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FrenchVocabulary Course

Hlne Lewis

Hodder ArnoldA MEMBER OF THE HODDER HEADLINE GROUP


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Copyright 2007, in the methodology, Thomas Keymaster Languages LLC, all rights reserved; in the seriestemplate, Dr Rose Lee Hayden; in the content, Hlne Lewis

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Typeset by Transet Limited, Coventry, England.Printed in Great BritainImpression 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2Year 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007ISBN 978 0 340 93982 6

Michel Thomas, 19142005

Michel Thomas, the internationally renownedlinguist and language teacher, who was recently

awarded the Silver Star by the US Army for his braveryin the Second World War, died of heart failure at hishome in New York on 8th January. He was 90.


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Contents

Introduction 5

Course contents 15

Course segment 1: Cognates 15

Course segment 2: Verbs 19

Course segment 3: Everyday expressions 21

EnglishFrench glossary 23

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IntroductionBienvenue!Welcome, to those of you who have completed the Michel

Thomas French courses and Language Builder and to those of you who are

about to experience a uniquely exciting way to learn and improve your French!

My name is Rose Lee Hayden, and I had the distinct privilege of working

closely with Michel Thomas for several decades, in particular, teaching what

he referred to as his second phase language courses. This second phase

built upon the structural knowledge of the language that Michel Thomas so

brilliantly provided in his foundation courses. As Michel Thomas himself

often said, I built the house, but it is up to you to decorate it!

And decorate it we shall in this Michel Thomas Method: French

Vocabulary Course that reinforces and expands on what you have already

learned having completed the Michel Thomas French courses. And for

those of you who have not done these courses, I urge you to do so. You

will be surprised at how painlessly they will teach or reinforce your French

and will introduce you to a unique method of language learning.

At the outset, let me stress what this course does not attempt to do and

how it may differ a little from your previous experiences with the Michel

Thomas French courses. First, this course does not and cannot re-teach

the original courses, but rather builds directly on them. Therefore, you may

wish to review and keep reviewing your Michel Thomas French coursesand Language Builder to re-familiarize yourself with structural items and

basic vocabulary previously introduced by Michel Thomas.

Second, it is important to state that learning vocabulary is not the same as

learning structure, even though this course teaches vocabulary the Michel

Thomas way. You may find it helpful to review course content more

frequently. But let me reassure you that this more frequent review is no

reflection on your ability, but rather relates to the fact that you have moved

on to another level of instruction with vocabulary acquisition as its basic

goal. Throughout his second phase instruction, Michel Thomas frequently

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asked his students to review and reinforce the basics before moving on.

Because his methodology is cumulative, you must never rush ahead. Each

building block in some way relates to previous content and uses it in a

carefully constructed way.

Third, those of you who expect drills of each and every word in a category

family members, days of the week, and so on dont! Michel Thomas

actively discouraged memorization, rote learning, writing out lists and any

and all related activities of this type. He knew that we do not learn this way,

and that the stress generated by these means actually impedes learning.

And while we would have liked to have been able to include more words in

a category, space on audio recordings is limited, and we had to make hard

choices with respect to what we could and could not include. We did not

want to waste valuable learning time at the expense of introducing more

strategic content designed to help you create words, structures and habits of

learning on your own.

I dedicate this course to the memory of Michel Thomas and to all of you

who have chosen to build your French vocabulary the Michel Thomas way.

Dr Rose Lee Hayden

Series Editor

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Who was Michel Thomas?Michel Thomas was head of the Michel

Thomas Language Centers and taught

languages for over 50 years, primarily in

New York, Beverly Hills and London until his

recent death, aged 90. A graduate of theDepartment of Philology at the University of

Bordeaux and student of psychology at the

Sorbonne, his harrowing wartime

experiences escaping Hitler and fighting

with the French Resistance made mastering

languages a matter of survival for MichelThomas.

Michel Thomas dedicated his long professional life to probing the learning

process. He focused on the teaching and learning of foreign languages as a

perfect test case for his revolutionary learning system, one that made him

the worlds foremost language teacher to the celebrities, diplomats,

corporate executives as well as others seeking to acquire or enhance theirproficiency in another language.

What is the Michel Thomas Method?The Michel Thomas Method is unlike anything you have ever experienced,

especially when you compare it with how languages are traditionally taught

in schools or universities. It produces startling results within a remarkablyshort period of time, all without the need for books, drills, memorizing, or

homework. Michel Thomas believed that anyone can learn another

language having learned their own, and he developed his unique

methodology that proved this to be true for many thousands of students.

Learning a language the Michel Thomas way builds proficiency, self-

confidence and engages you right from the start. The Michel Thomas

Method breaks a language down to its component parts and presents these

structures in carefully planned sets of exercises that enable you to

reconstruct the language yourself, to form your own sentences that say what

you want, when you want. Almost without you realizing it, you will retain

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and apply what you have learned and will be motivated to learn more.

Without the stress of memorization, note taking and homework, you can

relax and let language learning take place as nature intended.

But you have to experience the Michel Thomas Method to believe it. Within

hours you will be creating sophisticated sentences in a wide variety of

situations, as those of you know who have completed the Michel Thomas

language courses and Language Builders. These courses provided you

with functional proficiency in your chosen language, be it French, Italian,

Spanish or German, and are the foundation upon which this Michel

Thomas Method: Vocabulary Course series builds, phrase by phrase,

the Michel Thomas way.

You already know a lot more French than you think you do!The Michel Thomas Method is, above all, based on the commonality of

Western languages. French shares many thousands of words with English,

everyday words that you already know. This Michel Thomas Method:

French Vocabulary Course provides dozens of tips to help you unlock

what it is that you already know, to expand your French vocabularyexponentially with easy transformations that convert thousands of English

words into their French equivalents. You will also learn how to pronounce

and spell these new words. As Michel Thomas told you, one can attain

functional proficiency in most languages by mastering no more than

5001,500 words. A working knowledge of most languages even your

own does not require the use of every word in the dictionary. Literallyhundreds of additional words and expressions will be on the tip of your

tongue as you build your French vocabulary the Michel Thomas way.

How did we come to develop thisMichel Thomas Method:Vocabulary Course series?With nearly 1 million copies of Michel Thomas language courses sold in

the UK alone, and with thousands of enthusiasts who never thought they

could ever learn another language wanting more Michel, we at Hodder

Arnold are particularly pleased to offer this new course series that preserves

and extends the language teaching legacy of The Language Master, Michel

Thomas. Working with us right up to the moment of his death aged 90,

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Michel Thomas was in the process of creating a series of vocabulary courses

building on his very successful language courses. Reflecting his prior input,

this series is the product of a new team of authors and presenters who have

either taught for Michel Thomas, or have utilized his methodology in their

own classrooms and professional courses.

With this, our first post-Michel Thomas series, we hope to provide what

Michel Thomas and his ever-expanding number of students would expect of

us, both as educational publishers and professionals who love languages,

teaching them and learning them. We dedicate this series and others that we

will be developing for schools, businesses and individuals from all walks of

life to our much-esteemed and beloved Language Master, Michel Thomas.

Who is thisMichel Thomas Method: French Vocabulary Course for?

