useful french words

entrainer

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entraîner /ɑ̃tʀene/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb
1. to lead to;
  une panne a entraîné l'arrêt de la production a breakdown brought production to a standstill;
1. [river, current] to carry [sb/sth] away [swimmer, boat];
  il a entraîné qn/qch dans sa chute he dragged sb/sth down with him;
1. to take, to lead [person];
  ~ qn à faire [person] to make sb do;
  [circumstances] to lead sb to do;
1. figurative to carry [sb] away [person, group];
1. to train, to coach [athlete, team] (à for);
  to train [horse, soldier] (à for);
1. [engine, piston] to drive [machine, wheel, turbine].

s'entraîner reflexive verb (+ v être)
1. [player, soldiers] to train;
1. to prepare oneself.

souligner

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souligner /suliɲe/ (conjugate⇒) transitive verb

to underline [word];
to outline [eyes];

to emphasize.

but

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but /by(t)/ masculine noun

goal;
aim, purpose;
aller droit au ~ to go straight to the point;

(in football) goal;

(in archery) target.

IDIOMS:

déclarer de ~ en blanc to declare point-blank.

but also

boire /bwaʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb
1. to drink;
1. [paper] to soak up.

se boire reflexive verb (+ v être) ce vin se boit frais this wine should be drunk chilled.

IDIOMS:

~ comme un trou (familiar) to drink like a fish (colloquial);
il y a à ~ et à manger dans leur théorie there's both good and bad in their theory.

convoitise

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convoitise /kɔ̃vwatiz/ feminine noun la ~ covetousness;
~ de lust for.

reprenant

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reprendre /ʀ(ə)pʀɑ̃dʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb
1. ~ du pain/vin to have some more bread/wine;
  j'en ai repris deux fois I had three helpings;
1. to pick [sth] up again [object, tool];
  to take [sth] back [present];
  to collect [person, car];
1. to take [sb] on again [employee];
  [shop] to take [sth] back [item];
  si on me reprend ma vieille voiture if I can trade in my old car;
1. to resume [walk, story];
  to take up [sth] again [studies];
  to revive [play, tradition];
  ~ le travail to go back to work;
  tu reprends le train à quelle heure? what time is your train back?;
  ~ une histoire au début to go back to the beginning of a story;
1. to take over [business, shop];
1. on ne me reprendra plus à lui rendre service! you won't catch me doing him/her any favours (BrE) again!;
1. ~ confiance to regain one's confidence;
1. to alter [clothes];
  ~ le travail de qn to correct sb's work;
1. to take up [idea, thesis, policy];
1. to repeat [argument];
  to take up [slogan, news];
1. to correct [pupil];
1. mon mal de dents m'a repris my toothache has come back.

intransitive verb
1. [business] to pick up again;
  [plant] to recover;
1. to start again;
1. ‘c'est étrange,’ reprit-il ‘it's strange,’ he continued.

se reprendre reflexive verb (+ v être)
1. to correct oneself;
1. to pull oneself together;
1. s'y ~ à trois fois pour faire to make three attempts to do or at doing.

lutte

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lutte /lyt/ feminine noun

conflict;
struggle;
fight;
~ d'influence power struggle;
la ~ contre le cancer the fight against cancer;

Sport wrestling.

COMPOUNDS:

~ armée armed conflict;
~ de classes class war;
~ d'intérêts clash of interests.

lutter /lyte/ (conjugate⇒) intransitive verb to struggle;
to fight;
~ contre qn to fight against sb;
~ contre to fight [crime, unemployment, illness];
to fight against [violence];
to contend with [noise, bad weather];
Louis luttait contre le sommeil Louis was struggling to stay awake.

apporter

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apporter /apɔʀte/ (conjugate⇒) transitive verb

to bring [improvement, news];
to bring in [revenue];
to bring about [change];
~ qch à qn to bring sb sth, to take sb sth;

to give [support, explanation].

designe

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désigner /deziɲe/ (conjugate⇒) transitive verb

[word] to designate;
[triangle] to represent;

to point out;

to choose;
être tout désigné pour to be just right for.

mener

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mener /məne/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb
1. ~ qn quelque part to take sb somewhere;
  to drive sb somewhere;
1. to lead [people, country];
  to run [company];
  il ne se laisse pas ~ par sa grande sœur he won't be bossed about by his sister (colloquial);
1. ~ au village [road] to go or lead to the village;
1. ~ à to lead to;
  cette histoire peut te ~ loin it could be a very nasty business;
  ~ à bien to complete [sth] successfully;
  to bring [sth] to a successful conclusion;
  to handle [sth] successfully;
1. to carry out [study, reform];
  to run [campaign];
  ~ une enquête to hold an investigation;
  ~ sa vie comme on l'entend to live as one pleases.

intransitive verb Sport to be in the lead.

