Les verbes Flashcards
abîmer
détraquer
endommager
A: to damage
D: to damage, upset, perturb, unhinge
E: to damage, harm
aborder
atteindre
parvenir
viser
TO REACH:
* AB: [approach, address, or tackle] -> Robinson Crusoé aborda une île déserte
* AT: [arriving at a specific point, goal, or level, often with some struggle/effort] -> L’entreprise a atteint ses objectifs.
* P: [reach, manage to do, or succeed, emphasizing success, especially after struggle/effort] -> Les inondations parviennent jusqu’au centre-ville.
V: to aim (for), target
aboutir
aboutir à
emmener
entraîner
A: to succeed
A, À: to end up with/lead to
EMM: to take, lead, drive
ENT: to lead to, involve
abroger
to repeal, revoke
Certaines lois seront abrogées
acclamer
prétendre que
proférer
A: to cheer, acclaim
PRÉ: to maintain, claim
PRO: to proclaim, pronounce, declare
accoupler
accroucher (de)
s’accroupir
ACCOU: to mate
ACCROU: to give birth (to)
S: to squat, crouch
accourir, précipiter
to hurry
accrocher
décrocher
arracher
ACC: to hang, to hang up
D: to unhook
ARR: to pull up/out
abaisser, faire descendre
accroître, augmenter, haucher
affaisser
avilir
élargir
rétrécir
AB, F.D.: to lower
ACC, AUG, H: to increase, augment, grow, heighten, intensify
AFF: to lower, collapse
AV: to debase, degrade, demean, depreciate
É: to widen, increase, amplify, expand, make wider/bigger
R: to contract, shrink
achever
to finish, complete
adjoindre
embaucher
endosser
adjuger
ADJOINDRE: to appoint
EM: to take on, appoint
EN: to assume, endorse, put on [on the back], take on
ADJUGER: to award, grant
affronter
to confront
allonger
gésir
poser
A: to lay, extend, lengthen
G: to lie [not making a false claim!]
P: to put/place (down), install, fit, lay, land, pose
amener
ramener
A: to bring about
R: to take/bring again/back
apercevoir
entrevoir
to glimpse
A: when you see something briefly, often without much detail or when something comes into your field of vision unexpectedly
E: when you see something indistinctly or partially, or when you have a vague understanding of something
apitoyer
appâter
apprivoiser
APIT: to pity
APPÂ: to lure, entice, bait
APPRI: to tame, domesticate
appréhender
to arrest/apprehend, comprehend/understand, be worried/nervous about
arrondir
(L’homme arrondit le dos)
(Nous arrondirons le total)
to bow/bend, to round (up/down), to tone down/soften, to increase/swell
aviser
to decide, inform
balbutier, bégayer
to stammer, stutter
borner
comprimer
B: to confine, limit, restrict, keep
C: to compress, constrict
bousculer
fouler
frôler
trébucher
B: to jostle, shove, push
FO: to tread, trample
FR: to brush past/against, verge on, approach
T: to stumble
broder
coudre
tricoter
B: to embroider
C: to sew, stitch
T: to knit
brouiller
se brouiller
barbouiller
bouillir
brouter
BROUILLER: to scramble/interfere, to blur/cloud
S: to quarrel
BAR: to smear
BO: to boil
BROUTER: to graze, nibble, browse
aboyer
bruire
éclore
éternuer
fredonner
siffler
(La forêt bruyait de cris des oiseaux.)
A: to bark
B: to rustle, hum, buzz, murmur
ÉC: to hatch, open, bloom
ÉT: to sneeze
F: to hum
S: to whistle
assiéger
attraper
s’attraper
capituler
envahir
esquiver
s’emparer de
engluer
vaincre
AS: to beseige, encircle, mob
AT: to catch, grab, capture
S’A: to be caught
C: to surrender, give in
ENV: to invade, swarm, overrun, overwhelm
ESQ: to evade, avoid, elude
S’E: seize, capture, catch, grab (Les policiers se sont emparés du suspect)
EN: to catch, glue (Ces rouleaux engluent les mouches.)
