Flashcards: NCEA Level 3 French
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K-Fol on September 10, 2008
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french, CBISD, J'adore les malabars
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All 459 terms
French | English |
|---|---|
 à mi temps | part time |
| à partir de | from, as of |
| à peine | scarcely |
| abandonner | to abandon |
| accuser | to accuse |
| l'action | action, plot |
| l'activité | activity |
| actuel/actuelle | current |
| l'administration | administration |
| admirer | to admire |
| agresser | to assault |
| l'agression | assault |
| ailleurs | elsewhere |
| alors que | whereas |
| l'amateur | fan, supporter |
| améliorer | to improve |
| l'annonce | advertisement |
| apprécier | to appreciate |
| l'article | article |
| l'aspect | aspect |
| assurer | to assure |
| atteindre | to reach, attain |
| attirer | to attract |
| au courant | up to date |
| au fond | at the bottom, essentially |
| au moins | at least |
| aucun | not a single, not one |
| augmenter | to increase |
| aussitôt que | as soon as |
| autant de | as much as, as many as |
| l'auteur | author |
| l'autorité | authority |
| autrefois | previously |
| autrement | otherwise |
| avant que/de | before doing something |
| l'avenir | future |
| avoir tort | to be wrong |
| avouer | to admit |
| la baisse | fall, drop (in prices) |
| baisser | to lower |
| la bande | band |
| la bande dessinée | (strip) cartoon |
| bas/basse | low |
| la base | base |
| se battre | to fight |
| battre | to beat |
| la beauté | beauty |
| bien que | although |
| le boulot | job |
| le candidat/la candidate | candidate |
| le caractère | character |
| la carrière | career, quarry |
| le cas | case |
| la cause | cause |
| célèbre | famous |
| le centimètre | centimetre |
| le centre | centre |
| certain | certain |
| c'est-à-dire | that's to say |
| chacun | each one |
| la chanson | song |
| le chanteur, la chanteuse | singer |
| charger | to lead |
| le chef | head, chief, leader |
| le chiffre | figure (numerical) |
| le chômage | unemployment |
| chrétien/chrétienne | Christian |
| la civilisation | civilisation |
| classique | classic, classical |
| combattre | to combat, fight |
| commettre | to commit |
| la compagnie | company |
| comparer | to compare |
| complet/complète | complete, entire |
| compliqué | complicated |
| composé de | made up of |
| la composition | composition, essay |
| le compte | account |
| la connaissance | acquaintance, knowledge, understanding |
| conscient | conscious |
| la conséquence | consequence |
| conserver | to conserve |
| considérer | to consider |
| constater | to state |
| la construction | construction, building |
| contrôler | to inspect, check |
| la correspondance | correspondence, connection (trains, planes) |
| la couche | layer |
| coupable | guilty |
| couramment | fluently |
| le coût | cost |
| la création | creation |
| créer | to create |
| le crime | crime |
| la crise | crisis |
| la croissance | growth |
| cru | raw |
| cultiver | to cultivate |
| la culture | culture |
| d'ailleurs | what's more, besides |
| d'après | according to, after |
| de nos jours | these days |
| le débat | debate, dispute |
| la décision | decision |
| les dégâts | damage |
| déclarer | to declare |
| déguster | to taste, sip, appreciate |
| le délinquant/la délinquante | offender, delinquent |
| la demande | request, application |
| démolir | to demolish |
| démontrer | to demonstrate |
| le département | department, French administrative division |
| dépasser | to overtake |
| dépendre | to depend |
| dépenser | to spend (money) |
| dès que | as soon as |
| le dessin animé | (animated) cartoon |
| détruire | to destroy |
| se développer | to develop |
| devenir | to become |
| deviner | to guess |
| diminuer | to diminish |
| le diplôme | diploma |
| la direction | guidance, management, leadership |
| disponible | available |
| dominer | to dominate |
| le dossier | document, file |
| doubler | to double, overtake |
| douter | to doubt |
| doux/douce | sweet, smooth, soft, gentle |
| l'échange | exchange |
| s'échapper | to escape |
| éclater | to burst, explode |
| l'économie | economy, economics |
| les économies | savings |
| l'écran | screen |
| écraser | to crush |
| l'écrivain | writer |
| efficace | efficient |
| effrayant | frightening |
| égal | equal |
| l'égalité | equality |
| l'élection | election |
| l'élevage | raising, breeding, farming |
| élevé | high, well brought up |
| élire | to elect, choose |
| l'embouteillage | traffic jam |
| l'emploi | use |
| l'employé(e) | employee |
| l'employeur | employer |