IDIOMS:

~ la danse or le jeu to call the tune.

quete

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quête /kɛt/ feminine noun

collection;
faire la ~ to take the collection;
to pass the hat round;
to collect for charity;

search;
la ~ du Graal the quest for the Holy Grail.

quêter /kete/ (conjugate⇒) intransitive verb to take the collection;
~ pour une œuvre to collect for a charity.

degagee

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dégager /degaʒe/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb
1. to free;
  ~ qn d'une responsabilité to relieve sb of a responsibility;
  ~ des crédits to make funds available;
1. to unblock [nose];
1. to clear [way];
  ‘dégagez, s'il vous plaît’ ‘move along please’;
  dégage! (familiar) get lost! (colloquial);
1. to find [idea, sense];
1. to emit [odour, gas];
  ~ de la chaleur to give off heat.

se dégager reflexive verb (+ v être)
1. to free oneself/itself;
1. [weather, sky] to clear;
1. se ~ de to come out of;
1. to become clear.

dégagé, ~e /degaʒe/ adjective

[road, sky] clear;
[forehead] bare;

[look] casual.

epreuve

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épreuve /epʀœv/ feminine noun

ordeal;

test;
mettre à rude ~ to put [sb] to a severe test [person];
to be very hard on [car, shoes];
to tax [patience, nerves];
à toute ~ unfailing;
l'~ du feu ordeal by fire;
à l'~ du feu/des balles fire-/bullet-proof;

(part of an) examination;
~ écrite written examination;

Sport ~ d'athlétisme athletics event;

(photograph, print) proof.

allumer (note also colloq. of mad or tipsy)

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allumer /alyme/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb
1. to light [candle, gas];
  to start [fire];
1. to switch [sth] on, to turn [sth] on;
  laisser ses phares allumés to leave one's headlights on.

s'allumer reflexive verb (+ v être)
1. [heating, radio, lighting] to come on;
1. son regard s'alluma his face lit up.

allumé, ~e /alyme/ adjective (familiar)

mad (colloquial);

tipsy (colloquial).

soudain

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soudain, ~e /sudɛ̃/ , /ɛn/

adjective sudden.

adverb suddenly, all of a sudden.

parfois

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parfois /paʀfwa/ adverb sometimes.

devoiler

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dévoiler /devwale/ (conjugate⇒) transitive verb

to unveil;

to reveal;
to uncover.

atteindre

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atteindre /atɛ̃dʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb
1. to reach [place, age, level, target];
  to achieve [aim];
1. [projectile, marksman] to hit [target];
1. [illness] to affect.

atteindre à verb+preposition to reach;
to achieve.

cependant

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cependant /səpɑ̃dɑ̃/

conjunction yet, however.

cependant que phrase whereas, while.

abime

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abîme /abim/ masculine noun

abyss;

figurative gulf.

abîmer /abime/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb to damage.

s'abîmer reflexive verb (+ v être) [object] to get damaged;
[fruit] to spoil.

rejallir

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rejaillir /ʀ(ə)ʒajiʀ/ (conjugate⇒) intransitive verb

[liquid] to splash back;
to spurt back;

~ sur qn [success] to reflect on sb;
[scandal] to affect sb adversely.

vecu (from vivre)

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vivre /vivʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb
1. to live through [era];
  to go through [difficult times];
  to experience [love];
1. to cope with [divorce, failure, change].

intransitive verb
1. to live;
  ~ vieux to live to a great age;
  vive la révolution! long live the revolution!;
  ~ à la campagne to live in the country;
  être facile à ~ to be easy to live with;
  to be easy to get on with;
  ~ avec son temps to move with the times;
  se laisser ~ to take things easy;
  apprendre à ~ à qn (familiar) to teach sb some manners (familiar) ;
  ~ aux dépens de qn to live off sb;
1. [fashion] to last;
  avoir vécu [person] to have seen a great deal of life;
  humorous [object] to have had its day;
1. [town] to be full of life.

IDIOMS:

qui vivra verra what will be will be.

sauf

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sauf1 /sof/

preposition
1. except, but;
1. ~ contrordre failing an order to the contrary;
  ~ avis contraire unless otherwise stated;
  ~ erreur de ma part if I'm not mistaken.

sauf si phrase unless.

sauf que phrase except that.

sauf2, sauve /sof/ , /sov/ adjective

safe;
laisser la vie sauve à qn to spare sb's life;

[honour, reputation] intact.

hors

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hors /'ɔʀ/

NOTE:
You will find translations for expressions such as hors série, hors d'usage etc, at the entries série, usage etc.

preposition outside;
longueur ~ tout overall length.

hors de phrase out of, outside;
~ d'ici! get out of here!

