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French | English |
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 l'abricot | apricot |
| accompagner | to accompany |
| assis | sitting down / seated |
| la boisson | drink |
| la côtelette | chop / cutlet |
| le concombre | cucumber |
| la crêpe | pancake |
| la crevette | prawn |
| dehors | outside |
| épicé | spicy |
| étranger(-ère) | foreign / strange |
| le gigot d'agneau | leg of lamb |
| le goût | taste |
| la graisse | fat |
| les haricots verts | green beans |
| interdit | forbidden |
| le musulman | Muslim |
| la noix | nut |
| par terre | on the ground |
| les pâtes | pasta |
| la pêche | fishing |
| le saumon | salmon |
| thé à la menthe | mint tea |
| végétarien | vegetarian |
| la viande | meat |
| l'activité physique | physical activity |
| le cœur | heart |
| le conseil | advice |
| la crise cardiaque | heart attack |
| la douleur | pain |
| en bonne forme | in good shape |
| se détendre | to relax / to calm down |
| empêcher | to prevent |
| encore | again |
| s'entraîner | to train |
| éviter | to avoid |
| faire la grasse matinée | to have a lie in |
| garder la forme | to keep in shape |
| généralement | usually |
| jamais | never |
| la maladie | illness |
| manger équilibré | to eat a well-balanced diet |
| la musculation | weight training |
| l'obésité | obesity |
| parfois | sometimes |
| prévenir (prévenu) | to prevent |
| quelquefois | sometimes |
| la radonnée | hiking |
| rarement | rarely |
| réqulièrement | regularly |
| le sel | salt |
| le sommeil | sleep |
| souvent | often |
| stressant | stressful |
| les sucreries | sweets |
| de temps en temps | from time to time |
| toujours | always |
| tous les jours | every day |
| une fois par semaine | once a week |
| à mon avis | in my opinion |
| arrêter | to stop |
| augmenter | to increase |
| choquant | shocking |
| difficile à croire | hard to believe |
| être accro | to have a habit (addiction) |
| être hors d'haleine | to be out of breath |
| fumer | to smoke |
| le fumeur; la fumeuse | smoker |
| gratuitement | free |
| il me semble que | it seems to me that |
| s'inquiéter | to worry |
| je crois que | I believe that |
| je pense que | I think that |
| je trouve cela | I find that |
| je trouve que | I find that |
| offrir | to give (e.g a present) |
| le paquet | packet |
| passif (-ve) | passive |
| le poumon | lung |
| ridicule | ridiculous |
| le tabac | tobacco |
| le tabagisme | addiction to smoking |
| l'alcool | alcohol |
| l'alcoolisé | alcoholic |
| avoir peur | to be afraid |
| avoir tort | to be wrong |
| une bonne ambiance | a good atmosphere |
| cacher | to hide |
| combien? | how much / how many ? |
| comment? | how? |
| le comprimé | tablet |
| la connaissance | knowledge / consciousness |
| la consommation | consumption |
| consommer | to consume |
| la crise cardiaque | heart attack |
| se droguer | to take drugs |
| les drogues douces | soft drugs |
| les drogues dures | hard drugs |
| excessif | excessive |
| faire une cure | to take a course of treatment |
| le foie | liver |
| la guerre | war |
| l'habitude | habit |
| mentir | to lie |
| où? | where? |
| oublier | to forget |
| se passer de | to do without |
| quand? | when? |
| que? | what? |
| quel / quelle? | which / what? |
| qui? | who? |
| le risque | risk |
| le vomissement | vomiting |
| le beau-père | stepfather / father-in-law |
| la belle-mère | stepmother / mother-in-law |
| casse-pieds | infuriating / a pain |
| compréhensif(-ve) | understanding / tolerant |
| le concubinage | living together (without being married) |
| le demi-frère | half brother |
| déprimé | depressed |
| se disputer | to argue |
| s'entendre avec quelqu'un | to get on with someone |
| l'épouse | wife / spouse |
| l'époux | husband |
| la femme | woman / wife |
| fier / fière | proud |
| jaloux | jealous / possessive |
