| Term | Definition |
| trottoir | sidewalk |
| fumer | to smoke |
| pardi! | bien sur! |
| de toute facon | anyway |
| defendre | to forbid |
| se cacher | to hide |
| pour qu'on ait pas d'histories | to not get in trouble |
| le terrain vague | vacant lot |
| du feu | a light |
| chiffonner | to crumple |
| le bureau de tabac | drug store |
| allumer | to light up |
| une allumette | a match |
| un garnement | a scoundrel |
| remasser | to pick up |
| de l'herbe | grass |
| de la boue | mud |
| mordre | to bite |
| cracher | to spit |
| gacher | to waste |
| de tas de bruits | beaucoup de bruit (noise) |
| tousser | to cough |
| en se tenant le ventre | holding his belly |
| tricoter | to knit |
| avoir le droit | avoir la permission |
| offrir | a offert (to offer) |
| etre fache | to be mad |
| se facher | to get mad |
| essayer | to try |
| deux sourds | a deaf man |
| le mouchoir | handkerchief |
| essuyer | to wipe |
| mettre | to put |
| il avair appris | he had learned |
| ecraser | to crush |
| des sous | de l'argent |
| une tirelire | piggy bank |
| marquer un but | to score a goal |
| un gardein de but | goalie |
| ce n'est pas la peine | it's not worth the trouble |
| ailleurs | elsewhere |
| le pot-au-feu | stew |
| avoir l'air andouille | to look like an idiot |
| une gifle | a slap |
| tenir | to hold |
| se battre | to fight |
| dechirer | to tear |
| faire mal | to hurt |
| faire une partie de billes | to play a game of marbles |
| viser | to aim |
| tricher | to cheat |
| l'ennui | le probleme |
| s'attendre a | to expect |
| s'entrainer | s'exercer (to train) |
| ramener | rapporter (to bring back) |
| chiffonne(e) | wrinkled |
| carnet de notes | report card |
| se mettre a | commencer a (to start up) |