All words from Reading and Comprehension part 6 Flashcards
Vocabulary Acquisition
inventory
inventaire (m.)
flute
flûte (f.)
weekly
habdomadaire
boisson (f.)
drink, beverage
outlet
déversoir (m.)
individual
particulier
dispositif (m.)
mechanism, device
public place
lieu public (m.)
brosser
to brrush
to center
cadrer
coude (m.)
elbow
right
droit (m.)
on the other hand
en revanche
intégrisme (m.)
fundamentalism
butcher shop
boucherie (f.)
proche
near, close
individual reward
récompense particulière (f.)
cross-staff, square
équerre (f.)
to start, to begin to
mettre à (se)
fort (m.)
fort
champion
champion (ne) (m./f.)
root
racine (f.)
prendre un verre
to have a drink
servir à
to be of use
pinceau (m.)
brush
mettre à l’écart
to keep in the background, to put aside
curly
bouclé
abordable
affordable
to divide
diviser
to be subject to
être soumis à
cuiller (cuillère) (f.)
spoon
retrouvailles (f.pl.)
reunion
équerre (f.)
cross-staff, square
shame
honte (f.)
approach
démarche (f.)
fièvre (f.)
fever
acétate de cellulose (m.)
cellulose acetate
élève (m./f.)
student
conservation plan
plan de sauvegarde (m.)
toe
orteil (m.)
menace
threat
emporter
to carry away
épouse (f.)
wife, spouse
pluvieux
rainy
en primaire
in elementary school
regard (m.)
look
(library) card
carte (f.)
pays natal (m.)
native country
au large
open-sea
lack of
manque (m.)
seat
siège (m.)
formerly
autrefois
ressentir
to feel, to experience
ancrage (m.)
anchoring
short
court
bypassing
contournement (m.)
neck
cou (m.)
divertissement (m.)
entertainment
souriant
smiling
acheter
to buy
to disconcert
déconcerter
œuvre (f.)
work, creation
feu (m.)
fire
bisou* (m.)
kiss
criard
piercing
usant
taxing
in a hurry to be done with
pressé d’en finir
folie meurtrière
murderous rage
reading
lecture (f.)
so many
tant que
comporter (se)
to behave
salarié(e)
salaried employee
to start one’s own business
mettre à son compte (se)
maçon (m.)
mason
from dawn to dusk
de l’aube au crepuscule
tin, sheet metal
tôle (m.)
granny
mamie (f.)
production
mise en scène (f.)
souligner
to emphasize
faufiler (se)
to weave in and out of
cellulose acetate
acétate de cellulose (m.)
growth
croissance (f.)
lécher
to lap against
to ditch, to pack in
paquer
bee
abeille (f.)
déménagement (m.)
moving
haut niveau (m.)
top level
lacemaker
dentellière (f.)
penguin
pingouin (m.)
réseau (m.)
network
chute (f.)
fall, descent
to yield
céder
à plein temps
full-time
to work
travailler
cuisinier (m.)
cook
a priori
in principle
piano
piano
dish, flat
plat (m.)
trick, cheating
tricherie (f.)
circumnavigation (f.)
circumnavigation
prendre une douche
to take a shower
on the ground
par terre
avoir lieu
to take place
cicatriser
to heal
enjeu (m.)
issue, challenge
oboe
hautbois (m.)
tellement
so much
to outdo, to go further
renchérir
avoir froid
to be cold (people)
thousand
millier (m.)
derrière
in the background
fauna
faune (f.)
honte (f.)
shame
intensive apprenticeship
apprentissage intensif (m.)
lâché
released
dentellière (f.)
lacemaker
incurable, inconsolable
inguérissable
éteindre (s’)
to die down, to fade away, to go out, to go dark
bridge
pont (m.)
well and truly
bel et bien
concevoir
to design
voice
voix (f.)
susceptible de
likely to
contournement (m.)
bypassing
danse (f.)
