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French vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| à cette époque | at that time |
| à cheval | on horseback |
| à condition que | provided that |
| à côté de | beside |
| à l'aise | at ease |
| à la fois | at the same time |
| à la mode | fashionable |
| à merveille | beautifully |
| à moins que | unless |
| à raison | rightly |
| à tort | wrongly |
| à toute vitesse | at full speed |
| à vélo | by bicycle |
| aboyer | to bark |
| accéder | to have access to |
| acier | steel |
| actualité | current events |
| addition | check |
| adoucir | to soften |
| affaire | to bargain |
| affiche | poster |
| agglomération | town/urban area |
| agneau | lamb (meat) |
| aîné(e) | older |
| ainsi | in that manner |
| alimentaire | dietary |
| alpinisme | mountaineering |
| ambitieux/ambitieuse | ambitious |
| améliorer | to improve |
| amener | to bring/take along |
| amphis | lecture halls |
| ampleur | magnitude |
| anathème | something condemned |
| ancien/ancienne | former |
| annuaire | directory |
| annuler | to cancel |
| anonymat | anonymity |
| anorak | parka |
| antenne parabolique | satellite dish |
| antillais(e) | West Indian |
| antiquaire | antique dealer |
| antipathique | unpleasant |
| apercevoir | to catch a glimpse of |
| apéritif | before-dinner drink |
| appareil | camera; telephone; piece of equipment |
| appartenir | to belong |
| armée | army |
| arrêt | bus stop |
| ascenseur | elevator |
| assiette | plate |
| atomique: centrale | nuclear power plant |
| attraper | to catch |
| au courant | well-informed; on top of |
| auberge | inn |
| autant | as much |
| Auvergne | region in central France |
| avare | stingy |
| baignoire | bathtub |
| maillot | swimming suit |
| banc | bench |
| barbant(e) | boring |
| bas | stockings |
| bas/basse | low |
| battre | to defeat |
| beaujolais | a French red wine |
| bête | stupid |
| bifteck | steak |
| blanchisserie | laundry |
| boîte | can |
| bouche | mouth |
| boulot | job |
| boum | party |
| bourse | scholarship |
| camelote | junk |
| caméscope | camcorder |
| cantine | school cafeteria |
| carrière | career |
| cartes | cards |
| caserne de pompiers | fire station |
| ceinture | belt |
| célibataire | single |
| concours | contest |
| connu(e) | well known |
| consacré(e) | devoted |
| contractuelle | parking enforcement officer |
| dactylo | typist |
| décapotable | convertible |
| défiler | to march |
| deltaplane | to go hang-gliding |
| démarrer | to drive away |
| déménager | to move (house) |
| dents | teeth |
| devise | motto |
| devises | currency |
| dizaine | about |
| doigt | finger |
| durer | to last |