Services, customs, traditions/ everyday life

Question 1

agent de police (m/f) – police officer

Answer 1

je m’appelle – my name is

Question 2

appel d’urgence (m) – emergency call

Answer 2

merci – thank you

Question 3

appeler (v) – to ring up

Answer 3

ne quittez pas (v) – please hold (the line)

Question 4

argent (m) – money

Answer 4

nom (m) – family name

Question 5

bibliothèque (f) – (lending) library

Answer 5

oublier (v) – to forget/to leave behind

Question 6

boîte aux lettres (f) – letterbox

Answer 6

perdre (v) – to lose

Question 7

bureau de change (m) – money changing office

Answer 7

perte (f) – loss

Question 8

plombier (m) – plumber

Question 9

bureau de poste (m) – post office

Answer 9

policier (m) – police officer

Question 10

bureau des objets trouvés (m) – lost property office

Answer 10

pompier (m) – firefighter

Question 11

La Poste (f) – French postal service

Question 12

cabine téléphonique (f) – telephone box

Answer 12

poste (f) – post office

Question 13

centre d’appel (m) – call centre

Answer 13

prénom (m) – first name

Question 14

coiffeur(~euse) (m/f) – hairdresser

Answer 14

recevoir (v) – to receive

Question 15

commissariat de police (m) – police station

Answer 15

remercier (v) – to thank

Question 16

composer un numéro – to dial a number

Answer 16

remplir (v) – to fill in (a form)

Question 17

coupe (f) – (hair)cut

Answer 17

renseignement (m) – information

Question 18

couper (v) – to cut

Answer 18

réparer (v) – to repair

Question 19

envoyer (v) – to send

Answer 19

sac (m) – bag

Question 20

erreur (f) – mistake

Answer 20

se retrouver (v) – to meet up

Question 21

excusez-moi – I’m sorry

Answer 21

s’il vous plaît ? – please

Question 22

facteur(~trice) (m/f) – postman/postwoman

Answer 22

timbre (m) – (postage) stamp

Question 23

faute (f) – fault

Answer 23

trouver (v) – to find

Question 24

fonctionner (v) – to work

Answer 24

voleur/voleuse (m/f) – thief

Question 25

formulaire (m) – printed form

Answer 25

vouloir (v) – to want, to wish

Question 26

gendarme (m) – police officer

Question 27

gendarmerie (f) – police station

Question 30

allumette (f) – match

Answer 30

jour de congé (m) – day off

Question 31

anniversaire (m) – birthday

Answer 31

jour de l’An (m) – New Year’s Day

Question 32

bonne année (f) – happy new year

Answer 32

joyeux Noël (m) – happy Christmas

Question 33

bougie (f) – candle

Answer 33

lumière (f) – light

Question 34

brûler (v) – to burn

Answer 34

meilleurs vœux (m pl) – best wishes

Question 35

cadeau (m) – present, gift

Answer 35

mosquée (f) – mosque

Question 36

carnaval (m) – carnival

Answer 36

mort (f) – death

Question 37

carte de vœux (f) – greetings card

Answer 37

mourir (v) – to die

Question 38

cathédrale (f) – cathedral

Answer 38

naissance (f) – birth

Question 39

champagne (m) – champagne (wine)

Answer 39

naître (v) – to be born

Question 40

déesse (f) – goddess

Answer 40

Noël (m) – Christmas

Question 41

Dieu(x) (m) – G(g)od(s)

Answer 41

Nouvel An (m) – new year

Question 42

échanger (v) – to exchange

Answer 42

ouvrir (v) – to open

Question 43

église (f) – church

Answer 43

Pâques (f pl) – Easter

Question 44

fête (f) – celebration, festivity

Answer 44

Père Noël (m) – Father Christmas

Question 45

fête des Mères/Pères (f) – Mother’s/Father’s Day

Answer 45

préparatifs (m pl) – preparations

Question 46

Saint-Valentin (f) – St Valentine’s Day

Question 47

fêter (v) – to celebrate

Answer 47

s’amuser (v) – to have fun

Question 48

feu de joie (m) – bonfire

Answer 48

sapin de Noël (m) – Christmas tree

Question 49

feux d’artifice (m pl) – fireworks

Answer 49

synagogue (f) – synagogue

Question 50

folklorique (adj) – folk

Question 52

5 Everyday life, traditions and communities

Question 54

association du quartier (f) – neighbourhood association

Answer 54

prendre le goûter – to have afternoon tea

Question 55

procession (f) – procession

Question 56

chants (m) de Noël – Christmas carols

Answer 56

quartier (m) – neighbourhood

Question 57

communauté (f) – community

Answer 57

réveillon du Nouvel An – new year’s meal

Question 58

déjeuner (m) – lunch

Answer 58

tradition (f) – tradition

Question 59

déjeuner – to take lunch

Answer 59

voisin(e) (m/f) – neighbour

Question 60

jour férié (f) – public holiday