| le mari | husband |
| le mariage | marriage / wedding |
| méchant | nasty / naughty |
| mignon | cute |
| naître | to be born |
| pénible | annoying / a nuisance |
| le sens de l'humour | sense of humour |
| vivre | to live |
| j'en ai marre! | I'm fed up! |
| s'amuser | to have fun / to enjoy oneself |
| calme | quiet / placid |
| se confier à | to confide in |
| l'ennui | worry / problem / boredom |
| ensemble | together |
| fâcher | to get cross |
| gêné | embarrassed |
| de mauvaise humeur | in a bad mood |
| se mettre en colère | to get angry |
| plein de vie | lively |
| rendre | to give back |
| rire | to laugh |
| souriant | cheerful |
| divorcé | divorced |
| l'église | church |
| épouser | to marry |
| fêter | to celebrate |
| les fiançailles | engagement (to be married) |
| la mairie | town hall |
| se marier | to get married |
| monoparental | single-parent |
| recontrer | to meet |
| vivre en concubinage | to live together (without being married) |
| l'avis | opinion |
| augmenter | to increase |
| le camion | lorry |
| le client | customer |
| l'égalité | equality |
| l'enquête | enquiry / investigation |
| l'entreprise | business |
| garder | to look after |
| le lieu | place |
| lutter | to struggle |
| le métier | job / profession |
| passer un examen | to take an exam |
| le plombier | plumber |
| la prise électrique | electric socket |
| le régime | diet |
| le sèche-cheveux | hair-dryer |
| la tâche | task |
| agresser | to attack / to assault |
| le cimetière | cemetery |
| l'emplacement | place / site |
| la fête de l'Aïd el Kebir | Eid Ul Fitr Festival |
| le foulard | scarf |
| l'immigré | immigrant |
| l'immeuble | building |
| juif | Jewish |
| la manifestation | (public) demonstration |
| le racisme | racism |
| raciste | racist |
| améliorer | to improve |
| l'argent | money |
| bénévole | volunteer |
| la chaleur | warmth / heat |
| le chômage | unemployment |
| consacrer | to devote (time) |
| collecter de l'argent | to collect / to raise money |
| défavorisé | disadvantaged |
| désespéré | desperate |
| l'espoir | hope |
| la guerre | war |
| le manque | lack |
| manquer | to miss / to be lacking |
| la nourriture | food |
| pauvre | poor |
| la pauvreté | poverty |
| la pluie | rain |
| l'organisation caritative | charity / charitable organisation |
| sans domicile fixe | homeless |
| sans-abri | homeless person |
| SDF (sans domicile fixe) | homeless person |
| le sida | Aids |
| souffrir | to suffer |
| le travail bénévole | voluntary work |
| les actualités | the news |
| aider | to help |
| la bande dessinée | comic book / strip cartoon |
| bavarder | to chat |
| comme d'habitude | as usual |
| les échecs | chess |
| en ce moment | at the moment |
| ensemble | together |
| ensuite | then |
| faire (fait) | to do / to make |
| faire la grasse matinée | to lie in |
| faire du jardinage | to do the gardening |
| faire la lessive | to do the washing |
| feuilleter | to flick through |
| le feuilleton | soap (TV series) |
| gagner | to win / to earn |
| il y a | there is / there are / ago (time) |
| lire (lu) | to read |
| mal à la tête | headache |
| de mauvaises notes | bad marks |
| normalement | usually |
| pleurer | to cry |
| promener le chien | to walk the dog |
| ranger | to tidy / to put away |
| le roman | novel |
| le soir | the evening |
| voisin | neighbour |
| l'alpinisme | mountaineering |
| atterrir | to land |
| s'amuser | to enjoy yourself / to have fun |
| le casque | helmet |
| chanter | to sing |
| le clavier | keyboard |
| la comédie | comedy |
| le deltaplane | hang-gliding |
| le dessin animé | cartoon (film) |
| l'escalade | rock climbing |
| les loisirs | leisure activities |
| marquer un but | to score a goal |
| le moniteur | sports trainer |
| oublier | to forget |
| perfectionner | to improve |
| la plongée sous-marine | diving |
| les sous-titres | subtitles |