People who have already learned French with Michel Thomas

This Michel Thomas Method: French Vocabulary Course does just

what its name suggests: builds on the content Michel Thomas presented in

the Michel Thomas Foundation Course: French, Michel ThomasAdvanced Course: French, and Michel Thomas French Language

Builder. This course covers over 1,000 words and everyday phrases within

the context of essential building blocks already presented by Michel

Thomas, and includes dozens of useful tools for converting English words to

their French equivalents. You can both reinforce what you have already

learned from your Michel Thomas Foundation courses and substantiallyincrease your French vocabulary the Michel Thomas way.

People who have learned French using other methodsYou may have learned French before and want to brush up on it for a

holiday or business trip. Perhaps you are looking for a new approach to

help you with revision or to re-motivate you to dust off your French and

improve your proficiency. Either way, the Michel Thomas Method:French Vocabulary Course will introduce you to a unique way of

acquiring language proficiency that will provide dozens of helpful ways to

unlock what it is you already know. Focusing on similarities between English

and French, you will be able to increase your vocabulary exponentially, will

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learn or review over 1,000 words and everyday expressions, and will

significantly boost your confidence in your ability to speak, listen to, read

and understand French.

You may find that it takes a while to get used to the Michel Thomas way of

teaching. It is innovative and quite unlike any other method you will have

come across. But once you have experienced the excitement of painless

learning the Michel Thomas way, you will be hooked!

What does this pack contain?The pack comprises over six hours of recorded material on CD, plus this

User Guide that contains all the concepts, words and phrases presented in

the course. In these recordings, a narrator experienced in teaching theMichel Thomas way will introduce concepts that you will be learning, one by

one, and will present helpful hints and handy tools that you can then use to

create your own phrases and increase your French proficiency.

The narrator will guide you through three distinct course segments:

1) Cognates vocabulary building using similarities between English andFrench; 2) Verbs; and 3) Everyday expressions to top off your new

vocabulary and help you avoid making common mistakes in French. Two

native speakers, one female, one male, will repeat all words and phrases

after a pause designed to allow you to come up with your own response

based on prompts from the narrator. The correct response will then be

repeated by the narrator to help set it in your mind.

This User Guide contains a detailed listing of all the content on the CDs,

track by track, to help you locate and review what it is you wish to reinforce.

It also features a detailed EnglishFrench glossary listing the 1,000 words

covered in this course, words that were carefully chosen to increase your

communication skills in French, as well as to improve your ability to listen

and read for gist.

How are the recordings best used? Relax! Make yourself comfortable before playing the recordings and try

to let go of the tensions and anxieties traditionally associated with

language learning.

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Do not write or take any notes. Remove notebooks, pens,

dictionaries and anything else associated with traditional, school-based

language learning.

Do not try to remember.While participating in the recording and

afterwards, it is important that you do not try to memorize specific words

or expressions. It is a basic principle of the Michel Thomas Method that theresponsibility for the students learning lies with the teacher. Your learning

is based on understanding, and what you understand you dont forget.

Interact fully with the recordings. Use the pause button and

respond out loud (or in a whisper, or in your head if you are in a public

place) before hearing the correct response. This is essential. You do not

learn by repetition but by thinking out the answers to each question; it isby your own thought process that you truly learn and retain structure

and vocabulary.

Give yourself time to think. You have all the time you need to think

through your response. Your pause button is the key toyourlearning! Be

sure to use it. We have inserted standard-length pauses for your

responses. When you use the recordings for the first time, these pausesmay not be long enough for you to work out your responses. But rather

than waste valuable recording time with long silences, we suggest you

use the pause button when you listen to the course for the first time, in a

place and at a time when it is convenient and safe for you to do so. On

subsequent hearings you will need less time to work out your response,

and the pauses we have left should be long enough.

Start at the beginning of the course.Whatever your existing

knowledge of French, it is important that you follow the way the Michel

Thomas Method builds up your knowledge of the language. The

methodology is cumulative and recursive so you must not rush ahead

before you feel comfortable that you have mastered a concept, phrase or

word. This vocabulary course also encourages you to take additional time

to create similar examples of your own to reinforce what is being

presented.

Do not get annoyed with yourself if you make a mistake.

Mistakes are part of the learning process; as long as you understand why

you made the mistake and you have the aha reaction Yes, of course,

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I understand now you are doing just fine. If you made a mistake and

you do not understand why, you may have been daydreaming for a few

seconds. As noted, the course is structured so that you cannot go on

unless you fully understand everything. So just go back a little and pick

up where you left off.

Stop the recording whenever it suits you. Breaks in the CDrecordings reflect the numbering and content listings in this User Guide.

This will help you locate items you wish to review and will enable you to

locate where you left off and where you wish to begin once again.

What can I expect to achieve?The Michel Thomas French courses provided you with a practical and

functional use of the spoken language. Using the Michel Thomas Method,

this French Vocabulary Course introduces everyday conversational

language that will improve your communication skills in a wide variety of

situations, empowered by the ability to create your own sentences and use

the language naturally. With this additional practice and review, plus over

1,000 words covered and the tools to create hundreds more, your

proficiency in French will be reinforced and strengthened as will yourself-confidence and desire to use your newly acquired French.

How can I go on to improve further?Obviously, nothing compares with first-hand contact with native French

speakers. And while you may not think that this is possible for you, think

again. There are most likely many French speakers, French language clubsand associations in your local area. You need not go to Paris or to Marseille

to find them. A simple advert in the local newspaper or on a relevant

website offering to exchange English for French instruction may locate

someone you will enjoy knowing and practising with but do think about

your own safety before giving away any personal details. As Michel Thomas

noted, we learn a lot more about our own language when we learn another.

Michel Thomas also recommended a little daily practice ten minutes at least

and knew that this was worth more than several hours of cramming after a

period of time has gone by. He encouraged you to start reading, especially

newspaper and magazine interviews that reflect French as it is actually being

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spoken rather than textbook versions of the language. You can also keep up

and extend your language by reading items in subject areas of personal

interest to you, or you can buy a French translation of your favourite mystery

writer. Michel Thomas knew and told you that the more you read, the more

things will fall into place. And as he warned, fight that temptation to use your

dictionary first and think last. You will be glad you did.

One last suggestion here. For really authentic practice, try to listen to French

radio and television programmes that you may be able to receive if you live

in a city or have satellite TV options. Relax and listen for gist, not word by

word. You can do it! And little by little,peu peu, you will understand what

is being said. As Michel Thomas told you upon the completion of his French

courses, you have all the tools you need to express yourself and have

acquired many more having completed this course. We know that

you will find it both rewarding and exciting to practise your ever-improving

French!

What do Michel Thomas students have to say?

Academy award winning director and actress, Emma Thompson (asquoted in The Guardian):

The excitement of learning something new was overwhelming.

Michel not only taught me Spanish, he opened my eyes to the

possibilities of a completely different kind of learning. Michel takes

the burden off the student and upon himself Learning Spanish with

Michel was the most extraordinary learning experience of my life it was unforgettable.

Irish dance and music sensation, Michael Flatley (as quoted in The

Linguist):

He [Michel Thomas] was a genius a born teacher and thinker.

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Customer feedback on the Michel Thomas MethodI am writing to congratulate you on the highly original and successful

language courses by Michel Thomas; I am currently working on

German and French, while my daughter, at my suggestion, has

bought the Italian course.