IDIOMS:

être ~ de soi to be beside oneself.

perte

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perte /pɛʀt/ feminine noun

loss;
à ~ de vue as far as the eye can see;

waste;

ruin;
courir or aller à sa ~ to be heading for a fall.

enraciner

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enraciner: s'enraciner /ɑ̃ʀasine/ (conjugate⇒) reflexive verb (+ v être)

to take root;

figurative [person] to put down roots;
[custom, idea] to take root.

Puisque

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puisque (puisqu' before vowel or mute h) /pɥisk(ə)/ conjunction since;
~ c'est comme ça, je m'en vais if that's how it is, I'm off.

devenir

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devenir1 /dəvniʀ/ (conjugate⇒) intransitive verb (+ v être) to become;
et Paul, qu'est-ce qu'il devient? and what is Paul up to these days?

devenir2 /dəvniʀ/ masculine noun future.

amener

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amener /amne/ (conjugate⇒) transitive verb

~ qn quelque part to take sb somewhere;

(accompany) ~ qn (quelque part) to bring sb (somewhere);

controversial ~ qch (à qn) to bring (sb) sth;

to cause [problems, illness];
to bring [rain, fame];

to bring up [issue, subject];
être bien amené [conclusion] to be well-presented;

~ qn à qch/faire to lead sb to sth/to do.

reduire

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réduire /ʀedɥiʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb
1. to reduce;
  to cut [tax];
  to cut down on [staff, spending];
1. to reduce [photograph];
  to scale down [drawing];
  to cut [text];
1. ~ qch en poudre to crush sth to powder;
  être réduit en cendres [city] to be reduced to ashes;
  [dreams] to turn to ashes;
1. ~ à to reduce to;
  voilà à quoi j'en suis réduit! this is what I've been reduced to!;
1. to reduce [sauce].

intransitive verb [sauce] to reduce;
[spinach] to shrink.

se réduire reflexive verb (+ v être)
1. [costs] to be reduced;
  [imports] to be cut;
1. cela se réduit à bien peu de chose it doesn't amount to very much.

aborder

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aborder /abɔʀde/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb
1. to tackle [problem];
1. to approach [person];
1. to reach [place, shore].

intransitive verb [traveller, ship] to land.

plutot

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plutôt /plyto/ adverb rather;
instead;
passe ~ le matin call round GB or come by US in the morning preferably;
~ mourir! I'd rather die!;
demande ~ à Corinne ask Corinne instead;
dis ~ que tu n'as pas envie de le faire why don't you just say that you don't want to do it?;
la nouvelle a été ~ bien accueillie the news went down rather well.

ways of saying "oui"

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oui /wi/

adverb yes;
alors c'est ~? so the answer is yes?;
découvrir si ~ ou non to discover whether or not;
dire ~ à qch to welcome sth;
to agree to sth;
faire ~ de la tête to nod;
lui, prudent? un lâche, ~! him, cautious? a coward, more like! (colloquial);
je crois que ~ I think so.

noun, masculine invariable
1. yes;
1. ‘yes’ vote;
  le ~ l'a emporté the ayes have it.

IDIOMS:

pour un ~ (ou) pour un non [get angry] for the slightest thing;
[change one's mind] at the drop of a hat.

neanmoins

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néanmoins /neɑ̃mwɛ̃/ adverb nevertheless.

toutefois

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toutefois /tutfwɑ/ adverb however.

au lieu de

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lieu /ljø/

masculine noun
1. (pl ~x) place;
  ~ de passage thoroughfare;
  en tous ~x everywhere;
  en ~ et place de qn [sign, act] on behalf of sb;
  en dernier ~ lastly;
  avoir ~ to take place;
  tenir ~ de to serve as [bedroom, study];
  il y a ~ de s'inquiéter there is cause for anxiety;
  s'il y a ~ if necessary;
  donner ~ à to cause [scandal];
1. (pl ~s) coley.

au lieu de phrase instead of.

lieux noun, masculine plural
1. sur les ~x at or on the scene;
  on the spot;
  repérer les ~x to have a scout around;
1. premises;
  visiter les ~x to visit the premises.

COMPOUNDS:

~ commun platitude;
~ public public place.

pourtant

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pourtant /puʀtɑ̃/ adverb though;
et ~ and yet;
techniquement ~, le film est parfait technically, however, the film is perfect.

tantôt

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tantôt /tɑ̃to/ adverb sometimes.

armes

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arme /aʀm/

feminine noun
1. weapon;
  charger une ~ to load a gun;
  rendre les ~s to surrender;
  en ~s armed;
  à ~s égales on equal terms;
  faire ses premières ~s dans l'enseignement to start out as a teacher;
1. branch of the armed services.

armes noun, feminine plural coat of arms.

