All words from Reading and Comprehension part 1 Flashcards
Vocabulary Acquisition
exigeant
meticulous
to land
atterrir
douane (f.)
customs
blouson (m.)
jacket, windbreaker
fournir
to provide, to supply
habiller (s’)
to dress
to put oneself at the service of
mettre au sevice (se)
place setting
couvert (m.)
to make fun of
moquer (se) de
essence (f.)
fuel, gas
mitrailler
to snap away at
mishap
mésaventure (f.)
dessiner
to draw
autriche (f.)
austrian
speck
grain (m.)
machisme (m.)
male chaubinism
anchoring
ancrage (m.)
assister à
to attend
to improve
améliorer
lancer
to launch
to hop over to
faire un saut
droits d’accès (m.pl.)
access rights
intéresser à (s’)
to be interested in
dessin animé (m.)
cartoon
mastery
maîtrise (f.)
plate
assiette (f.)
vagabonder
to run loose
fever
fièvre (f.)
approach
parti pris (m.)
conquest
conquête (f.)
in elementary school
en primaire
shielded from
à l’abri de
experienced
vécu
chambre (f.)
room
cabinetmaker, restorer
ébéniste (m.)
film stock
pelliclule (f.)
bande sonore (f.)
sound track
rêve
dream
music lover
mélomane (m.)
nouer
to form
to devote
consacrer
to brrush
brosser
tie
cravate (f.)
faire des courses
to run errands
à force de
by dint of
shirt
chemise (f.)
to open onto
donner sur
heat wave
canicule (f.)
gladiator
gladiateur (m.)
en moyenne
on average
blessé
injured
third
tiers (m.)
atténuer
to ease
to run loose
vagabonder
farmer
fermier (m.)
marbrier (m.)
marble worker
sailing dinghy
dériveur (m.)
hard
dur
immeuble (m.)
building
tendre à
to tend to
assiette (f.)
plate
voûté
arched, vaulted
rider
écuyer (m.)
plaie (f.)
wound
to disown, to disavow
désavouer
par cœur
by heart
telephone call
coup de fil (m.)
to admire
admirer
orchard
verger (m.)
glisser
to slide
toit (m.)
roof
eve
veille (f.)
escrime (f.)
fencing
rendre compte de (se)
to realize, to grasp
radish
radis (m.)
disappointment
déception (f.)
hat
chapeau (m.)
court-métrage (m.)
short film
rejet (m.)
rejection
to smell, to inhale
humer
écraser
to crush
reliable
fiable
équilibrer
to balance
to lead to
entrainer
to be thirsty
avoir soif
huile (f.)
oil
myrtille (f.)
bilberry, huckleberry
to master
maîtriser
school bag
sacoche (f.)
unusual
insolite
hormis
except for, apart from
servir
to serve
attendre
to wait (for)
bon sens (m.)
common sense
aider
to help
to design
concevoir
pastèque (f.)
watermelon
repérer
to spot, to locate, to identify
armchair
fauteuil (m)
surnom (m.)
nickname
singer
chanteur, chanteuse (m./f.)
prise de conscience (f.)
realization
exhausting
fatigant
un sur trois
one out of three
cultiver
to farm
taboo
tabou (m.)
efforcer de (s’)
to try
to raise consciousness
éveiller la conscience
shadowy light
pénombre (f.)
garden
jardin (m.)
unauthorized billposting
affichage sauvage (m.)
pasta
pâtes (f.pl.)
oignon (m.)
onion
intoxication, passion
ivresse (f.)
to take (sb somewhere)
emmener
to feel like
avoir envie de
to wink
cligner de l’œil
to stir
remuer
demeurer
to live, to stay, to remain
to fly over
survoler
espace de détente (m.)
rest area
to collect
collectionner
soundtrack
bande sonore (f.)
student librarian
élève conservateur (m.)
viola
alto (m.)
regard renversé (m.)
reverse view
sinon
otherwise
costume designer
costumier, costumière
noyau (m.)
