French vocabulary 1
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| douane | customs
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| l'escale | the stopover
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| l'etiquette | the label
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| haut parleur | loud speaker
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| l'horaire | schedule
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| livraison | delivery
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| passerelle | gateway, footbridge, gang plank
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| ne vous en faites pas | Do not worry
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| couleuvres | snakes
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| fouetter | To whip , flog, lash, ping
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| bête | Adjective: stupid;
Noun: beast
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| pouce | thumb, inch
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| soif | thirst
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| voeux | greeting or wishes
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| sapin; Sapin de Noël | fir:
Christmas tree
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| défilé | parade, procession
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| judas | peephole
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| avéra | proved, revealed (3rd pers. sing. simple past of avérer)
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| meurent | die (3rd pers. plural present of mourir)
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| noyé | adj: drown out, bathed; verb: drowned, flooded (past participle of noyer)
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| mises | noun: bets, stakes; verb: ante, wager, bet (2cd pers. inf. sing. present of miser)
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| mis | placed, put, set, applied (1st pers. simple past of mettre)
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| mise à jour | update
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| en cause | adj: in question, involved, at issue
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| déplacé | adj: moved, transferred, displaced
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| août | August
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| gueule | mouth, trap, jaws
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| cafard | Noun: cockroach, sneak
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| de ferraille | scrap
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| tondre les pelouses | mow lawns
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| écarquiller | to open wide
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| sache | can, know - (first and third person present subjunctive of savoir)
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| les frais | Expenses
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| frais | fresh, cool, fees, cost
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| adossa | leaned (3rd pers. sing. simple past of adosser)
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| suce | suck, blow (1st pers. present of sucer)
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| suça | sucked, blew (3rd pers. sing. simple past of sucer)
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| pétrissaient | were kneading (3rd pers. plural continuous past of pétrir)
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| rentre | to return, go back, retract
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| lâcherait | would release, would unhand, would unleash (3rd pers. sing. continuous present of lâcher)
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| chancelante | adj: Shaky, staggering, faltering
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| faut | must, needs (3rd pers. sing. present of falloir);
fails (3rd pers. sing. present of faillir)
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| osé | adj: daring, naughty, erotic
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| penaude | adj: sheepish, hangdog
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| amer | bitter
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| culot | chutzpah, cheek, sauce, neck, sass
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| courant | noun: current; adj: common, standard; verb: running, racing, accruing (present participle of courir)
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| cours | course, lesson
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| cour | court, courtyard
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| opina | nodded (3rd pers. sing. simple past of opiner)
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| plane | verb: glide, float, hover over, soar (1st pers. present of planer)
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| devinaient | were divining, were guessing (3rd pers. plural past continuous of deviner)
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| emmener | to bring, to take
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| changer d'avis | to budge, to change one's mind
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| avis | view, opinion, advice, notice
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| trôner | to sit enthroned
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| onde | wave
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| rampa | crawled, crept, groveled (3rd pers. simple past of ramper)
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| gêne | noun: discomfort, difficulty; verb: disturb, hamper, bother (1st pers. present of gêner)
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| bandait | was bandaging; was stretching, was winding up (3rd pers. sing. continuous past of bander)
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| verge | penis
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| referai | will remake, will redo, will repack (1st pers. future of refaire)
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| goinfre | noun: glutton, hog; adj: gluttoness
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| embarras | noun: embarrassment, distress, awkwardness
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| plissa | furrowed, pleated, wrinkled, pursed (3rd pers. sing. simple past of plisser)
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| poil | nap, bristle, hair
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| partiels | Adjective: partial
Noun: exam, test
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| soignée | careful, well-kept, immaculate, meticulous
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| emballa | packed, wrapped (3rd pes. sing. simple past of emballer)
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| tortillait | was wriggling (3rd pers. sing. continuous past of tortiller)
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| arqua | arched, curved (3rd pers. sing. simple past of arquer)
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| cabrèrent | reared, bucked (3rd pers. plural simple past of cabrer)
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| fixait | was fixing, was setting, was assessing, was securing, was attaching (3rd pers. sing. past continuous of fixer)
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| relevant la tête | looking up, raising the head
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| donne | noun: order; verb: give, deal, issue, donate (1st pers. present of donner)
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| gargouillait | was gurgling, was rumbling (3rd pers. sing. continuous past of gargouiller)
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| égard | respect, consideration
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| à vif | raw, open
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| entrainer | to train, to drive, to entail, to sway, to coach
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| toujours | always, still, forever
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| fil | thread, wire
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| rapport | report, connection, link
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| envers | preposition: towards; noun: other side
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| mépriserais | would despise, would scorn, would hold in contempt (1st pers. conditional present of mépriser)
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| entendu | heard (past participle of entendre)
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| dégrafer | unhook, unbuckle, unfasten
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| clapotaient | were splashing, were lapping (3rd pers. plural continuous past of clapoter)
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| à peine | barely, hardly, scarcely, thinly, minimally
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| fondait | was establishing, was buiding, was founding (3rd pers. sing. past continuous of fonder)
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| loque | noun: rag, wreck
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| dégoûtaient | were disgusting, were sickening, were nauseating (3rd pers. plural past continuous of dégoûter)
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| éclat | shine, flash, chip, splinter
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| éclats | shards, bits
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| chamade | wildly
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| assourdissait | was deadening, was stunning (3rd pers. sing. past continuous of assourdir)
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| étourderie | thoughtlessness, thoughtless blunder
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| cogna | banged, bumped, bashed, jarred (3rd pers. sing. simple past of cogner)
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| quelconque | any, ordinary
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| effleura | brushed, touched lightly
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| la manche | sleeve
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| d'un bond | at a bound
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| cendrés | ashes, dust
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| hérissa | bristled, aroused, excited, jostled, made angry (3rd pers. sing. simple past of hérisser)
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| radoteurs | drivellers
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| enfila | threaded, strung, pulled (3rd pers. sing. simple past of enfiler)
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| enjôleur | Slick, glib, wheedling
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| rattraper | to catch up, to recapture, to win back
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| soulagea | relieved, alleviated, facilitated (3rd pers. sing. simple past of soulager)
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| jurer | to swear, to curse
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| savonna | lathered, soaped (3rd pers. sing. simple past of savonner)
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| tondre | to mow, shear, clip, fleece
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| pelouses | lawn, turf
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| vif | adj: keen, sharp, lively, acute, alert
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| vante | boast (first and third pers. sing. of vanter)
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