R. Harris

I have now finished the eight cassette Italian course and would like to

say how pleased I am with it. I am a scientist, with all my neurons in

the side of my brain that deals with understanding, and next to none

on the side that deals with memory. This has meant my ability to

retain vocabulary and learn a language has been about as bad as it

comes. Against all odds, the Michel Thomas course has left me with a

real sense of achievement, and a tremendous basis for further

progress in learning Italian.

T. A. Whittingham

He doesnt put words in your mouth, he makes you work out the

words to say yourself.Angie Harper

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Course contentsCourse segment 1: Cognates

1 (CD 1, track 1)

Introduction

2 (CD 1, track 2)

Adjectives ending in-ible: impossible; incomprhensible;

accessible

3 (CD 1, track 34)

Adjectives ending in-able: probable; acceptable; La voiture du

professeur est rparable. Transformation of English adjectives

Formation of adjectives ending in-able from -er verbs: ngocier >

ngociable. Dans ce restaurant, la cuisine est tolrable, mais

le bruit est insupportable.

4 (CD 1, track 5)

Transformation of adjectives beginning with un- andin-: incassable;invitable

5 (CD 1, track 6)

Formation of adjectives ending in-able from -oir, -re and -ir verbs:

concevable;vendable; croyable; faisable; indfinissable

6 (CD 1, track 7) Further transformation of English nouns and adjectives

Adjectives in-ant: Ce nest pas trs important pour moi.

Stphane est tolrant, mais je dois dire que Stphanie est

vraiment intolrante.

Nouns ending in-ant: un correspondant; un participant; un

tudiant

7 (CD 1, track 8)

Nouns and adjectives ending in-ent: urgent; diffrent; le

prsident. Cest vident que la situation internationale est

urgente et que le prsident est incomptent.

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8 (CD 1, track 9)

Nouns ending in-tion: une rservation; la condition; une action

intelligente; ma conviction profonde

9 (CD 2, track 1)

Nouns ending in-sion: une dimension; une expression; La

dcision est urgente.

10 (CD 2, track 2)

Nouns ending in-ance and-ence: lindpendance; une alliance;

Il y a ici une diffrence que je ne peux pas comprendre.

11 (CD 2, track 3)

Professions: transformation of English nouns ending in-erand-or:un danseur; un directeur

12 (CD 2, track 4)

Further transformation of nouns ending in-ance: limportance;

llgance; les distances

13 (CD 2, track 5) Transformation of adverbs in-ly: naturellement;

automatiquement; absolument. Je suis totalement daccord

avec vous. Eventuellement, je peux vous donner des

directions.

14 (CD 2, track 6)

Transformation of adjectives and nouns ending in-ary: contraire;militaire; secrtaire. Au contraire, cest absolument

ncessaire.

Transformation of adjectives and nouns ending in-ory: Ses

suggestions sont tellement contradictoires que cest illusoire

de penser que nous pouvons trouver une solution.

15 (CD 2, track 7)

Transformation of adjectives ending in-ive: exclusif; ngatif. Les

opinions de ma sur sont trs ngatives.

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16 (CD 2, track 8)

Transformation of adjectives ending in-ous: dangereux; courageux.

Attention! La situation devient trs dangereuse.

17 (CD 2, track 9)

Transformation of adjectives ending in-icaland-ic: magique;

logique; conomique; patriotique; lectronique Transformation of nouns ending in-ics and-ic: llectronique; la

physique. Cest ironique, mais ce film a un succs fantastique

avec le public.

18 (CD 2, track 10)

Transformation of nouns ending in-ure: La temprature nest pasfantastique pour lagriculture.

19 (CD 2, track 11)

Transformation of nouns ending in-tude: une aptitude; une

multitude. Pour moi, exprimer ma gratitude est difficile.

20 (CD 2, track 12)

Transformation of nouns ending in-ity: la possibilit; la capacit;

les opportunits

21 (CD 2, track 13)

Transformation of nouns ending in-y: lconomie; lastronomie

22 (CD 2, track 14)

Transformation of nouns ending in-ine and-in: une routine; uneaspirine. Nous sommes trs satisfaits de la machine, donc

nous en commanderons encore deux.

23 (CD 2, track 15)

Transformation of adjectives ending in-id: solide; avide; timide.Vos

billets ne sont pas valides.

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Transformation of nouns ending in-ism: Le socialisme et le

capitalisme sont des systmes politiques. Son gosme est

intolrable.

Transformation of nouns ending in-ist: un pacifiste; une socialiste.

Je vais voir lexposition des Impressionnistes.

25 (CD 3, track 2)

Transformation of adjectives ending in-al: central; principal; les

codes postaux; professionnel; individuel

Conclusion

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Course segment 2: Verbs1 (CD 3, track 3)

Introduction

2 (CD 3, track 4)

Verbs in -er Present tense: viter; tenter. Je dois viter la

tentation dutiliser mon dictionnaire. Au lieu de vrifier dansmon dictionnaire, je peux crer beaucoup de mots en

franais.

3 (CD 3, track 5)

Imperfect and Conditional tenses: Jaimais inventer les nouvelles

formes.Votre frre et vous passiez vos vacances en France.Jaimerais vraiment passer mes vacances Nice. Si elle avait

le temps, elle prparerait le dner.

4 (CD 3, track 6)

Verbs in -er Imperfect tense: Quand Stphanie et ses parents

passaient les vacances ensemble, ils prfraient toujours

rester lhtel.

5 (CD 3, track 7)

The Perfect tense with tre and avoir:Vendredi, Stphane et

Stphanie ont explor le centre commercial et ils ont

dpens beaucoup dargent. Il est rentr en taxi. Elle a mont

les documents au premier tage.

6 (CD 3, track 8)

Etre en train de: Comme nous sommes en train de doubler

nos ventes en France, nous devons augmenter notre

personnel Paris.

Etre sur le point de: Jtais sur le point de commander un

taxi. Venir de: Entre dans la salle manger, je viens de laver le sol

dans la cuisine.

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7 (CD 3, track 9)

Verbs in -ir of the ouvrir, sortir andvenir types: Je dcouvre

seulement maintenant quil a beaucoup de problmes. Jai

ouvert la porte pour laisser sortir le chat. Quand nous

sommes entrs, il dormait devant la tlvision.

8 (CD 4, track 1) Other verbs ending in -ir: finir; dfinir; tablir; rflchir

en + present participle: en attendant; en finissant; en faisant

9 (CD 4, track 2)

Verbs in -re: mettre; promettre; admettre etc.

10 (CD 4, track 3) Verbs in -uire: produire; dtruire; construire etc.

Verbs in -ire: suffire; lire etc.

11 (CD 4, track 4)

Reflexive verbs: Maintenant quAlex travaille, il se rveille tt,

cest--dire avant 7 heures. Je maperois que cest trs facile

dapprendre des mots franais.

Reciprocal verbs: Nous nous parlons tous les jours. Nous nous

embrassons.

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Course segment 3: Everyday expressions1 (CD 4, track 5)

Common constructions

Verbs with : Je cherche rorganiser mon dpartement.

Verbs with de: Je voudrais profiter de cette opportunit, mais

a dpend de vous. Verbs with sur: Ne comptez pas sur nous pour a.

2 (CD 4, track 6)

Vouloir dire: Elle a envoy un texto pour dire que son taxi

est en retard a doit vouloir dire quelle va manquer la

runion.

3 (CD 4, track 7)

Expressions of time: depuis, pendant, il y a, en, dans, avant and

aprs

4 (CD 4, track 8)

Talking about days of the week, months and seasons

5 (CD 4, track 9)

Telling the time: Il est deux heures; Il est deux heures et quart;

deux heures et demie; trois heures moins le quart.