COMPOUNDS:

~ blanche weapon with a blade;
~ de destruction massive weapon of mass destruction;
~ à feu firearm.

fournir

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fournir /fuʀniʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb to supply [document, equipment];
to provide [energy];
to contribute [effort];
to produce [proof].

se fournir reflexive verb (+ v être) se ~ chez or auprès de to get [sth] from.

eprouver

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éprouver /epʀuve/ (conjugate⇒) transitive verb

to feel [regret, love];
to have [sensation, difficulty];
~ de la jalousie to be jealous;

to test;

[death, event] to distress [person];
[storm] to hit [region].

hardi and harde

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hardi, ~e /'aʀdi/ adjective bold, daring.

tacher AND tâcher

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tacher /taʃe/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb
1. [substance] to stain;
  [person] to get a stain on [garment];
1. to tarnish, to stain [reputation].

intransitive verb to stain;
ça ne tache pas it doesn't stain.

tâcher /tɑʃe/ (conjugate⇒) verb+preposition ~ de faire to try to do.

Or

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or1 /ɔʀ/ conjunction and yet;
~, ce jour-là, il… now, on that particular day, he…

or2 /ɔʀ/

adjective, invariable gold;
[hair] golden.

masculine noun
1. gold;
  en ~ gold;
  [husband] marvellous (BrE);
  [opportunity] golden;
1. gilding.

pendant

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pendant /pɑ̃dɑ̃/

preposition for;
je t'ai attendu ~ des heures I waited for you for hours;
~ combien de temps avez-vous vécu à Versailles? how long did you live in Versailles?;
il a été malade ~ tout le trajet he was sick throughout the journey;
~ ce temps(-là) meanwhile.

pendant que phrase while.

apaiser

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apaiser /apeze/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb
1. to pacify, to appease;
1. to ease [conflict];
1. to calm [rage].

s'apaiser reflexive verb (+ v être)
1. to die down;
1. to calm down.

sinon

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sinon /sinɔ̃/

conjunction
1. otherwise, or else;
1. except, apart from;
1. not to say;
  c'est devenu difficile ~ impossible it has become difficult if not impossible.

sinon que phrase except that, other than that.

bruit

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bruit /bʀɥi/ masculine noun

noise;
~ étouffé thud;
un ~ de ferraille a clang;

noise, din;
~ infernal or d'enfer awful racket;
sans ~ silently;

le film a fait beaucoup de ~ the film attracted a lot of attention;

~ (de couloir) rumour (BrE).

resserrer

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resserrer /ʀ(ə)seʀe/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb
1. to tighten [knot, screw, grip];
1. resserrez les rangs! close up a bit!;
1. to tighten up on [discipline, supervision].

se resserrer reflexive verb (+ v être)
1. [road] to narrow;
1. [friendship] to become stronger;
1. [link, knot, grip] to tighten;
1. [gap] to close;
1. [group of people] to draw closer together;
1. [discipline] to become stricter.

coutume

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coutume /kutym/ feminine noun custom;
avoir ~ de faire to be in the habit of doing.

IDIOMS:

une fois n'est pas ~ it does no harm just this once.

enfuir

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enfuir:

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enfuir: s'enfuir /ɑ̃fɥiʀ/ (conjugate⇒) reflexive verb (+ v être)

to run away;
[bird] to fly away;

to escape.

reflechir

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réfléchir /ʀefleʃiʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb to reflect [heat].

réfléchir à verb+preposition to think about.

intransitive verb to think;
mais réfléchis donc un peu! use your brain!

se réfléchir reflexive verb (+ v être) to be reflect

fuite

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fuite /fɥit/ feminine noun

gen flight;
(of prisoner) escape;
prendre la ~ to flee;
to escape;

(of information) leak;

(of liquid, gas) leak.

epouvante

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épouvante /epuvɑ̃t/ feminine noun

terror;

horror.

hardiesse

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hardiesse /'aʀdjɛs/ feminine noun

boldness;

brazenness.

ensuite

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ensuite /ɑ̃sɥit/ adverb

then;
after;
next;
très bien, mais ~? fine, but then what?;
il ne me l'a dit qu'~ he only told me later;

secondly.

nuisible

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nuisible /nɥizibl/ adjective [substance, waste] dangerous;
[influence] harmful;
insecte ~ (insect) pest;
~ à detrimental to.

auparavant

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auparavant /opaʀavɑ̃/ adverb before;
beforehand;
previously;
formerly.

outre

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outre /utʀ/

preposition in addition to.

adverb passer ~ to pay no heed.

outre mesure phrase unduly.

en outre phrase in addition.

effroyable

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effroyable /efʀwɑjabl/ adjective dreadful.

aise

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aise /ɛz/

aises noun, feminine plural aimer ses ~s to like one's creature comforts;
il prenait ses ~s sur le canapé he was stretched out on the sofa.

