | to pile up; squeeze in |
| déborder | to overflow |
| remplir | to fill |
| des lits superposés | the bunk beds |
| une fermeture à glissière | a zipper |
| semblable | similar |
| sauf | except |
| vaincre / vaincu | to defeat; overcome; beat; win; vanquish |
| le lavage | the washing; cleaning |
| terne | dull; drab |
| effiloché | frayed; ragged |
| plonger | to dive; swoop down; plunge |
| remuer | to move; stir; shake |
| une louche | a ladle |
| un fait-tout | a soup/stew pot |
| flotter | to float |
| becqueter = bouffer | to eat (slang) |
| goûter | to taste |