6 (CD 5, track 1)

Expressions of place: ici and l: Il y a quelques imperfections ici

et l, mais ce nest pas grave. loin and prs: Cest trs loin; Cest assez prs.

gauche and droite: A gauche vous pouvez admirer

beaucoup dart classique, mais droite lexposition est trs

moderne.

devant and derrire: Il a toute sa vie devant lui.

dessus and dessous: Son manteau est sur la chaise, donc sivous mettez les documents dessus, il va certainement les

trouver.

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7 (CD 5, track 2)

Expressions of quantity: quelque; du; de la

The pronoun en: Jai trois billets, mais jen veux cinq.

assez; la plupart de

8 (CD 5, track 3)

Talking about numbers: le nombre; le numro; un chiffre

9 (CD 5, track 4)

Il faut: Il faut que nous fermions la porte; Il faut que nous

ouvrions la fentre.

10 (CD 5, track 5)

The pronouny: Il avait dcid daller la rception, mais il yest arriv trop tt.Vous devez y penser.

11 (CD 5, track 6)

Avoir and semi-idiomatic expressions: Jai trs faim. Il a trs soif

parce quil a oubli sa bouteille deau minrale. Jai peur des

problmes associs lexpansion du dpartement.

12 (CD 5, track 7)

Etre and semi-idiomatic expressions: Nous sommes le cinq

janvier aujourdhui.Vous ny tes pas du tout!

13 (CD 5, track 8)

Negatives: ne pas; ne plus; ne rien

14. (CD 5, track 9)

Negatives: ne jamais; ne personne; non plus; ni ni;

ne que

15 (CD 5, track 10)

Adjectives which change meaning depending on their position in

relation to the noun described: ancien; certain; cher; propre Conclusion

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a few quelquesa kind of une espce de ;

*une sorte de

a long time longtempsa lot (of) beaucoup (de)abandon, to abandonner

~abandonnabout a hundred centaine, la (s)about a thousand millier, le (s)about *environ

above dessusabroad ltrangerabsolutely absolumentaccept, to accepter ~acceptacceptable acceptable; admissibleaccessible accessibleaccessory accessoire, l (masc.) (s)

accident accident, l(masc.) (s)accompany, to accompagner

~accompagnaccusation accusation, l (fem.) (s)accuse, to accuser ~accusaction action, l (fem.) (s)address adresse, l (fem.) (s)

administration administration,l (fem.)

administrative administratif/administrative

administrator administrateur,l (masc.) (s)

admire, to admirer ~admiradmit, to admettre ~admisadopt, to adopter ~adopt

adorable adorableadore, to adorer ~adoradvice *conseil, le (s)advise against, to dconseiller

(de ) ~dconseilladvise (to do ), to conseiller

(de ) ~conseill

affirm, to affirmer ~affirmAfrican africain/eafter aprsafternoon aprs-midi, l (masc.)again encoreagainst contreago il y a

agree, to accorder ~accordagreement accord, l (masc.) (s)agriculture agriculture, l (fem.)aim but, le (s)air air, l (masc.)airport aroport, l (masc.) (s)alarm, to alarmer ~alarm

alarming alarmant/eall alone tout/e seul/eall the time tout le tempsall tout/ealliance alliance, l (fem.) (s)allow, to permettre ~permis

EnglishFrench glossaryle (masc.) la (fem.) l (masc./fem.), les (pl.)

(In brackets: plural e.g. ville, la (s) = les villes)

- indicates no change in the plural

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24allow somebody to do something, to

permettre quelquun de fairequelque chose ~permis

almost presquealready djalso aussi

always toujoursannounce, to annoncer ~annoncanswer rponse, la (s)answer, to rpondre ~rponduantique ancien/ancienneanxious inquiet/inquiteapartment appartement,

l (masc.) (s)applicable applicableapplications applications, les (fem.)apply, to appliquer ~appliquappointment rendez-vous, leapproachable approchableapproximately *environaptitude aptitude, l (fem.) (s)arbitrary arbitrairearchaeologist archologue,

l (masc./fem.) (s)argument argument, l (masc.) (s)arrival arrive, l (fem.) (s)arrive, to arriver ~est arrivart art, l (masc.)artist artiste, l (masc./fem.) (s)artistic artistiqueas commeask a question, to poser une question

~pos

ask (for), to demander ~demandaspirin aspirine, l (fem.)assessment valuation, l (fem.) (s)assistant assistant, l (masc.)/

assistante, l (fem.) (s)associate, to associer ~associ

association association, l (fem.) (s)astronomy astronomie, l (fem.)at least au moinsat this time actuellementAtlantic atlantiqueattend, to assister () ~assist

attention attention, l (fem.)attitude attitude, l (fem.) (s)Australia Australie, l (fem.)author auteur, l (masc.) (s)authorization autorisation,

l (fem.) (s)authorize, to *autoriser ~autoris

automatic automatiqueautomatically automatiquement(in) Autumn (en) automne,

l (masc.)average moyenne, laavid avideavoid, to viter ~vitavoidable vitableawaken, to se rveiller ~sest rveill

(worse) bad (plus) malbadly malbag sac, le (s)ball balle, la (s)ban interdire ~inderditbank account compte bancaire, le (s)be (geog.), to se trouver

~sest trouvbe associated with, to tre associ be beautiful (weather), to faire beau

be cold (weather), to faire froidbe courageous, to avoir du couragebe fed up, to en avoir assezbe forgotten, to soublier ~sest oublibe frightened (of/that), to avoir

peur (de/que)


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25be hungry, to avoir faimbe in a good mood, to tre de

bonne humeurbe in agreement (with), to

tre daccord (avec)be in charge, to diriger ~dirig

be late, to tre en retardbe lucky, to avoir de la chancebe necessary to, to falloir ~fallube patient, to avoir de la patiencebe right (to do), to avoir raison (de

faire)be sleepy, to avoir sommeil

be sold, to se vendre ~sest vendube there, to y trebe thirsty, to avoir soifbe used to , to avoir lhabitude

de be warm (weather), to faire chaud;

~faisaitbe worth, to *valoir ~valube worth the effort to , to

*valoir la peine de be wrong, to avoir tortbear (tolerate), to *supporter

~supportbearable supportablebecause of cause debecause parce quebecome, to devenir ~est devenubecome bigger, to grandir ~grandibecome red, to rougir ~rougibecome yellow, to jaunir ~jauni

bedroom chambre, la (s)before avantbegin (to), to commencer ()

~commencbehave (oneself), to se conduire

~sest conduit

behind derrirebelievable croyablebelieve, to croire ~crubelow dessous; sousbest mieuxbill note, la (s)

billionaire milliardaire, le/la (s)biologist *biologiste, le/la (s)birthday *anniversaire, l (masc.) (s)blush, to rougir ~rougiboat bateau, le (x)book livre, le (s)(be , to) born (tre) n/e

borrow, to emprunter ~empruntboth tous les deux(masc.)/toutes les

deux (fem.)bottle bouteille, la (s)bread pain, lebreak, to casser ~cassbreakable cassablebreakfast petit djeuner, lebrother frre, le (s)busy occup/ebutter beurre, lebuy, to acheter ~achetby heart (to memorize )

