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French Conversation
Ch3:Un Service, Les Directions, La Vie Estudiante, Les Vacances, L'extrait Lit.
| un service | a favor |
| dépanner | to help out |
| Je peux...? | Can I...?/ May I...? |
| Je pourrais...? | Could I...? |
| Ça vous dérange si...? | Does it bother you if...? |
| Vous permettez? | May I? |
| prêter | to lend |
| emprunter | to borrow |
| avoir besoin d'aide | to need help |
| tourner | to turn |
| prendre (à gauche) | to take a left, to go left |
| passer | to pass |
| tout droit | straight |
| à droite | (on the) right |
| à gauche | (on the) left |
| a coin de | at the corner of |
| sur la/ta/votre droite | on the/ your right |
| un bâtiment | a building |
| un feu (aux feux) | a traffic light |
| une faculté | a college/ department |
| la faculté des Lettres/ la fac de Lettres | College/ Department of the Humanities |
| un amphi(théâtre) | a lecture hall |
| un TP, un labo | a practical application session, lab session |
| un maître de conférences | a college professor, lecturer |
| une unité de cours | a course credit |
| une filière | a program |
| une matière | a discipline |
| science-po | political science |
| une licence | college three-year superior degree (France) |
| un master (une maîtrise) | college four-year superior degree (France) |
| s'inscrire à un cours | to register for a class |
| suivre un cours | to take a class |
| aller en cours/ en classe | to go to class |
| aller à l'université | to be in college, to go to college |
| faire des études | to study (to be a student) |
| étudier à l'étranger | to study abroad |
| le bureau des inscriptions | registration services |
| le rectorat | school board administrations |
| laïque | secular |
| la laïcité | secularism |
| titulaire | (degree) holder |
| baccalauréat | end of high school diploma (France)/ superior degree (Quebec and the US) |
| une formation longue | college program (as opposed to shorter program at a professional school) |
| la recherche | research |
| soutenance (de thèse) | thesis/Ph.D. defense |
| soutenir | to defend |
| une thèse | a Ph.D. dissertation |
| un mémoire | a thesis (for an M.A. or degree other than Ph.D.) |
| le resto U | (subsidized) campus restaurant |
| un conseiller, une conseillère | an adviser |
| conseiller, donner un conseil | to advise |
| un bulletin/ un relevé de notes | grade report |
| le logement | lodging |
| une résidence universitaire | dorms or on-campus lodging |
| être en vacances | to be on vacation |
| un voyage organisé | a package tour |
| un billet d'avion | a plane ticket |
| un aller-retour | a round-trip ticket |
| en première/ deuxième classe | in first/ second class |
| le petit-déjeuner inclus | breakfast included |
| une formule tout compris | all-included option |
| louer | to rent |
| une agence de location | a rental agency |
| faire un prix | to give a discount |
| la poste | the post office |
| le taux de change | the exchange rate |
| un pourboire | a tip |
| se mettre en tête de | to (somewhat stubbornly) decide to |
| dispenser (une education) | to provide |
| la foi | faith |
| un coup d'œil | a glimpse |
| repérer | to locate, to see |
| que je sache | as far as I know |
| crépu | frizzy |
| emmêlé | entangled |
| le teint | complexion |
| s'enfuir | to run away, to escape |
| saugrenu | crazy, absurd |
| se procurer | to get |
| un anneau | a ring |
| (visible) à l'œil nu | (visible) to the naked eye |
| faire attention à | to be careful about, to pay special attention to |
| abandonner | to give up |
| un reseignement | information |
| l'accueil | the reception desk |
| un couloir | a hallway |
| un distributeur de besoin | a soda machine |
| un distributeur (d'argent) | an ATM |
| Ça tombe bien! | That's lucky! |
| le menton | the chin |
| des ballons | balloons |
| de la glace | ice or ice cream |
| des sodas | sodas |
| de biscuits apéro | crackers |
| de la bière | beer |
| tomber amoureux(se) | to fall in love |
| le coup de foudre | love at first sight |
| les tourtereaux | lovebirds |
| vérifier (France), checker (Québec) | to check |
| un ascenseur | an elevator |
| les actualitées | the news |
| le permis de conduire | driver's license |
| gratuit | free |
| promouvoir | to promote |
| un souvenir | a memory |
| le Gaulois | the Gauls (ancestors of the French) |
| le savoir | knowledge |
| Ça me rend triste. | it makes me sad |
| On a passé l'examen. | We took the exam. |
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AdrienneBronner
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