NCEA Difficult words lvl 2 French

À partir de

From, as of

À peine

Hardly, scarcely

À propos de

In regard to

Ailleurs

Elsewhere

Apercevoir, s’apercevoir

To realise, to get a glimpse of

appuyer

To press, to push

assister à

To be present at

au fond

At the bottom, deep down

Autant de

As much as, as many as

D’ailleurs

Besides, what’s more

dès que

As soon as

Douée, doué

Gifted

La douleur

Grief, pain

empêcher

To prevent

emporter

To take away

enlever

To remove, to take off

Gêner

To annoy, to embarrass

Inscrire, s’inscrire

To register, to enrol

Licencier

To lay off, to make redundant

Mener à

To lead to

mentir

To lie, to tell lies

le métier

Profession, trade

la moitié

Half

paraître

to appear, to seem, to become apparent

parmi

Among

Plusieurs

Several

pour que

In order that, so that

Prêter

To lend

ramener

To bring back again

rapporter

to bring back, to return

renseigner, se renseigner

To inform

retenir

To hold back

s’adresser à

To apply, to approach

S’énerver

To get annoyed

S’habituer

To get used

s’installer

to settle in

s’occuper de

To deal with, to apply oneself to

se comporter

to behave

débrouiller

To manage, to cope

se méfier de

To mistrust, to distrust

Se rendre compte de

To realise, to understand

servir à

To be used as, to be useful

soigner

To care for

soutenir

to support

supporter

To put up with

Tandis que

Whereas, while, so long as

Tant de

So much, so many

Tenir à

To hold, to be keen on, to intend

tirer

To draw, to pull

Verser

to pour, to overturn