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VSL Unit 1 WS16
vocabulary from the app
| français | anglais |
|---|---|
| mettre le couvert, dresser la table, mettre la table | to set the table |
| un invité, une invitée | a guest |
| une grève | a strike |
| un journal, des journaux | newspaper |
| faire les courses | to go shopping |
| déjeuner | to have lunch |
| une émission radio | a radio broadcast, program |
| remplir | to fill in, to fill |
| la côte | coast, shore, slope, hill |
| évoluer | to progress, to develop, to change |
| un attentat | attack, bombin, assassination attempt |
| bouder | (here) to stay away from, to sulk |
| une destination de rêve | a dream destination |
| presque | almost |
| un visiteur, une visiteuse | a visitor |
| environ | about, around |
| renfermer | to contain, to hold, to shut away again, to lock away again, to incorporate, to include |
| voire (not voir= to see) | even, indeed, in fact |
| un volcan | volcano |
| endormi(e) | sleepy, asleep, sluggish, lethargic, dormant (here for volcano) |
| un lac | lake |
| naturel(le) | natural |
| sans | without |
| faire de la plongée | to go diving |
| une attraction phare | a leading attraction |
| recommander | to recommend |
| la piscine | swimming pool |
| un jeu, des jeux | game |
| le quad | quad bike, four-wheeler, quad roller skate, quad skate, |
| quel type de | what type |
| dîner | to have dinner, to have an evening meal |
| retourner | to go back |
| la publicité, la pub | advertisement, ad |
| suivant(e) | following |
| une terre d'accueil | a welcoming region, an adopted country, home from home, haven, land of refuge |
| préserver | to preserve, to protect, to defend, to keep unspoiled |
| la pureté | purity |
| la beauté | beauty |
| apercevoir | to glimpse, to catch sight of, to notice |
| un clocher | steeple, church tower, bell tower |
| le barrage | dam |
| s'élargir | to widen, to increase, to make bigger, to make wider |
| une randonnée | hike, ramble, walk, trek |
| flâner | to stroll, to saunder, to wander, to roam |
| séjourner | to stay, to spend, to live |
| au bord de | beside, next to, on the edge of |
| sur les bords de | on the shores of, at the edges of |
| un gîte | holiday cottage, vacation rental |
| border | to run alongside shg, to line, to border, to edge, to surround |
| faire la sieste | to have a nap |
| constater un accroissement des dépenses | to observe an increase in the expenditure |
| débattre | to debate |
| prendre en considération | to take into consideration, consider |
| un emploi | employment, job |
| un CV, un curriculum vitae | a resume |
| une lettre de motivation | cover letter, covering letter |
| annoncer | to announce |
| être fou/ folle de joie | to be overjoyed, to be thrilled |
| feuilleter une brochure | to flick through a leaflet |
| une valise | a suitcase |
| passer une nuit blanche | to have a sleepless night |
| réussir à l'examen | to pass an exam |
| passer un examen | to take an exam |
| réviser | to revise |
| avoir mal au ventre | to have a stomachache |
| se marier | to get married |
| une salle de spectacle | an auditorium |
| la police (singular noun in French the verb is singular) | the police |
| un cambrioleur, une cambrioleuse | burglar, housebreaker |
| s'enfuir | to run away, to flee |