| en version originale | in the original language (films) |
| le vol | flight |
| voler | to fly / to steal |
| acheter | to buy |
| l'aire de jeux | playground |
| améliorer | to improve |
| l'argent de poche | pocket money |
| la boucherie | butcher's |
| la boulangerie | baker's (bread) |
| la boutique | shop |
| le cadeau | present |
| le centre commercial | shopping centre |
| la charcuterie | pork butcher's / delicatessen |
| cher | dear / expensive |
| chercher | to look for |
| le choix | choice |
| commerçant | shopkeeper |
| le coût | cost |
| dépenser | to spend (money) |
| l'épicerie | grocer's |
| faire des économies | to save up |
| faire du lèche-vitrine | to go window shopping |
| fana | fan / enthusiast |
| gratuit | free (no cost) |
| l'habillement | clothes |
| le jeu vidéo | computer game |
| le magasin | shop |
| le maquillage | make-up |
| la pâtisserie | baker's (pastries, cakes) |
| le prix | price |
| la promotion | promotion / special offer |
| recevoir | to receive |
| la réduction | reduction |
| les soldes | the sales |
| trop de monde | too many people |
| varié | varied |
| vendre | to sell |
| les vêtements | clothes |
| les chaussettes | socks |
| le chemisier | blouse |
| chic | smart |
| en coton | (made of) cotton |
| la couture | high fashion |
| en cuir | (made of) leather |
| décontracté | relaxed |
| le défilé | fashion show |
| étroit | tight / narrow |
| gros | fat |
| en laine | woolen |
| large | loose-fitting / broad |
| maigre | thin |
| le mannequin | model |
| mettre (mis) | to put (on) |
| mince | slim |
| la mode | fashion |
| le pull à capuche | hooded top |
| le régime | diet |
| la taille | size |
| le trouble alimentaire | eating disorder |
| la vedette | star / celebrity |
| le bloggeur | blogger |
| la boîte aux lettres électronique | (email) inbox |
| la chaîne | channel (TV) |
| la console de jeu | games console |
| l'ecran tactile | touch screen |
| l'émission | programme (TV) |
| en ligne | online |
| envoyer | to send |
| l'étranger(-ère) | stranger (foreigner) |
| le jeu | game / game show |
| le lecteur DVD | DVD player |
| le lecteur mp3 | mp3 player |
| le monteur de recherche | search engine |
| nouveau | new |
| l'ordinateur | computer |
| le (téléphone) portable | mobile (phone) |
| les renseignements | information |
| la série | series |
| le site | site (internet) |
| sonner | to ring (phone, bel) |
| télécharger | to download |
| le texto | text |
| le traitement de text | word processing |
| barbant | boring |
| le bord de la mer | seaside |
| bronzer | to sunbathe / to get a tan |
| la campagne | countryside |
| le camping | campsite |
| la croisière | cruise |
| la cuisine | cooking / cuisine (national) |
| étranger | foreign |
| à l'étranger | abroad |
| il y avait | there was / were |
| le mal de mer | seasickness |
| la méduse | jellyfish |
| la mer | sea |
| la montagne | mountains |
| nager | to swim |
| passer | to spend (time) |
| le paysage | landscape / scenery |
| la plage | beach |
| pleuvoir | to rain |
| le séjour | stay (in a place) |
| le sport d'hiver | winter sport |
| le terrain de camping | campsite |
| la vue | view |
| aller à la pêche | to go fishing |
| l'Atlantique | the Atlantic |
| l'auberge de jeunesse | youth hostel |
| le champ | field |
| la côte | coast |
| décoller | to take off (plane) |
| faire les magasins | to go shopping |
| faire de la planche à voile | to go windsurfing |
| faire des randonnées | to go hiking |
| faire de la voile | to go sailing |
| la forêt | forest |
| la frontière | border (between countries) |
| l'hiver | winter |
| injuste | unfair |
| louer | to rent / to hire |
| la Méditerranée | the Mediterranean |
| le milieu rural | rural environment |
| le parc d'attractions | theme park |
| le pays étranger | foreign country |
| le pays voisin | neighbouring country |
| redécouvrir | to rediscover |
