All words from Reading and Comprehension part 2 Flashcards
Vocabulary Acquisition
1
Q
civil servant
A
fontionnaire (m./f.)
2
Q
to lap against
A
lécher
3
Q
critique (m./f.)
A
criticism
4
Q
améliorer (s’)
A
to improve
5
Q
chaleur (f.)
A
heat wave
6
Q
hike
A
randonnée (f.)
7
Q
saxophone
A
saxophone (m.)
8
Q
sense of smell
A
odorat (m.)
9
Q
mettre à son compte (se)
A
to start one’s own business
10
Q
pillow
A
oreiller (m.)
11
Q
box (m.)
A
llose box
12
Q
during
A
lors de
13
Q
microwave onion
A
four (m.) à micro-ondes
14
Q
travaux (m.pl.)
A
construction
15
Q
ago
A
il y a
16
Q
to offer
A
offrir
17
Q
préoccuper
A
to concern
18
Q
according to
A
selon
19
Q
être sur le point de
A
to be about to
20
Q
avoir faim
A
to be hungry
21
Q
effet cocotte-minute (m.)
A
pressure cooker effect
22
Q
right side
A
à l’endroit
23
Q
sucreries (f.pl.)
A
candy, sweets
24
Q
customs
A
douane (f.)
25
tiers de la surface
one-third of the area
26
mouth
bouche (f.)
27
agreement
accord (m.)
28
strength
puissance (f.)
29
améliorer
to improve
30
c'est pas sorcier!
it's easy!
31
perle (f.)
pearl
32
bande dessinée (f.pl.)
comic books
33
lecteur invétéré (m.)
inveterate reader
34
barely, hardly
à peine
35
to burden, to be hard on, to display, to set off
tirer
36
eurocentrism
européocentrisme (m.)
37
to stay
loger (se)
38
lieu de culture (m.)
cultural site
39
illettré
illiterate
40
hôte(sse)
host
41
to be about to
être sur le point de
42
manquer
to be lacking, to miss
43
carré (m.)
square
44
exhausting
crevant
45
faire partie de
to be one of, to be part of
46
way
voie (f.)
47
freshly squeezed orange juice
jus d'orange pressée (m.)
48
building
immeuble (m.)
49
to move around
déplacer (se)
50
pain in the neck
emmerdeur* (m.)
51
fébrile
feverish, excited
52
cheminée (f.)
chimney, smokestack
53
to whisper
chuchoter
54
sawmill
scierie (f.)
55
as long as
tantôt… tantôt
56
except for, apart from
hormis
57
high-pitched
aigu
58
sud
south
59
place to drink and have fun
goguette (f.)
60
painful
douloureux
61
to dry
sécher
62
hasard (m.)
luck, chance
63
appeler
to call
64
to be interested in
intéresser à (s')
65
cinéphile (m./f.)
film enthusiast
66
brouillard (m.)
fog
67
rest area
espace de détente (m.)
68
clavecin (m.)
harpsichord
69
to tend to
tendre à
70
to bring together
réunir
71
to do an internship
faire un stage
72
monture (f.)
mount
73
au sein de
within
74
to extend
élargir
75
vainqueur
victor
76
to slide
glisser
77
courage
courage (m.)
78
tâche (f.)
task
79
inscrire (s')
to be included in, added to
80
faire le ménage
to do the houswork
81
bougon
grumpy
82
déclic (m.)
trigger mechanism
83
transmitter
émetteur (m.)
84
a short distance
à deux pas
85
to signal
faure un signe
86
bow
archet (m.)
87
recording
enregistrement (m.)
88
salt
sel (m.)
89
vivier (m.)
pool
90
parterre (m.)
orchestra
91
to oversee
chapeauter
92
to resonate
résonner
93
poire (f.)
pearl
94
miller
meunier (m.)
95
event
événement (m.)
96
cicatrisant
healing substance
97
flûte (f.)
flute
98
inveterate reader
lecteur invétéré (m.)
99
lèvre (f.)
lip
100
filled with wonder
émerveillé
101
observation, finding
constat
102
volubility, glibness
bagout (m.)
103
kid
gamin€
104
sky
ciel (m.)
105
to chat
discuter
106
goosebumps
chair (f.) de poule
107
chair
chaise (f.)
108
toutefois
however
109
calf
mollet (m.)
110
feu d'artifice (m.)
fireworks
111
soulager
to ease, to relieve, to soothe
112
or (m.)
gold
113
exigence (f.)
requirement
114
last name
nom de famille (m.)
