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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to kiss

e.g. He kissed his mother and went to bed

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embrasser / faire un bisou

ex. Il a embrassé sa mère et est allée se coucher

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a kiss

e.g. She gave him a big kiss

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un bisou / un baiser

ex. Elle lui a fait un gros bisou

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romance

e.g. She loves to read novels about romance

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une histoire d’amour

ex. Elle adore lire des romans avec des histoires d’amour

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romantic

e.g. a romantic gesture

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romantique

ex. un geste romantique

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a date / a rendezvous

e.g. I have a date with an older woman tonight

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un rencard / un rancard / un rendez-vous

ex. J’ai un rencard avec une femme plus âgée que moi ce soir

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to go out with / to go on a date with / to have a date with

e.g. I have a date with a cute guy tonight. Wish me luck!

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sortir avec / avoir un rendez-vous avec / avoir un rancart avec

ex. Je sors avec un gars super mignon ce soir. Souhaite-moi bonne chance !

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to be dating / to be going out with / to be in a relationship with

e.g. She’s been dating him for 3 months

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sortir avec / avoir une relation avec

ex. Elle sort avec lui depuis 3 mois

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to break up (with) / to split up / to separate (from)

e.g. Laura broke up with Mike because he cheated on her

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casser avec / rompre avec / se séparer (de)

ex. Laura a rompu avec Mike parce qu’il l’a trompée

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a couple

e.g. We went to dinner with three other couples

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un couple

ex. Nous sommes allés dîner avec trois autres couples

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darling / dear / my love

also: honey, sweetie, baby

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mon chéri / mon coeur / mon amour

aussi : mon ange, mon bébé, mon trésor

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main / primary / principal

e.g. my primary source of income

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principal

ex. ma source de revenus principale

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head / chief / lead

e.g. the head coach

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principal / en chef

ex. l’entraîneur principal

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to make / to create

e.g. Let’s make a cake

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faire

ex. Faisons un gâteau

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to make / to manufacture / to produce

e.g. That company makes phones

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faire / fabriquer / produire

ex. Cette entreprise fait des téléphones

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to be made out of / to be made from / to be made of

e.g. This dress is made out of cotton

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être fait de / être en / être fait en

ex. Cette robe est en coton

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a neighbor

e.g. We have become good friends with our next-door neighbors

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un voisin

ex. Nous sommes devenus bons amis avec nos voisins de palier

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a neighborhood

e.g. They live in a very nice neighborhood near the park

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un quartier

ex. Ils habitent un très beau quartier près du parc

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to show

e.g. Show me your ID

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montrer

ex. Montrez-moi votre carte d’identité

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intelligent / smart / bright

e.g. She’s the smartest student in her class

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intelligent

ex. Elle est l’étudiante la plus intelligente de sa classe

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stupid / dumb / foolish

e.g. a stupid mistake

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stupide / bête / dupe

ex. une erreur stupide

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an idiot / a moron / a fool

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un idiot / un imbécile / un bouffon

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intelligence / intellect

e.g. Her intelligence is her most attractive quality

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l’intelligence

ex. Son intelligence est sa qualité la plus attirante

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clever / cunning / crafty

e.g. He has a clever plan to defeat his opponent

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ingénieux / astucieux / futé

ex. Il a un plan ingénieux pour battre son adversaire

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to smell / to sniff

e.g. She smelled the flowers

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sentir / humer

ex. Elle sentit les fleurs

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to smell

e.g. That smells good

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sentir

ex. Ça sent bon

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to smell bad / to stink

e.g. Ew, gross, that stinks!

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sentir mauvais / puer

ex. Ah, c’est dégueulasse, ça pue !

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to smell like

e.g. It smells like flowers

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sentir comme

ex. Ça sent comme des fleurs

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smelly / stinky

e.g. smelly food

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malodorant / puant / qui pue

ex. de la nourriture qui pue

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a smell / an aroma / a fragrance

e.g. He loves the smell of fresh flowers

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une odeur / un arôme / un parfum

ex. Il adore l’odeur des fleurs fraîches

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a smell / an odor / a stench

e.g. What’s that smell?

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une odeur / une puanteur / une odeur nauséabonde

ex. Quelle est cette odeur nauséabonde ?

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a deodorant

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un déodorant

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an antiperspirant

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un anti-transpirant / un déodorant

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a perfume

i.e. a fragrance for women

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un parfum

i.e. un parfum pour femmes

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a cologne

i.e. a fragrance for men

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une eau de Cologne

i.e. un parfum pour hommes

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to smoke

e.g. She doesn’t like to date guys who smoke

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fumer

ex. Elle n’aime pas sortir avec des gars qui fument

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a cigarette

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une cigarette

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a cigar

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un cigare

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a match

e.g. Do you have any matches to light the candles with?

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une allumette

ex. Est-ce que tu as des allumettes pour allumer les bougies ?

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a lighter

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un briquet

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Do you have a light? / Can I get a light? / Got a light?

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Est-ce que tu as du feu ? / Tu as du feu ?

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no smoking / nonsmoking

e.g. the nonsmoking section of a restaurant

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non fumeurs

ex. la section non fumeurs d’un restaurant

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to swim / to go swimming

e.g. We used to go swimming every day during the summer

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nager / aller nager

ex. Nous avions l’habitude de nager tous les jours pendant l’été

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a swimming pool / a pool

e.g. We spent the weekend hanging out by the pool

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une piscine

ex. Nous avons passé le week-end à la piscine