| remarquer | to notice |
| le soleil | sun |
| la station balnéaire | seaside resort |
| la station de ski | ski resort |
| touriste | tourist |
| le trajet | journey / trip |
| le travail | work |
| se baigner | to bathe / to swim |
| le bateau | ship / boat |
| bouger | to move |
| bien équipé | well equipped / with good facilities |
| au début | at the beginning |
| la détente | relaxation / chilling out |
| s'ennuyer | to get bored / to be bored |
| le gîte | self-catering accommodation |
| inquiéter | to worry |
| salé | salty |
| se sentir | to feel |
| la station thermale | spa resort |
| le terroir | local area |
| à l'heure | on time |
| l'aire de repos | stopping area, off the motorway, with basic facilities |
| l'arrêt (d'autobus) | bus stop |
| attendre (attendu) | to wait |
| l'autoroute | motorway |
| les bagages | luggage |
| bienvenue | welcome |
| la climatisation | air conditioning |
| compris | included |
| la correspondance | change (on train journey) |
| découvrir | to discover |
| durer | to last |
| l'essence | petrol |
| les feux rouges | red lights (traffic lights) |
| la gare | railway station |
| la gare routière | coach or bus station |
| la ligne | line / route |
| le métro | the underground (in paris) |
| le passager / passagère | passenger |
| le prix | price |
| le retard | delay |
| la route | road |
| la salle d'attente | waiting room |
| sauf | except |
| la station de taxi | taxi rank |
| la traversée | crossing (e.g the Channel) |
| le trottoir | pavement |
| la visite guidée | guided tour |
| se brosser les dents | to brush one's teeth |
| se coucher | to go to bed |
| se doucher | to have a shower |
| s'habiller | to get dressed |
| se laver | to have a wash |
| se lever | to get up |
| se réveiller | to wake up |
| l'anniversaire | birthday |
| la boîte de nuit | night club |
| la boum | party |
| la fête | party / celebration |
| le grenier | attic |
| d'habitude | usually |
| le jour de l'an | New Year's Day |
| le jour férié | public holiday |
| les lits superposés | bunk beds |
| Noël | Christmas |
| le Nouvel An | New Years |
| Pâques | Easter |
| réveillonner | to celebrate on Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve |
| la Saint-Sylvestre | festival on the 31st of December |
| la Saint-Valentin | Valentine's Day |
| la Toussaint | All Saints Day |
| le canapé | sofa |
| donner sur | to look out over |
| le fauteuil | armchair |
| entouré | surrounded |
| la fontaine | fountain |
| la haie | hedge |
| la moquette | carpet |
| la naissance | birth |
| l'herbe | grass |
| l'immeuble | building / block of flats |
| le jardin | garden |
| la musculation | weight training |
| la pelouse | lawn |
| la pièce | room |
| la pompe | pump |
| le quartier | area of town |
| le robinet | tap |
| la salle de séjour | living room / sitting room |
| le sous-sol | basement |
| spacieux | spacious |
| le volet | shutter |
| améliorer | to improve |
| animé | lively |
| l'arrondissement | administrative district of Paris |
| la banlieue | suburb |
| bruyant | noisy |
| le centre culturel | cultural centre |
| le centre sportif | sports centre |
| à une époque | at one time |
| la forêt | forest |
| historique | historical |
| HLM | block of high-rise council flats |
| le jardin public | park / public garden |
| le jardin zoologique | zoo |
| le magasin | shop |
| pittoresque | picturesque |
| l'usine | factory |
| ailleurs | elsewhere |
| l'arbre | tree |
| le chameau | camel |
| la cité | housing estate |
| construire | to build |
| créole | creole |
| l'endroit | place |
| l'espace vert | park |
| l'habitant | inhabitant |
| pluvieux | rainy |
| pousser | to grow |
| respirer | to breathe |
| se réunir | to meet up |
| le sable | sand |
| sec | dry |
| le vie | life |
| vivre (vécu) | to live |
| le bruit | noise |
| le camion | lorry |
| la circulation | traffic |
