French vocab - B

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un animal de basse-cour
a farm animal
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baster
to give in
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un bec
a beak
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une boîte
a tin, box, can
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une boucle
a buckles (of a belt or shoe)
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un bonhomme
a gentleman
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un bonhomme de neige
a snowman
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bref
anyway/in short
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la balustrade
balustrade/handrail/railing
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une bourse d'étude
a (study) scholarship
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une bougie
a candle
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le barème
scale (of grading)
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le beau-frère, les beaux-frères
stepbrother, brother in law
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la belle-mère
step-mother, mother in law
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boudeur/euse
sulky, sullen, grouchy
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des bavardages
gossip
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le bus
coach
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la barbe à papa
candy floss
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blâmer
to condemn, criticise, disapprove of
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buter sur/contre
to bump into, stumble/trip over
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la battue
search, (man)hunt
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la beauté, la belle allure
good looks
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la bouilloire
kettle
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la Bourse
Stock Exchange
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la bruyère
heather (plant)
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la brume
fog, mist, haze
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une bonne affaire
a bargain
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une bobine
a reel
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le bricolage
DIY
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le bouton
button
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la bassesse
baseness, unworthiness
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broncher
to shy away, flinch
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bio
organic
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le beurre
butter
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le butin
the spoils, booty
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la berceuse
lullaby
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la brouille —> la brouille ancestrale 

quarrel —> blood feud 

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briguer

to aspire, crave, seek

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le bourreau
torturer, executioner
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au bout du monde
to the other side of the world
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la bière
beer, coffin
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bercer
to cradle
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un berceau
a cradle
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le bouleau
birch tree
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bouger
to move
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le bourg
town
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la bâche
tarpaulin
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le balai
(cleaning) broom
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brûler
to burn, yearn, long for
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un bleu (les bleus)
bruise(s)
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une brosse à dents
toothbrush
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la boue
mud
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il bruine
it's drizzling
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le bouquin
book
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le bouqiniste
second-hand bookshop
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bredouiller, bafouiller
to stammer, stutter, mumble, mutter, falter
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le bus

coach

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la barbe à papa

candy floss

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blâmer

to disapprove of, condemn, criticise

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buter sur/contre

to bump into, stumble/trip over

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la battue

search, hunt

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la beauté, la belle allure

good looks

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la bouilloire

kettle

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la Bourse

Stock Exchange

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la bruyère

heather

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la brume

mist, fog, haze

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le bidonville

shanty town

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braconner

to poach

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le braconnage

poaching

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broder

to embroider

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la broderie

embroidery

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le banc

bench

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la banque

bank

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la berge

river bank

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bardé(e) de qch

bedecked with sth

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le brevet

certificate

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bandé

packed, busy

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la betterave [beh-trahv]

beetroot

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bougon (être né bougon)

grumpy (to be born grumpy)

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brider

to curb/keep a check on/bridle

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briller de larmes

to glisten with tears

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borgne (adj)

one-eyed

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la fenêtre borgne

obstructed window

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(faire de) la balançoire (au parc)

(to go on) the swing (at the park)

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la balançoire à bascule

seesaw

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braquer qqn

braquer qch sur

braquer son regard sur

to put sb’s back up (offend / annoy them)

to point sth at

to fix one’s gaze on

(hold up the bank [informal])

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braver qch

to defy sth

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bégueule

prudish

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un brugnon

nectarine

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(une paire de) boucles (f) d’oreilles

(a pair of) earrings

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le bail [bye]

lease

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un boulier

an abacus

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un braquage 

heist —> idiomatic use: didn’t revise for a test, aced it anyway = c’était un braquage 

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le bouchon

bottle lid, cork, hold up (on road)

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la brocante

junk, secondhand market/shop

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la bouilloire 

kettle 

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la bouillotte

hot water bottle

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balle perdue 

stray bullet 

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le bon sens

the right direction

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les œufs brouillés 

scrambled eggs