Preparation 16
Terms
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- à la solde de
- in the pay of
- à vrai dire
- to tell the truth, in all honesty
- l’abonnement
- (masculine) a subscription
- l’anniversaire
- (masculine) birthday
- l’anniversaire de mariage
- (masculine) wedding anniversary
- annoncer
- to announce
- apporter qqch à qqn
- to bring something to someone
- l’avenir
- (masculine)future
- le blâme
- blame
- rejeter le blâme sur
- shift, transfer the blame to
- bouleverser
- to upset
- cacher
- to hide
- la carte postale
- post card
- causer
- to cause
- le chef
- the boss
- le colis
- parcel
- le collègue
- colleague
- le concurrent
- competitor
- contacter
- to get in touch with, contact
- le coup
- blow; trick; act; deed
- un coup monté
- a frame-up; a put-up job
- le courrier électronique
- craindre
- to fear
- craint
- past participle of craindre
- la croisière
- cruise
- le danger
- a danger
- la découverte
- a discovery
- demander à qqn
- to ask someone
- demander qqch à qqn
- to ask someone for something
- désolé
- terribly sorry
- le diplôme
- diploma, degree
- dire qqch à qqn
- to say something to someone, to tell someone something
- dites-moi
- tell me
- donc
- therefore, so
- donner qqch à qqn
- to give something to someone
- drôlement
- quite a bit
- écrire à qqn
- to write to someone
- écrire qqch à qqn
- to write something to someone
- l’employé
- (feminine: une employée) employee
- entre
- between
- l’envergure
- (feminine) size, scope
- de cette envergure
- of such scope
- envoyer
- to send
- envoyer qqch à qqn
- to send something to someone
- être sur le point de + infinitive
- to be on the verge of + verb
- l’examen
- test, exam
- à l’examen
- on the test
- expliquer qqch à qqn
- to explain something to someone
- la fête
- saint’s day
- la fin des cours
- end of the school year
- la gestion
- marketing
- l’infâme
- (masculine or feminine) horrible person
- l’intention
- (feminine) intention
- avoir l’intention de + infinitive
- to intend to + verb
- Je me sauve!
- I’m running off, I’m escaping
- le jouet
- toy
- laisser qqch à qqn
- to leave something for someone
- la lettre
- letter
- leur
- to them (indirect object pronoun)
- lire qqch à qqn
- to read something to someone
- la livraison
- delivery
- louer qqch à qqn
- to rent something to someone
- lui
- to him, to her (indirect object pronoun)
- machiner
- to plot, hatch, engineer
- le malfaiteur
- a criminal
- le mariage
- marriage, wedding
- me
- me, to me (direct and indirect object pronoun)
- le méfait
- misdeed, crime
- mêler
- to mix, involve
- mêler qqn à qqch
- to involve someone in something
- menacer
- to threaten
- Mon Dieu!
- Oh, my gosh! (literally: My God)
- monter un coup
- to set up an operation
- la montre
- watch, wristwatch
- montrer qqch à qqn
- to show something to someone
- mystérieux
- (feminine: mystérieuse) mysterious
- nécessaire
- necessary
- il est nécessaire de + infinitive
- it is necessary to + verb
- Noël
- Christmas
- nous
- us, to us (direct and indirect object pronoun)
- la nuit
- night; during the night
- offert
- past participle of offrir
- offrir
- to offer; give as a gift
- offrir qqch à qqn
- to give something to someone (as a gift)
- la panique
- panic
- paniqué
- in panic
- le paquet
- package
- parler à qqn
- to speak to someone
- passer
- to pass, give, hand over
- poser une question à quelqu’un
- to ask someone a question
- poster
- to mail
- le potin
- piece of gossip
- des potins
- gossip
- prendre; Qu’est-ce qui vous prend?
- What’s gotten into you?
- prêter qqch à qqn
- to lend something to someone
- prévenir qqn
- to warn someone
- prévenir qqn de qqch
- to warn someone about something
- le programme
- program
- le projet
- project
- proposer qqch à qqn
- to suggest, propose something to someone
- le prospectus
- brochure
- le publipostage
- mailing
- quitter + place
- to leave + place
- raconter
- to tell
- raconter qqch à qqn
- to tell (recount) something to someone
- le rapport
- relation, relationship, connection
- recevoir
- to receive, get
- reçu
- past participle of recevoir
- regretter
- to be sorry
- regretter de + infinitive
- to be sorry to + verb
- rejeter
- to throw back, reject, cast
- rendre qqch à qqn
- to give something to someone
- répondre à qqn
- to answer someone
- réussir
- to succeed
- réussir à + infinitive
- to succeed in doing something
- révolutionner
- to revolutionize
- rival
- (masculine plural: rivaux) rival
- la ruine
- ruin
- ruiner
- to ruin, bankrupt
- sans + infinitive
- without doing something
- sans me dire
- without telling me
- sauter
- to jump
- Ça saute aux yeux.
- It’s obvious.
- se passer
- to happen
- Qu’est-ce qui se passe?
- What’s happening? What’s going on?
- selon
- according to
- suivi
- past participle of suivre
- suivre
- to follow
- suivre un cours
- to take a course
- sûr
- (feminine: sûre) sure
- surtout
- especially
- te
- you, to you (direct and indirect object pronoun)
- le téléphone portable
- cell phone
- téléphoner à qqn
- to phone someone
- le timbre
- (postage) stamp
- toujours
- still
- toujours pas
- still not
- tout
- everything
- tout ça
- all that, all this
- tout le monde
- everyone
- le train électrique
- electric train
- aux trousses de
- on the heels of, on the tail of
- vendre qqch à qqn
- to sell something to someone
- venu
- past participle of venir
- vite
- quickly, fast
- vous
- you, to you (formal or plural; direct and indirect object pronoun)
- les yeux
- (masculine plural) eyes