small group
lecture (f.)
reading
aire (f.)
area
with time
au fil des ans
to come across, to run into
tomber sur
passant
passerby
suppositoire (m.)
suppository
to appeal to
attirer
frère aîné
older brother
participer à
to participate in
palissade (f.)
picket fence
section
tranche (f.)
instrument à vent (m.)
wind instrument
pool
vivier (m.)
rigging
haubanage (m.)
dédié à
devoted to, dedicated to
surgir
to emerge
maquette (f.)
artwork
et des poussières
and a bit
faire preuve de
to demonstrate, to show
guitare (f.)
guitar
congestionné
congested
dovecote
colombier (m.)
bureau (m.)
office, desk
to report
faire état de
coiffeur (m.)
hairdresser
affaires (f.pl.)
personal effects, business
retenir par cœur
to memorize
cacre (m.)
coronation
école (f.)
school
pareil à
similar to
autobus (m.)
bus
sap
sève (f.)
droits des femmes (m.pl.)
women’s rights
éloigner (s’)
to move away
douleur (f.)
pain, ache
to draw back
écarter
worried about
soucieux
à l’étage
upstairs
to face
faire face à
to break into fits of laughter
marrer comme des fous (se)*
on board
à bord de
cheat sheet
antisèche (f.)
to move
bouger
success factor
facteur de réussite (m.)
to travel, to cover
parcourir
place for social interaction
lieu de convivialité (m.)
garçonnet (m.)
small boy
dance
danse (f.)
peanut butter
beurre de cacaheètes
attirer (s’) les foudres
to provoke an angry response
ocean race
course hauturière (f.)
cambrioler
to burglarise
tant que
so many
to digitize
numériser
cheek
joue (f.)
to unearth
dégager
déversoir (m.)
outlet
bouclé
curly
mer (f.)
sea
pea
petit pois (m.)
faire demi-tour
to do an about-face
navire (m.)
ship
rajeunissement (m.)
rejuvenation
forgeron (m.)
blacksmith
croiser
to come across, to pass, to meet
à partir de
from, based on
sauter le couvercle
to blow the lid off
worker
travailleur (m.)
dung
crotte (f.)
tremblement de terre (m.)
earthwuake
bay leaf
feuille de laurier (f.)
burn
brûlure (f.)
apiculteur (m.)
beekeeper
weaver
tisserand (m.)
to deliver
remettre
mean
mesquin
to nickname
surnommer
framework
armature (f.)
peu de
few
shooting
tournage (m.)
mother-in-law
belle-mère (f.)
paix céleste (f.)
heavenly peace
attentively
attentivement
gland (m.)
acorn
fall, descent
chute (f.)
cordonnier (m.)
shomaker, shoe repairer
how much
combien
to lower
baisser
dietary supplement
complément alimentaire (m.)
conducteur de train (m.)
train conductor
nœud (m.)
knot
restreindre
to limit, to restrict
transatlantic race
transat (m.)
to take a shower
prendre une douche
goguette (f.)
place to drink and have fun
belle-mère (f.)
mother-in-law
happy
content
faire état de
to report
Algeria
Algérie (f.)
following the example of
à l’instar de
endroit (m.)
place
gradin (m.)
tier
lumberjack
bûcheron (m.)
insoutenable
unbearable
remercier
to thank
Germany
Allemagne (f.)
confier qqch à qqn
to entrust something to someone
en tant que
as soon as possiblee
float
char (m.)
de plus en plus
more and more
récipiendaire (m.)
recipient
to be an integral part of
faire partie intégrante
illiterate person
analphabète (m./f.)
manège (m.)
ring
unbearable
insoutenable
égalitaire
egalitarian
emprunter
to borrow, to take (a route), to traverse
to borrow
emprunter
launching
lancement (m.)
in order to
afin de
to stand in line
faire la queue
orteil (m.)
toe
moyen
average
vengeance (f.)
vengeance, revenge
Trésor (m.)
treasury
one schoolchild out of five
un écolier sur cinq
durable
long-lasting
dressage
dressage (m.)
board
tableau (m.)
struggle
lutte (f.)
habitué
visitor
sécher
to dry
four (m.) à micro-ondes
microwave onion
evocative
évocateur
carte (f.)
