Verbs 5 Flashcards
1) to fight each other/ to fight (vi)
One must fight to survive !
2) to fight against [qqn]
se battre / se combattre
combattre [qqn]
Il faut se battre pour exister !
to blame
They were blamed
mettre [qqn] en cause
On les a mis en cause.
to subscribe to
Do you subscribe to Netflix?
Do you subscribe to it ?
souscrire à [qch]
S’abonner à (qch)
est-ce que tu souscris à Netflix ?
est-ce que tu y souscris ?
to renew, reconnect with
I wanted to reconnect with nature
renouer (avec)
Je voulais renouer avec la nature
to steer, turn [qch] , rob, hold up [qqn]
braquer
to bother, disturb, interrupt
Sorry to bother you.
déranger
Excusez-moi de vous déranger
to unearth, find
dénicher
1) to damage, ruin, wreck
2) ref: to spoil (food)
The avocados went off/spoiled and the hipsters cried.
1) abîmer
2) s’abîmer
Les avocat se sont abîmés et les hipsters ont pleuré.
1) to comfort, encourage
2) to reinforce, strengthen
1) réconforter
2) conforter, renforcer
1) to dedicate
2) ref: dedicate oneself to qch
I dedicate myself to god
1) dédier [qch] à [qqn]
2) se dédier à [qch]
Je me dédie au dieu
balancing act, doing multiple different things
faire le grand écart
1) to surpass, exceed
2) ref: to surpass oneself
3) take up challenge
4) overcome challenge
dépasser
se dépasser
relever un défi - take up a challenge
surmonter un défi - overcome
make qqn aware of qch
I made him/her aware of the problem.
sensibiliser [qqn] à [qch]
Je l’ai sensibilisé au problème
to pack, wrap (slang get off with)
emballer
to suit someone well/badly
aller bien/mal à qqn (can’t use toniques)
Cette robe te va.
Cette chemise ne me va pas.
to treat
traiter [qqn/qch]
- to serve [qch] to [qqn]
- to be used for [qch/qqn]
- to use qch. serve yourself
I have never used this device
- servir [qch] à [qqn]
- servir à (faire)
à quoi sert-il ? Il sert à quoi? - se servir de [qch/qqn]
je ne me suis jamais servi cet appareil.
to drown
(se) noyer
to bleed dry
saigner [qch] à blanc
to widen, increase
élargir
to overflow, brim over
déborder
to face, meet
affronter
to fight each other, face, clash
s’affronter
affronter - face, brace, endure
to do battle with (to deliver, give over)
livrer bataille contre [qqn]
to get bogged down
s’embourber / s’enliser
to discount, expect (assumption)
escompter que - assumption
on escompte que…
s’attendre à - expecting in the sense of waiting.
to criss cross
sillonner
to hit the target, bullseye
faire mouche
Son argument a fait mouche.
to scatter, spread (ideas,figurative)
répandre
to seize [qch]
s’emparer de [qch]
to roam, wander, travel
parcourir
to divide, split
scinder, éclater
to sweep
balayer
to evacuate, airlift
évacuer
to take, to lead
emmener
to cope, face up to
faire face à [qch]
to burry
enterrer, inhumer
to set about, be determined to do
I’m determined to succeed
s’acharner à faire
Je suis acharné à réussir.
to reach, to get to
2. to manage to do
- parvenir à [qch]
- parvenir à faire
endeavour to do / attach yourself to doing
s’attacher à faire
to examine, study
examiner
to approach
aborder
bring closer = (se) rapprocher
to be equipped with
être muni de
to go without saying
aller de soi
to slow down
freiner
to knit
tricoter
to check in, record/enter accounts
enregistrer (eg. airline)
take advantage of
saisir l’occasion de
profiter de
to refresh, cool down, refresh oneself
(se) rafraîchir
to make qqn drunk, get drunk, make your head spin
(se) soûler
to decide on, solve, settle, slice
trancher (sur)
to focus, concentrate
(se) focaliser
canaliser
to conquer
avoir raison de
to analyse, dissect
décortiquer
to fail, end up, wash up
échouer
to promise
promettre
to pass (a law)
adopter un loi
to start
entamer, débuter, commencer
to dare to do
oser faire [qch]
J’ai osé manger ce piment
défier [qqn] de faire [qch]
Je te défie de manger ce piment
to subdue, defeat
soumettre
to end in, result in
aboutir à
a) to spread (fig. idea)
b) to spread (news)
c) to spread, stretch (physical, temporal)
a) répandre des valeurs
b) se répandre / se diffuser
c) s’étendre
to deploy, hire, appoint
to enlist
advise [qqn] to be [qch]
engager
s’engager dans
engager [qqn] à [qch]
to lead to
entraîner [qqn] à [qch]
to call into question
remettre en cause
to be wary, careful, suspicious of
se méfier de
to be ignorant, unaware of
méconnaître [qch]
to act
agir
to scam, rip off
entuber [qqn]
to eat, scoff
bouffer
to graft, work hard
bosser
to steal, nick
piquer
to flirt
draguer
to like / “dig”
kiffer
to sip
siroter
to have confidence in
faire confiance à [qch]
avoir confiance en [qch]
to notice, spot, locate
repérer
to consist of [qch]
to consist of doing [qch]
consister en [qch]
consister à faire [qch]
to be aware
être au courant
