French Words - Main

entre guillemets

in quotation marks

dématérialisé

electronic

relou

annoying

quoi que ce soit

anything (something unknown, i.e., if you need anything = “si t’as besoin de quoi que ce soit”)

parti pris

bias

stagiaire

intern

entaché

sullied

et pourtant

and yet

promouvoir

promote

immanquable

must-see

s’étaler

spread out over time

manipuler

handle (or manipulate)

effectuer

make

prendre un sacré coup

to take a big hit (negatively)

renvoyer

to fire someone

flou

fuzzy/vague

lisse

bland

démêler

to sort out

licenciement

firing/dismissal

prometteur (adj)

promising

à peine

barely

déraper

to get out of control

issu de

from (as a child)

tel quel

as is

menton

jawline

en revanche

on the other hand

gestion

management

formation

training/schooling

on verra bien

we’ll see

soudoyer

to bribe

revendiquer

to claim responsibility for

médico-légal

forensicc

compenser

to make up for

surgir

to emerge/appear suddenly

être chargé de qqc

to be in charge of something

s’emmêler

to get involved

il y aura

there will be

magouiller

to scheme

défoncer

to beat/smash sth up

discutable

debatable

calme plat

dead calm

il aurait approché

he would approach

alors que

while

régler

to settle/resolve something

un tournant

a turning point

une nouvelle fois

once again

frôler

brush past/graze (as in “glad to have brushed past death with you”)

se frôler

to just miss each other

prendre une claque

to be blown away

je dirais

i would say

petit plus

a little extra

crever l’écran

to steal the show/the screen

notre jeune du plateau

youngster on set

énerver

to annoy

à peine

barely

laffiche

poster

d’écart

gap (surtout l’âge)

petit coup de pelle

a little shovel

ne pas calculer

look right through someone

comme prévu

as planned/as expected/as intended

tout à fait

Too right!

couper le souffle

take your breath away/breathtaking

se lancer

have a go

n’importe quoi

whatever/nonsense

raboter

whittle down

baston

scrap/fight

ampleur

breadth

ouf

crazyyy

coulisse

backstage

intemporel

timeless

défaillante

failing

parcours

process

inouï

unheard of

dommage

a shame

divinement

divinely

s’éclater

to have fun

cuit

tired/cooked

être au taquet

to be on the ball

ça y est

that’s it

aguerri

seasoned

cachot

dungeon

grille de lecture

interpretive framework

redoutable

formidable

se lasser

to get tired of something

en revanche

on the other hand

chamboulé

upset

capter

to get

se croiser

to cross paths with

doué

gifted

s’aérer

to clear your mind/get fresh air

chanmé

wicked

cela donne super envie

it’s tempting

bourré

wasted

pour ainsi dire

so to speak

rien à voir

nothing to do with it

je me disais

i was thinking

veut tout dire

says it all

un photomontage

photoshopping

se taper

to sleep with

tu me fais visiter?

can you show me around?