(mmoriser) par coeurby par

caf caf, le (s)caffeine cafine, lacall, to appeler ~appelcamera camra, la (s)

capacity capacit, la (s)capitalism capitalisme, lecar voiture, la (s)cardiologist cardiologue, le/la (s)carry, to *porter ~portcase cas, le


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26cat chat, le/chatte, la (s)catastrophe catastrophe, la (s)catch a glimpse (of something), to

apercevoir (quelque chose)~aperu

cause, to; talk, to causer ~caus

celebration clbration, la (s);fte, la (s)

central central/ecentre centre, le (s)certain certain/echair chaise, la (s)chance chance, la (s)

change ones mind, to changerdavis ~chang

change, to changer (de) ~changcharge, to prendre ~prischarm charme, lecharm, to *charmer ~charmcharming charmant/echeap bon marchcheck *contrle, le (s)check, to vrifier ~vrifichemist *chimiste, le/la (s)child enfant, l (masc./fem.) (s)chocolate chocolat, lechoice choix, lechoose, to choisir ~choisichurch glise, l (fem.) (s)cinema cinma, lecircumstance circonstance, la (s)civilization civilisation, laclarity clart, la

classic classiqueclassify, to classifier ~classificlean propreclient client, le/cliente la (s)close, to fermer ~fermcoast cte, la (s)

coat manteau, le (x)coffee caf, lecolleague collgue, le/la (s)collection collection, la (s)come, to venir ~est venucomfortable *confortable

commercial commercial/ecommittee comit, le (s)company compagnie, la (s)competition comptition, la (s)complain, to se plaindre

~sest plaintcompletely compltement

computer ordinateur, l (masc.) (s)computer science informatique,

l (fem.)computer scientist informaticien,

l (masc.)/informaticienne,l (fem.) (s)

computerize, to informatiser~informatis

conceivable concevableconcentrate, to se concentrer

~sest concentrconception conception, laconcert concert, le (s)conclusion conclusion, la (s)condemn, to condamner

~condamncondition condition, la (s)conference confrence, la (s)confidential confidentiel/

confidentielle

confirmation confirmation, la (s)confusion confusion, laconstructive constructif/constructiveconsult, to consulter ~consultconsultant consultant, le/consultante,

la (s)


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27consultation consultation, la (s)contact, to contacter ~contactcontinent continent, le (s)continually continuellementcontinue (to), to continuer ()

~continu

contract contrat, le (s)contradictory contradictoire(on the) contrary (au) contrairecontrol *contrle, le (s)convention convention, la (s)conviction conviction, la (s)cook, to faire la cuisine ~fait

cooking; kitchen cuisine, la (s)correspondent correspondant,

le/correspondante, la (s)cost, to coter ~cotcount, to compter ~comptcount on, to compter sur ~comptcountry pays, lecountryside campagne, lacourage *courage, lecourageous courageux/courageusecousin cousin, le/cousine, la (s)crazy fou (masc.)/folle (fem.)crisis crise, la (s)critical critiquecriticize, to critiquer ~critiqucross, to traverser ~traverscrowd(s) beaucoup de mondeculture culture, la (s)custom habitude, l (fem.) (s)

dancer danseur, le/danseuse, la (s)danger danger, ledangerous dangereux/dangereusedata donnes, les (fem. pl.)day after (following day)

lendemain, le

day after tomorrow, theaprs-demain

day before yesterday, theavant-hier

day journe, la (s); jour, le (s)(be , to) dead (tre) mort/e

decentralized dcentralis/edecide, to dcider ~dciddecision dcision, la (s)deep profond/edeeply profondmentdefend (oneself), to (se) dfendre

~dfendu

defensive dfensif/dfensivedefinable dfinissabledefine, to dfinir ~dfinidefinitive dfinitif/dfinitivedelivery livraison, la (s)dentist dentiste, le/la (s)department dpartement, le (s)department store grand magasin,

le (pl. grands magasins)departure dpart, le (s)depend (on), to dpendre (de)

~dpendudepression dpression, ladescend, to descendre ~est

descendudesign, to *concevoir ~conudesk bureau, le (x)destination destination, la (s)destroy, to dtruire ~dtruitdestruction *destruction, la

detail dtail, le (s)development dveloppement, le (s)dictionary dictionnaire, le (s)difference diffrence, la (s)different diffrent/edifficult difficile


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28difficulty difficult, la (s)digit chiffre, le (s)dimension dimension, la (s)dine, to dner ~dndirection direction, la (s)director directeur, le/directrice, la (s)

dirty *saledisappoint, to dcevoir ~dudisappointment dception, ladiscipline discipline, la (s)discount rduction, la (s)discover, to dcouvrir ~dcouvertdiscretion discrtion, la

discussion discussion, la (s)disorganised dsorganis/edispatch, to dpcher

~dpchdisposable jetabledistance distance, la (s)distribute, to distribuer ~distribudistributor distributeur,

le/distributrice, la (s)divide, to diviser ~divisdo, to faire ~faitdo sport, to faire du sport ~faitdoctrine doctrine, ladocument document, le (s)dog chien, le/chienne, la (s)door porte, la (s)double, to doubler ~doubldozen douzaine, la (s)dress robe, la (s)dress, to habiller ~habill

dress oneself, to shabiller ~sesthabilldrink, to boire ~budrink to somebodys health

boire la sant de quelquundrive, to conduire ~conduit

drive somebody back (home), toraccompagner quelquun envoiture ~raccompagn

drop goutte, la (s)due to cause deduring pendant

DVD DVD, le (-)

each chaqueearly ttearn, to gagner ~gagneasy facileeat, to manger ~mang

economic conomiqueeconomy conomie, l (fem.)editorial ditorial, l (masc.)

(pl. ditoriaux)education education, l (fem.);

instruction, l (fem.)effective efficaceefficient efficaceeffort effort, l (masc.) (s)either or soit soit electricity lectricit, l (fem.)electronic lectroniqueelectronics lectronique, l (fem.)elegance lgance, l (fem.)elegant lgant/eelusive insaisissableemail e-mail, l (masc.) (s)employee employ, l (masc.)/

employe, l (fem.) (s)encourage (to), to encourager ()

~encouragenergy nergie, l (fem.)English anglais/eenormously (enormous amount)

normmentenough suffisamment


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29enough assezenrol, to; register, to inscrire ~inscritenter, to entrer ~est entrentrance entre, l (fem.) (s)equivalent quivalent, l (masc.) (s)error erreur, l (fem.) (s)

establish, to tablir ~tabliestablishment tablissement, l

(masc.) (s)estimate, to estimer ~estimEuro euro, l (masc.) (s)Europe Europe, l (fem.)evaluate, to valuer ~valu

evening soir, le (s)ever; never jamaisevery chaqueeverybody tout le mondeevident; clear vident/eexactly exactementexcellent excellent/eexceptional exceptionnel/

exceptionnelleexclusive exclusif/exclusiveexecutive excutif/excutiveexhibition exposition, l (fem.) (s)exist, to exister ~existexit sortie, la (s)explore, to explorer ~explorexpansion expansion, l (fem.) (s)expensive cher/chreexplain, to expliquer ~expliquexplanation explication, l (fem.) (s)explosion explosion, l (fem.) (s)

express, to exprimer ~exprimexpress oneself, to sexprimer ~sestexprim

expression expression, l (fem.) (s)extensible extensibleextraordinary extraordinaire

factory usine, l (fem.) (s)fair (funfair) fte, la (s)fairly assezfall asleep, to sendormir ~sest

endormifancy something, to avoir envie de

quelque chosefantastic fantastiquefar loinfast (to work) rapide; (to walk) vitefather pre, le (s)Father Christmas Pre Nol, lefavourite favori/favorite

fax (machine) fax, lefear peur, lafear, to craindre ~craintfeasible faisablefeedback raction, lafeel, to sentir ~sentifeel in oneself, to se sentir ~sest

sentifeel sorry for somebody, to plaindre

quelquun ~plaintfestival festival, le (s)few peu (de)(a) few quelquesfilm film, le (s)final final/efinally finalementfind, to trouver ~trouvfind again, to retrouver ~retrouvfind oneself, to se trouver ~sest

trouv

finish, to finir ~finifirst premier/premirefish poisson, le (s)fission fission, lafive cinqflat appartement, l (masc.) (s)


