French Verbs

Disposer de

to possess

Disposer

to arrange

Tenter

attempt/tempt/entice

de faire droit

to do right/justice

Figurer

to appear

Se Figurer

to imagine/figure

Vouloir

want/wish

Lutter

to fight

Valoir

to be worth

Ajouter

to add

Jeter

to throw (can be metaphorical)

Pousser

to grow/push/sprout

Remonter

to wind up/reassemble/return

Renfermer

to contain/enclose/include

Soulever

to raise/lift

Tendre

to stretch/extend/tense

Édifier

to build

Préciser

to specify

Confondre

to confuse/mix up/mistake

se confondre

to merge/blend together/be indistinguishable

Régir

to govern/rule

Congédier

to dismiss/fire/discharge

Entraîner

to lead to / cause

S'entraîner

practice/work out

Échouer

to fail

Provenir

to originate/arise

Entériner

to confirm/ratify (legally or officially)

se rabattre sur [quelque chose]

to fall back on/to resort to/to fold back something

Déchoir

to decay (metaphorically)/fall from a position

Pourvoir

to provide/fill/supply

Basculer

to tilt / fall / tip [over]

Promouvoir

to promote/advance

Approfondir

to deepen/further/develop

Ressasser

to dwell on/rehash

S’efforcer

to endeavor

Efforcer

to exert

Comprendre

to understand/include/contain

Maîtriser

to master/control/overcome

Ressentir

to feel/experience

Conseiller

to advise/recommend

Diffuser

to disseminate/diffuse

Épeler

to spell

Rapprocher

to bring [together/closer]/conciliate

Advenir

to happen/become

Partager

to share/split/communicate

Divertir

to entertain/amuse

Coincer

to trap/pin

Tenir à [qqch]

to be due to

to depend on

to be rooted in [something]

Revenir

to return/come back

revenir à quelqu’un

to belong to/to be due to/to go to [someone]

Édicter

to enact/issue

Retenir

to retain/hold/remember

Souhaiter

to wish/want

Sous-tendre

to underlie

Lier

to bind/link/connect

S'enraciner

to take root

Enraciner

to root

Ignorer

to ignore/not know/disregard

Étendre

to extend/expand/lay/hang

Conformer

to conform

Gronder

to rumble/scold/roar

Saisir

to enter/seize/capture/understand/grasp

Accueillir

to welcome/host

Jaser

to chat/talk

Céder

to transfer/give [up]/cede

Instaurer

to establish/implement/build [smth]

Comparaître

to appear [before a legal authority]

Répartir

to distribute/spread/divide

Entretenir

to maintain/nurture/sustain

aller de soi

to go without saying/to be self-evident

Enseigner

to teach

S'éloigner

to move away/walk away [from something/someone]

Éloigner

to keep away/take away/alienate

Affranchir

to free/set free/stamp

Trébucher

to stumble/trip (up)

Errer

to wander/roam/stray

Enfoncer

to press/sink/drive in

Deviner

to guess/predict

Affronter

to face/confront

S'affronter

to clash

Se tromper

to go wrong/be mistaken/err

Se tromper de [quelque chose]

to get the wrong [thing]

Tromper

to deceive/mislead

Monter

to raise/set up/climb

Montrer

to show

Traîner

to drag/pull/trail

Se dégager

to emerge

se renverse

to tip over/fall over/upend/overturn

Enfermer

to lock up/enclose

Happer

to snatch/seize/be caught up

Engloutir

to engulf/swallow up/devour

Faire confiance

to trust

Ployer

to bend

améliorer

to improve / enhance

réussir

to succeed / to pass (an exam)

aller de l'avant

to move forward in progress or advance

fournir

to provide or supply something

mélanger

to mix / blend