À Moi Paris Level 4 - ch 1

Question 1

Être amoureux (m), amoureuse (f )

Answer 1

To be in love; Watch out, we don’t say in France “être en amour”

Question 2

Quotidienne

Answer 2

daily; Un quotidien is a daily newspaper

Question 3

Une/un lève tôt

Answer 3

an early bird; Someone that wakes up early

Question 4

Le cardio

Answer 4

cardio-vascular exercises; Colloquial French tends to shorten longer words: abdominaux = abdo, frigidaire = frigo…

Question 5

L’assouplissement

Answer 5

stretching; Masculine

Question 6

Traîner

Answer 6

to linger

Question 7

Un look

Answer 7

a look, a style; Anglicism : une apparence, un style

Question 8

Ondulé

Answer 8

wavy

Question 9

Les porte généralement en queue de cheval

Answer 9

wears it (the hair) in a pony tail; Porter ses cheveux en…

Question 10

Retrouver

Answer 10

to meet up with; Also to find something that was lost

Question 11

Ben zut alors

Answer 11

oh, that’s too bad; Colloquial

Question 12

Un sommeil de plomb

Answer 12

a very deep sleep; Le plomb is lead

Question 13

Dormir comme un loir

Answer 13

to sleep like a log; Idiom - un loir is a rodent that hibernates

Question 14

Une tartine

Answer 14

a slice of bread with jam or honey…; Usually done with baguette - French bread loaf

Question 15

Cet aprem’

Answer 15

this afternoon; Colloquial

Question 16

Mon prof de stats

Answer 16

my statistics teacher; Short for mon professeur de statistiques

Question 17

Faire le plein

Answer 17

to fill a car up with gas; Slang – to stock up on groceries for example

Question 18

Elle petit-déjeune

Answer 18

she takes her breakfast; The correct form is prendre son petit déjeuner, so “elle prend sont petit-déjeuner” but a lot of people use it as a verb

Question 19

Filer

Answer 19

to leave/to run/to flee; Colloquial

Question 20

Mi-longs

Answer 20

medium length

Question 21

Laisser/faire pousser

Answer 21

to let/make something grow; Used a lot for hair, but also plants

Question 22

Avoir cours

Answer 22

to have a class/a lesson

Question 23

Coquet, coquette

Answer 23

liking to look good; This is not negative as it is in English

Question 24

Une mise en plis

Answer 24

to style one’s hair with the hair dryer

Question 25

Faire des chichis

Answer 25

to go overboard; Colloquial

Question 26

Le brillant à lèvre

Answer 26

lip gloss

Question 27

Descendre les escaliers quatre à quatre

Answer 27

to go downstairs quickly; Idiom, lit to go down the stairs four by four (stair steps)

Question 28

S’élancer

Answer 28

to dash off

Question 29

Être essoufflé

Answer 29

to be out of breath

Question 30

Tout juste à l’heure

Answer 30

right on time

Question 31

Avoir lieu

Answer 31

to take place

Question 32

Un tableau

Answer 32

a black/white board; Also a painting

Question 33

La bibliothèque

Answer 33

; Une librairie = a bookstore

Question 34

Un portable

Answer 34

a laptop, but also a cell phone; For the cell phone, it should be un téléphone mobile , but that’s what the French really say. Confusing since un porta­ble is also a laptop.

Question 35

Un doctorat en informatique

Answer 35

a PHD in computer science

Question 36

N’y connaissent rien

Answer 36

know nothing about it

Question 37

Les études secondaires

Answer 37

high school

Question 38

Une mention

Answer 38

departemental honors/ cum laude

Question 39

S’orienter vers

Answer 39

to take the direction of; Both physical and mental

Question 40

Un BTS

Answer 40

A higher technical studies diploma; Bac + 2 years of additional studies. Stands for brevet technique supérieur.

Question 41

La direction

Answer 41

direction, management

Question 42

Se faire de l’argent

Answer 42

to make money

Question 43

En commun

Answer 43

shared

Question 44

Diviser

Answer 44

to divide, to split

Question 45

La gestion

Answer 45

management theory

Question 46

Perfectionner

Answer 46

to perfect

Question 47

Tout en + verb in “ant”

Answer 47

at the same time as

Question 48

Des pays en voie de développement

Answer 48

3rd world countries

Question 49

Elle s’en fiche

Answer 49

she does not give a damn; Colloquial

Question 50

S’élancer

Answer 50

to dash off

Question 51

Être essoufflé

Answer 51

to be out of breath

Question 52

Tout juste à l’heure

Answer 52

right on time

Question 53

Avoir lieu

Answer 53

to take place

Question 54

Un tableau

Answer 54

a black/white board; Also a painting

Question 55

La bibliothèque

Answer 55

; Une librairie = a bookstore

Question 56

Un portable

Answer 56

a laptop, but also a cell phone; For the cell phone, it should be un téléphone mobile , but that’s what the French really say. Confusing since un porta­ble is also a laptop.