| A | B |
|---|
| un décile | a delight; pleasure |
| une bouchée | a mouthful |
| une pellicule | a film; dandruff |
| une lèvre | a lip |
| lécher | to lick (conjugated like préférer) |
| durer | to last; endure |
| le plaisir | the pleasure |
| la grosseur | the size; thickness |
| blinder | to harden; bulletproof; reinforce |
| rattacher | to attach; fasten; link |
| une recette | a recipe |
| une vitrine | a window; display cabinet; shop window; showcase |
| le bec | the beak; lip; spout |
| le narguilé | the water pipe; hookah |
| la fumée | the smoke |
| le flacon | the flask; decanter; small bottle |
| remplir | to fill |
| le cuivre | the copper |
| traduire | to translate |
| débarquer | to disembark; land; get off |
| le mari | the husband |
| le tapis | the rug |
| dérouler | to uncoil; unwind |
| les rideaux (m) | the curtains |
| lourd | heavy |
| une frange | a fringe; bangs |
| la narine | the nostril |
| agacer | to annoy; irritate |
| se souvenir de | to remember |
| avoir beau dire | to say in vain; however much one tries to say... |
| avoir beau + infinitive | no matter/regardless/despite/in vain... |
| vivre / vécu | to live / lived |
| un(e) ancêtre | an ancestor |
| longer | to follow; go along; run alongside |
| ocre | ochre (a darkish yellow) |
| ombrager | to shade |
| la chèvre | the goat |
| le chèvre | the goat cheese |
| un cavalier | a horseman; rider; knight; cavalryman |
| le chameau | the camel |
| puisque | since |
| un(e) Touareg | a Tuareg; a nomadic tribe in North Africa |
| se déplacer | to move; travel about |
| le voile | the veil |
| la voile | the sail |
| une tempête | a storm; gale; uproar; tempest |
| le sable | the sand |
| la jalousie | the jealousy |
| brandir | to brandish; display |
| le drapeau | the flag |
| valeureux | valorous; stout-hearted; brave |
| grandir | to magnify; grow; grow up; exaggerate |
| une ombre | a shadow; shade |
| l'esclavage (m) | the slavery |
| craindre | to fear |
| se révolter | to rebel; revolt |
| briser | to break; shatter; destroy |
| une chaîne | a chain |
| fuir | to flee |
| rattraper | to catch up with; catch; make up for |
| la patte | paw; let; foot |
| récidiver | to reoffend; recur; do again; commit; backslide |
| couper | to cut |
| s'en sortir | to get out of it; pull through; cope |
| tellement | so much |
| laisser | to leave; allow; let |
| au milieu de | in the middle of |
| apparaître | to appear |
| la dent | the tooth |
| le fer | the iron |
| ralentir | to slow down |
| la poche | the pocket |
| une pièce | a coin; room; play |
| lancer | to throw; launch; toss |
| faire semblant de | to pretend |
| attraper | to catch |
| un tourbillon | a whirlwind; whirlpool; swirl |
| cesser de | to stop; cease |
| carié | decayed |
| une carie | a cavity |
| triturer | to fiddle with; knead; pummel |
| le récit | the narrative; story; recounting; telling |
| analphabète | illiterate |
| tarder | to delay; be slow to act |
| traîner | to dawdle; drag; move slowly |
