| Term | Definition |
| l'accident | accident |
| l'accident d'avion | plane crash |
| l'avalanche | avalanche |
| le cyclone | cyclone |
| l'innondation | flood |
| l'ourgan | hurricane |
| la tornade | tornado |
| le tremblement de terre | earthquake |
| le volcan | volcano |
| adroit | clever |
| agile | agile |
| age | elderly |
| assidu | diligent |
| aveugle | blind |
| barbu | bearded |
| beau | beautiful |
| le becheur | snob |
| blond | blond |
| brune | dark-haired |
| bucheur | hardworking |
| chauve | bald |
| les cheveux | hair |
| les cheveux blonds/bruns/noirs/roux | blond/brown/black/red hair |
| court | short |
| cultive | cultured |
| distrait | absentminded |
| d'un certain age | middle aged |
| egoiste | selfish |
| elegant | elegant |
| enceinte | pregnant |
| fort | strong |
| fou | crazy |
| gaucher | left-handed |
| grande | big |
| gros | fat |
| heureux | happy |
| honnete | honest |
| insense | foolish |
| intelligente | intelligent |
| jeune | young |
| laid | ugly |
| lent | slow |
| lourd | heavy |
| malade | sick |
| mal eleve | rude |
| menteur | lying |
| mince | thing |
| moche | homely |
| muet | mute |
| obstine | stubborn |
| pale | pale |
| paresseux | lazy |
| petit | small |
| poli | polite |
| raffine | refined |
| raisonnable | reasonable |
| rapide | quick |
| robuste | robust |
| roux | red-headed |
| rude | rough |
| sage | well-behaved |
| sain | healthy |
| sense | sensible |
| sensible | sensitive |
| soigneux | meticulous |
| sombre | dark |
| sourde | deaf |
| triste | sad |
| vieux | old |
| apprendre | to learn |
| la bibliotheque | library |
| la bourse | scholarship |
| le bureau | desk |
| le cahier | notebook |
| le carnet | small notebook |
| le classeur | file cabinet |
| le college | middle school |
| la conference | lecture |
| le cours | course |
| la craie | chalk |
| le crayon | pencil |
| le crayon de couleur | colored pencil |
| le crayon gras | crayon |
| la creche | daycare |
| le devoir | homework |
| le directeur | elementary school principal |
| l'ecole | elementary school |
| l'ecolier | elementary school student |
| l'eleve | secondary school student |
| encourager | to encourage |
| l'encre | ink |
| enseigner | to teach |
| l'epreuve | test |
| etre inscrit au tableau d'honneur | to make the honor roll |
| l'etudiant | university student |
| l'exercice | exercise |
| faire une demande | to apply |
| la gomme | eraser |
| s'inscrire | to register |
| l'instituteur | elementary school teacher |
| le jardin d'enfants | kindergarten |
| la lecture | reading |
| le livret scolaire | report card |
| le lycee | high school |
| le lyceen | high school student |
| le maitre | elementary school teacher |
| la matiere | subject |
| la note | grade |
| passer un examen | to take a test |
| le professeur | high school teacher |
| le proviseur | high school principal |
| le pupitre | student desk |
| rate | to fail |
| la regle | ruler |
| la retenue | detention |
| reussit | to pass |
| la salle de classe | classroom |
| secher un cours | to cut a class |
| le stylo | pen |
| le surveillant | monitor |
| le tableau | chalkboard |
| la terminale | last year |
| amoureux | in love |
| anxieux | anxious |
| choque | shocked |
| coquine | mischievous |
| coupable | guilty |
| debordant de vie | exuberant |
| degoutant | disgusting |
| deprime | depressed |
| effraye | scared |
| ennuye | bored |
| epuise | exhausted |
| exaspere | exasperated |
| extatique | ecstatic |
| fache | angry |
| frustre | frusturated |
| gene | uncomftorable |
| heureux | happy |
| honteux | ashamed |
| hysterique | hysterical |
| jaloux | jealous |
| plein d'espoir | hopeful |
| pretentieux | pretentious |
| prudent | prudent |
| solitaire | lone |
| soupconneux | suspicious |
| sur de soir | self-confident |
| surpris | surprised |
| timide | timid |
| triste | sad |
| trouble | disturbed |