dance
être de bonne/mauvaise humeur
to be in a good/bad mood
contenter (se)
to make do with to content oneself with
presently
actuellement
painter
peintre (m.)
brûlure (f.)
burn
to bring
apporter
to act, to serve as
servir de
mettre en place
to implement
pourboire (m.)
tip
to call somebody names
traiter de
prêter
to lend
designer
cocepteur, conceptrice
to obtain, to get
obtenir
burin (m.)
chipping chisel
atout (m.)
advantage
screen
écran (m.)
aller
to go
fleuri
blossomed
écoulement d’eau (m.)
flow of water
street peddler
vendeur à la sauvette (m.)
to feel, to experience
éprouver
package
colis (m.)
banane (f.)
banana
beach
plage (f.)
enterrer
to bury
prouesse (f.)
feat, prowess
fig
figue (f.)
butter
beurre (m.)
cachalot (m.)
sperm whale
america
Amérique
oursuivre (se)
to continue
giroflées quarantaines (f.pl.)
gillyflower, stock
many
beaucoup de
to terminate
mettre fin à
rire (m.)
to laugh
population active (f.)
active population
front (m.)
forehead
faire un saut
to hop over to
xylophone (m.)
xylophone
sleep
sommeil (m.)
muret (m.)
low wall
bonheur (m.)
happiness
sheet
drap (m.)
toiture (f.)
roof, roofing
Afrique (f.0
africa
balise VHF (f.)
VHF beacon
diviser
to divide
to fly away toward
envoler vers (s’)
tirer
to burden, to be hard on, to display, to set off
retired
à la retraite
entitled
intitulé
escale (f.)
layover, stopover
among
parmi
obnoxious
odieux
tabou (m.)
taboo
emprunter
to borrow
au pied de
at the foot of
rompre (se)
to break
chou (m.)
cabbage
être fier de
to be proud of
situer (se)
to be located
banana
banane (f.)
avoir mal au cœur
to feel nauseated
stubborn
réfractaire
atteindre
to reach, to achieve
to be hungry
avoir faim
ball, bullet
balle (f.)
excavatrice à vapeur (f.)
steam-powered digging maching
sugar refinery
raffinerie de sucre (f.)
practically
quasiment
smiling
souriant
to cancel
annuler
to get rid of
débarrassser de (se)
resto* (m.)
restaurant
thing
truc (m.)
usager (m.)
user
dark
foncé
to pack (one’s suitcase)
faire ses valises
par terre
on the ground
tortue (f.)
tortoise
démarrer
to start
agreement of tenses
concordance des temps (f.)
oreille (f.)
ear
stampede, race
cavalcade (f.)
to make do with to content oneself with
contenter (se)
assez de
enough
men’s suit
costume (m.)
long-lasting
durable
on the cutting edge
à la pointe de
fâché
angry
to dream
rêver
enfin
lastly, finally
convaincre
to convince
plage (f.)
beach
sailboat
voilier (m.)
habitude (f.)
habit
conseiller, conseillère
advisor
surplomber
to overhand
yearly
annuellement
mucous membrane
muqueuse (f.)
rainbow
arc-en-ciel (m.)
maison (f.)
house
to sit down
asseoir (s’)
skirt
jupe (f.)
gathering of pollen
butinage (m.)
beaten-earth floor
terre battue (f.)
to participate in
participer à
raising awareness
sensibilisation (f.)
north
nord
maniement (m.)
handling
railing
grille (f.)
ajout (m.)
addition
old-fashioned
suranné
vent (m.)
wind
library
bibliothèque (f.)
misgivings
réticences (f.pl.)
hammer
marteau (m.)
devoted to, dedicated to
dédié à
throat
gorge (f.)
line, queue
file d’attente (f.)
