words for movement, memory, and comparing things

Question 1

passer par

Answer 1

pass by

Question 2

traverser

Answer 2

pass through

Question 3

la durété

Answer 3

harshness

Question 4

pareil à

Answer 4

the same as, like ( or “such,” as in “pareil livres”)

Question 5

comme

Answer 5

like, both as in manner and comparison; it can also mean a comparative “as,” as in (=en tant que); the conjunctions “as” and “how”

Question 6

tant

Answer 6

adv
(=tellement) so much
Je l’aime tant! I love him so much!
Il a tant travaillé qu’il s’est rendu malade. He worked so hard that he made himself ill.
tant de [+sable, eau] so much
tant de nourriture so much food
[+gens, livres] so many
tant de livres so many books
(en corrélation avec “que”: autant) tant que as much as
Prenez-en tant que vous voudrez. Take as much as you want.
Tant que ça? As much as that?
pour des raisons tant personnelles que professionnelles for personal as much as professional reasons
(autres locutions) tant que (avec une phrase négative) as long as
Tu ne sortiras pas tant que tu n’auras pas fini tes devoirs. You’re not going out until you’ve finished your homework.
(avec une phrase affirmative) while
Profites-en tant que tu peux. Make the most of it while you can.
en tant que as
Il y est allé en tant que représentant du syndicat. He went as a representative of the union.
tant mieux that’s great, so much the better
→ on a deux semaines de congé à Noël - tant mieux, je voulais partir en Provence
→ c’est sûr, il va menacer de démissionner - mais tant mieux, ça dégagera le terrain
tant mieux pour lui good for him
tant pis too bad
un tant soit peu (=un peu) a little bit
(=même un peu) (even) remotely
tant bien que mal [réussir] with great difficulty
→ Il réussit tant bien que mal à se hisser sur le rocher.
tant s’en faut (lit) far from it, not by a long way
tant et si bien que so much so that
tant et plus a great deal

Question 7

similaire à

Answer 7

similar to

Question 8

un fil

Answer 8

thread

Question 9

la barbichette

Answer 9

goatee

Question 10

mêlé

Answer 10

mingle, mix

Question 11

l’êntrepôt

Answer 11

warehouse

Question 12

ravissement

Answer 12

noun: overjoying, delight, rapture

Question 13

à reculons

Answer 13

backwards (reculer – to move back)

Question 14

une geste

Answer 14

gesture, movement

Question 15

se rappeler

Answer 15

to remember

se rappeler que: to remember that

Question 16

rappeler

Answer 16

to remind or to be reminiscent of

Question 17

rapporter

Answer 17

to bring back, to take back, or to relate:

“rapporter quelquechose à quelquechose” = to relate something to something

Je leur ai rapporté un cadeau. = I brought them back a present.

Question 18

se souvenir

Answer 18

to remember

Question 19

retourner

Answer 19

(intransitive, no direct object)

to go home

Question 20

revenir

Answer 20

(intransitive) to come back

Question 21

rentre

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(intransitive) to come or to go home

Question 22

rendre

Answer 22

(transitive) to give something back

Question 23

rembourser

Answer 23

(transitive) to give money back

Question 24

rapporter

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(transitive) to return something to a store

Question 25

renvoyer, retourner

Answer 25

(transitive) to send something back

Question 26

déplacer

Answer 26

to move something (as in, “I moved some stuff around in the house.)

Question 27

bouger

Answer 27

to move something

Question 28

changer

Answer 28

to change (i.e. a date)

Question 29

muter

Answer 29

to move an employer or object between departements

Question 30

émouvoir

Answer 30

to move emotionally

to be moved emotionally: je suis émue pat

Question 31

pousser or inciter qn à faire qch

Answer 31

to move someone to do something

Question 32

évoluer

Answer 32

to move as in, “events are moving fast!”

Question 33

déménager

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to move (mostly OUT) as in, "I moved out of his apartment last year."
-- transitive

Question 34

voyager, se déplacer

Answer 34

to move around from city to city as in, “I moved from Denver to Pittsburgh”

Question 35

se déplacer

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to move one’s self around (as he moved around, his tattoo showed)

Question 36

remuer

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to fidget

Question 37

reculer

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to move an object in a board game or police scene

Question 38

remettre

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to return something to its former place (le remettez à sa place).

Question 39

what do you do as leisure?

Answer 39

qu’est que tu fait comme loisir?

Question 40

emménager

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to move between houses (intransitive – as in, “they moved last week” or “I moved in with him”).

Question 41

s’éloigner, s’en aller

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to move off - the car moved off when I gestured with my hand

Question 42

intervenir

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to move in to do something (troops in the riot)

Question 43

passer à autre chose

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to move on to a different conversation topic

Question 44

se remettre en route, partir pour

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to move on while traveling

Question 45

se pousser

Answer 45

to move over as in “will you move over a little bit” (est-ce que vous pouvez vous pousser un peu?)

Question 46

se diriger vers

Answer 46

to move toward a person or thing

Question 47

s’acheminer vers

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to move toward a goal ( Ils s’acheminent vers une démocratie parlementaire. )

Question 48

avancer

Answer 48

to move up

Question 49

se rapprocher

Answer 49

to move closer