| conduire | to drive |
| les déchets | rubbish / waste |
| se déplacer | to get around |
| émettre | to emit |
| l'embouteillage | traffic jam |
| l'environnement | the environment |
| les gaz d'échappement | exhaust fumes |
| l'heure d'affluence | rush hour |
| jeter | to throw away |
| le moyen de transport | means of transport |
| la piste cyclable | cycle track |
| la poubelle | (dust) bin |
| réduire | to reduce |
| les transports en commun | public transport |
| utiliser | to use |
| la zone piétonne | pedestrian zone |
| augmenter | to increase |
| le conseil | advice |
| la consommation | consumption |
| le changement climatique | climate change |
| la Côte d'Ivoire | the Ivory Coast |
| le déboisement | deforestation |
| détruire | to destroy |
| disparaître | to disappear |
| l'effet de serre | greenhouse effect |
| l'equilibre | balance |
| l'équipe | teame |
| le feu | fire |
| fondre | to melt |
| la forêt tropicale | rainforest |
| gênant | inconvenient / annoying |
| gêner | to be a nuisance |
| l'inondation | flood |
| mondial | global |
| la planète | planet |
| produire | to produce |
| le réchauffement de la planète | global warming |
| le siècle | century |
| la tempête | storm |
| la vague | wave |
| baisser | to lower |
| biologique | organic |
| la boîte (en carton) | (cardboard) box |
| le centre de recyclage | recycling centre |
| la circulation | traffic |
| le coton | cotton |
| cultiver | to grow |
| la décharge publique | rubbish dump |
| les déchets | waste |
| l'éboueur | dustman |
| l'emballage | packaging |
| l'environnement | the environment |
| éteindre (éteint) | to switch off |
| jeter | to throw away |
| la lumière | light |
| ramasser | to collect / to pick up |
| les ordures | rubbish |
| le pétrole | oil |
| la piste cyclable | cycle route |
| pollué | polluted |
| la poubelle | dustbin |
| le problème | problem |
| propre | clean |
| protéger | to protect |
| se rappeler | to remember |
| recyclable | recyclable |
| le sac | bag |
| sale | dirty |
| sans plomb | unleaded |
| sauver | to save |
| la Terre | (the) Earth |
| les transports en commun | public transport |
| la zone piétonne | pedestrian area |
| l'averse | (rain) shower |
| briller | to shine |
| le brouillard | fog |
| la chaleur | heat |
| chaud | hot |
| le ciel | sky |
| le climat | climate |
| couvert | overcast |
| le degré | degree |
| doux | mild |
| l'éclair | lightning |
| l'éclaircie | sunny spell |
| ensoleillé | sunny |
| faire beau | good weather |
| faire mauvais | bad weather |
| le froid | cold |
| geler | to freeze |
| la glace | ice |
| humide | humid |
| la météo | weather forecast |
| mouillé | wet |
| la neige | snow |
| neiger | to snow |
| le nuage | cloud |
| nuageux | cloudy |
| l'ombre | shade |
| orageux | stormy |
| pleuvoir | to rain |
| la pluie | rain |
| sec | dry |
| le soleil | sun |
| la température | temperature |
| la tempête | storm |
| le temps | weather |
| le tonnerre | thunder |
| tremper | to soak |
| le vent | wind |
| l'agriculteur / agricultrice | farmer |
| boucher / bouchère | butcher |
| boulanger / boulangère | baker |
| caissier / caissière | cashier |
| chanteur / chanteuse | singer |
| comptable | accountant |
| cuisinier / cuisinière | cook |
| danseur / danseuse | dancer |
| l'électricien | electrician |
| l'hôtesse de l'air | air stewardess |
| l'ingénieur | engineer |
| mécanicien | mechanic |
| plombier / plombière | plumber |
| professeur | teacher |
| programmeur / programmeuse | programmer |
| secrétaire | secretary |
| serveur / serveuse | waiter / waitress |
| technicien | technician |
| vendeur / vendeuse | sales assistant |
| vétérinaire | vet |
| ancien | former |
| apprendre | to learn |
| le conseil | council / advice |
| le cours | lesson |
| demi-pensionnaire | day boarder |
| directeur / directrice | headteacher |
| discipliné | disciplined |
| l'élève | pupil |
