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Bescherelle Words
Key verbs and their translation from the Bescherelle
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| absoudre | to absolve |
| acheter | to buy |
| acquérir | to acquire |
| aimer | to like, to love |
| aller | to go |
| appeler | to call |
| assaillir | to assail |
| asseoir | to sit down |
| avoir | to have |
| battre | to beat |
| boire | to drink |
| bouillir | to boil |
| broyer | to grind |
| céder | to give up |
| choir | to fall |
| clore | to close |
| confire | to preserve |
| coudre | to sew |
| courir | to run |
| couvrir | to cover |
| craindre | to fear |
| créer | to create |
| crier | to shout |
| croire | to believe |
| croître | to increase, wax, grow |
| cueillir | to gather |
| cuire | to cook |
| déchoir | to decline, fall |
| décroître | to decrease, diminish, abate, wane |
| devoir | to have to |
| dire | to say |
| dormir | to sleep |
| échoir | to come due or expire |
| écrire | to write |
| émouvoir | to move, touch, affect, stir emotionally |
| envoyer | to send |
| essuyer | to wipe |
| être | to be |
| exclure | to exclude |
| faillir | to lack |
| faire | to make, do |
| falloir | to be necessary |
| finir | to finish |
| fuir | to flee |
| gésir | to lie dead |
| haïr | to hate |
| inclure | to include |
| jeter | to throw |
| joindre | to join |
| luire | to shine |
| manger | to eat |
| messeoir | to be unbecoming, unseemly, inappropriate |
| mettre | to put |
| modeler | to model, fashion, shape |
| moudre | to mill, grind |
| mourir | to die |
| naître | to be born |
| ouïr | to hear |
| paître | to graze |
| paraître | to seem |
| payer | to pay |
| peindre | to paint |
| peser | to weigh |
| placer | to put |
| plaire | to please |
| pleuvoir | to rain |
| pourvoir | to provide, to furnish, to supply |
| pouvoir | to be able |
| prendre | to take |
| préparer (parer) | to prepare |
| recevoir | to receive |
| rendre | to give back |
| repaître | to feed on something |
| résoudre | to resolve |
| rire | to laugh |
| rompre | to break |
| savoir | to know |
| sentir | to feel, smell |
| seoir | to be becoming, to be fitting, to be appropriate |
| servir | to serve |
| siéger | to be located, to hold sessions |
| suivre | to follow |
| surseoir | to delay |
| tenir | to hold |
| traire | to milk (cows) |
| vaincre | to defeat |
| valoir | to be worth |
| vêtir | to clothe |
| vivre | to live |
| voir | to see |
| vouloir | to want |