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30floor tage, l (masc.) (s)footballer footballeur, le (s)for pourforbid, to dfendre ~dfenduforce, to forcer ~forcforce oneself, to se forcer ~sest

forcforeign countries les pays trangersforget, to oublier ~oubliform forme, la (s)form, to former ~formformer ancien/anciennefortunately heureusement

France France, lafree, to *librer ~librfreedom libert, laFrench (man/woman) Franais,

le/Franaise, laFrench franais/e(in) French (language) (en) franais,

lefrequently frquemmentFriday vendredi, le (s)friend ami, l (masc.)/amie,

l (fem.) (s)from here dicifrom now dicifrom time to time de temps en

tempsfull *plein/efundamental fondamental/efusion fusion, la (s)future avenir, l (masc.)

generally gnralementgenetic *gntiquegeneticist gnticien, le/gnticienne,

la (s)geologist gologue, le/la (s)

geology gologie, laget along with, to sentendre ~se

sont entendus (pl.)get going again, to repartir ~est

repartiget it, to (y) comprendre

get married, to se marier ~sestmari

get on with, to sentendre ~se sontentendus (pl.)

get oneself (somewhere), to serendre ~sest rendu

get up, to se lever ~sest lev

give, to donner ~donngive again, to redonner ~redonngive back, to rendre ~rendugiven that ; since

tant donn que glass verre, le (s)go (somewhere), to aller ~all; se

rendre ~sest rendugo about (something), to sy prendre

~sy est prisgo back, to retourner ~est retourngo down, to descendre ~est

descendugo home, to rentrer ~est rentrgo out, to sortir ~est sortigo out together (romantically), to

sortir ensemble ~sont sortis (pl.)go to bed, to se coucher ~sest couchgo up, to monter ~est montgoal but, le (s)

good bongoods marchandises, les (fem. pl.)government gouvernement, le (s)gratitude gratitude, lagreen vert/eground sol, le


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31group groupe, le (s)guard, to garder ~gardguess, to deviner ~devin

habit habitude, l (fem.) (s)habitable habitable

half demi/ehalf past one une heure et demiehandicapped *handicap/ehappiness bonheur, lehappy content/e; heureux/heureuseHasnt it? Nest-ce pas?have (the) time, to avoir le temps

have a drink, to boire un verrehave difficulty to, to avoir du mal have enough, to en avoir assezhave got as far as, to en tre have lunch, to djeuner ~djeunhave to, to devoir ~dhead teacher directeur, le/directrice,

la (s)health sant, lahear, to entendre ~entenduheart coeur, le (s)heavy *lourd/ehere icihere and there ici et lhistory histoire, l (fem.) (s)holiday(s) vacances, les (fem. pl.)honest *honntehoneymoon lune de miel, lahope, to esprer ~esprhorrible horrible

hotel htel, l (masc.) (s)hour heure, l (fem.) (s)house maison, la (s)how many combien (de)how commenthumanity humanit, l (fem.)

hundred centhunger faim, lehurry (oneself), to se dpcher

~sest dpchhurt oneself, to se faire mal ~sest

fait mal

hydrophobia hydrophobie, l (fem.)

I do not get it at all. Je ny comprendsrien.

I dont either moi non plusI must (have to) say

je dois dire

I want je veux identification identification, l (fem.)If I understand what you are saying

Si je vous comprendsbien

ill maladeillness maladie, la (s)illusory illusoireimaginative imaginatif/imaginativeimmediately immdiatementimpact impact, l (masc.)imperatively imprativementimperceptible insaisissableimperfection imperfection, l (fem.) (s)importance importance, l (fem.)important important/e; grand/eimpossible impossibleimpression impression, l (fem.) (s)impressionable influenableImpressionist Impressionniste

improbable improbablein dansin fact en faitin front devantin love (with )

amoureux/amoureuse (de )


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32incapable incapableincident incident, l (masc.) (s)incompetent incomptent/eincomprehensible incomprhensibleinconceivable inconcevableincrease augmentation, l (fem.) (s)

increase, to augmenter ~augmentincredulity incrdulit, l (fem.)indefinable indfinissableindependence indpendance, l (fem.)independent indpendant/eindicate, to; point out, to

indiquer ~indiqu

industrial industriel/industrielleinedible immangeableinevitable invitableinfinity infinit, l (fem.)influence influence, l (fem.) (s)influence, to influencer ~influencinformation information, l (fem.) (s)information technology

informatique, l (fem.)install, to *installer ~installinstallation *installation, l (fem.)instead of au lieu deinstruction instruction, l (fem.) (s)insufficiently insuffisammentintelligent intelligent/eintend to, to avoir lintention deintention intention, l (fem.) (s)interesting intressant/einternational international/einterpretation interprtation,

l (fem.) (s)intolerant intolrant/eintroduce, to introduire ~introduitintuition intuition, l (fem.)invent, to inventer ~inventinvention invention, l (fem.) (s)

investigation investigation, l(fem.) (s)

ironic ironiqueirony ironie, l (fem.)Is it not? Nest-ce pas?It costs 10 Euros. a fait 10 euros.

It does not matter. a ne fait rien.It is agreed. Cest entendu.It is better Il vaut mieux It is one oclock. Il est une heure.It is out of the question.

Il nen est pas question.It isnt worth much. a ne vaut pas

grand-chose.It seems to me Il me semble Its who Cest qui

jam confiture, la (s)jogging jogging, lejoin again, to rejoindre ~rejointjournalist journaliste, le/la (s)(in) July (en) juilletjustify, to justifier ~justifi

keep oneself busy, to soccuper~sest occup

keep, to garder ~gardkey cl, la (s)(a) kind of une espce de ;

*une sorte de kiss, to embrasser ~embrasskiss each other, to sembrasser ~se

sont embrasss (pl.)

know (+noun), to connatre~connuknow (how to do something), to

savoir ~suknow oneself, to se connatre

~sest connu


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33lamp lampe, la (s)language langue, la (s)large grand/elast dernier/dernirelast, to durer ~durlate; to be late tard; tre en retard

launch, to lancer ~lanclead laisse, la (s)learn, to apprendre ~apprisleave, to partir ~est partileave again, to repartir

~est reparti(on the) left () gauche

lemon citron, le (s)less moinsletter lettre, la (s)liberate, to *librer ~librliberation *libration, lalie, to mentir ~mentilife vie, la (s)lift, to lever ~levlight *lger/lgrelight lampe, la (s)like commelike, to aimer ~aimlist liste, la (s)Listen carefully! Ecoutez-moi bien!listen to, to couter ~coutliterature littrature, la(a) little (un) peulive in (place), to habiter