V: to defeat
chatouiller
to tickle
chiffonner
déchiqueter
émietter
C: to crumple, bother, worry
D: to shred, tear apart, rip apart
E: to crumble
compulser
to consult
concevoir
imaginer
C: to conceive, to design/create
E: to invent, conceive, devise
congédier
to see out, send off, discharge, dismiss, fire
convenir à
to be suitable for
creuser
crever
CREUSER: to dig
CREVER: to burst, puncture
débarrasser
déboucher
dégager
enrayer
to clear or free up
DÉBA:
* To clear, declutter, get rid of [of something unnecessary, in the way, or unwanted
* Cleaning spaces, freeing onself from something bothersome]
* Il faut débarrasser la table
DÉBOU:
* Unblock, open up, or lead to
* Freeing a blocked pathway or transitioning into a new space
* Le sérum physiologique permet de déboucher le nez
DÉG:
* To clear, unblock [an obstacle, allowing space or access]
* Il faut dégager l’entrée du salon
ENR: to jam/block, stop/hault, jam
débattre
débattre de, discuter sur
se débattre
peiner
D: to wrangle, haggle over
D, D: to discuss, debate
SE & P: to struggle
combler
gorger
déborder
dégorger
purger
C: to fill, make up for (Il faut combler ce trou)
G: to stuff, force feed, inundate, fill (Les oies et les canards sont gorgés)
DÉBORDER: to overflow
DÉGORGER: to disgorge, spill over, discharge, pour
P: to drain, purge, flush out
atteler
déchaîner
harnacher
A: to harness, hitch
D: to unleash
H: to harness
contrarier
déjouer
C: to annoy, upset, thwart, impede
D: to frustrate, to thwart
déranger
se déranger
D: to bother
S: to come out/step aside
assombrir
attrister
bouder
désespérer
foncer
navrer
rembrunir
se rembrunir
To darken
* Assombrir [also to cloud]
* Foncer [also to hurry]
* Se rembrunir
To sadden/grieve:
* Rembrunir
* Attrister
* Navrer
To sulk/shun:
* Bouder
To despair:
* Désespérer
détourner
dévier
DÉT: to divert, reroute
DÉV: to divert, deflect, stray
dresser
se dresser
tenir debout
D: to raise/set up/put up
D: to stand/rise up against/be trained
T: to stand, stand up
ébahir
étonner
To astonish, amaze
ÉT: [also to surprise]
éclabousser
to splash, spatter
En roulant aussi vite, la voiture éclabousse les passants
éclater […la noix de coco]
éparpiller […ses jouets]
fendre (se fendre) […les morceaux de bois]
démanteler […le vieux gymnase]
effondrer […ce vieux mur]
enfoncer […la porte]
renverser […du vinaigre]
s’écrouler [la vieille maison…]
ÉC:to smash, break split, divide, pulverize
ÉP: to scatter, strew, divide, split, share
F: to (be) split, crack
D: to demolish, dismantle
EF: to knock down, demolish, dismantle
ENF: to sink, knock down
R: to knock down
S: to collapse, fall down, cave in, topple
dépouiller [de]
écorcher
éplucher
D: to skin, rob, strip [of]
ÉC: to skin
ÉP: to peel, skin, dissect
éduquer
to bring up, raise
égayer
émoustiller
épanouir
ravir
ÉG: to amuse, brighten up
ÉM: to excite (usually taste/sensory pleasure), to render playful
ÉP: to make happy, satisfy
R: to thrill, delight
emboîter
s’emboîter
E: to fit, slot
S: to fit or slot together
empiéter sur
to encroach on
encadrer
to frame
encombrer
to be in the way/a nuisance, to block/impede
enfouir, ensevelir, enterrer
to bury
ENFOUIR: bury, hide, or stash something by covering it, often to deliberately hide
ENSEVELIR: shroud or bury, often in the context of wrapping or covering a dead body
ENTERRER: bury, usually referring to the act of placing a dead body in the ground
engendrer
to engender, to bring about
engueuler
glapir
E: to yell at, to tell off
G: to yelp, yap
enhardir
s’enhardir
E: to embolden
S: to become bolder, more daring
ébaucher
entamer
entreprendre
to start, begin
ÉB: sketch out, outline, or begin something in a preliminary, incomplete form (ébaucher un dessin)
ENTAMER: implies a physical or metaphorical first step affecting object/situation (entamer un gâteau)
ENTREPRENDRE: for a project or task (Il a entrepris un long voyage)
entrecouper [qch] de [qch]
intersperse [sth] with [sth]
épargner
to save
éprouver
ressentir
se ressentir
É: to experience, to feel, to have
R: to feel
S: to suffer
étendre
répandre
É: to spread, stretch
R: to spread, to diffuse