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Holly's Random Words
Random words to know for GCSE
French | English |
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pleurer | to cry |
couter | to cost |
bruler | to burn |
une ordonnance | prescription |
rester en forme | to keep fit |
gratuit | free (of charge) |
selon | according to |
rire | to laugh |
casser | to break |
un passant | passer-by |
souvent | often |
cependant | however |
couper | to cut |
moucher | to blow your nose |
vider | to empty |
tacher | to attempt/try |
tache | stain |
taches menageres | housework |
la cheville | ankle |
le poignet | wrist |
actuellement | currently |
le plancher | floor |
oublier | to forget |
sauvage | wild |
remarquer | to notice |
jamais | never |
avoir besoin de... | to need |
vif/vive | bright |
affreux | awful/offensive |
il fallait | it was necessary |
le fievre | fever |
tousser | to cough |
un redacteur | editor |
a l'etranger | abroad |
libre | free/unoccupied |
conduire | to drive |
le/la patron(ne) | boss |
j'ai craque | i went to pieces |
l'addition | bill |
piquant(e) | spicy |
ambience | atmosphere |
attendre | to wait |
Le tabac | A shop liscensed to sell stamps |
une piece | a room, coin or play |
rembourser | to refund |
un billet | note (money) |
le rayon de... | the department of... |
les feux | traffic lights |
la maroquinerie | leather department |
au coin | in the corner |
connaitre | to know (person, place) |
une verre | glass |
accueil chalereux | warm welcome |
l'epicerie | grocer's |
craindre | to fear |
briller | to shine |
apprecier | to appreciate |
partager | to share |
un paysage | scenery |
fixer (un rendezvous) | to make (an appointment) |
entoure de...(e.g. fleurs) | surrounded by... (e.g. flowers) |
interdites | forbidden |
fiers | proud |
soif | thirst |
un concours | contest |
reconnaissante | grateful |
peur | fear |
la raison | the right (to do s.th.) |
faim | hunger |
je voudrais me plaindre | i would like to complain |
ce que j'ai aime mieux c'etait... | what I liked best was... |
courir | to run |
eviter | to avoid |
sourire | to smile |
entendre | to hear |
rigoler | to have a laugh |
renvoyer | to send back/dismiss |
tuer | to kill |
eteindre | to put out/extinguish |
feter | to celebrate |
priver | to deprive |
mettre le couvert | to set the table |
mettre de cote | to put aside |
tirer sur | to fire/shoot at |
reussir | to succeed |
fort | strong/good at s.th |
quotidien | daily |
dechire | torn |
blesse | injured/ wounded |
exigeant | demanding |
intime | personal/private |
effrayant | frightening |
profond | deep |
leger | light |
une greve | a strike |
le sang | blood |
la lachete | cowardice |
un(e) voisin(e) | a neighbour |
le ciel | the sky |
le but | aim |
le sable | sand |
(etudier) le droit | (to study) law |
un metier | job/profession |
la formation | training |
le boulot | work |
le chemin | way/path |
la perte | the loss |
une epreuve | a test |
une croisiere | a cruise |
un siecle | a century |
une assiette | a plate |
la toile | the Web |
le bonheur | happpiness |
la tristesse | sadness |
un moyen | the means |
un jouet | a toy |
elever | to raise, rear |
un ouvrier | a worker |
une piste | a track, lane |
une bijouterie | jeweller's |
un cauchemar | a nightmare |
louer | to hire/rent |
sinon | otherwise |
se depecher | to hurry |
avoir honte | to be ashamed |
s'ennuyer | to be bored |
garder | to keep, look after |
s'habituer a... | to get used to |
vivre | to live |
frapper | to hit |
gouter | to eat a snack/to taste |
tandis que | while, whereas |
pourtant | moreover |
plutot | rather |
parmi | amongst |
etre en train de + vb | to be in the middle of... |
quant a | as for... |
grace a | thanks to |
n'importe ou | anywhere |
au chomage | unemployed |
Cela | that |
autre chose | something else |
autre part | somewhere |
s'asseoir | to sit (down) |
renverser | to run over |
le camion | lorry |
heurter | to crash into |
deraper | to skid |
le faute | the fault |
arreter | to stop |
un embouteillage | traffic jam |
circuler | to move (usually traffic) |
rouler | to move/roll |
la circulation | traffic |
tomber en panne | to break down |
un bruit etrange | a strange noise |
l'essence | petrol |
le moteur | engine |
sans plomb | without lead/unleaded |
les pneus | tyres |
l'huile | oil |
le gaz oil | diesel |
verifier | to check |
nouveau-ne | newborn |
des renseignements | information |
le courrier | mail/post |
un morceau | a piece |
gate | spoilt |
encore | still / more / yet |
a n'importe quelle heure | at any time |
essayer | to try |
s'inquieter | to worry |
habile | skilful |
penible | painful |
demi-pension | half board |