écrin (m.)
showcase
addition (f.)
bill (in a restaurant), check
sable (m.)
sand
chanteur, chanteuse (m./f.)
singer
informatique (m.)
computer science
tool
outil (m.)
dos (m.)
back
glissant
slippery
faire du yoga
to practice yoga
to feel nauseated
avoir mal au cœur
criticism
critique (f.)
grange (f.)
barn
charbonnier (m.)
coalman
hiérarchie (f.)
hierarchy
concours (m.)
competitions, competitive examination
fuite (f.)
escape
dress circle
corbeille (f.)
banc (m.)
bench
cerise (f.)
cherry
to be
être à
chuchoter
to whisper
embassy
ambassade (f.)
nom patronymique (m.)
surname
permis de construire (m.)
building permit
preheat
préchauffer
être en train de
to be in the process of
seriously (ill)
gravement (malade)
faire la sieste
to take a nap
insignificant
anodin
gagner
to earn
avoir tort
to be wrong (people)
avide
eager
roman policier (m.)
detective novel
horseman
cavalier (m.)
taste
goût (m.)
swimsuit
maillot (m.) de bain
talon (m.)
heel
lit (m.)
bed
affublé de
wearing
en un clin d’œil à
in a nod to
renvoyer
to send back
showcase
écrin (m.)
communiqué (m.)
press release
mashrabiya
moucharabieh (m.)
to complete
boucler
devise (f.)
currency
sel (m.)
salt
sang-froid (m.)
cool, calm
façon
manner, way
mast, pole, post
mât (m.)
calculatrice (f.)
calculator
baroudeur (m.)
adventurer, trailblazer
lighting
éclairage (m.)
complément alimentaire (m.)
dietary supplement
service
prestation (f.)
trombone
trombone (m.)
provision
disposition (f.)
milliner
modiste (m./f/)
to die
crever*
feuille de laurier (f.)
bay leaf
coronation
cacre (m.)
intervenir
to play a part, to participate in, to be involved in
autrefois
formerly, in the past
atterrir
to land
pamplemousse (m.)
grapefruit
excédé
irritated
escargot (m.)
snail
bac (m.)
baccalaureate (high school leaving certificate)
to be wrong (people)
avoir tort
to bother, to annoy
gêner
corps et âme
body and soul
French fries
frites (f.pl.)
comic books
bande dessinée (f.pl.)
axe
hache (f.)
margin
marge (f.)
hub
plaque tournante (f.)
patron (m.)
boss
cabinetmaking
ébénisterie (f.)
in a safe place, sheltered from
à l’abri
bras (m.)
arm
autrefois
formerly
to be cold (people)
avoir froid
to do one’s best
faire de son mieux
outdated
désuet
to tame
apprivoiser
pouce (m.)
thumb
lute
luth (m.)
conquête (f.)
conquest
artiste (m./f.)
artist
to found
fonder
humer
to smell, to inhale
floor, story
étage (m.)
fraîcheur (f.)
freshness
patrimoine (m.)
heritage
poignet (m.)
wrist
bientôt
soon
avoir peur
to be afraid
tensed muscle
muscle tendu (m.)
banc (m.)
bench
âge (m.)
age
relier
to connect
cooking
cuisson (f.)
proviseur (m.)
principal, headmaster
injure (f.)
insult
à deux pas
a short distance
on low heat
à feu doux
feverish
fiévreux
court
short
environ
approximately
study
étude (f.)
compression stockings
bas de contention (m.)
duck
canard (m.)
protein
protéine (f.)
in two weeks
en quinze jours
to get angry
fâcher (se)
accueil (m.)
reception, reception area
fencing
escrime (f.)
clarinet
clarinette (f.)
draw a line
tracer un trait
banjo
banjo (m.)
reconnaître
to acknowledge, to recognize
overwhelming
écrasant (for the majority)
accueillir
to accommodate, to welcome, to host
porter préjudice
to cause harm
to be hot (people)
avoir chaud
homme debout (m.)
standing man
avoir mal (à)
to have a pain (in)
vedette (f.)
launch, speedboat
avouer
to admit, to confess
conduire
to lead to
retard (m.)
delay
landscape
paysage (m.)
