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La France en danger
full glossary from the book La France en danger et les secrets de Picasso
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| a | has |
| à | to, at, in |
| à côté de | next to |
| accélère | accelerates |
| un accident | an accident |
| une activité | an activity |
| un agent | an agent |
| des agents | some agents |
| aider | to help |
| aïe | ouch |
| l'air | (the) air |
| allons | let's go |
| allons-y | let's go there |
| allume | lights |
| alors | so, then |
| un ami | a (male) friend |
| une amie | a (female) friend |
| un amiral | an admiral |
| des animaux | (some) animals |
| un animal | an animal |
| une année | a year |
| des ans | some years |
| Antibes | a city in southern France where the Grimaldi castle is |
| Antoine | Anthony |
| Pierre-Antoine Antonelle | historical figure from Arles who defended the ideals of the French Revolution |
| un appareil photo | a camera |
| vous appelez | you call |
| elle appelle | she calls |
| des applaudissements | (some) applause |
| après | after |
| une arène | an arena |
| Arles | a city in southern France that has a lot of Roman ruins |
| il arrive | he arrives |
| ils arrivent | they arrive |
| arrivés | once arrived, upon arrival |
| l'art | art |
| un.e artiste | an artist |
| des artistes | (some) artists |
| tu as | you have (singular informal) |
| il attaque | he attacks |
| attaquer | to attack |
| elle attrape | she catches |
| au | to the (à + le) |
| aussi | also |
| autre | other, another |
| aux | to the (à + les) |
| elle avance | she advances or moves forward |
| ils avancent | they advance or move forward |
| vous avancez | you advance or move forward (formal or plural) |
| avec | with |
| vous avez | you have (formal or plural) |
| une barrière | a barrier |
| beau | handsome or good-looking |
| beaucoup | a lot of |
| belle | beautiful |
| bien | well |
| blanc | white |
| bombardé | bombed or bombarded |
| une bombe | a bomb |
| des bombes | (some) bombs |
| bon, bonne | good |
| bonjour | hello |
| la bouche | (the) mouth |
| une bougie | a candle |
| le bras | (the) arm |
| bravo | bravo (good job or hooray) |
| ça brûle | that burns |
| ils brûlent | they are burning |
| bruns | brown |
| ça | that or this |
| le café | (the) coffee or coffee shop |
| des cafés | (some) coffees or coffee shops |
| un cahier | a notebook |
| ce | this (before a masculine noun) |
| célèbre | famous |
| centre | center |
| c'est | it is or this is |
| cette | this (before a feminine noun) |
| un chapeau | a hat |
| une chapelle | a chapel or small church |
| le chapitre | the chapter |
| un charmeur | a charmer |
| un chat | a cat |
| un château | a castle |
| un cheval | a horse |
| les cheveux | (the) hair |
| cinq | five |
| une colonne | a column |
| comme | like or as |
| comment | how |
| Comment vous appelez-vous? | What's your name? (formal or plural) |
| elle compare | she compares |
| complètement | completely |
| il comprend | he understands |
| il ne comprend pas | he does not understand |
| tu comprends | you understand (singular informal) |
| je comprends | I understand |
| elles comprennent | they understand (group of all females) |
| concentré/concentrée | concentrated |
| confus/confuse | confused or embarrassed |
| une connexion | a connection |
| construit | constructed or built |
| content/content | happy |
| il continue | he continues |
| contrôler | to control |
| une conversation | a conversation |
| une corrida | a bullfight |
| une couleur | a color |
| les couleurs | (the) colors |
| une courbe | a curve |
| ils courent | they're running (group with at least one male) |
| courons | let's run |
| je cours | I'm running |
| cours! | run! (to one person, informally) |
| une course de taureaux | running of the bulls |
| elle court | she's running |
| ils crient | they're yelling or shouting (group with at least one male) |
| la curiosité | (the) curiosity |
| un danger | a danger |
| dans | in |
| Charles de Gaulle | a former president and general from France |
| de, d' | of or from |
| décoder | to decode |
| elle défend | she defends |
| défendre | to defend |
| je défends | I'm defending |
| déguisé | disguised |
| il se déguise | he disguises himself |
| il demande | he asks |
| derrière | behind |
| des | from the or of the (de + les) |
| la destruction | (the) destruction |
| deux | two |
| devant | in front of |
| il disparaît | he disappears |
| elle dit | she says |
| dix | ten |
| un doigt | a finger |
| douze | twelve |
| du | from the or of the (de +le) |
| de l'eau | (some) water |
| il s'échappe | he escapes |