115
to act
agir
116
developed, valued
valoriser
117
ground beef
steak haché (m.)
118
à cheval
on horseback
119
fanfaire (f.)
brass bands
120
mildiou (m.)
mildew
121
conference
congrès (m.)
122
basement
sous-sol
123
élargir
to extend
124
réellement
really, truly
125
to be a thing of the past, to have lived
avoir Vécu
126
travailleur (m.)
worker
127
courir
to run
128
n'importe qui
anybody
129
intentionally
à dessein
130
supplier
fournisseur (m.)
131
as much as possible
autant de autant que possible
132
socks
chaussettes (f.pl)
133
honey
miel (m.)
134
gem
joyau (m.)
135
mettre en scène
to stage
136
daily, everday life
quotidien (m.)
137
skin
peau (f.)
138
rêver
to dream
139
drum
tambour (m.)
140
ferme (f.)
farm
141
épaule (f.)
shoulder
142
marmotte (f.)
marmot, woodchuck
143
pioche (f.)
pickax
144
chemin (m.)
path, way
145
pièce de théâtre (f.)
play
146
brûler
to burn
147
autant… que
as far as, as much… as
148
tip
tuyau* (m.)
149
aubergine (f.)
eggplant
150
to extirpate oneself
extirper (s')
151
small boat
barque (f.)
152
principle of gender equality
paritarisme (m.)
153
fauteuil (m)
armchair
154
aspirateur (m.)
vacuum cleaner
155
dissuader
to dissuade
156
faire un stage
to do an internship
157
colocataire (m./f.)
housemate
158
to clear the table
débarrasser la table
159
plate
assiette (f.)
160
to ease
atténuer
161
instrument à cordes (m.)
string instrument
162
to broadcast
diffuser
163
beet
betterave (f.)
164
déception (f.)
disappointment
165
faire des économies
to save money
166
to spot, to locate, to identify
repérer
167
méconnu
little-known
168
il y a
ago
169
emprunter un sentier
to take a path
170
color film
pellicule couleur (f.)
171
already
d'ores et déjà
172
béton (m.)
concrete
173
required
requis
174
likely to
susceptible de
175
pâtes (f.pl.)
pasta
176
contrebasse (f.)
double bass
177
glazier
vitrier (m.)
178
on horseback
à cheval
179
crop
jabot (m.)
180
to expose
livrer
181
body hair
poil (m.)
182
consciously
consciemment
183
to manage
gérer
184
personal effects, business
affaires (f.pl.)
185
ignorance
méconnaissance (f.)
186
computer science
informatique (m.)
187
chapiteau (m.)
marquee
188
pétard (m.)
firecracker
189
torsadé
twisted
190
proud
fier
191
sense of sight
vue (f.)
192
hive
ruche (f.)
193
moving, shifting
déplacement (m.)
194
chin
menton (m.)
195
observation, follow-up
suivi (m.)
196
jardin (m.)
garden
197
avoir besoin de
to need
198
to make (oneself) look ugly
enlaidir (s')
199
consacrer
to devote
200
paysage (m.)
landscape
201
sugar
sucre (m.)
202
chanceux, chanceuse
lucky
203
director
metteur, metteuse en scène
204
écolier (m.)
pupil
205
drap (m.)
sheet
206
sawyer
scieur (m.)
207
mettre à (se)
to start, to begin to
208
piste de danse (f.)
dance floor
209
africa
Afrique (f.0
210
tuba
tuba (m.)
211
famous
célèbre
212
shipyard worker
ouvrier de chantier naval (m.)
213
faire des études
to study
214
alto (m.)
viola
215
bandage
pansement (m.)
216
serveur (m.)
waiter
217
to fail
échouer
218
factory
usine (f.)
219
émetteur (m.)
transmitter
220
quasiment
practically
221
traiteur (m.)
catering
222
to finish
achever
223
antisèche (f.)
cheat sheet
224
essuie-tout (m.)
paper towel
225
rejoindre
to join
226
age
âge (m.)
227
formerly, in the past
autrefois
228
souci (m.)
concern
229
to correct
corriger
230
lors de
during
231
team
équipe (f.)
232
logement (m.)
housing
233
assister à
to attend
234
lieux (m.pl.)
premises
235
greenfly
puceron (m.)
236
accroissement (m.)
increase
237
wind instrument
instrument à vent (m.)
238
trained, experienced
aguerri
239
medium
support (m.)
240
secouer
to shake
241
SMIC (m.)
minimum wage
242
proboscis
trompe (f.)
