french final vocab

une bougie

a candle

arracher

to remove/tear out

avoir du retard/etre en retard

to be late

mettre de temps a faire quelque chose

to take time to do something

ces temps derniers

lately

bienvenu

welcome

se passer

to happen

oser

to dare

une gravure

an engraving

aveugle

blind

une honte

a shame

la couture

sewing

affaire(e)

busy

guetter

to watch out for

hurler

to howl/yell

bouscule(e)

jostles

etincelant

shining/sparkling/gleaming

ambulant

a street vendor

domestique

a housekeeper/maid

faillir faire quelque chose

to almost do something

craindre

to fear/be afraid of

coudre

to sew

sourire

to smile

eteindre

to turn off

un malentendu

a misunderstanding

funeste

disastrous

un autel

an altar

des baguettes

chopsticks

furtivement

stealthily

en vouloir a qqun

to hold a grudge against someone

une amertume

shame

sans appel

without appeal

se lamenter

to complain/whine

les levres serrees

lips pressed tightly together

rompre le silence

break the silence

reprendre

to take back

vivre dans son ombre

to live in someone’s shadow

un coeur jaloux

a jealous heart

contraindre qq’un a faire qqch

to force someone to do something

durcir

to harden

jeter un coup d’oeil

to glance around

un feu de brousse

a bushfire

ca ne fait rien

it doesn’t matter

qu’est-ce que ca me fait

what does that do to me

je fais appel a votre raison

i appeal to your reason

se faire des illusions

to delude oneself

faire expres de faire qqch

to do something on purpose

faire de la peine a qq’un

to hurt someone’s feelings

comment est fait votre visage

what does your face look like

cela fait sept ans que

it’s been 7 years since

maudire

to curse

tricoter

to knit

fuir

to flee

noyer

to drown

s’eterniser

to drag on

debarquer

to disembark

trier

to sort

bercer

to rock (as in rock back and forth)

transiter

to pass through

se raser

to shave

coller

to stick

confier qq’un/qqch a qqun

entrust someone with something

se hisser

to hoist/raise

se glisser

to slip

accueillir qq’un

to welcome someone

se mettre a faire qqch

to get started on something

deboucher

to unclog

ecraser

to crush

se tordre

to twist

soupirer

to sigh

veiller a qqch

to make sure of something

renseigner qq’un

to inform someone

entamer

to begin

se presser de faire qqch

to hurry up and do something

gisait

lay/was lying

maudire qqch ou qqn

to curse something or someone

se charger de qqch

to take charge of something

les gens de maison

housekeepers

s’attabler

to sit down and eat

talonner qqun

to follow someone closely

demeurer sur ses positions

to stand firm on one’s positions

salir

to dirty

deshonorer

to disgrace

eviter

to avoid

reprocher qqch a qqun

to blame/reproach someone for something

tomber amoureux de

to fall in love with

surmonter des problemes

to overcome problems

viser a

to aim to

empecher qqun de

to prevent someone from

frequenter

to frequent/visit

une appartenance a

membership in

a plusieurs reprises

on several occasions

egarer qqch

to lose something

tenter de

to try to

tromper qqun

to cheat on someone

etre depasse par

to be overtaken by

pratiquant

religiously practicing

entasser

to pile up

supprimer

to suppress

s’emporter

to lose one’s temper