| A | B |
|---|
| pareil, pareille | similar; same |
| la mairie | the town hall |
| couper | to cut |
| morne | gloomy; glum; dreary |
| antan | bygone |
| une nasse | a net |
| une écrevisse | a crayfish |
| décédé | deceased |
| les aïeux (m/pl) | the ancestors |
| une usine | a factory |
| tant | (so) much |
| la canne (la canne à sucre) | the cane (sugarcane) |
| broyer | to grind; crush |
| la faillite | the bankruptcy; failure |
| jeter un coup d'oeil | a peek at; cast a glance; check out |
| échapper | to escape; elude |
| escorter | to escort; accompany |
| un ongle | a nail |
| verni | varnished; glazed; painted |
| se vernir les ongles | to paint one's nails |
| battre | to beat; whip |
| une aile | a wing |
| le décollage | the take-off |
| courir | to run |
| un immeuble | a building |
| une fourmi | an ant |
| un chantier | a building site |
| le sens | the direction; meaning |
| innombrable | countless; vast innumerable |
| s'arrêter | to stop |
| une mosaïque | a mosaic |
| le mur | the wall |
| mettre | to put; place |
| un ascenseur | an elevator |
| engueuler | to tell off; give an earful |
| le trottoir | the sidewalk |
| une volute | a spiral; scroll; curl |
| un bisou | a kiss |
| revoir | to see again |
| s'inquiéter | to worry |
| la portière | the car door |
| glacé | ice-cold; frosty |
| glisser | to slip; slide |
| le cou | the neck |
| frissonner | to shiver; shudder |
| filer | to spin; rush; fly by |
| lisse | smooth; worn |
| dès que | as soon as |
| falloir / il faut | to be necessary / it is necessary |
| le pont | the bridge |
| une pensée | a thought |
| le caillou | the pebble; stone |
| la parole = le mot | the word |
| s'emplir | to fill up |
| de nouveau | again |
| la bouche | the mouth |
| (se) garer | to park |
| un bâtiment | a building |
| un jumeau | a twin |
| une ribambelle | a flock |
| au garde-à-vous | standing at attention |
| le chiffre | the number |
| prévoir | to predict; plan; foresee; anticipate |
| une poulailler | a henhouse |
| une poule | a hen |
| à cause de | because of |
| miroiter | to shimmer; dazzle |
| une cheminée | a fireplace; chimney |
| le toit | the roof |
| la tuile | the tile |
| le balcon | the balcony |
| une allée | a path; drive; aisle |
| tapisser | to wallpaper; carpet; decorate; cover |
| le gravillon | the gravel; grit |
| la vitre | the windowpane |
| le rideau | the curtain |
| un étage | a floor |
| sourire | to smile |
| le biais | the bias; way; slant |
| drôle de | odd |