| ému | emotional, moved, touched |
| en revanche | on the other hand |
| engager | to commit, hire, engage, urge |
| l'ennemi | enemy |
| l'enquête | survey, inquiry |
| enregistrer | to record, register |
| entrainer | to drag, carry, take |
| l'entreprise | undertaking, firm |
| l'entretien | maintenance, upkeep, interview |
| environ | about, approximately |
| l'environnement | environment |
| l'époque | epoch, era, age |
| équilibré | balanced |
| l'espace | space |
| l'esprit | mind, spirit |
| essentiel/essentielle | essential |
| établir | to establish |
| l'état | state |
| les études | studies |
| l'événement | event |
| éventuel(le) | possible |
| évident | evident, obvious |
| éviter | to avoid |
| évoluer | to evolve, develop |
| évoquer | to evoke |
| exact | exact |
| exagérer | to exaggerate |
| exiger | to insist, to require |
| expliquer | to explain |
| s'exprimer | to express oneself |
| extérieur | exterior |
| fabriquer | to make, fabricate |
| la faculté | university |
| faire face à | to face, cope |
| le fait | fact |
| faute de | fault of, lack of |
| figurer | to imagine |
| final | final |
| la formation | training |
| la foule | crowd |
| fournir | to provide |
| frais/fraîche | fresh, cool |
| franchement | frankly |
| la fraternité | brotherhood |
| la frontière | border |
| le futur | future |
| gaspiller | to waste |
| général | general |
| le genre | style, kind, gender |
| gérer | to manage, run |
| le geste | gesture, movement |
| glisser | to slip, slide |
| le goût | taste |
| goûter | to taste |
| le gouvernement | government |
| grâce à | thanks to |
| la grève | strike |
| le groupe | group |
| la guerre | war |
| s'habituer à | to get used to |
| la hausse | rise, increase |
| la hauteur | height |
| hésiter | to hesitate |
| l'horreur | horror |
| hors de | outside of |
| il y a | there is, there are, ago |
| l'imagination | imagination |
| imiter | to imitate |
| immédiatement | immediately |
| l'immigré(e) | immigrant |
| l'importance | importance |
| les impôts | taxes |
| l'impression | impression |
| inconnu | unknown |
| indispensable | essential |
| l'individu | individual |
| l'industrie | industry |
| influencer | to influence |
| inquiéter | to worry |
| insister | to insist |
| s'installer | to settle in |
| s'intégrer | to fit in |
| l'intention | intention |
| international | international |
| interroger | to interrogate, question |
| l'interview | interview |
| l'intrigue | plot, intrigue |
| introduire | to introduce |
| le job | job |
| le jugement | judgement |
| jusqu'à ce que | until |
| la justice | justice |
| le lecteur/la lectrice | reader |
| la liaison | joining, close relationship |
| la libération | liberation |
| licencier | to lay off, make redundant |
| le lieu | place |
| littéraire | literary |
| la littérature | literature |
| le local | premises |
| le loyer | rent |
| lutter | to struggle, wrestle |
| majeur | major, greater |
| la majorité | majority |
| malgré | in spite of, despite |
| la manière | manner, way |
| la manifestation | manifestation, demonstration |
| manifester | to show, demonstrate |
| mélanger | to mix |
| le membre | member |
| menacer | to threaten |
| mener à | to lead to |
| le mensonge | lie |
| mentir | to tell lies, lie |
| mériter | to merit, deserve |
| merveilleux/merveilleuse | marvellous, wonderful |
| le mesure | measure, action, step |
| la méthode | method |
| le métier | profession, trade |
| le milliard | billion |
| le millier | a thousand or so |
| le million | million |
| le ministre | minister |
| la misère | misery, extreme poverty, destitution |
| moindre | less(er), lower (price), smaller (quantity) |
| se moquer de | to mock, make fun of, laugh at |
| le musicien/la musicienne | musician |
| musulman | Muslim |
| la nature | nature |
| net/nette | clean, spotless, clear (idea), straight (answer) |
| nier | to deny |
| n'importe | any |
| nombreux/nombreuse | numerous, large (family) |
| la nourriture | food, nourishment |
| la nouvelle | (piece of) news |
| nucléaire | nuclear |
| obtenir | to obtain, get |
| s'occuper de | to deal with, apply oneself to |
| l'oeuvre | work |
| l'offre d'emploi | job offer |
| l'origine | origin, beginning |
| l'ouvrier/l'ouvrière | worker |
| la paix | peace |
| par conséquent | as a result, consequently |
| par exemple | for example |
| par hasard | by chance, mistake |
| paraître | to appear, become apparent |
| pareil(le) | like, alike, similar |
| parfait | perfect |
| la parole | word |
| d'une part...d'autre part | on the one hand...on the other hand |
| particulier/particulière | particular, special |
| le patron/la patronne | owner, boss |
