French vocab one Flashcards
Censé(e)
Supposed
Être censé(e)
To be supposed to
Un dispositif
Device, system
Operation
Le loyer
Rent
Freiner
To brake, curb
Lié
Related [bus]
Reposer
To rest, put down
Se reposer (de qqch)
To have a rest / recover from
Un signalement
Description, particulars, report
Disponible
Available
Un(e) locataire
Tenant
Le dépassement [d’horaire]
Overtaking, overshooting, [overrunning]
Serrer
To grip / hold tightly
Serrer la main de qqn
Shake sb’s hand
Se serrer
To squeeze up / huddle
Se serrer la ceinture
To tighten one’s belt
Tel(le)
Such, like
Un parcours
Journey, route, course
Un parcours de combattant
Assault course, uphill battle
Abordable
Affordable, approachable
Compter
To count, to include
Tenir compte de
Take into account, pay heed to
Sans compter
Not to mention, not counting
Un bail (pl baux)
A lease
Le crédit-bail
Leasing
Un objet
Object (a thing), subject
Faire l’objet de
Be the subject of
Un conflit
Dispute, conflict
Une amende
Fine (sanction)
(Faire) amende honorable
(Make) amends
Ainsi
Thus, so, as
Hors
Except (for)
Être hors de danger
To be out of danger
Hors d’usage, hors de service
Out of order, out of use
S’avérer
To turn out, to prove, to prove true
S’avérer faux
To prove false
Or (conj.)
Yet, but, now
L’or (nm)
Gold
La surface
Surface, area
Parmi
Among, amongst
La preuve
Proof, evidence
Le foyer
Hearth, focal spot, home
Agir
To act
S’agir
To involve, it’s about, it’s a matter of
Davantage
More, longer
Un étau
A vice (as in a tool)
Reconnaître
Recognise, admit, acknowledge
Lors de
Then, during
Un assouplissement
A softening, relaxation
Désormais
[From] now [on]
Soumettre
To submit [something]
Soumis à
Subject to
Soumis
Submissive
Supprimé(e)
Deleted
(Se) remplir
To fill up, fill out, fulfil
Troquer
To exchange, to swap
Les gants (mpl.)
Gloves
Autour
Around
Soulager qqn
To relieve smn
Net(te)
Clear, neat, definite, sharp
Lorsque
When
Auparavant
Previously, before
Tousser
To cough
Un toux
A cough
Un poing
A fist
Le plafond
Ceiling
Ôter
Remove, take off, take away
Un pardessus
Overcoat
Aucun
No, none, any
Pencher
To tilt, to lean
Se pencher
To lean over
Redresser
To straighten
Se redresser
To recover, right itself, sit up
La douleur
Pain, grief
Douloureux(euse)
Painful
Aborder
To approach, tackle, land, go into
Une cachotterie
Mystery, little secret
Faire des cachotteries
To be secret
Un abord
A first
D’abord
At first
A contrecœur
Reluctantly
Maint(e)
Many a
À maintes reprises
Time and again
Pourtant
Yet
Quelconque
Any
Pour une raison quelconque
For some reason or another
Tromper
To deceive, mislead
Se tromper
To be mistaken, wrong
Entendre
To hear, to understand, to mean
Un échec
A failure
Un gendre
Son-in-law
Réglé
Well-ordered, ruled, settled
Dépister
To detect
Un tailleur
Suit, tailor
Inattendu(e)
Unexpected
Ajouter
To add, to append
Empêcher
To prevent
S’empêcher
To stop os. from doing sthg
Mener
To take, to lead, to manage
Un souffle
Breath, blast
Le néant
None, nothingness
Guère
Scarcely, hardly
Un âne
Donkey, ass
Méchant(e)
Wicked, bad, unkind, nasty
La revanche
Revenge
En revanche
On the other hand, however
Apercevoir
To see, to notice, perceive
Inaperçu
Unnoticed
Pénible
Painful, tiresome
Que ce soit
Whatsoever
Qui que ce soit
Anyone, whoever it may be
Quoi que ce soit
Anything
Sinon
Otherwise, except, if not
Parvenir
Reach, achieve, arrive
Pourtant
Yet, nevertheless
Exiger
To require, demand
À peine
Hardly, barely
La peine
Punishment, sentence;
Sorrow, sadness;
Difficulty
Éloigner
To move sth away, to take sth away
S’éloigner
To go away
La poitrine
Chest, breast
S’écrier
To exclaim, cry out
Ledit, ladite (adj)
The aforementioned
Un colis
A parcel
Secouer
To shake
Presser
To squeeze, to press
Se presser
To hurry up, to crowd
Le menton
Chin
Un coude
Elbow
Un soupir
A sigh
Un tuyau
Un tuyau d’arrosage
Un tuyau d’echappement
Pipe, hose;
a tip (advice)
Hosepipe
Exhaust pipe
La course
Running, race
Les courses
The races, shopping
Rédiger
To draft, to write
Sécher
To dry
Sec, sèche
Dry
(S’)Apprêter
To prepare, get ready for
Un maître chanteur
Blackmailer
Méprisable
Despicable; contemptible
Compter
To count
Compter faire qqch
To plan to do sth
Comme prévu
According to plan
Songeur(euse)
Pensive
Appartenir
To belong
Appartenir à qqn
To belong to smn
Un voie
A way, (railway) line, lane (in a road)
(être) en bonne voie
(to be) going well; on the right track
Heurter
To hit, collide with
Se heurter
To collide into, to crash into
Dévisager
To stare
Un mobile
A motive
Le chaleur
Heat, warmth
Le soulagement
Relief
Eloigner
To move / take sth away
S’éloigner
To go away / move away
Quant à
As for, as to
Éprouver
To feel, to experience;
To try, to test
Une estrade
Stage, dias
De grande ampleur
Large-scale
Je manque les gens
People miss me
Ce qui me manque
What I miss is…
Un emploi de temps
Schedule, [timetable]
Décor / paysage
Scenery
Un détracteur / un opposant
Opponent
Le soutien
Support
Les gradins
Terraces, bleachers, stands / tiers (in an auditorium or stadium)
Une évocation
An evocation (something which evokes sthg)
Une bouilloire
Kettle
Souffrant
Unwell
Lasser
To weary, tire of
Se lasser
To grow weary / tired
(Se) fracasser
To smash (into)
Un gène
A gene
La gêne
Difficulty
Avec gêne
With difficulty
Gêné
Embarrassed, uncomfortable
Sans-gêne
Inconsiderate
Se méfier
Distrust
Toussoter
To splutter, cough slightly
Vif (vive)
Lively
Étonner
Amaze
Étonné(e)
Surprised
Un écureuil
Squirrel
Faillir (+ inf)
Faillir a
Almost, nearly (usually in past tense)
To fall short of
Devancer
To lead, to be ahead of
Arracher
To pull out, to extract, to tear out
S’arracher à
To tear o.s. away from
Décousu(e)
Disjointed, disconnected
Arpenter
To pace up and down
Taire
Keep silent
Visser qqch
To screw sthg
Vissée à
Fastened, fixed, screwed on to sthg
Souriant(e)
Smiling
Bouché
Blocked
Un panier-repas
Packed lunch
Astucieux(euse)
Clever, cunning, shrewd
Charger
To load
Facturer
To invoice, to charge
Âpre
Bitter, sour, fierce