honeydew
miellat (m.)
to veil
voiler
tenir à
to insist on
monohull
monocoque (m.)
digitization
numérisation (f.)
harmonica
harmonica (f.)
apprenant(e)
learner
spoon
cuiller (cuillère) (f.)
jambe (f.)
leg
fellow
confère (m.)
foule (f.)
crowd
amuser
to amuse
sain
healthy
anniversary, birthday
anniversaire (m.)
bande magnétique sonore (f.)
audiotape
to be one of, to be part of
faire partie de
near, close
proche
bougie (f.)
candle
enough
assez de
naître
to be born
numériser
to digitize
purchase
achat (m.)
tournage (m.)
shooting
harmonica (f.)
harmonica
ralentir
to slow down
réunir
to bring together
desire
volonté (f.)
string instrument
instrument à cordes (m.)
castanets
castagnettes (f.pl.)
twisted
torsadé
faire la lessive
to do the laundry
bicyclette (f.)
bicycle
cinéma d’art et d’essai (m.)
art house cinema
voix (f.)
voice
scolarisation (f.)
schooling
cher
expensive
obtenir
to obtain, to get
to buy
acheter
agent immobilier (m.)
real-estate agent
gift
cadeau (m.)
rejection
rejet (m.)
to switch on
allumer
noisy
bruyant
pari (m.)
bet, wager
while stocks last
jusqu’à épuisement des stocks
faire sauter le cervelle (se)
to blow one’s brains out
bâtiment (m.)
building
équipe (f.)
team
taxing
usant
usual name
nom d’usage (m.)
inégalité (f.)
inequality
ébénisterie (f.)
cabinetmaking
trick
combine* (f.)
common sense
bon sens (m.)
metteur, metteuse en scène
director
to memorize
retenir par cœur
to blow the lid off
sauter le couvercle
at the foot of
au pied de
call for contributions
appel à contribution (m.)
bande dessinée (f.)
comic strip
knot
nœud (m.)
drink, beverage
boisson (f.)
abroad
à l’étranger
à la retraite
retired
étroit
close, narrow
approximately
environ
seat belt, safety belt
ceinture de sécurité
artichoke
artichaut (m.)
increase
accroissement (m.)
rembourrage (m.)
to pack, to stock
delay
retard (m.)
printed
imprimé
assouvir
to satisfy
to go wrong, to fail
rater
to highlight
mettre en valeur
sensitivity
sensibilité (f.)
collectionner
to collect
(mortal) remains
restes (m.pl.)
to drop
laisser tomber
and a bit
et des poussières
inequality
inégalité (f.)
soumettre à (se)
to submit to
bois (m.)
wood
bataille (f.)
battle
llose box
box (m.)
vécu quotidien (m.)
day-to-day experience
toucher (m.)
touch
although
bien que
to cover
couvrir
cultural site
lieu de culture (m.)
tomber sur
to come across, to run into
percevoir
to perceive
to study
faire des études
tapissier (m.)
to dip into
meticulous
exigeant
s’étendre
to extend
affiche signalétique (m.)
information sign
paume (f.)
palm
sidewalk
trottoir (m.)
pingouin (m.)
penguin
clouterie (f.)
nail factory
to save money
faire des économies
concrete
béton (m.)
shoes
chaussures (f.pl)
to rise, to stand
dresser (se)
remblayer
to fill up
zucchini
courgette (f.)
circulation (f.)
traffic
peser au trébuchet
to weigh in the balance
keyboard instrument
instrument à clavier (m.)
skyscraper
gratte-ciel (m.)
hit (song)
tube (m.)
to evoke
évoquer
standing man
homme debout (m.)
chercheur (se) (m./f.)
researcher
designer (m./f.)
designer
eau de Javel (f.)
bleach
play
pièce de théâtre (f.)
avoir envie de
to feel like
competitions, competitive examination
concours (m.)
vécu
experienced
breakdown
panne (f.)
healthy
sain
