Verbs et Nons [A-L] (F/E) Flashcards
aînés (m plr)
eldest
atout (m)
advantage
demission (f)
resignation
faire reference à
refer to
ennui (m)
boredeom / trouble / a snag
délai (m)
An extension (i.e. of time)
épargner
to spare / to save money
être partant
willing / be up for something
faire en sorte que/de
make sure
instant (m)
A moment
apport (m)
provision / supply / input]
insoutenable
repeat / unbearable
cotiser
contribute financially
hébergement (m)
accomodation
décroître
to decrease / diminish
écouler
sell / dispose of
congé avec échelonnement
leave with income averaging
élargir
widen / increase / augment
capital (m)
intelecutal or financial capital
démarche (f)
an approach
consacré (adj)
dedicated to
couler de
To run / to follow
demeurer
stay / remain
atteindre un but
to reach a goal
faire durer
make last
l’alcool au volant
drinking and driving
habiter
to live
expéditrice (f)
sender (female)
inquiétude (f)
a worry / anxiety
accroître
increase / augment
atteinte (f)
achievement
accord (m)
agreement
avertissement (m)
warning / caution
faire partie de
to be a member of
avis (m)
warning / advice / opinion
dépense (f)
expenditures / spending
epanouissement (m)
blossoming / thriving
étoile (f)
Star (in the sky)
former
to teach / train
fructeux / fructeuse
fruitful / productive
bien immobilier (m)
property / real estate
besoin (m)
A need
aménager
adjust / change
faire part de qqch à qqun
inform / advise
apporter + objet
to bring / to take
entretenir
to maintain
coup d’oeil (m)
a quick glance
façon (f)
the way / the manner
empêcher
prevent / avoid / stop
fortement (adverb)
hard / strongly / very much / a lot / greatly
immobilier
property / real estate
intitulé (adj) (m)
titled / entitled
a priori
in theory / in principle
aperçu (m)
glimpse / insight
homologuer
to approve / to accredit
exploitant (m)
farmer
appliquer
to apply (but not for a job)
des achats
purchasing
entreprendre
undertake / begin doing something
escroquer
cheat / swindle
jouir de
to enjoy
approprié
appropriate / suitable
éclairer
lighten up / englighten
aire (f)
area / zone
accrueillant (adj)
warm / welcoming
comptant (adverb)
in cash
élabortion
production / development / the creation
forcément
Bound…to happen
envergure (f)
scope / scale / wingspand
comptabilité (f)
bookeeping
concevoir
design/ come up with/understand /have
diriger
to guide / to steer (vers)
formation (f)
the setting up / start / training
acquitter
to pay
des impôts fonciers
property taxes
empressement (m)
haste / eagerness
acroître
to increase / to intensify
diapostive (f)
a slide (i.e. in a presentation)
leiux (m plr)
places
inciter
to encourage
agréger
to gather / collect
contrepartie (f)
compensation (i.e. in exchange for)
faire ses comptes
calculate / do the math
capitale (f)
capital city (e.g. Ottawa)
cibler
target / aim at
dresser
set up / establish / train / draw up
échelonnement (m)
the spreading out
amiable (adj)
amicable
auprès
near / close to
amoindrir
reduce / diminish
courant electronique (m)
Power/electricity
fournisseur (m)
a supplier / provider
aménagement du temps
to organize the schedule
apprentissage (m)
learning]
entendre
hear / intend
comportement (m)
behaviour / conduct
contribuable (m)
taxpayer
céder
give way / yield
agrandir
extend / widen
brancher
connect / turn on
effort (m)
effort
foncier (m)
property
différend (m)
disagreement / difference of opinion
gérance (f)
management
alentours (m plr)
surroundings / neighbourhood]
bilan (m)
financial balance / sheet / appraisal / assessment
entier (adj)
whole
éventuellement
possibly
gamme (f)
scale / range / assortment
allouer
allocate / grant
chômer (m)
an unemployed person
concurrence (m)
competition
décommander
To cancel at the last minute / to call off
déplacement (m)
the moving / shifting / transfer
experience (f)
experiecne
déformer
mischaracterize / to negatively change
au plaisir de
look forward to
grandissant (adj)
increasing / growing
intervenir…pour
to intervene / act
advantage [adverb]
more
atteindre
to reach
hausser
to raise / increase
dévouement (m)
devoation / dedication
faire parvenir à
to send
fierté (f)
pride
à grand pas
quickly / just around the corner
communiquer à qq’un
to inform
écouter
to listen
de connaissance de
read carefully / take note
denunciation (f)
whistle blowing
engager
hire / commit / engage
avouer
confess / admit
faire un tour
have a look around / stroll
comporter
comprise / include / entail
impuissance (f)
helplessness / powerlessness
à faible envergure
limited scope
aborder
to reach / land on / broach
honoraires
Fees (e.g. a lawyer)
