Verbs - DRE

Question 1

attendre

Answer 1

to wait for, to expect

J’attends d’avoir de ses nouvelles. (I’m waiting to hear from him)

Je n’attends plus rein de la vie (I expect nothing more from life)

Question 2

confondre

Answer 2

to mix up, to confuse

On le confond souvent avec son frère. (People often confuse him/misktake him with his brother).

Question 3

défendre

Answer 3

1) to defend
2) to forbib

C’est défendu (It’s forbidden)

Question 4

descendre

Answer 4

to descend, to go/come down(stairs)

Attends en bas, je descends! (Wait downstairs, I’m coming down)

Vous pouvez descendre ma valise? (Can you get down my suitcase?)

Question 5

entendre

Answer 5

1) to hear
2) to understand

J’ai mal entendu (I didn’t hear…)
Je ne t’entends pas (I can’t hear you)

Question 6

étendre

Answer 6

to stretch or expand, to spread out

Elle a étendu une nappe propre sur la table. (She spread out a clean cloth on the table)

Question 7

fendre

Answer 7

to split, to crack

Il a fendu la coeur de Mary. (He broke Mary’s heart)

Question 8

fondre

Answer 8

to melt

La tablette de chocolat a fondu dans ma poche (The chocolate bar melted in my pocket)

Question 9

mordre

Answer 9

to bite

Le chien a mordu le facteur. (The dog bit the postman).

Question 10

pendre

Answer 10

to hang, to put on a wall

Il a pendu sa veste dans l’armoire (He hung his jacked in the wardrobe.

Question 11

pondre

Answer 11

to lay an egg, to produce

Tu peux nous pondre 400 mots? (Can you knock up 400 words?)

Question 12

perdre

Answer 12

to loose

Ils pourraient perdre leur influence.
On a perdu plus de 1000 euros sur ces actions. (We lost more than $1000 on these shares)

Question 13

prétendre

Answer 13

1) to claim

Il prétend qu’il ne la connaît pas.

Question 14

rendre

Answer 14

to give back, to return

J’ai rendu mes livres à la bibliothèque. (I returned my books to the library)

Question 15

répandre

Answer 15

to spill, to spread

Question 16

répondre

Answer 16

to answer, to reply

répondre à: to answer to, to respond to

Question 17

suspendre

Answer 17

to hang up, to suspend

Question 18

tendre

Answer 18

1) to tighten, to stretch out
2) to hold out

Ils ont tendue une corde entre deux arbres.
(The stretched out a cord between two trees)

Elle me tendit la boîte de chocolates.

Question 19

tondre

Answer 19

to mow, to shave an animal

tondre le gazon (mow the lawn)

Question 20

tordre

Answer 20

to wring, to twist

Question 21

vendre

Answer 21

to sell

Il m’a vendu son vélo. (He sold me his bike).