French B1.2/B2 vocabulary

apercevoir

to catch sight of / to notice

se taire

to be quiet / to shut up

témoigner

to testify / to show evidence of

ressentir

to feel

parvenir

to manage / to succeed in

se méfier (de)

to be wary (of)

embaucher

to hire

licencier

to fire

empêcher (de)

to prevent from

appartenir (à)

to belong to

fournir

to provide / supply

provenir (de)

to come from / originate

entamer

to begin / start (a process, discussion, etc.)

entreprendre

to undertake

aboutir (à)

to lead to / result in

franchir

to cross / overcome

s’efforcer (de)

to strive / try hard to

se dérouler

to take place / unfold

éviter (de)

to avoid

car

because

puisque

since / as

en effet

indeed / in fact

apercevoir

to catch sight of / to notice

se taire

to be quiet / to shut up

témoigner

to testify / to show evidence of

ressentir

to feel

parvenir

to manage / to succeed in

se méfier (de)

to be wary (of)

embaucher

to hire

licencier

to fire

empêcher (de)

to prevent from

appartenir (à)

to belong to

fournir

to provide / supply

provenir (de)

to come from / originate

entamer

to begin / start (a process, discussion, etc.)

entreprendre

to undertake / start a project

aboutir (à)

to lead to / result in

franchir

to cross / overcome

s’efforcer (de)

to strive / try hard to

se dérouler

to take place / unfold

éviter (de)

to avoid

car

because

puisque

since / as

en effet

indeed / in fact

par conséquent

consequently

de ce fait

as a result

bien sûr

of course

contrairement

unlike / contrary to

portant que

whereas / while

alors que

whereas / while

pendant

during / for

lorsque

when

depuis

since / for

et

and

de plus

furthermore / moreover

en plus

in addition / what's more

d’abord

firstly / first of all

ensuite

then / next

enfin

finally / at last

c’est-à-dire

that is to say

autrement dit

in other words

étant donné que

given that / seeing that

indonder

flood

dénouement

outcome

hauteur

height

demi-pension

breakfast & dinner

le congé maternité

maternity leave

accoucher

to give birth

être enceinte

to be pregnant

bénévolat

internship / volunteer work

emprunter

borrow

s’aquer

acquire

s’éloigner

to move away

imprévisible

unpredictable

dérober

steal

certes

certainly

davantage

any further

daigné

deigned

elargissent

enlargement

étend

extends

recouvre

cover

remplir

fill

plein (de)

full (of)

complèt

complete/full

afin que

so that

disparate

completely different

abyme

abysse

exergue

epigraph

sourdine

mute

autant que

as much as