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VSL Unit 2 WS 2 app

vocabulary from the app

françaisanglais
une croisière a cruise
une croisière sur le port a cruise harbour
les merveilles (f) wonders
le récif corallien the coral reef
génial(e) awesome
la ruée vers l'or the gold rush
un poisson tropical, des poissons tropicaux a tropical fish/ tropical fish
le vieux Sydney historic Sydney
des tarifs (m) très intéressants great rates
être logé(e) to be staying
une auberge de jeunesse a youth hostel
vous pouvez y rendre vous-même en métro you can get by yourself on the train
l'un des principaux accès vers la Grande Barrière de Corail One of the main gateways to the Great Barrier Reef
Vous pourrez réaliser votre rêve You can make your dream come true
allongez-vous sur la plage stretch out on the sand
partir en voyage to go on holiday
un journal (personnel) diary, also a newspaper
noter to note
un endroit a place
une impression an impression
fonder to found, to create
un incendie fire (negative, not voluntary), blaze, wildfire
un feu de camp a camp fire
détruire to destroy
le palais palace
construire = bâtir to build
une chapelle a chapel
la tour Eiffel the Eiffel Tower
une exposition exhibition
l'université (f) university
un siècle century
au XXe siècle = au vingtième siècle in the XXth century
guillotiner to guillotine
posséder to possess, to own, to have
le château the castle
au début de at the start/ beginning of
rénover to renovate, to refurbish
une partie a part
récemment recently
un/ une touriste a tourist
un bâtiment = un building building, property
admirer to admire
un patrimoine (culturel, historique, artistique) here heritage, (also property, assets, inheritance, estate )
un amoureux de, une amoureuse de a fan of , an enthusiast, buff, -(suffix) lover
en raison de on account of, owing to, because of
une montagne mountain
la tragédie classique classic tragedy
un ingénieur, --> il est ingénieur (no article) engineer --> he is an engineer
la place square, place, space,
concevoir to conceive
le vieux Paris (masculine) historic Paris, a specific city being discussed is masculine
la ville de Paris (feminine) the city of Paris
transformer to transform
selon according to
la légende legend, caption, key
un colon, une colon colonist, settler
grec, grecque Greek
un fax a fax
envoyer to send
servir to serve, to pour, to help
discuter to discuss
l'impatience (f) impatience
attendre avec impatience cannot wait, await shg with impatience
la décision decision
prendre to take
critiquer to critisise
un parc d'attraction a theme park
un compromis a compromise
un rendez-vous appointment, meeting
une rencontre a meeting, encounter
fixer to fix
un lieu, un endroit a place
l'heure (f) time
la situation (f) situation
proposer to propose, to offer, to suggest
lointain(e) remote, faraway, distant
exotique exotic
les Jeux olympiques Olympic games
une destination destination
en ce moment at the moment, currently
un groupe de jeune a youth group
au prix réduit at a reduced rate
Tiens ! Tenez ! (gap filler) (to attract attention, to express surprise... ) here, here you go, there you go, well, hey (gap filler)
une brochure a brochure, booklet
le départ departure
une arrivée arrival
passer trois jours to spend three days
une chambre a bedroom, room
un tour organisé an organised tour
quitter to leave
un avion plane
un accès access, gateway
la Grande Barrière de Corail the Great Barrier Reef
complet, complète complete
la culture aborigène indigenous culture
la troupe troupe, company, troop
une journée de libre a free day
tant de so much, so many
une époque time, age, era, epoch
réfléchir to ponder, to think about, to reflect, to turn things over in your head
un logement accommodation
une auberge de jeunesse youth hostel
situé(e) situated, located
au cœur de at the heart of, in the middle of
un quartier district, quarter, area
un vol a flight, theft
régulier, régulière regular
un vol régulier scheduled flight
une plongée sous-marine scuba diving
une plongée avec tuba snorkelling
un, une après-midi (both gender) afternoon
une excursion excursion
faire escale à to make a stopover in
en route on the way, en route
une colline a hill
entourer to surround
tortueux, tortueuse tortuous, winding
un aéroport airport
descendre to go down
une valise suitcase
une découverte discovery
pittoresque picturesque
avoir l'air de to look like, to seem, to look, to appear
un bateau à voile a sailing boat
une voile <> un voile a sail <> a veil
à mon avis in my opinion
spectaculaire spectacular
l'architecture (f) architecture
prévu(e) planned, expected
dans le sens opposé in the opposite direction
se diriger to head for, to find your way,
Ça coûte les yeux de la tête it costs the earth, it costs a fortune, it costs an arm and a leg
échapper à to escape from
un souci a worry
quotidien(ne) daily
une dame lady
une agence de voyage travel agency
un univers a universe
se trouver to be situated, to be located, to happen, to find oneself
un passionné de fan, enthusiast, nut
un roman novel
faire le ménage to do the housework
mettre à la poste to post
une rédaction an essay
corriger to correct
dans l'antiquité (f) in ancient times
renverser to knock over
une ambulance ambulance
un passant, une passant(e) a passer-by
appeler to call
un blessé, une blessée an injured person
être conduit(e) to be brought to (by motorised vehicle)
un témoignage testimony, eye-witness account, evidence
recueillir to collect
un hôpital hospital
découvrir to discover
pardonner to forgive
répondre to answer
cela ne se fait pas that is not done
ça se prononce comme ça that is how it is pronounced
ça se voit it is obvious
ce livre se lit souvent this book is often read
comment ça s'écrit ? how is that spelled ?
un coup de tonnerre s'est entendu a crash of thunder was heard
les escargots ne se vendent pas ici snails are not sold here
fêter to celebrate
la fin des examens (m) the end of the exams
rater to miss, to fail, to spoil
comment faire ? what to do ?
être à l'affiche to be on, to be on the bill
sortir --> le film sort to be released (film), the film is being released
venir de + infinitive to have just done something
absolument absolutely
faire du shopping (more for leisure than grocery shopping) = faire les magasins to go shopping
la bibliothèque library (false friend)
une librairie (false friend) newsagent, stationery shop, bookshop
quoi de neuf ? any news ? what's new ? What's has been happening ? What have you been up to ?
pas grand-chose not much
des vêtements (m) clothes, clothing
un vêtement item of clothing, clothing item
neuf, neuve new
enfermé(e) shut in, shut up, locked up, locked away, shut away
se pencher sur to concentrate on
plutôt que de faire quelque chose rather than to do shg
Si on allait réviser Let's revise
réussir un examen to pass an exam (false friend)
passer un examen (false friend) to take an exam
suffisamment enough, sufficiently
bien assez quite enough
un maillot de bain (both for men and women) a bather, swimsuit, a swimming costume, swimming trunks
se détendre to relax
penser à quelque chose to think about something
lorsque, quand when
s'acheter to buy yourself
sérieux, sérieuse serious
sérieusement seriously
se permettre de faire quelque chose to take the liberty of doing shg, to allow oneself to do shg
la mode fashion
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