à l'aise phrase être à l'~ or à son ~ (physically) to be comfortable;
(financially) to be comfortably off;
(psychologically) to be at ease;
mal à l'~ ill at ease;
à votre ~! as you wish or like!

aisé, ~e /eze/ adjective

easy;

wealthy.

cerveau

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cerveau, pl ~x /sɛʀvo/ masculine noun

brain;

mind;

(person) brain (colloquial);
exode or fuite des ~x brain drain;
c'est un ~ he/she has an outstanding mind;

brains;
nerve centre (BrE).

IDIOMS:

avoir le ~ dérangé to be deranged.

moitie

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moitié /mwatje/ feminine noun half;
à ~ vide half empty.

paraitre

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paraître /paʀɛtʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

intransitive verb
1. to come out, to be published;
  ‘à ~’ ‘forthcoming titles’;
1. to appear, to seem, to look;
1. to appear;
  to show;
  elle ne laisse rien ~ de ses sentiments she doesn't let her feelings show at all;
  ~ en public to appear in public;
  ~ à son avantage to look one's best.

verb, impersonal il paraît qu'il a menti apparently he lied;
oui, il paraît so I hear.

dont

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dont /dɔ̃/ rel pron

whose, of which;
la jeune fille ~ on nous disait qu'elle avait 20 ans the girl who they said was 20; Sylvaine est quelqu'un ~ on se souvient Sylvaine is somebody (that) you remember;
la maladie ~ il souffre the illness which he's suffering from;
la façon ~ il a été traité the way in which he has been treated;

il y a eu plusieurs victimes ~ mon père there were several victims, one of whom was my father;
des boîtes ~ la plupart sont vides boxes, most of which are empty.

Oter (ote)

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ôter /ote/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb
1. to take off [clothes, glasses];
  to remove [bones, stain];
1. ~ qch à qn to take sth away from sb;
1. (in mathematics) 4 ôté de 9, il reste 5 9 minus or take away 4 leaves 5.

s'ôter reflexive verb (+ v être) s'~ qch de l'esprit to get sth out of one's mind or head.

Ote - subtracted

tellement

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tellement /tɛlmɑ̃/

adverb (modifying an adjective or adverb) so;
(modifying a verb or comparative) so much;
pas ~ not much;
il n'aime pas ~ lire he doesn't like reading much;
j'ai de la peine à suivre ~ c'est compliqué it's so complicated that I find it hard to follow.

tellement de quantif (familiar) il y a ~ de choses à voir there's so much to see;
il a eu ~ de chance he was so lucky;
il y en a ~ qui aimeraient le faire so many people would like to do it.

Entendre

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entendre /ɑ̃tɑ̃dʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb
1. to hear [noise, word];
  faire ~ un cri to give a cry;
  je n'en ai jamais entendu parler I've never heard of it;
  on n'entend plus parler de lui his name is not mentioned any more;
1. [judge] to hear [witness];
  à t'~, tout va bien according to you, everything is fine;
  elle ne veut rien ~ she won't listen;
1. to understand;
  il agit comme il l'entend he does as he likes;
  elle a laissé ~ que she intimated that;
  ils ne l'entendent pas de cette oreille they don't see it that way;
1. to mean;
  qu'entends-tu par là? what do you mean by that?;
1. ~ faire to intend doing;
  j'entends qu'on fasse ce que je dis I expect people to do what I say.

s'entendre reflexive verb (+ v être)
1. to get on or along;
1. to agree (sur on);
1. [noise] to be heard;
1. to hear oneself;
  [two or more people] to hear each other;
1. phrase qui peut s'~ de plusieurs façons sentence which can be understood in several ways.

Entretenir

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entretenir /ɑ̃tʀətniʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb
1. to look after [garment, house];
  to maintain [road];
  ~ sa forme to keep in shape;
1. to support [family];
  to keep [mistress];
1. to keep [sth] going [conversation, fire];
  to keep [sth] alive [friendship];
1. ~ qn de qch to speak to sb about sth.

s'entretenir reflexive verb (+ v être)
1. s'~ de qch to discuss sth;
1. s'~ facilement [house, fabric] to be easy to look after.
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PRESENT:
entretiens
entretiens
entretient
entretenons
entretenez
entretiennent

IMPERFECT:
entretenais
entretenais
entretenait
entretenions
entreteniez
entretenaient

PASSE SIMPLE
entretins
entretins
entretint
entretînmes
entretîntes
entretinrent

FUTURE SIMPLE
entretiendrai
entretiendras
entretiendra
entretiendrons
entretiendrez
entretiendront

PASSE COMPoSE

ai entretenu
as entretenu
a entretenu
avons entretenu
avez entretenu
ont entretenu

SUBJUNCTIVE
see:http://www.wordreference.com/conj/FRverbs.asp?v=entretenir

hors

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hors /'ɔʀ/

NOTE:
You will find translations for expressions such as hors série, hors d'usage etc, at the entries série, usage etc.

preposition outside;
longueur ~ tout overall length.

hors de phrase out of, outside;
~ d'ici! get out of here!