~habit; occuper ~occuplogical logique

(in/to) London () Londreslong long/longue(a) long time longtempslook for, to chercher ~cherchLook out!; Warning! Attention!look, to regarder ~regard

look for (something), tochercher (quelque chose)~cherch

lorry camion, le (s)lose, to perdre ~perdu(a) lot (of) beaucoup de

lucid lucidelucidity lucidit, lalunch djeuner, le

machine machine, la (s)mad fou/follemagic; magical magique

mail mail, lemajority majorit, lamake, to faire ~faitmanage it, to y arriver ~y est arrivmanagement direction, la (s)manager directeur, le/directrice la (s)mark (grade) note, la (s)market march, le (s)marketing marketing, lemarry, to marier ~marimarvellous merveilleux/merveilleusemaybe peut-tremean, to vouloir dire ~voulu diremeans moyens, les (masc. pl.)measure mesure, la (s)medicine mdicament, le (s)meet, to rencontrer ~rencontrmeet each other, to se rencontrer

~se sont rencontrs (pl.)meeting runion, la (s)

memorize, to memoriser ~memorismention, to mentionner ~mentionnmenu menu, le (s)merchandise marchandises, les

(fem. pl.)method mthode, la (s)


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34midday midimidnight minuitmillion million, le (s)millionaire millionnaire, le/la (s)military militairemineral minral/e

minister ministre, le (s)minus moinsminute minute, la (s)miss, to manquer ~manqumoan about, to se lamenter sur

~sest lamentmobile telephone portable, le (s)

model modle, le (s)modern modernemodify, to modifier ~modifimoney argent, l (masc.)month mois, le (-)mood humeur, l (fem.) (s)(this) morning (ce) matin, le (s)more plus; encoremost la plupart demuch too much beaucoup tropmultitude multitude, la (s)must devoir ~d

naturally naturellementnear prs (de)necessary ncessaireneed besoin, le (s)need, to avoir besoin denegative ngatif/ngativenegotiate, to ngocier ~ngoci

negotiation ngociation, la (s)neither am I/neither do I moi non plusneither nor (ne) ni ni never (in my life) jamais (de la vie)new nouveau/nouvellenews nouvelle, la (s)

newspaper journal, le (pl. journaux)next prochain/enext ensuitenine neufno longer; no more ne plusnobody personne

noise bruit, lenot at all pas du toutnot have a choice, to ne pas avoir

le choixnot only non seulementnot yet pas encorenote (money) billet, le (s)

nothing riennotice that, to sapercevoir que

~sest aperu(in) November (en) novembrenow maintenantnuclear nuclairenumber nombre, le (s)numeral chiffre, le (s)

occupy, to occuper ~occupoffer, to offrir ~offertoffice bureau, le (x)often souventold *vieux/vieilleon suron his/her part de sa parton the left gaucheon the right droiteon time lheureone (people) on

one hundred centonly seulementonly ne que; seulementonly now seulement maintenantopen ouvert/e(in my) opinion ( mon) avis


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36possibly ventuellementpost code code postal, le (pl. codes

postaux)pound (sterling) livre (sterling), la (s)pour (with rain), to *pleuvoir des

cordes ~plu

prefer, to prfrer ~prfrpreferable prfrablepreference prfrence, la (s)preferred *favori/favoriteprepare, to prparer ~prparprescribe, to prescrire ~prescritpresence prsence, la

present prsent, lepresent, to prsenter ~prsentpresident prsident, le (s)price prix, le (-)principal principal/eprinciple principe, le (s)print, to imprimer ~imprimprize prix, le (-)probable probableprobably probablementproblem problme, le (s)produce, to produire ~produitproduct produit, le (s)production production, la (s)productivity productivit, laprofessional professionnel/

professionnelleprofit (from), to profiter de ~profitprogramme (radio/TV)

mission, l (fem.) (s)

progress progrs, le (-)prohibit, to interdire ~interditproject projet, le (s)promise promesse, la (s)promise, to promettre ~promispronounce, to prononcer ~prononc

pronunciation prononciation, laproportional proportionnel/

proportionnellepropose, to proposer ~proposproposition proposition, la (s)protect, to protger ~protg

protection *protection, lapublic public, lepublic holiday fte, la (s)public organisation *organisme, l (s)pull over, to se garer ~sest garput, to mettre ~misput (down), to poser ~pos

put a stop to, to stopper ~stoppput back, to remettre ~remisput in place, to mettre en place

~mis

quarter quart, le (s)quarter to moins le quartquestion question, la (s)questionnaire questionnaire, le (s)queue queue, la (s)quite assez

rain, to pleuvoir ~plurain in torrents, to *pleuvoir

torrents ~pluraise, to lever ~levread, to lire ~luread again, to relire ~relureadjust, to radapter ~radaptreadjust oneself, to se radapter

~sest radaptready (to ) prt/e ( )realise, to se rendre compte ~sest

rendu compte; sapercevoir~sest aperu

really; truly vraiment


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37rebuild, to reconstruire ~reconstruitreceive, to recevoir ~reurecent rcent/erecently rcemmentreception (party) rception, la (s)recommend, to recommander

~recommandrecommended recommand/ereconstruct, to reconstruire

~reconstruitrecruit, to recruter ~recrutreduction rduction, la (s)reflect on, to rflchir ~rflchi

refuse, to *refuser ~refusrefuse to do, to refuser de faire ~refusregion rgion, la (s)regional rgional/eregister, to sinscrire ~sest inscritregret, to *regretter ~regrettregrettable regrettableregularly rgulirementrelease *libration, larelevant actuel/actuellereligious religieux/religieuserely on, to compter sur ~comptremain, to rester ~est restremarkable remarquablerenovation rnovation, la (s)reorganization rorganisation, la (s)reorganize rorganiser ~rorganisrepair, to *rparer ~rparrepairable rparablerepairing rparation, la

report rapport, le (s)reprehensible condamnablerepresentation reprsentation, la (s)reputation rputation, la (s)resemble something, to

ressembler ~ressembl

reservation rservation, la (s)resign, to dmissionner ~dmissionnresistance rsistance, larespect respect, lerespond, to rpondre ~rponduresponse rponse, la (s)

responsibility responsabilit, la (s)responsible (for) responsable (de)rest reste, lerestaurant restaurant, le (s)result rsultat, le (s)return, to (go back) retourner ~est

retourn; (go home)rentrer

~est rentrreturn (something), to renvoyer

~renvoyrevise, to rviser ~rvisrevolution rvolution, la (s)rich *riche(on the) right () droitering (sound), to sonner ~sonnrisk risque, le (s)road route, la (s)routine routine, la (s)run, to courir ~couruRussian russe

sale vente, la (s)saleable vendablesame mmesandwich sandwich, le (s)satisfaction satisfaction, la (s)satisfied (with) satisfait/e (de)

satisfying satisfaisant/eSaturday samedi, le (s)say, to dire ~ditschool *cole, l (fem.) (s)search for (something), to chercher