indispensable (adj)
vital / essential
chaleureux (adj)
warm / welcoming
contrairement à
unlike / contrary to
frais (m plr)
costs
le seuil de rentabilité (m)
break even point
étbablir
set up / to establish
avoir hâte de
look forward to doing something
échelooner
to spead out / disburse
consacrer
dedicate
échec (m)
a failure
louer
to rent
être formé de
to be made of
charte (f)
charter (i.e. Chater of Rights)
désigné (adj)
designated
intempéries (mpl)
bad weather
emprunter une route / un chemin
take a route / path
capital (adj)
crucial / essential
formateur (m / adj)
trainer (m) / informative
en savoir plus
know more / find out more
faire le tour de
examine all aspects
axé
to be focused on
immeubles (mpl)
buildings
êntrainer
exercise / train / lead to / bring about
faire prevue de
to forecast / to predict
instruire
educate / train
déranger
disturb / bother
au plaisir / au plaisir de
see you again / look forward to it
découler de
To ensure / to follow
gravir
to climb / go up
acroissement (m)
growth / increase
être à l’écouter de
to be in tough with
brochure (f)
brochure / pamphlet
entre-temps
meanwhile
colloque (m)
symposium
expéditeur (m)
sender (male)
converti (m)
convert
l’argent comptant
cash
achat (m)
a purchase
essor (m)
flight / rise / development
ancienneté (f)
years of service / senority
couter de
To run / to follow
désapprouver
disapprove / condemn
exercise (m)
fiscal
influent (adj)
influential / folled
éparpiller
to disperse / to scatter
causerie (f)
a talk / a conversation
donner le jour à
give birth to
croître
grow / increase in size
auparavant
formerly / back-in-the-day
chemin (m)
path
croissance (f)
growth / development
bienveillance (f)
kindness / goodwill
effectuer
to make / carry out
davantage (adj / adverb)
more
imprévisible
unpredicatable / unforseen
bien / pas mal / beucoup de travaille
a lot of work
acheminer
to carry / to send / to forward
accéder à
to reach / gain access to
conduite (f)
driving / conduct / behaviour
antérieurement
earlier / previously
agent (m)
agent
dépliant (m)
pamphlet
courir un danger à
put at risk
entente (f)
agreement
bienfait (m)
a good deed
étranger (adj)
foreign / international
en déplacement
away / on a trip
il est primordial que
it is essential / vital
ampleur (f)
size / extent / scope / magnitude
impôt (m)
tax
aine (m)
groin
embauche (f)
employment / recruitment / hiring
éprouver
to have / to experience
avec plaisir
with pleasure (often accepting requests/invites)
amener + des personnes
To bring / to take
faire-part (m)
An announcement / an invitation
apporter de l’aide
help / assist (donner l’aide DOES NOT EXIST)
financier
Financial
côtoyer
stand along side (something) / rub shoulders with
fournir
to furnish / to supply
insuffisance (f)
inadeqency
conseil (m)
advice
avantage (m)
advantage
combler
to fill in / to fulfill
faire prevue du
to show / to demonstrate
affairs (f plr)
business
dédommagement (m)
payment of damages / insurance compensation
encourageant
Encouraging / positive
convenable
convenient
facultative / facultatif (adj)
optional / voluntary
cotisation (f)
subscription
couverture étendue des soins de santé (f)
extended medical coverage
compte rendu (m)
report / record / summary
chômage (m)
unemployment
combler un poste
fill a job
attirer l’attention sur
draw attention to
échantillon (m)
sample
immeuble (m)
a building
étranger
abroad
emporter + objet
bring
communiquer avec qq’un
to contact
entamer
start on / initiate
enquête (f)
survey / poll / inquiry / investigation
favoriser
to promote / blossom
amabilité (f)
Kindness
être primordial que + SUB.
it is essential that
doter
provide / equip
habilité (adj)
empowered
appuyer
learn / push / support
argent (m plr)
money (never an ‘s’ at the end)
agir
to act / do something / take action
égarer
lose / get lost
couvert (adj)
covered / insured
emmener + des personnes
bring / take
établir
establish
destinataire (m/f)
recipient
concurrentiel (adj)
competitive
formatrice (f / adj)
trainer (f) / informative
grandir
get bigger / get taller
grandement
greatly
convivial (adj)
friendly
constater
to notice / note / observe
cadre (m)
setting / surroundings / middle manager / executive
faire le point sur
to take stock
contrer
to counter / block
appui (m)
support
frais de douane
duty / tax
empêchement (m)
a hold up / snag
apporter à
to bring
déteindre
to lose its colour
écarter
move aside / rule out
bouclé (adj)
completed
faire le bilan de
summarize / take stock
étranger à
a stranger to
formulaire (m)
form
cruellement
painfully / cruelly
épreuve (f)
a test
astruce (f)
trick