| enseigner | to teach |
| expliquer | to explain |
| le lycée | high school (for students aged 16 - 18) |
| montrer | to show |
| la réunion | meeting |
| réussir | to pass / to succeed |
| rigolo | fun / funny |
| le voyage scolaire | school trip |
| bien équipé | well equipped / with good facilities |
| le car de ramassage | school bus |
| le confiance en soi | self-confidence |
| doué | gifted / clever |
| échouer à | to fail |
| interdit | forbidden |
| la langue vivante | modern language |
| la pause-déjeuner | lunch hour |
| redoubler | to repeat a school year |
| la règle | rule |
| le règlement | rules |
| retenir | to keep |
| la retenue | detention |
| scolaire | school / to do with school |
| travailleur(-se) | hardworking |
| le contrôle | test |
| les devoirs | homework |
| empêcher | to prevent / to get in the way of |
| l'ennui | worry / boredom |
| s'ennuyer | to get bored / to be bored |
| frapper | to hit |
| l'incivilité | rude behaviour |
| mentir | to lie |
| se moquer de | to make fun of |
| permettre | to allow |
| punir | to punish |
| la récréation | break (in a school day) |
| le souci | worry / problem |
| la troisième | French equivalent of year 10 |
| la victime | victim |
| améliorer | to improve |
| l'appareil | camera / machine |
| assister à | to be present at / to take part in |
| chinois | Chinese |
| démodé | out of date |
| obligatoire | compulsory |
| l'ordinateur portable | laptop |
| la peinture | painting |
| le redoublement | repeating a school year |
| renouveler | to renew / to update |
| le Tiers-Monde | the developing world |
| combien? | how many? |
| comment? | how? |
| où? | where? |
| pourquoi? | why? |
| quand? | when? |
| que | that / what |
| quel / quelle | which |
| qu'est-ce que c'est | what is it? |
| qui? | who? |
| quoi? | what? |
| l'avenir | the future |
| le boulot | work |
| la caisse | cash register / till |
| compter | to count |
| exprimer | to express |
| fatigué | tired |
| le genre | type |
| patron / patronne | boss |
| plaire | to please |
| le plaisir | pleasure / enjoyment |
| pourtant | however |
| se rappeler | to remember |
| souffrir | to suffer |
| souhaiter | to wish |
| à temps partiel | part-time |
| l'annonce | advert |
| l'entreprise | business / film |
| l'enterprise de logicels | software business |
| l'entretien | interview |
| la formation professionnelle | professional training |
| gagner | to earn |
| la licence | degree |
| l'offre d'emploi | job advert / job offer |
| la petite annonce | small advert / classified advert |
| poser da candidature | to apply |
| le poste | job / post |
| prévenir | to inform |
| remplacer | to replace |
| suivant | following |
| l'ado | adolescent / young person |
| l'avocat | lawyer |
| l'apprentissage | apprenticeship |
| au bout de | at the end of |
| le chômage | unemployment |
| le droit | law |
| la femme au foyer | housewife |
| la femme de ménage | cleaning lady |
| l'homme au foyer | house husband |
| infirmier / infirmière | nurse |
| jardinier / jardinière (paysagiste) | (landscape) gardener |
| en avoir marre de | to be fed up of |
| le métier | job / line of work |
| rater | to fail |
| la société | company / business |
| l'association caritative | charity |
| l'avenir | future |
| bien payé | well paid |
| le boulot | work (informal) |
| le candidat | candidate |
| collègue | colleague |
| la confiance | confidance |
| décider | to decide |
| déménager | to move house |
| l'emploi | employment |
| l'employé | employee |
| enrichissant | rewarding |
| l'enterprise | company |
| l'interprète | interpreter |
| le mannequin | fashion model |
| l'ouvrier | worker |
| patron | boss / manager |
| la pom-pom girl | cheerleader |
| répondre | to reply |
| le rêve | dream |
| le salaire | salary |
| l'usine | factory |
| la vedette | star |
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