(quelque chose) ~cherch


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38secondary secondairesecretary secrtaire, le/la (s)see, to voir ~vuseek to, to chercher ~cherchseem, to sembler ~semblseize, to *saisir ~saisi

selfishness gosme, l (masc.)sell, to vendre ~vendusend, to envoyer ~envoysend back (something), to

renvoyer ~renvoysend for , to faire venir

~fait venir

sensibility sensibilit, lasentence, to condamner

~condamn(in) September (en) septembreserious graveserve, to servir ~serviservice(s) service, le (s)several plusieursshape forme, la (s)share, to partager ~partagshirt chemise, la (s)shop magasin, le (s)shopper acheteur, l

(masc.)/acheteuse, l (fem.) (s)short court/eshyness timidit, lasick maladesign, to signer ~signsimple simplesince depuis

singer chanteur, le/chanteuse, la (s)sister soeur, la (s)sitting-room salon, le (s)situation situation, la (s)skier skieur, le/skieuse la (s)sleep sommeil, le

sleep, to dormir ~dormisleeve manche, la (s)slow down, to ralentir ~ralentislow *lent/esmall petit/esmell, to sentir ~senti

so (much) tellementso much the better tant mieuxsocialism socialisme, lesocialist socialiste, le/la (s)society socit, la (s)software (package) logiciel, le (s)soil sol, le

solid solidesolidity solidit, lasolution solution, la (s)something quelque chosesomething important quelque chose

dimportantsometimes quelquefoisspeak, to parler ~parlspeak to, to se parler ~ se sont

parls (pl.)specialist spcialiste, le/la (s)spectator spectateur, le/spectatrice,

la (s)speech discours, le (-)speed rapidit, laspend (money), to dpenser

~dpensspend (time), to passer ~pass(in the) Spring (au) printemps, lestart, to commencer ~commenc

start again, to recommencer~recommenc(railway) station gare, la (s)stay, to rester ~est reststill encorestop, to arrter ~arrt


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39stop, to (oneself) sarrter

~sest arrtstop doing something, to arrter de

faire quelque chose ~arrtstorey tage, l (masc.) (s)storm tempte, la (s)

story histoire, l (fem.) (s)straight on tout droitstreet rue, la (s)structure structure, la (s)student tudiant, l

(masc.)/tudiante, l (fem.) (s)study, to *tudier ~tudi

succeed (in doing), to russir( faire) ~russi

success succs, lesuffer, to souffrir ~souffertsuffice, to; be enough, to

suffire ~suffisufficient suffisant/esufficiently suffisammentsuggestion suggestion, la (s)(in) Summer en t, l (masc.)superficial superficiel/superficiellesupermarket supermarch, le (s)sure sr/eswim, to nager ~nagswitch off, to teindre ~teintsystem systme, le (s)

table table, la (s)tackle (something), to sy prendre

~sy est pris

take, to prendre ~pristake (somebody), to emmener~emmen

take (somebody/something) down, todescendre (quelquun/quelquechose) ~descendu

take advantage (of), to profiter (de)~profit

take an hour (to do something), tomettre une heure ~mis

take part, to participer ~participtake ten minutes, to prendre dix

minutes ~pristake the time to , to prendre le

temps de ~pristake (somebody/something) up, to

monter (quelquun/quelquechose) ~mont

talent talent, le (s)

talk, to parler ~parltalk to each other, to se parler

~se sont parls (pl.)tall grande/etan, to se bronzer ~sest bronz(by) taxi (en) taxi, le (s)teach, to *enseigner ~enseignteach someone, to apprendre

quelquun ~appristeacher professeur, le/la (s);

enseignant, l (masc.)/enseignante, l (fem.) (s)

team quipe, l (fem.) (s)technical *techniquetechnician *technicien, le/

technicienne, la (s)telephone (somebody), to

tlphoner ( quelquun)~tlphon

telephone tlphone, le (s)

television tlvision, la (s)tell, to dire ~dittell lies, to mentir ~mentitemperature temprature, la (s)tempt, to tenter ~tenttemptation tentation, la (s)


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40ten dixtenant *locataire le/la (s)terminate, to terminer ~terminterrible terribleterribly terriblementtest *contrle, le (s)

text message texto, le (s)Thank you! Merci!thanks to grce that athat is (to say) cest--direthats it; here it is voilThat will teach him! a lui aprendra!

then ensuiteThere is left. Il reste There is nothing to do. Il ny a rien

faire.There is talk of Il est question

de There isnt much. Il ny a pas

grand-chose.thing *machin, le (s); truc, le (s)think, to penser ~pensthink/not think so, to penser que

oui/nonthirst soif, lathis way comme athousand mille (-)thousand million (billion)

milliard, le (s)throw, to lancer ~lancthrow (away), to jeter ~jetticket billet, le (s)

time (first time) fois, la (-) (lapremire fois)time heure, l (fem.) (s)timid timidetired fatigu/etoday aujourdhui

together ensembletolerable tolrabletolerant tolrant/etolerate, to *tolrer ~tolrtomorrow (morning/evening)

demain (matin/soir)

too (much) trop; also aussitotally totalementtourism *tourisme, letown ville, la (s)traditional *traditionnel/traditionnelle(by) train (en) train, le (s)training formation, la (s)

transformation transformation, la (s)translate, to traduire ~traduittranslation traduction, la (s)transmissible transmissibletree arbre, l (masc.) (s)trip voyage, le (s)truck camion, le (s)truth vrit, latry, to essayer ~essayturn, to tourner ~tourntwo deuxtype type, le (s)

unbearable insupportableunbreakable incassableuncomfortable inconfortableunder sousunder the present circumstances

dans les circonstances prsentesunderstand, to comprendre

~comprisunderstand of/about, tocomprendre ~compris

unexpected inattendu/eunfortunately malheureusementunhoped for inespr/e


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41university universit, l (fem.) (s)unpronounceable imprononableurgent urgent/euse utilisation, l (fem.) (s)use, to utiliser ~utilisuseful utile

useless *inutileutility utilit, l (fem.) (s)

valid validevaluation valuation, l (fem.) (s)value valeur, la (s)value, to estimer ~estim

very trsvideo vido, la (s)violence violence, lavisible visiblevision vision, la (s)visitor visiteur, le/visiteuse, la (s)vitamin vitamine, la (s)vocabulary vocabulaire, levolunteer volontaire, le/la (s)

wake (somebody) up, torveiller ~rveill

wake up, to se rveiller ~sestrveill

walk, to marcher ~marchwalk (back) home, to raccompagner

~raccompagnwant, to vouloir ~vouluwarn, to avertir ~avertiwash, to laver ~lav

wash oneself, to se laver ~sest lavwash up, to faire la vaissellewater eau, l (fem.)weather temps, leweek semaine, la (s)weekend week-end, le (s)

welcome, to accueillir ~accueilliwell bienWhat a shame! Quel dommage!What luck! Quelle chance!wheel roue, la (s)whereas tandis que

while pendant quewhy pourquoiwin, to gagner ~gagnwindow fentre, la (s)(in) Winter (en) hiver, l (masc.)wish, to souhaiter ~souhaitwith avec

without sansword mot, le (s)worried inquiet/inquite(at) work (au) travail, lework (function), to marcher

~marchwork, to travailler ~travaillworkforce personnel, leworld monde, le (s)worse plus malwrite, to crire ~crit

xenophobia xnophobie, la

year an, l (masc.)/anne, l(fem.) (s)

yellow *jauneyesterday hierYou never know. On ne sait jamais.young *jeune; petit/e


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