Vocab Enrichment 5.2 Flashcards

Use this deck to learn words and phrases dealing with a variety of themes, including length, love, and intelligence. This roughly covers cards 1070-1140 of our 9000+ French vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”).

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length

e.g. Please measure the length of this rope

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la longueur

ex. S’il vous plaît, mesurez la longueur de cette corde

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long

e.g. That movie was long

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long / de longue durée

ex. Ce film était long

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long

e.g. a long river

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long / étendu

ex. un long fleuve

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short

e.g. a short distance

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court / petit

ex. une distance courte

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longer

e.g. a longer skirt

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plus long

ex. une jupe plus longue

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longer

e.g. Tonight’s movie was longer than the one we saw yesterday

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plus long

ex. Le film de ce soir était plus long que celui que l’on a vu hier

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shorter / less tall

e.g. The Statue of Liberty is shorter than the Eiffel Tower

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plus bas / moins haut / plus petit

ex. La statue de la Liberté est moins haute que la tour Eiffel

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shorter / less long

e.g. Her dress is shorter than mine

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plus court / moins long / moins grand

ex. Sa robe est plus courte que la mienne

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shorter

e.g. The play was much shorter than I thought it would be

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plus court

ex. La pièce fut bien plus courte que je ne pensais

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taller

e.g. My younger brother is taller than me

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plus grand

ex. Mon petit frère est plus grand que moi

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a millimeter

e.g. She missed the target by just four millimeters

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un millimètre

ex. Elle a raté la cible de seulement quatre millimètres

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a centimeter

e.g. This pencil is 10 centimeters long

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un centimètre

ex. Ce crayon fait 10 centimètres de long

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a meter

i.e. 100 meters

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un mètre

i.e. 100 mètres

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a kilometer / a kilometre

e.g. My grandfather used to walk eight kilometers every morning

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un kilomètre

ex. Mon grand-père avait l’habitude de marcher huit kilomètres tous les matins

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an inch

e.g. There are 12 inches in a foot

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un pouce

ex. Il y a 12 pouces dans un pied

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a foot

e.g. The building is 200 feet tall

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un pied

ex. Le bâtiment fait 200 pieds de haut

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a mile

e.g. The school is about three miles away

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un mile / environ 1,6 km

ex. L’école est à environ trois miles d’ici

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a ruler

e.g. He used a ruler to measure the width of the desk

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une règle

ex. Il a utilisé une règle pour mesurer la largeur du bureau

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a line / a queue

e.g. to stand in line

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la queue / une file

ex. faire la queue

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love

e.g. Valentine’s Day is a day that celebrates love

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l’amour

ex. La Saint-Valentin est une journée qui célèbre l’amour

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to love

e.g. I love my mother very much

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aimer quelqu’un

ex. J’aime beaucoup ma mère

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to love / to be in love with / to adore

e.g. I love my wife

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aimer / être amoureux de / adorer

ex. J’aime ma femme

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to love / to like a lot

e.g. She loves chocolate

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aimer / beaucoup aimer / avoir un faible pour

ex. Elle aime beaucoup le chocolat

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to fall in love with / to fall for

e.g. She fell in love with him

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tomber amoureux de quelqu’un

