French Verbs

Question 1

se détendre

Answer 1

to relax

Question 2

se défouler

Answer 2

to unwind

Question 3

passer

Answer 3

to spend time

Question 4

voyager

Answer 4

to travel

Question 5

loger

Answer 5

to lodge

Question 6

réserver

Answer 6

to book/reserve

Question 7

acheter

Answer 7

to buy

Question 8

visiter

Answer 8

to visit

Question 9

perdre

Answer 9

to lose

Question 10

prendre

Answer 10

to take

Question 11

se renseigner

Answer 11

to get information

Question 12

laisser

Answer 12

to leave (behind)/to allow

Question 13

trouver

Answer 13

to find

Question 14

chercher

Answer 14

to look for

Ned: it sounds like searcher!

Question 15

1. faire des achats
2. faire des courses
3. faire du shopping
4. faire les magazines

Answer 15

to go shopping

Question 16

faire du lèche vitrine

Answer 16

to go window-shopping

Ned: window shopping is when you just go and have a look for the enjoyment of it, like you did in Curry’s. Vitrine is a pane of glass, lèche is lick!

Question 17

tomber en panne

Answer 17

to break down eg car

(Ned: tomber is to fall; laisser-tomber is to drop, or let fall)

Question 18

rater le train

Answer 18

to miss the train

Question 19

avoir des problèms

Answer 19

to have problems

Question 20

avoir du mal à

Answer 20

to have difficulty (doing something - literally ‘I have bad at’)

Question 21

remplacer

Answer 21

to replace

Question 22

dormir

Answer 22

to sleep

Question 23

se balader

Answer 23

to go for a walk

Question 24

faire de la voile

Answer 24

to sail, do sailing

(Ned: la voile is the sail)

Question 25

faire de la luge

Answer 25

to do sledging (Ned I’ve changed it from ‘tobogganing’ because a toboggan is a child’s slide in French!)

Question 26

faire de la planche à voile

Answer 26

to windsurf or do windsurfing

Question 27

faire de l’aviron

Answer 27

to row, to do rowing

Question 28

faire du patin à glacé

Answer 28

to ice-skate or do ice-skating (Ned ‘glace’ is ice)

Question 29

profiter

Answer 29

to benefit or take advantage of (eg the good weather)

Question 30

essayer de

Answer 30

to try

Question 31

se promener

Answer 31

to go for a walk

Question 32

se reposer

Answer 32

to rest

Question 33

fêter

Answer 33

to celebrate, party (Ned the hat on the ‘e’ represents an ‘s’ that was removed hundreds of years ago: so ‘fête’ would have been a ‘feste’ or feast!)

Question 34

célébrer

Answer 34

to celebrate

Question 35

commander

Answer 35

to order

Question 36

boire

Answer 36

to drink

Question 37

offrir

Answer 37

to offer

Question 38

découvrir

Answer 38

to discover (Ned: like to de-cover it)

Question 39

attendre

Answer 39

to wait

Question 40

préperer

Answer 40

to prepare

Question 41

attirer

Answer 41

to attract

Question 42

s’amuser

Answer 42

to have fun

Question 43

accueiller

Answer 43

to welcome

Question 44

améliorer

Answer 44

to improve (Ned: ameliorate is a word in English!)

Question 45

résoudre

Answer 45

to solve

Question 46

serrer la main

Answer 46

to shake hands

Question 47

ouvrir

Answer 47

to open

Question 48

fermer

Answer 48

to shut

Question 49

bloquer

Answer 49

to block

Question 50

s’embrasser

Answer 50

to kiss

Question 51

apprécier

Answer 51

to appreciate

Question 52

remarquer

Answer 52

to notice (also apercevoir)

Question 53

gagner

Answer 53

to win, or to earn (eg gagner la vie is to earn a living)

Question 54

faire du bénévolat

Answer 54

to do charity work

Question 55

acquérir

Answer 55

to acquire

Question 56

trier

Answer 56

to separate eg recycling

Question 57

avoir raison

Answer 57

to be right, to have reason

Question 58

distribuer

Answer 58

distribute

Question 59

aider

Answer 59

to help

Question 60

bâtir

Answer 60

to build

Question 61

construire

Answer 61

to build/construct

Question 62

courir

Answer 62

to run

Question 63

faire du recyclage recycler

Answer 63

to recycle

Question 64

faire in stage

Answer 64

to do work experience

Question 65

se marier

Answer 65

to get married

Question 66

épouser

Answer 66

to marry someone (Ned remember that missing ‘a’ for the hat? That makes this ‘espouse’!)

Question 67

apprendre

Answer 67

to learn

Question 68

conduire

Answer 68

to drive

Question 69

venir

Answer 69

to come

Question 70

partir

Answer 70

to leave (a place)

Question 71

travailler

Answer 71

to work

Question 72

donner

Answer 72

to give

Question 73

soigner

Answer 73

to heal

Question 74

se chauffer

Answer 74

to warm

Question 75

s’habiller

Answer 75

to get dressed

Question 76

se lever

Answer 76

to get up

Question 77

se brosser les dents

Answer 77

to brush your teeth

Question 78

se coucher

Answer 78

to go to bed

Question 79

faire la grasse matinée

Answer 79

to sleep in (literally to do the greasy morning!)

Question 80

écouter

Answer 80

to listen

Question 81

donner un coup de main

Answer 81

to give a hand

Question 82

faire une difference

Answer 82

to make a difference

Question 83

avoir tort

Answer 83

to be wrong

Question 84

avoir sommeil

Answer 84

to have sleep/be sleepy

Question 85

avoir soif

Answer 85

to have thirst/be thirsty

Question 86

aborder

Answer 86

to tackle