243
avocat(e)
lawyer
244
combien
how much
245
I've heard that
j'ai entendu dire que
246
pellicule couleur (f.)
color film
247
opportunity
occasion (f.)
248
muscle tendu (m.)
tensed muscle
249
water
eau (f.)
250
law
loi (f.)
251
marteau (m.)
hammer
252
faire circuler
to circulate
253
confus
embarrassed
254
to party, celebrate
faire la fête
255
to do the laundry
faire la lessive
256
mémoire (f.)
memory
257
Belgique (f.)
Belgium
258
real-estate agent
agent immobilier (m.)
259
achever
to finish
260
heel
talon (m.)
261
marrer comme des fous (se)*
to break into fits of laughter
262
to cross, to go through
franchier
263
fané
wilted
264
field
champ (m.)
265
adulte (m./f.)
adult
266
protéine (f.)
protein
267
enfoncer (s')
to sink into
268
fort
fort (m.)
269
to nod
faire un signe de tête
270
à même de
directly on
271
to be lacking, to miss
manquer
272
être inscrit à
to be listed in
273
hunting, hunt
chasse (f.)
274
miser sur
to rely on
275
bucket
seau (m.)
276
taper dans
sometimes… sometimes
277
to not know, to be unaware
ignorer
278
to be in the process of
être en train de
279
viser à
to aim to, to aim at
280
to be afraid
avoir peur
281
guitar
guitare (f.)
282
spirit, enthusiasm
fougue (f.)
283
lawyer
avocat(e)
284
peu à peu
gradually, little by little
285
berger (m.)
shepherd
286
à peine
barely, hardly
287
chanter
to sing
288
to thank
remercier
289
intégrateur, intégratrice
integrator
290
au fil du temps
over time
291
à la pointe de
on the cutting edge
292
durer
to last
293
serveuse (f.)
waitress
294
skies, heaven
cieux (m.pl.)
295
to connect
relier
296
avis (m.)
opinion
297
couteau (m.)
knife
298
summer, summery
estival
299
puceron (m.)
greenfly
300
supprimer
to delete
301
surpoids (m.)
excess weight
302
éprouver
to feel, to experience
303
to pace oneself
ménager à (se)
304
conseil (m.)
(piece of) advice
305
pupil
écolier (m.)
306
manpower
main d'œuvre (f.)
307
de bonne grâce
willingly
308
light
lumière (f.)
309
tuba (m.)
tuba
310
inventaire (m.)
inventory
311
salaried employee
salarié(e)
312
traffic
circulation (f.)
313
to complete
achever
314
partout
everywhere, all over the place
315
devoir
to owe
316
courgette (f.)
zucchini
317
concert
concert (m.)
318
bed
lit (m.)
319
pellicule noir et blanc (f.)
black-and-white film
320
prédire
to predict
321
approximately
de l'ordre de
322
suranné
old-fashioned
323
to climb the rungs
gravir les échelons
324
to predict
prédire
325
ami(e)
friend
326
fiston (m.)
son
327
anything
n'imorte quoi
328
débarrassser de (se)
to get rid of
329
to draw, to skip
esquisser
330
phare (m.)
lighthouse
331
management position
poste de direction (m.)
332
au gré de
according to
333
but (m.)
purpose
334
restes (m.pl.)
(mortal) remains
335
gratte-ciel
skyscaper
336
percussion instrument
instrument à percussion (m.)
337
to be battling with
aux prises avec
338
directory with photos
trombinoscope (m.)
339
gérer
to manage
340
to be late
être en retard
341
insensible
insensitive
342
à ce moment-là
at that time
343
to break the records
battre les records
344
tower
tour (m.)
345
Sarkozy-style thinking
pensée sarkozyste (f.)
346
to combine
conjuguer
347
battre (se)
to fight
348
to limit, to restrict
restreindre
349
more than
plus de
350
affichage sauvage (m.)
unauthorized billposting
351
thus
ainsi
352
to fold
plier
353
apprivoiser
to tame
354
outdoor
en plein air
355
pansement (m.)
bandage
356
wind
vent (m.)
357
comportement (m.)
behavior
358
mettre au vert se)
to take a rest in the country
359
aménagement
development
360
worried
inquiet
361
plum
prune (f.)
362
coup de fil (m.)
telephone call
363
chou-fleur (m.)
cauliflower
364
to struggle
lutter
365
parcours
path
366
mât (m.)
mast, pole, post
367
to bring (a person)
amener
368
chef d'orchestre (m./f.)
(orchestra) conductor
369
impliquer
to involve
370
omnivore (m.)
omnivore
371
to appear
figurer
372
childhood
enfance (f.)