IDIOMS:

être ~ de soi to be beside oneself.

jusqu'au bout

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up until the end (google translate)

Jusque

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jusque (jusqu' before vowel) /ʒysk/

preposition
1. aller jusqu'à Paris to go as far as Paris;
  to go all the way to Paris;
  courir jusqu'au bout du jardin to run right down to the bottom of the garden GB or the end of the yard US;
  suivre qn ~ dans sa chambre to follow sb right into his/her room;
  la nouvelle est arrivée jusqu'à nous the news has reached us;
  jusqu'où comptez-vous aller? how far do you intend to go?;
1. jusqu'à, jusqu'en until, till;
  jusqu'à présent, jusqu'ici (up) until now;
1. monter jusqu'à 20° to go up to 20°;
1. to the point of;
  aller jusqu'à faire to go so far as to do;
1. even;
  des détritus ~ sous la table rubbish everywhere, even under the table.

jusqu'à ce que phrase until.

Remuer

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remuer /ʀ(ə)mɥe/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb
1. to move [hand, head];
  to wiggle [toe, hips];
  to wag [tail];
1. to shake [object];
1. to move [object];
1. to stir [soup];
  to toss [salad];
1. to turn over [earth];
  to poke [ashes];
1. figurative to rake up [past];
  to stir up [memories];
1. to upset [person].

intransitive verb [person] to move;
[leaves] to flutter;
[boat] to bob up and down.

se remuer reflexive verb (+ v être) (familiar)

to get a move on (colloquial);

se ~ pour obtenir to make an effort to get

Jambe

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jambe /ʒɑ̃b/ feminine noun leg;
avoir de bonnes ~s to have strong legs;
courir à toutes ~s to run as fast as one's legs can carry one;
j'ai les ~s comme du coton (familiar) I feel weak at the knees;
traîner la ~ (familiar) to trudge along.

IDIOMS:

cela me fait une belle ~ (familiar) a fat lot of good that does me (colloquial);
il ne tient plus sur ses ~s he can hardly stand up;
prendre ses ~s à son cou to take to one's heels;
tenir la ~ à qn to keep talking to sb;
par-dessus or par-dessous la ~ in a slipshod manner.

Promener

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"as when we have the will de nous promener" -
promener /pʀɔmne/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb
1. to take [sb] out [person];
  to take [sth] out for a walk [animal];
  ça te promènera (familiar) it'll get you out;
1. to carry [object];
1. to show [sb] around.

se promener reflexive verb (+ v être) to go for a walk/drive/ride.

Lorsque

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lorsque (lorsqu' before vowel or mute h) /lɔʀsk(ə)/ conjunction

when.

http://www.wordreference.com/fren/lorsque

derechef

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derechef

vieux, littéraire

adv

once more

Telle (telles)

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such;
une telle conduite such behaviour (BrE);

like;
~ père, ~ fils like father like son;

telle est la vérité that is the truth;
comme ~, en tant que ~ as such;
ses affaires étaient restées telles quelles his/her things were left as they were;

avec un ~ enthousiasme with such enthusiasm;
de telle sorte or façon or manière que in such a way that;
so that;

admettons qu'il arrive ~ jour, à telle heure suppose that he arrives on such and such a day, at such and such a time.

Dehors

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dehors /dəɔʀ/

adverb outside;
mettre qn ~ to throw sb out;
to fire sb;
to expel sb.

exclamation get out!

en dehors de phrase
1. outside;
1. apart from.

Tant

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Think "tantum"

tant:

en español | in context | images
verb conjugator

tant /tɑ̃/

adverb
1. (so) much;
  il a ~ insisté que he was so insistent that;
  vous m'en direz ~! (familiar) you don't say!;
  le moment ~ attendu the long-awaited moment;
1. n'aimer rien ~ que… to like nothing so much as…;
  ~ bien que mal [repair, lead] after a fashion;
  [manage] more or less;
  essayer ~ bien que mal de s'adapter to be struggling to adapt;
1. ~ que as long as;
  je ne partirai pas ~ qu'il ne m'aura pas accordé un rendez-vous I won't leave until he's given me an appointment;
  traite-moi de menteur ~ que tu y es! (familiar) go ahead and call me a liar!;
1. (replacing number) gagner ~ par mois to earn so much a month.

tant de quantif Loulou, Pivachon et ~ d'autres Loulou, Pivachon and so many others;
~ de travail so much work.

(in phrases) ~ pis too bad;
~ mieux so much the better;
~ mieux pour toi good for you;
~ et plus a great deal;
a great many;
~ et si bien que so much so that;
s'il avait un ~ soit peu de bon sens if he had the slightest bit of common sense;
~ qu'à faire, autant repeindre toute la pièce we may as well repaint the whole room while we're at it;
en ~ que as;
en ~ que tel as such;
si ~ est qu'il puisse y aller that is if he can go at all;
je ne l'aime pas ~ que ça I don't like him/her all that much.

