Pur Polyester Vocab

laine

wool (nf)

lequel/laquelle

Replaces an indirect object (to whom/ for whom) that is preceded by a prepositional phrase or a preposition other than de

pas n’importe laquelle

not just any

maudit

cursed, damnable (adj)

confondre

to confuse/mistake

polyvalant(e)

Au Québec, les immigrés étudie dans ce lycée intermédiaire, avant ils étudient au lycée normalement

affaire

(nf) matter, affair, business

douteux (adj)

doubtful/ uncertain

la dérive des continents

continental drift

depus la nuit des temps

since the dawn of time

tricoté

knit

serrer

to tighten (verb), adjective (tight)

fuir

fled

basané/basaner

dark-skinned, to darken

des yeux bridés

slanting eyes

volent (voler)

to steal, to fly

marée

tide

monter

to climb/to mount

en

replaces object after de or an indefinite article plus a noun (commonly)

always before a verb

can be used to replace de + a place
Je rentre de paris, "J’en rentre”

Y

adverbial pronoun that replaces a place or object of the preposition à

Equivalent to '“there” or “here”

commonly used to refer to obvious places or places in general

also objects from verbs that require à

au fait

by the way

s’éterniser

to drag on

quel que soit

whatever

buanderie d’hôpital

washing room of a hospital

réparations chez les gens bien faites pas cher

home repairs, well done and cheap

pas assez cher

too cheap

misère

poverty

même

Before noun = “same”

After a noun “itself, oneself, the thing personified”

"Indefinite pronoun = “The same

Adverb = even

quand même = anyway, even so

anyway, even so

patins

skates

roues

wheels

cuir

leather

coudre

to sew

malgré

despite

plûtot

rather, instead

trier

to sort out