ex. Elle est tombée amoureuse de lui

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# Translate to French: to kiss ## Footnote e.g. He kissed his mother and went to bed
embrasser / faire un bisou ## Footnote ex. Il a embrassé sa mère et est allée se coucher
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# Translate to French: a kiss ## Footnote e.g. She gave him a big kiss
un bisou / un baiser ## Footnote ex. Elle lui a fait un gros bisou
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# Translate to French: romance ## Footnote e.g. She loves to read novels about romance
une histoire d'amour ## Footnote ex. Elle adore lire des romans avec des histoires d'amour
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# Translate to French: romantic ## Footnote e.g. a romantic gesture
romantique ## Footnote ex. un geste romantique
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# Translate to French: a date / a rendezvous ## Footnote e.g. I have a date with an older woman tonight
un rencard / un rancard / un rendez-vous ## Footnote ex. J'ai un rencard avec une femme plus âgée que moi ce soir
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# Translate to French: to go out with / to go on a date with / to have a date with ## Footnote e.g. I have a date with a cute guy tonight. Wish me luck!
sortir avec / avoir un rendez-vous avec / avoir un rancart avec ## Footnote ex. Je sors avec un gars super mignon ce soir. Souhaite-moi bonne chance !
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# Translate to French: to be dating / to be going out with / to be in a relationship with ## Footnote e.g. She's been dating him for 3 months
sortir avec / avoir une relation avec ## Footnote ex. Elle sort avec lui depuis 3 mois
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# Translate to French: to break up (with) / to split up / to separate (from) ## Footnote e.g. Laura broke up with Mike because he cheated on her
casser avec / rompre avec / se séparer (de) ## Footnote ex. Laura a rompu avec Mike parce qu'il l'a trompée
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# Translate to French: a couple ## Footnote e.g. We went to dinner with three other couples
un couple ## Footnote ex. Nous sommes allés dîner avec trois autres couples
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# Translate to French: darling / dear / my love ## Footnote also: honey, sweetie, baby
mon chéri / mon coeur / mon amour ## Footnote aussi : mon ange, mon bébé, mon trésor
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# Translate to French: main / primary / principal ## Footnote e.g. my primary source of income
principal ## Footnote ex. ma source de revenus principale
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# Translate to French: head / chief / lead ## Footnote e.g. the head coach
principal / en chef ## Footnote ex. l'entraîneur principal
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# Translate to French: to make / to create ## Footnote e.g. Let's make a cake
faire ## Footnote ex. Faisons un gâteau
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# Translate to French: to make / to manufacture / to produce ## Footnote e.g. That company makes phones
faire / fabriquer / produire ## Footnote ex. Cette entreprise fait des téléphones
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# Translate to French: to be made out of / to be made from / to be made of ## Footnote e.g. This dress is made out of cotton
être fait de / être en / être fait en ## Footnote ex. Cette robe est en coton
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# Translate to French: a neighbor ## Footnote e.g. We have become good friends with our next-door neighbors
un voisin ## Footnote ex. Nous sommes devenus bons amis avec nos voisins de palier
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# Translate to French: a neighborhood ## Footnote e.g. They live in a very nice neighborhood near the park
un quartier ## Footnote ex. Ils habitent un très beau quartier près du parc
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# Translate to French: to show ## Footnote e.g. Show me your ID
montrer ## Footnote ex. Montrez-moi votre carte d'identité
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# Translate to French: intelligent / smart / bright ## Footnote e.g. She's the smartest student in her class
intelligent ## Footnote ex. Elle est l'étudiante la plus intelligente de sa classe
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# Translate to French: stupid / dumb / foolish ## Footnote e.g. a stupid mistake
stupide / bête / dupe ## Footnote ex. une erreur stupide
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# Translate to French: an idiot / a moron / a fool
un idiot / un imbécile / un bouffon
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# Translate to French: intelligence / intellect ## Footnote e.g. Her intelligence is her most attractive quality
l'intelligence ## Footnote ex. Son intelligence est sa qualité la plus attirante
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# Translate to French: clever / cunning / crafty ## Footnote e.g. He has a clever plan to defeat his opponent
ingénieux / astucieux / futé ## Footnote ex. Il a un plan ingénieux pour battre son adversaire
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# Translate to French: to smell / to sniff ## Footnote e.g. She smelled the flowers
sentir / humer ## Footnote ex. Elle sentit les fleurs
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# Translate to French: to smell ## Footnote e.g. That smells good
sentir ## Footnote ex. Ça sent bon
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# Translate to French: to smell bad / to stink ## Footnote e.g. Ew, gross, that stinks!
sentir mauvais / puer ## Footnote ex. Ah, c'est dégueulasse, ça pue !
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# Translate to French: to smell like ## Footnote e.g. It smells like flowers
sentir comme ## Footnote ex. Ça sent comme des fleurs
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# Translate to French: smelly / stinky ## Footnote e.g. smelly food
malodorant / puant / qui pue ## Footnote ex. de la nourriture qui pue
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# Translate to French: a smell / an aroma / a fragrance ## Footnote e.g. He loves the smell of fresh flowers
une odeur / un arôme / un parfum ## Footnote ex. Il adore l'odeur des fleurs fraîches
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# Translate to French: a smell / an odor / a stench ## Footnote e.g. What's that smell?
une odeur / une puanteur / une odeur nauséabonde ## Footnote ex. Quelle est cette odeur nauséabonde ?
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# Translate to French: a deodorant
un déodorant
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# Translate to French: an antiperspirant
un anti-transpirant / un déodorant
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# Translate to French: a perfume ## Footnote i.e. a fragrance for women
un parfum ## Footnote i.e. un parfum pour femmes
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# Translate to French: a cologne ## Footnote i.e. a fragrance for men
une eau de Cologne ## Footnote i.e. un parfum pour hommes
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# Translate to French: to smoke ## Footnote e.g. She doesn't like to date guys who smoke
fumer ## Footnote ex. Elle n'aime pas sortir avec des gars qui fument
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# Translate to French: a cigarette
une cigarette
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# Translate to French: a cigar
un cigare
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# Translate to French: a match ## Footnote e.g. Do you have any matches to light the candles with?
une allumette ## Footnote ex. Est-ce que tu as des allumettes pour allumer les bougies ?
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# Translate to French: a lighter
un briquet
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# Translate to French: Do you have a light? / Can I get a light? / Got a light?
Est-ce que tu as du feu ? / Tu as du feu ?
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# Translate to French: no smoking / nonsmoking ## Footnote e.g. the nonsmoking section of a restaurant
non fumeurs ## Footnote ex. la section non fumeurs d'un restaurant
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# Translate to French: to swim / to go swimming ## Footnote e.g. We used to go swimming every day during the summer
nager / aller nager ## Footnote ex. Nous avions l'habitude de nager tous les jours pendant l'été
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# Translate to French: a swimming pool / a pool ## Footnote e.g. We spent the weekend hanging out by the pool
une piscine ## Footnote ex. Nous avons passé le week-end à la piscine