Autant - (en autant)

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en autant - google - provided

autant /otɑ̃/

adverb il n'a jamais ~ neigé it has never snowed so much;
je t'aime toujours ~ I still love you as much;
essaie d'en faire ~ try and do the same;
je les hais tous ~ qu'ils sont I hate every single one of them;
j'aime ~ partir tout de suite I'd rather leave straight away;
~ dire que la réunion est annulée in other words the meeting is cancelled (BrE);
~ parler à un mur you might as well be talking to the wall;
~ que je sache as far as I know;
~ que tu peux as much as you can.

autant de quantif
1. ~ de cadeaux so many presents;
  il y a ~ de femmes que d'hommes there are as many women as (there are) men;
1. ~ de gentillesse such kindness;
  je n'ai pas eu ~ de chance que lui I haven't had as much luck as he has.

d'autant phrase cela va permettre de réduire d'~ les coûts de production this will allow an equivalent reduction in production costs;
d'~ plus! all the more reason!;
d'~ moins even less, all the less;
d'~ que all the more so as.

pour autant phrase for all that;
sans pour ~ tout modifier without necessarily changing everything;
pour ~ que je sache as far as I know.

Ainsi

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Think of "ainsi" - thus - as "and so" and not "also"

Ainsi /ɛ̃si/

adverb
1. thus;
  le mélange ~ obtenu the mixture obtained in this way;
  Charlotte, c'est ~ qu'on m'appelait Charlotte, that's what they used to call me;
  s'il en est ~ if that's the way it is;
  le jury se compose ~ the panel is made up as follows;
  ~ soit-il amen;
1. thus, so

ainsi que (closer to 'also') - thus as is like also - but still notphrase
1. as well as;
1. as;
  ~ que nous en avions convenu as we had agreed.

A cause de (and 'cause)

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cause /koz/ feminine noun

cause;
pour la ~ de la liberté in the cause of freedom;

reason;
pour ~ de maladie because of illness;
avoir pour ~ qch to be caused by sth;
à ~ de because of;

case;
être en ~ [system, fact] to be at issue;
[person] to be involved;
mettre hors de ~ gen to clear;
remettre en ~ to call [sth] into question [policy, right];
to cast doubt on [project, efficiency];
to undermine [efforts];
remise en ~ (of system) reappraisal;
avoir gain de ~ to win one's case.

Afin

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afin /afɛ̃/

afin de phrase ~ de faire in order to do.

afin que phrase so that.

Rapporter

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Not only to report, but also to bring or yield - hence "rapportez au seigneur un chant nouveau" as well as "report"
cket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2005 Oxford University Press:

rapporter /ʀapɔʀte/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb
1. to bring back;
  to take back;
1. to bring in [income];
  ~ 10% to yield or return 10%;
1. to report;
  on m'a rapporté que I was told that.

intransitive verb
1. to bring in money;
1. (familiar) to tell tales.

se rapporter reflexive verb (+ v être) se ~ à to relate to, to bear a relation to.

Auxquels (same as lequel)

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lequel /ləkɛl/ , laquelle /lakɛl/ , lesquels mpl, lesquelles fpl /lekɛl/ , (with à) auquel, auxquels mpl, auxquelles fpl /okɛl/ , (with de) duquel /dykɛl/ , desquels mpl, desquelles fpl /dekɛl/

lequel, laquelle, lesquels, lesquelles adjective who;
which;
il m'a présenté son cousin, ~ cousin vit en Grèce he introduced me to his cousin, who lives in Greece;
auquel cas in which case.

rel pron who;
which;
les gens contre lesquels ils luttaient the people (who) they were fighting against.

pronoun which;
lesquels sont les plus compétents? which are the most competent?

Arriver

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Context: heard, saw, learned... has to do with for example Descartes "tout ce qui se fait ou qui arrive de nouveau" - in this case, happens

arriver /aʀive/ (conjugate⇒) (+ v être)

intransitive verb
1. gen to arrive;
  Sport to finish;
  ~ à/de Paris to arrive in/from Paris;
1. to come;
  ~ en courant to come running up;
1. ~ à to reach [level, agreement];
  to find [solution];
  ~ (jusqu')à qn to reach sb;
1. ~ à faire to manage to do;
  je n'y arrive pas I can't do it;
  ~ à ses fins to achieve one's ends;
1. en ~ à to come to;
1. to happen.

verb, impersonal qu'est-il arrivé? what happened? (à to);
il m'arrive d'y aller, il arrive que j'y aille I sometimes go there.

