Verbs B

Question 1

Bachoter

Answer 1

to cram, swot (for a test)

Question 2

Badiner

Answer 2

to jest, joke, treat lightly (usually used in negative)

Question 3

Bagarrer

Answer 3

to argue, fight

Question 4

Baigner

Answer 4

to bathe, wash, soak

Question 5

Bâiller

Answer 5

to yawn; to gape (open), be ajar

Question 6

Bailler (archaic)

Answer 6

to give

Question 7

Baiser (familiar)

Answer 7

to understand; to screw over; (slang) to have sex (screw, f***)

Question 8

Baisser

Answer 8

to lower, pull / turn / let down

Question 9

Balader (informal)

Answer 9

to take for a walk / stroll / drive

Question 10

Balancer

Answer 10

to swing, rock; (informal) to shout, to throw away

Question 11

Balayer

Answer 11

to sweep

Question 12

Balbutier

Answer 12

to stammer, to babble

Question 13

Baliser

Answer 13

to mark / map out, signpost, define; to tag, mark up; (fam) to be nervous

Question 14

Banaliser

Answer 14

to trivialize; to make commonplace, make seem ordinary

Question 15

Bannir

Answer 15

to banish, dismiss, exclude, prohibit

Question 16

Barrer

Answer 16

to bar, block, barricade, close off; to cross out; to steer

Question 17

Basculer

Answer 17

to fall / tip over, to change dramatically

Question 18

Batailler

Answer 18

to battle, fight

Question 19

Bâtir

Answer 19

to build

Question 20

Battre

Answer 20

to beat, to defeat

Question 21

Bavarder

Answer 21

to chat, prattle, gossip

Question 22

Baver

Answer 22

to drool, dribble, drip, leak

Question 23

Béer (literary)

Answer 23

to be wide open; to gape, stand gaping

Question 24

Bégayer

Answer 24

to stammer, stutter

Question 25

Bénéficier

Answer 25

to benefit, gain, enjoy, get, have

Question 26

Bénir

Answer 26

to bless

Question 27

Bercer

Answer 27

to rock, cradle, lull, soothe

Question 28

Berner

Answer 28

to fool, hoax

Question 29

Beurrer

Answer 29

to butter

Question 30

Bicher (informal)

Answer 30

to feel happy

Question 31

Bichonner

Answer 31

to pamper, lavish care on

Question 32

Bidonner (informal)

Answer 32

to fake

Question 33

Biler (se) (informal)

Answer 33

to worry oneself sick, get worked up

Question 34

Blaguer (informal)

Answer 34

to be joking, kidding; to tease, make fun of

Question 35

Blâmer

Answer 35

to blame; to reprimand, rebuke

Question 36

Blanchir

Answer 36

to bleach, whiten

Question 37

Blesser

Answer 37

to hurt, injure

Question 38

Bleuir

Answer 38

to turn blue

Question 39

Bloquer

Answer 39

to stop, lock, tighten

Question 40

Blottir (se)

Answer 40

to curl / huddle / snuggle up

Question 41

Bluffer (informal)

Answer 41

to bluff, fool; to impress

Question 42

Boire

Answer 42

to drink

Question 43

Boiter

Answer 43

to limp, wobble; to be unsound, shaky

Question 44

Bondir

Answer 44

to jump, leap up, bounce

Question 45

Border

Answer 45

to hem, edge, trim; to line, run alongside; to tuck in (bed)

Question 46

Borner

Answer 46

to limit, restrict; mark off / out

Question 47

Bosser (informal)

Answer 47

to work, study, slog, swot

Question 48

Boucher

Answer 48

to cork, put the cork in; to plug, fill up; to block, choke, clog

Question 49

Bouchonner

Answer 49

(traffic) to be congested; (horse) to rub down

Question 50

Boucler

Answer 50

to buckle, fasten; to complete; to curl; (inf) to lock up

Question 51

Bouger

Answer 51

to move

Question 52

Bouillir

Answer 52

to boil, be boiling

Question 53

Bouleverser

Answer 53

to shock, greatly distress; to disrupt

Question 54

Bouquiner (informal)

Answer 54

to read, to have one’s nose in a book

Question 55

Bourrer

Answer 55

to fill, cram full, stuff

Question 56

Bousculer

Answer 56

to jostle, bump into; to hurry, rush; to shake up, enliven

Question 57

Boutonner

Answer 57

to button (up)

Question 58

Brancher

Answer 58

to plug in, connect; (informal) to interest

Question 59

Branler

Answer 59

to be shaky, unsteady, rickety, loose; (vulgar slang) to do, to be up to something

Question 60

Braquer

Answer 60

to point, aim, gaze; to steer; to antagonize, make s.o. dig their heels in; (familiar) to hold up, pull a gun on

Question 61

Brasser

Answer 61

to mix, stir, knead, shuffle; to brew (beer)

Question 62

Braver

Answer 62

to stand up to, defy, brave

Question 63

Bricoler

Answer 63

to do odd jobs, tinker

Question 64

Brider

Answer 64

to bridle, restrain, curb, keep in check; to clamp, bind, lash together

Question 65

Briller

Answer 65

to shine, sparkle, glitter

Question 66

Briser

Answer 66

to break, smash, ruin

Question 67

Bronzer

Answer 67

to tan, get a tan

Question 68

Brosser

Answer 68

to brush

Question 69

Brouter

Answer 69

to graze on

Question 70

Broyer

Answer 70

to grind

Question 71

Bruiner

Answer 71

to drizzle

Question 72

Brûler

Answer 72

to burn

Question 73

Brunir

Answer 73

to tan, darken

Question 74

Bûcher

Answer 74

to fell, cut down; (informal) to study, cram, swot (up on)

Question 75

Buriner

Answer 75

to engrave, chisel

Question 76

Buter

Answer 76

to stumble, trip; to bump into; to score a goal; to prop up; to antagonize; (familiar) to kill, bump off