(library) card
barque (f.)
small boat
bottle
bouteille (f.)
année scolaire (f.)
school year
singing
chant (m.)
one out of three
un sur trois
form
formulaire (m.)
être en retard
to be late
agaist, contrary to
à l’encontre
skin, thin covering
épiderme (m.)
bruit (m.)
noise
paper towel
essuie-tout (m.)
cahute (f.)
shack
humecter
to moisten
about thirty
trentaine (f.)
mettre en valeur
to highlight
to annoy, to bother
ennuyer
escroquerie (f.)
swindle, fraud
bâtisse (f.)
building
cook
cuisinier (m.)
it’s all about the same to me
ça m’est égal
camion (m.)
truck
to die down, to fade away, to go out, to go dark
éteindre (s’)
hautbois (m.)
oboe
women’s rights
droits des femmes (m.pl.)
climatisation (f.)
air conditioning
écriture (f.)
writing
to moisten
humecter
coûter
to cost
hacher
to chop
tremblotant
flickering, trembling
fine arts
beaux-arts (m.pl.)
abeille (f.)
bee
à bord de
on board
boite (f.)
company
soul
âme (f.)
écurie (f.)
stable
sound film
film sonore (m.)
to do the dishes
faire la vaisselle
granmother
grand-mère (f.)
installer (s’)
to move into
à l’envers
wrong side
glove
gant (m.)
déplacement (m.)
moving, shifting
stone
pierre (f.)
unfinished
inachevé
de l’aube au crepuscule
from dawn to dusk
lampadaire (m.)
streetlamp
former
to train
trowel
truelle
gallop
galopade (f.)
connaissance (f.)
knowledge
citrouille (f.)
pumpkin
premises
lieux (m.pl.)
bas de contention (m.)
compression stockings
to play
jouer
to be satisfied with
satisfaire de (se)
désavouer
to disown, to disavow
décalé
odd
milieu (m.)
set, circle
mamie (f.)
granny
pearl
perle (f.)
puissance (f.)
strength
harmoniser (s’) avec
to harmonize with
to take a nap
faire la sieste
hall (m.)
lobby
brush
pinceau (m.)
bien que
although
à mi-parcours
midway
hameau (m.)
hamlet
camera
appareil photo (m.)
refurnished
remeublé
traducteur (m.)
translator
about a hundred
centaine (f.)
empêchement (m.)
unforeseen difficulty
enseignant(e)
teacher
murderous rage
folie meurtrière
attendre à (s’)
to expect
to arrive, happen
arriver
chapeauter
to oversee
I almost fell
j’ai failli tomber
dresser (se)
to rise, to stand
comporter
to include
appareil photo (m.)
camera
ferroviaire
rail
impression (f.)
printing
magnetic tape
bande magnétique (f.)
tenir compte de
to take into account
rater
to go wrong, to fail
écuyer (m.)
rider
écluse (f.)
lock, lock-gate
to relax
défouler (se)
haut-lieu (m.)
mecca for
tube (m.)
hit (song)
extirper (s’)
to extirpate oneself
hunter
chasseur (m.)
bibliothèque (f.)
library
cérémonial (m.)
etiquette (of the court)
to lay out, to develop, to adapt
aménager
surgeon
chirurgien (ne) (m./f.)
to laugh
rire (m.)
banaliser (se)
to become commonplace
préoccuper (l’avenir me)
to worry
plutôt
rather
especially
surtout
tree in Haiti
bayaronde (m.)
balle (f.)
ball, bullet
enquête (f.)
survey
Asie (f.)