Ailleurs - besides, moreover, elsewhere

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ailleurs /ajœʀ/

adverb elsewhere.

d'ailleurs phrase besides, moreover.

par ailleurs phrase ils se sont par ~ engagés à faire they have also undertaken to do.

IDIOMS:

être ~ to be miles away.

Mise

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Book title:
google - 'placing'

other source:http://www.wordreference.com/fren/mise

mettre /mɛtʀ/ (conjugate⇒)

transitive verb
1. to put;
  to put in [heating, shower];
  to put up [curtains, shelves];
  je mets les enfants à la crèche I send the children to a creche;
  mets ton écharpe put your scarf on;
  ~ le linge à sécher to put the washing out to dry;
  faire ~ le téléphone to have a telephone put in;
1. to wear;
1. ~ qn en colère to make sb angry;
1. to put on [radio, TV, heating];
  mets moins fort! turn it down!;
  ~ le réveil to set the alarm;
1. to put up [sign];
  qu'est-ce que je dois ~? what shall I put?;
  je t'ai mis un mot I've left you a note;
  ~ en musique to set to music;
  ~ en anglais to put into English;
1. y ~ du sien to put oneself into it;
  combien pouvez-vous ~? how much can you afford?;
  how much can you put in?;
  elle a mis une heure it took her an hour (pour faire to do);
1. Sch je vous ai mis trois sur vingt I've given you three out of twenty;
1. (familiar) mettons qu'il vienne, qu'est-ce que vous ferez? supposing he comes, what will you do?

intransitive verb ~ bas [animal] to give birth;
to calve.

se mettre reflexive verb (+ v être)
1. se ~ devant la fenêtre to stand in front of the window;
  se ~ au lit to go to bed;
  se ~ debout to stand up;
  où est-ce que ça se met? where does this go?;
1. to spill [sth] on oneself;
1. je ne sais pas quoi me ~ I don't know what to put on;
1. se ~ à l'anglais to take up English;
  il va se ~ à pleuvoir it's going to start raining;
1. je préfère me ~ bien avec lui I prefer to get on the right side of him;
  se ~ à l'aise to make oneself comfortable.

Point

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Same source: see sentence in previous post

point /pwɛ̃/

masculine noun
1. point;
  un ~ de rencontre a meeting point;
  ~ de vente (sales) outlet;
1. (at sea) position;
  faire le ~ to take bearings;
  figurative to take stock of the situation;
1. être sur le ~ de faire to be just about to do;
  au ~ où j'en suis, ça n'a pas d'importance! I'm past caring!;
1. il m'agace au plus haut ~ he annoys me intensely;
  je ne le pensais pas bête à ce ~ I didn't think he was that stupid;
  à tel ~ que to such an extent that;
  douloureux au ~ que so painful that;
1. (on agenda) item, point;
  un ~ de détail a minor point;
  en tout ~, en tous ~s in every respect or way;
1. dot;
  un ~ de colle a spot of glue;
  un ~ de rouille a speck of rust;
  ~ d'intersection point of intersection;
1. Games, Sport point;
  compter les ~s to keep (the) score;
1. Sch mark GB, point US;
  être un bon ~ pour to be a plus point for;
1. full stop GB, period US;
  mettre un ~ final à qch figurative to put a stop to sth;
  tu vas te coucher un ~ c'est tout! (familiar) you're going to bed and that's final!;
1. Med pain;
  avoir un ~ à la poitrine to have a pain in one's chest;
1. (in sewing, knitting) stitch.

à point phrase
1. à ~ nommé just at the right moment;
1. à ~ [meat] medium rare.

au point phrase être au ~ [system, machine] to be well designed;
[show] to be well put together;
mettre au ~ to perfect [system, method];
to develop [vaccine, machine];
faire la mise au ~ (in photography) to focus;
faire une mise au ~ figurative to set the record straight.

Emprunter

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Found: Descartes beginning passions of soul:
"chacun les sentant en soi-meme on n'a point besoin d'emprunter d'alleurs"

emprunter /ɑ̃pʀœ̃te/ (conjugate⇒) transitive verb

to borrow;

to take [road].

http://www.wordreference.com/fren/emprunter

Facon

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Found: Descartes' beginning passions of the soul "en meme facon"
Meaning: way

façon /fasɔ̃/

feminine noun
1. way;
  de toute ~, de toutes les ~s anyway;
  de ~ à faire in order to do;
  in such a way as to do;
  de ~ (à ce) qu'elle fasse so (that) she does;
  elle nous a joué un tour à sa ~ she played a trick of her own on us;
  ~ de parler so to speak;
1. un peigne ~ ivoire an imitation ivory comb;
1. (of garment) making-up.

façons noun, feminine plural en voilà des ~s! what a way to behave!;
sans ~s [meal] informal;
[person] unpretentious.

http://www.wordreference.com/fren/facon