| la peine | penalty, punishment, trouble |
| le peintre | painter |
| la peinture | painting |
| le permis | permit, licence |
| le personnage | character |
| peu | little |
| peu à peu | little by little |
| pire | worse |
| placer | to place |
| plaire à | to please, like |
| plaisanter | to joke |
| le plan | map, plan, schedule |
| la planète | planet |
| la plupart | majority, greatest part, most |
| plusieurs | several |
| plutôt | rather |
| le poème | poem |
| la poésie | poetry |
| le poète | poet |
| la politique | politics |
| polluer | to pollute |
| le poste | post, appointment, job |
| pour cent | percent |
| pour que | in order that |
| poursuivre | to pursue, go after, chase |
| pourtant | however |
| le préjugé | prejudice |
| la presse | press (newspapers) |
| la preuve | proof, evidence |
| prévoir | to foresee, forecast, anticipate |
| privé | private |
| privé de | deprived of |
| la production | production |
| le progrès | progress |
| le projet | project |
| le/la propriétaire | owner |
| protéger | to protect |
| protester | to protest |
| prouver | to prove |
| la province | province, region |
| provoquer | to provoke |
| public/publique | public |
| le public | public |
| puisque | since, as, seeing that |
| puissant | powerful |
| punir | to punish |
| qualifié | qualified |
| la quantité | quantity |
| quelque part | somewhere |
| quoique | though, although |
| quotidien(ne) | daily |
| ralentir | to slow down |
| ramener | to bring back again |
| rapporter | to bring back, return |
| rare | rare |
| réaliser | to realise, achieve, carry out |
| la recherche | research, search |
| réfléchir | to reflect |
| régulier/régulière | regular |
| réligieux/réligieuse | religious |
| la religion | religion |
| remercier | to thank |
| rendre | to give back, return |
| se rendre compte que | to realise, understand |
| le renseignement | (piece of) information |
| renseigner | to inform |
| représenter | to represent |
| la république | republic |
| la résistance | resistance, opposition |
| résoudre | to resolve |
| ressembler | to resemble, be like |
| retenir | to hold back |
| la retraite | retirement |
| se réunir | to gather, meet |
| rire | to laugh |
| le rôle | role |
| le roman | novel |
| le rythme | rhythm |
| le sable | sand |
| sain | safe |
| saisir | to seize, grasp, take hold of |
| le sans-abri | homeless person |
| satisfaire | to satisfy |
| sauver | to save, rescue |
| la scène | stage, scene |
| le secours | help, relief, aid |
| la sécurité | security, secureness, safety |
| sélectionner | to choose |
| selon | according to |
| le sens | sense, direction |
| le sentiment | feeling |
| la série | series, succession of events |
| servir à | to be useful |
| servir de | to be used as |
| le siècle | century |
| signifier | to signify, mean |
| simplement | simply |
| situer | to place, locate |
| la société | society |
| la solution | solution |
| sombre | sombre, gloomy |
| le son | sound |
| le sondage | survey |
| le souci | care, concern |
| souhaiter | to wish |
| soupçonner | to suspect |
| sourire | to smile |
| se souvenir de | to remember |
| spécial | special, particular |
| le stage | period of instruction, training course |
| la statistique | statistic(s) |
| sucré | sweetened |
| suffire | to suffice, be enough |
| suggérer | to suggest |
| supprimer | to suppress, do away with |
| sûr | sure, safe, secure |
| sur le point de | on the point of doing something |
| surprendre | to surprise |
| survivre | to survive |
| la sympathie | sympathy, liking |
| le tableau | board, picture, painting |
| tandis que | so long as, whereas, while |
| le tas | pile, heap |
| le taux | rate, price |
| la technique | technology |
| tel(le) que | such as, like |
| tellement | so, in such a way, to such a degree |
| le témoignage | testimony, evidence |
| la tendance | tendency, inclination |
| la tentative | attempt, endeavour |
| terminer | to terminate, end, finish |
| la terre | earth, the world, ground, land |
| le texte | text |
| tiers | third |
| le titre | title |
| toucher | to touch, move |
| traduire | to translate |
| trainer | to trail, drag, hang about on the streets |
| la tranche | slice |
| transformer | to transform |
| le travail | work |
| tuer | to kill |
| le type | type |
| l'usine | factory |
| varier | to vary, change |
| la vérité | truth |
| verser | to overturn, pour |
| la vitesse | speed |
| la voix | voice |
| le vol | flight |
| voler | to steal, fly |
| le voleur/la voleuse | thief |
| la volonté | will |
| le volume | volume |
| voter | to vote |
| vouloir dire | to mean |
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