| Term | Definition |
|---|
| la campagne | countryside |
| un citadin/une citadine | city dweller |
| une cité-dortoir | bedroom community |
| le foyer | home, hearth |
| un grand ensemble | apartment complex |
| une HLM (habitation à loyer modéré) | subsidized housing |
| un immeuble collectif | multi-family dwelling |
| un(e) locataire | renter |
| un logement social | public housing |
| louer | to rent |
| une maison individuelle | single family house |
| un ménage | household |
| un(e) propriétaire | owner |
| le rez-de-chaussée | ground floor |
| le cambriolage | breaking and entering |
| le chômage | unemployment |
| la délinquance | delinquency |
| l'insécurité (f) | lack of safety |
| le meurtre | murder |
| le viol | rape |
| le vol | robbery |
| un clip | music video |
| le courrier électronique | e-mail |
| le fax (le télécopieur) | fax machine |
| le fax (la télécopie) | fax |
| les informations (f. pl.) | news |
| le Web | World Wide Web |
| se coiffer | to fix one's hair |
| se coucher | to go to bed |
| se dépêcher | to hurry |
| se détendre | to relax |
| s'en aller | to leave |
| être de retour | to be back |
| être en retard | to be late |
| s'habiller | to get dressed |
| se laver | to wash oneself |
| se lever | to get up |
| se peigner | to comb one's hair |
| se raser | to shave |
| rentrer | to come home |
| se réveiller | to wake up |
| avoir besoin de | to need |
| avoir envie de | to feel like |
| avoir faim | to be hungry |
| avoir l'air | to seem |
| avoir le trac | to be afraid; to be nervous |
| avoir mal à... | to have an ache |
| avoir raison | to be right |
| avoir sommeil | to be sleepy |
| bachoter | to prepare for an exam |
| bouquiner | to read (coll.) |
| se débrouiller | to manage |
| passer un examen | to take an exam |
| présenter sa candidature | to be a candidate |
| rater (un examen) | to fail (an exam) |
| recevoir | to receive |
| recevoir un diplôme | to graduate |
| redoubler | to repeat (a year) |
| réussir à | to succeed; to pass (an exam) |
| le baccalauréat (le bac) | diploma based on a series of exams taken at the end of secondary education |
| le bachotage | studying for an exam (coll.) |
| du boulot | work (coll.) |
| un bouquin | book (coll.) |
| une carrière | career |
| un cours | course, class |
| un devoir | written assignment |
| un diplôme | diploma |
| une dissertation | an essay |
| un exposé | classroom presentation |
| la faculté (la fac) | university division |
| le lycée | last three years of secondary school |
| la seconde | first year of lycée |
| la terminale | last year of lycée |
Combine with other sets
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