373
agape
bouche bée
374
teenager
adolescent(e)
375
indomptable
untamable
376
receler
to conceal
377
pipe
tuyau (m.)
378
cut
coupure (f.)
379
to take a path
emprunter un sentier
380
rendre personnel
to make personal
381
imprimé
printed
382
iron pole
mât de fer (m.)
383
ours brun (m.)
brown bear
384
cool, calm
sang-froid (m.)
385
mating
accouplement (m.)
386
tentative (f.)
attempt
387
chirurgien (ne) (m./f.)
surgeon
388
filet (m.)
net
389
east
est
390
appliquer (s')
to apply
391
cavalier (m.)
horseman
392
transmettre
to communicate to
393
traffic ticcket
contravention (f.)
394
avoir chaud
to be hot (people)
395
touch
toucher (m.)
396
pearl
poire (f.)
397
valoriser
developed, valued
398
to cook
cuire
399
to consider
songer à
400
to grasp
saisir
401
chapeau (m.)
hat
402
promising
de bon augure
403
other
autre
404
parmi
among
405
beard
barbe (f.)
406
agir de (s')
to concern, to be a matter of
407
grapefruit
raisn (m.)
408
to form, to shape
façonner
409
sucre (m.)
sugar
410
bill (in a restaurant), check
addition (f.)
411
Belgium
Belgique (f.)
412
contravention (f.)
traffic ticcket
413
en baisse
decreasing
414
colombier (m.)
dovecote
415
to heal
cicatriser
416
firecracker
pétard (m.)
417
allonger
to stretch
418
happiness
bonheur (m.)
419
pineapple
ananas (m.)
420
raisonner
to reason
421
ouïe (f.)
sense of hearing
422
cerisier (m.)
cherry tree
423
dressage (m.)
dressage
424
either… or
soit…. Soit
425
to be included in, added to
inscrire (s')
426
to favor, to appreciate, to encourage
favoriser
427
similar to
pareil à
428
lutte (f.)
struggle
429
finger
doigt (m.)
430
student
élève (m./f.)
431
patron de l'écurie (m.)
team manager
432
annuler
to cancel
433
pépite (f.)
nugget
434
indéclinable
indeclinable
435
bench
banc (m.)
436
occasion (f.)
opportunity
437
hole
trou (m.)
438
Galerie des Glaces (f.)
Hall of Mirrors
439
gold
or (m.)
440
décevoir
to disappoint
441
to prevail
l'emporter sur
442
franchier
to cross, to go through
443
faire la vaisselle
to do the dishes
444
syrup
sirop (m.)
445
cibler
to target
446
relever dle défi
to take up the challenge
447
enceinte
pregnant
448
to nod one's head
hocher la tête
449
train conductor
conducteur de train (m.)
450
host
hôte(sse)
451
coûter
to cost
452
évoquer
to evoke
453
lucky
chanceux, chanceuse
454
tiler
carreleur (m.)
455
marble worker
marbrier (m.)
456
théoricien(ne)
theortician
457
body and soul
corps et âme
458
tarière (f.)
drill
459
vêtement (m.)
clothing
460
story
conte (m.)
461
insult
injure (f.)
462
candle
bougie (f.)
463
celery
céleri (m.)
464
admettre
to admit
465
at the moment
en ce moment
466
fuser
to come from all sides
467
nom de famille (m.)
last name
468
about ten
dizaine (f.)
469
anglais (m.)
english
470
chestnut tree
châtaignier (m.)
471
archet (m.)
bow
472
casse (f.)
equipment damage
473
ailleurs
elsewhere
474
leather worker
tant bien que mal
475
étiquette
etiquette, protocol
476
to confide
confier
477
butinage (m.)
gathering of pollen
478
avoir l'habitude de
to be accustomed to
479
ressortissant de
relevant to
480
faire la fête
to party, celebrate
481
farm
ferme (f.)
482
to delegate a task
déléguer une tâche
483
seasoning
assaisonnement (m.)
484
picket fence
palissade (f.)
485
sommeil (m.)
sleep
486
produire (se)
to take place
487
blanket
couverture (f.)
488
to loaf around
glander
489
trahison (f.)
treason, betrayal
490
berge (f.)
bank
491
plus de
more than
492
élargissement (m.)
widening
493
faure un signe
to signal
494
servir de
to act, to serve as
495
to flow
couler
496
joue (f.)
cheek
497
austrian
autriche (f.)
498
ça m'est égal
it's all about the same to me
499
semblable
similar
500
mériter
to deserve
