French vocabulary

verouiller

to lock

serviette de bain

bath towel

se debrouiller

to manage by oneself, to cope

se detendre

to relax

se derouler

to take place

S'inserer

To fit in

lors de

during

taquiner

to tease, bother

A partir du

from the

costaud, costaude

strong and sturdy

debouler

tumble,

dégoter (fam)

Find (familiar)

Encherir

To bid (on an auction)

rôder

to prowl

se fouiller

search

enqueter

to investigate

voyous

thugs

ainsi que

as well as

embaucher

to hire

Gérer

To manage

par dépit

Out of spite or desperation

telecharger

to upload or download

S'obstiner

To persist

exiger

Require

concurrencer

to compete with

butin

booty, loot

pourtant

yet, however

Equipage (m)

crew

hisser

to hoist, to raise

asticot

maggot, grub

aborder

to approach, tackle

debarrasser

to get rid of

suprimer

delete, remove

boussole

compass

cueillir

to pick/gather

sous peu (bientôt)

shortly

gênant/gênante

awkward

de toute façon

anyway, anyhow

démarrer

to start up

quelconque

ordinary, any

la date butoir

deadline

lubie (f)

whim, fad

pomper

to cheat

mensonge

falsehood, lie

gaz à effet de serre

greenhouse gases

la sécheresse

drought

une pénurie

shortage

le charbon

Carbon

un collecteur de fonds

fundraiser

un sondage

Poll

un concours

contest

un étang

pond

Parvenir

To arrive at, to manage to

se retenir de

to refrain from

bouillir

to boil

mijoter

to simmer

casserole (f)

saucepan, pot

poile

frying pan

tondre

To mow

une tige

Stem

feuille de route

roadmap

susciter

to provoke/arouse/stir up

voie

lane; road; track

creux

hollow, empty

livrer

to deliver

facture

bill, invoice

mefiez-vous, mefie-toi [en]

Beware of [it]

astuce

trick, tip

reglages

settings, adjustments

paramétrer

to set up, configure

soit...soit

either...or

demeure

(n.) - a residence, a home

L'ecart

The gap

bouquin

book (slang)

guidon (m)

handlebar

recourbé

curved, bent, hooked

fourbir

to polish, hone

boue

mud

feindre

to feign, to pretend

Echarpe

scarf

Glisser

to slip, slide

flâner

to stroll, wander

Venelle

alley

dégustation

tasting/sampling

banc

bench, workbench, pew

appuyer sur

to push/press

la laine/en laine

wool (made of wool)

la rafale

gust of wind

Ecouteurs, casques

headphones

dévaler

to hurtle down, tumble

comptoir

counter, hotel desk, bar

monture

Mount (horse), setting (jewelry)

Mouler

to mould, cast, form

en espèces

cash

joyaux

jewels

recul/reculer

recoil/to step back

marrant/marrante

funny

virer

fire

corrompu, corrompue

corrupt

Se figer

to freeze (computer)