| s'echapper | to escape |
| il écoute | he listens or he's listening (to) |
| ils écoutent | they're listening (to) |
| elle écrit | she writes or she's writing |
| efficace | effective or efficient |
| elle | she |
| elles | they (group of all females) |
| en | in or at |
| en face de | facing |
| énormes | enormous (for a plural) |
| ensuite | next or then |
| entre | between |
| ils entrent | they enter |
| entrer | to enter |
| tu es | you are (singular and informal) |
| l'Espagne | Spain |
| espagnol, espagnole | Spanish |
| il est | he is or it is |
| l'estomac | (the) stomach |
| et | and |
| vous êtes | you are (formal or plual) |
| l'Europe | Europe |
| évident, évidente | evident or obvious |
| exactement | exactly |
| exagérés | exaggerated (for a plural) |
| elle examine | she examines |
| examiner | to examine |
| excellent, excellente | excellent |
| exceptionnel, exceptionnelle | exceptional |
| il excite | it excites or he excites |
| elle exclame | she exclaims |
| une excuse | an excuse |
| des excuses | (some) excuses |
| une expérience | an experience |
| un expert | an expert |
| elle explique | she explains |
| exposer | to expose |
| une exposition | an exhibit |
| fascinant, fascinante | fascinating |
| fatigué, fatiguée | tired |
| une femme | a woman |
| il flotte | it floats or he floats |
| il forme | it forms |
| français, française | French |
| la France | France |
| il frappe | he hits |
| ils frappent | they hit (group with at least one male) |
| furieux, furieuse | furious or really mad |
| grand, grande | big or tall |
| grands, grandes | big or tall (for a plural) |
| Grimaldi | the family and name of a castle in the town of Antibes |
| Guernica | a town in northern Spain and also the name of a painting by Picasso |
| ils habitent | they live (group with a least one male) |
| elle habite | she lives |
| vous habitez | you live (plural or formal) |
| un héros | a hero |
| il heurte | he runs into |
| l'histoire | history or (the) story |
| un homme | a man |
| des hommes | (some) men |
| huit | eight |
| une idée | an idea |
| des idées | (some) ideas |
| il | he or it |
| il y a | there is or there are |
| ils | they (group with at least one male) |
| une image | a picture or image |
| des images | (some) images |
| l'imagination | (the) imagination |
| elle imagine | she imagines |
| immédiatement | immediately |
| impatient, impatiente | impatient |
| l'importance | (the) importance |
| important, importante | important |
| des informations | (some) information |
| il insiste | he insists |
| intelligent, intelligente | smart or intelligent |
| intensément | intensely |
| l'intérêt | (the) interest |
| intérieur | interior or inside |
| international, internationale | international |
| une investigation | an investigation |
| la jambe | the leg |
| les jambes | the legs |
| je | I |
| je m'appelle | my name is |
| je m'échappe | I escape or I'm escaping |
| une lampe | a lamp |
| des lampes | some lamps |
| une lance | lance or spear |
| une légende | a legend |
| le, la, l', les | the |
| elle lève | she lifts or raises |
| le long de | along |
| Louis IX | a king of France from the 1200s |
| Luc | Luke |
| lui | him or her |
| mon, ma, mes | my |
| mademoiselle | Miss |
| magique | magic |
| une main | a hand |
| mais | but |
| les mains | (the) hands |
| une maison | a house |
| il marche | he's walking |
| elles marchent | they're walking (group of all females) |
| un maréchal | a military field marshal |
| Méditerranée | Mediterranean |
| elle mentionne | she mentions |
| la mer | the sea |
| merci | thank you |
| métallique | metallic |
| des millions | millions |
| une mission | a mission |
| moi | me |
| un moment | a moment |
| un motif | a motive |
| des motifs | (some) movites |
| mystérieux, mystérieuse | mysterious |
| le nazisme | Nazism |
| un nazi | a Nazi |
| ne (verbe) pas | not |
| ne (verbe) plus | no longer, not anymore |
| nerveux, nerveuse | nervous |
| nerveusement | nervously |
| neuf | nine |
| le nez | the nose |
| noir, noire, noirs, noires | black |
| non | no |
| normal, normale | normal |
| normalement | normally |
| elle note | she notes or writes down |
| une observation | an observation |
| elle observe | she observes |
| elles observent | they observe (group of all females) |
| une occasion | an occasion |
| il offre | he offers |
| un oncle | an uncle |
| ils ont | they have (group with at least one male) |
| onze | eleven |
| où | where |
| ouest | west |
| oui | yes |
| Pablo | Paul |
| par | by |
| le paradis | (the) paradise |
| il paralyse | he paralyzes or it paralyzes |
| le parc | the park |