Asia
faire partie intégrante
to be an integral part of
violin
violon (m.)
gun, rifle
fusil (m.)
copain (m.)
friend, boyfriend
mettre au sevice (se)
to put oneself at the service of
away from, out of the way
à l’écart de
être chanceux, chanceuse
to be lucky
faire ses valises
to pack (one’s suitcase)
broke, without money
fauché*
peinture (f.)
paint, painting
nounours (m.)
teddy bear
défouler (se)
to relax
robber
braqueur* (m.)
rather
plutôt
area
aire (f.)
wall (interior)
paroi (f.)
coudre
to sew
outil (m.)
tool
deuil (m.)
mourning
to catch
choper*
attirer
to appeal to
circulaire (f.)
circular, memorandum
grapefruit
pamplemousse (m.)
epic (film)
péplum (m.)
ragoûtant
appetizing
equality between men and women
parité (f.)
layer of wax
couche de cire (f.)
monthly
mensuellement
adresse (f)
address
faire confiance à
to trust
grosse caisse (f.)
brass drum
to insist on
tenir à
renouveler
to replace
work
ouvrage (m.)
Allemagne (f.)
Germany
schooling
scolarisation (f.)
actuellement
presently
à l’instar de
following the example of
harpsichord
clavecin (m.)
to scatter
éparpiller
apéritif
before-dinner drink
indice (m.)
indication, clue
drawback
inconvénient (m.)
maillet (m.)
mallet
flow of water
écoulement d’eau (m.)
sound track
bande sonore (f.)
feuilleton (m.)
soap opera, serial
traiter de
to call somebody names
neck, handle
manche (m.)
trip around the world
tour du monde (m.)
vidéaste (m./f.)
video maker
belt
ceinture (f.)
faire un voyage
to go on a trip, take a trip
agir
to act
link, place
lien (m.)
past participle
participe passé (m.)
all that is needed
il suffit
sailing
voile (f.)
fatigant
exhausting
ébéniste (m.)
cabinetmaker, restorer
bench
banc (m.)
par ailleurs
otherwise, moreover
to hibernate
hiberner
foie (m.)
liver
tant de
as best they can
cieux (m.pl.)
skies, heaven
aigu
high-pitched
Amérique
america
housing
logement (m.)
roux
redhead
string
corde (f.)
étude (f.)
study
stable
écurie (f.)
address and phone number
coordonnées (f.pl.)
mairie (f.)
office of the mayor, city hall
elevated subway
métro aérien (m.)
péplum (m.)
epic (film)
confère (m.)
fellow
to assume
assumer
solo
en solitaire
mât de fer (m.)
iron pole
fâcher (se)
to get angry
miellat (m.)
honeydew
building
bâtisse (f.)
to do an about-face
faire demi-tour
such as
tel que
booty
butin (m.)
to thoroughly master
maîtriser à fond
étage (m.)
floor, story
rooting, settling
enracinement (m.)
skull
crane (m.)
pomme (f.)
apple
to borrow, to take (a route), to traverse
emprunter
renouveler (se)
to renew (oneself)
prévisible
predictable
native country
pays natal (m.)
to follow
suivre
costumier, costumière
costume designer
to conceal
receler
to arouse, to provoke, to give rise
susciter
ship’s rail
bastingage (m.)
formateur (m.)
trainer
file d’attente (f.)
line, queue
à côté
next door
actrice (f.)
actress
show
spectacle (m.)
luck
chance (f.)
acteur (m.)
actor
to rely on
miser sur
fireworks
feu d’artifice (m.)
tomato
tomate (f.)
talking films
cinéma parlant (m.)
to change
changer
attraper
to catch
to weave in and out of
faufiler (se)
désarmant
disarming
to try
efforcer de (s’)
to ambalm
embaumer
burgler
cambioleur, cambrioleuse
calomnier
to slander
note (f.)
grade, mark, (musical) note
to run, to lead (to), to manage
mener (à)
spectacle équestre
equestrian show
fonder
to establish
to admit
admettre
éplucher
to peel
illiterate
illettré
box
case (f.)
