| Term | Definition |
|---|
| l'avare (mf) | the miser |
| détaillé (es) | detailed |
| une bêtise | a foolish thing |
| en italique | italicized |
| un jeton | a chip, token |
| appuyer | to rest, lean, support |
| un bouton | a knob, button |
| S'essuyer | to wipe |
| Agiter | to shake |
| la bombe | the bottle of shaving cream (?) |
| la mousse | the foam |
| la tendance | the trend |
| le but | the goal, point |
| un gardien | a security guard, keeper, warder |
| un prisonnier | a prisoner |
| les informations | the news |
| la veille | the night before |
| vexer | to offend |
| un cauchemar | a nightmare |
| le bijoutier | the jeweler |
| un tire-bouchon | a corkscrew |
| améliorer | to improve |
| le garagiste | the car mechanic |
| la danse folklorique | the folk dance |
| une encyclopédie | an encyclopedia |
| une grimace | a grimace |
| sangloter | to sob |
| une locution | a phrase, idiom |
| fouiller | to search; to dig |
| un lapin | a rabbit |
| tricoter | to knit |
| le fil | the line, string |
| aveuglé (es) | blinded |
| éblouir | to shine brilliantly |
| fasciner | to fascinate (transitive) |
| une bourse | a grant, scholarship |
| flâner | to stroll |
| chantonner | to hum |
| l'ordure (f) | the garbage, filth, refuse |
| le sous-sol | the basement, cellar |
| une noix | a walnut |
| hausser les épaules | to shrug one's shoulders |
| hocher | to nod |
| sécouer | to shake (slightly longer word) |
| des guillemets (m) | Quotation marks |
| tomber en panne | to break down (a car) |
| le mécanicien | the mechanic (cognate) |
| un métier | a job, profession, trade, craft |
| le parterre | ground, earth, soil, garden bed |
| des impôts (m) | taxes |
| il pleut à verse | it's pouring rain |
| un pneu crevé | a flat tire |
| la fumée du tabac | tobacco smoke |
| grelotter | to shiver |
| grommeler | to grumble |
| milliardaire (mf) | a billionaire (no article in answer) |
| une centaine de fois | a hundred times |
| s'enfuir | to fly away, escape |
| un taille-crayon | a pencil sharpener |
| coudre | to sew |
| la malle | the trunk |
| bégayer | to stammer |
| la terasse | the terrace, outside |
| la tapisserie | the tapestry |
| tisser | to weave, spin (as a spider does a web) |
| La météo | the weatherman |
| un gratte-ciel | a skyscraper |
| un symptôme | a symptome |
| pâle | pale |
| des traits (m) tirés | stressed traits (?) |
| une nuit blanche | a sleepless night |
| veiller | to watch, stay |
| à son chevet | at his bedside |
| une épidémie de grippe | a flu epidemic |
| un coup de fil | a telephone call |
| un cachet d'aspirine | an aspirin tablet |
| guérir | to heal |
| raccrocher le récepteur | to hang up the receiver |
| la drogue | the drug |
| délabré | dilapidated |
| entretenir | to look after, maintain |
| le plombier | the plumber |
| un charpentier | a carpenter |
| le voisinage | the neighborhood |
| le courrier | the mail |
| la boule de neige | the snowball |
| un étagère | a shelf |
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