| parce que | because |
| Paris | the capital of France |
| elle parle | she speaks or she is talking |
| parler | to speak or to talk |
| tu parles | you speak or you're talking |
| particulier, particulière | particular |
| une partie | a part |
| pendant | during |
| elle perce | it pierces |
| une personne | a person |
| des personnes | (some) people |
| Maréchal Pétain | leader of France who collaborated with the Nazis |
| petit, petite, petits, petites | small or short |
| une photo | a photo |
| des photos | (some) photos |
| un picador | a matador (bullfighter) |
| Pablo Picasso | a famous Spanish painter who spent much of his life in France |
| Pierre | Peter |
| un pirate | a pirate |
| une place | a town square or a seat in a theatre |
| plus | more |
| un pont | a bridge |
| populaire | popular |
| elle porte | she's wearing or she carries |
| possible | possible |
| pour | for |
| pourquoi | why |
| il prend | he takes |
| prendre | to take (or to order in a restaurant) |
| je prends | I'm taking (or I'll have...in a restaurant) |
| vous prenez | you're taking (formal or plural) |
| une princesse | a princess |
| un prisonnier, une prisonnière | a prisoner |
| une promenade | a walk or a walkway |
| il propose | he proposes or suggests |
| quand | when |
| quatre | four |
| que | that or which |
| quel, quelle, quels, quelles | which |
| qui | who or whom |
| rapide | fast or rapid |
| rapidement | quickly or rapidly |
| rationnel, rationnelle | rational |
| rattraper | to catch |
| réaliste | realistic |
| elle reconnaît | she recognizes |
| il regarde | he's looking at or watching |
| elles regardent | they're looking at or watching (group of all females) |
| regarder | to look at |
| il répète | he repeats |
| il répond | he responds |
| il reprend | he takes back |
| reprendre | to take back |
| elle représente | she represents |
| la résistance | the resistance |
| il ressemble à | he looks like or it looks like |
| un restaurant | a restaurant |
| la révolution | the revolution |
| ridicule | ridiculous |
| un rôle | a role |
| romantique, romantiques | romantic |
| une rue | a street |
| les rues | the streets |
| il s'avance | he advances or moves forward |
| elles s'avancent | they advance or move forward (group of all females) |
| il s'exclame | he exclaims |
| son, sa, ses | his or her |
| un saint, une sainte | a saint |
| sauter | to jump |
| ils sautent | they jump (group with at least one male) |
| se déguiser | to disguise one's self |
| se lever | to get up |
| il se lève | he gets up |
| un secret | a secret |
| des secrets | (some) secrets |
| secret, secrètes, secrets, secrètes | secret (as an adjective) |
| secrètement | secretly |
| il sépare | he separates or it separates |
| séparer | to separate |
| sept | seven |
| sérieux, sérieuse | serious |
| le silence | (the) silence |
| une situation | a situation |
| six | six |
| ils sont | they are (group with at least one male) |
| soudainement | suddenly |
| spécial, spéciale | special (sometimes has a negative connotation in French) |
| sud | south |
| je suis | I am |
| au sujet de | about |
| superbe, superbes | superb |
| sur | on |
| un symbole | a symbol |
| des symboles | (some) symbols |
| un tableau | a painting |
| des tableaux | (some) paintings |
| Talbot-Lago | a brand of car |
| un talent | a talent |
| un taureau | a bull |
| des taureaux | (some) bulls |
| ton, ta, tes | your (for singular informal) |
| la tête | the head |
| toi | you |
| il tombe | he falls |
| ils tombent | they fall (for a group with at least one male) |
| des touristes | (some) tourists |
| il tourne | he turns |
| tourner | to turn |
| à travers | across |
| treize | thirteen |
| très | very |
| trois | three |
| tu | you (singular informal) |
| un, une | one, a or an |
| urgent, urgente, urgents, urgentes | urgent |
| il va | he's going or he goes |
| vers | towards |
| ils veulent | they want (for a group with at least one male) |
| elle veut | she wants |
| je veux | I want |
| victorieux, victorieuse, victorieuses | victorious |
| une ville | a city |
| elle visite | she visits |
| elles visitent | they visit (for a group of all females) |
| visiter | to visit |
| vite | quickly |
| ils voient | they see (for a group with at least one male) |
| voilà | there it is; there you go |
| voir | to see |
| je vois | I see |
| il voit | he sees |
| une voiture | a car |
| ils vont | they're going (for a group with at least one male) |
| votre, vos | your (for plural or formal) |
| vous | you (for plural or formal) |
| les yeux | the eyes |
| un oeil | an eye |
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