verbes

déchirer

To Tear

comprendre

to understand

entendre

to understand, to listen

commencer

to start

sortir

exit, take out

Je suis sorti → I went out

J'ai sorti les poubelles. → I took out the trash

atterrir

to land

décoller

to take off

avoir envie de faire qqch

feel like doing something

transpirer

sweat

to come/show through → La peur transpirait dans sa voix. → Fear showed in his voice.

laisser qn faire qqch

let someone do sth

arriver à

arrive at/to

→ arriver par la gauche = come from the left side

rompre

break, end

• To break a physical object

  • La branche s’est rompue. → “The branch broke.”

• To end a relationship or agreement

  • Rompre une relation → “to end a relationship”

  • Ils ont rompu leur contrat. → “They ended/broke their contract.”

• To break a habit or pattern

  • Rompre une habitude → “to break a habit”

  • Rompre le silence → “to break the silence”

• In formal expressions

  • Rompre le contact → “to cut off contact”

s‘évanouir

faint

perdre qqch.

lose sth

disparaître

disappear

se dissiper

to fade away/disperse (fog, worries, doubts)

s‘estomper

gradually fade, become less noticable

→ feelings, memories, colors, sounds

avoir du mal à

struggle to do something

mettre qqch.

put something on (clothing/music)

→ je mets mes lunettes

to place something somewhere

bâtir

build, construct

remonter

ascend, go back up, pull up/roll up something (sleeve,zipper, Rolläden)

bégayer

stutter

noun: un bégaiement

remonter à

date back to/go back to

ex.: Ça remonte à 2010. → “That goes back to 2010.”

dézipper

unzip

• fermer la fermeture éclair → to zip up

• ouvrir la fermeture éclair → to unzip

gérer qqch.

manage, handle, deal with

reprocher qqch. à quelqu‘un

to blame someone for something

→ tu ne vas pas lui reprocher de vouloir essayer

étrangler

strangle, choke

enfiler

to put on something, throw on

pass something through (thread into needle)

apprendre quelque chose à quelqu’un

teach someone something

défier

to challenge, defy

interdire

to forbid

éttoufer

choke

prévenir

to prevent, warn

chuchoter

to whisper

siffler

to whistle

obéir à

submit to

souffler

to blow

gonfler

to inflate

bâtir

to buid, construct

respirer

to breathe

se détendre

relax, loosen up

s’en ficher

to not care

battre les œufs

whisking eggs

plaisanter

to joke, kidding

en avoir rien à foutre

don’t give a damn

gèner

to bother, hinder

apaiser

to soothe, ease

soulager

relieve

bailler

yawn

diminuer

lessen, decrease

atténuer

mitigate, lessen

loger

accommodate, lodge

peter

to fart

gérer

manage, run, operate

éternuer

sneeze

réduire

lessen

se rendre compte

to realize

prendre la tête

to take the lead

se coucher

go to sleep

freiner

slow down

s‘endormir

fall asleep

prendre fin

terminate

chier

take a dump

guerir

to heal

résoudre

solve, figure out

avoir du mal

find it difficult to

avoir mal à ..

to have a pain (somewhere)

gratter

to scratch

emmener

take away, drive

mener

carry out, lead, carry on

attraper

to catch, trick (someone)

parvenir

achieve, go through

lutter

to struggle against, fight, battle

s’écrouler

collapse, fall down

rendre

give back, return

amener

to bring, lead, bring about

foncer

to go dark, charge, sink,

foncer droit

go straight

fournir

to provide, supply

saigner

to bleed

tirer

to pull, draw

chatouiller

to tickle

puer

to stink

piquer

to sting

sentir

to smell, to feel

attendre

expect sth

faire du mal

hurt, harm

être nul à

be bad at

jeter

throw down

faire froid

be cold

rouler

to drive

Gaspiller

To waste

pincer

to pinch

déconner

to mess around

empêcher

to prevent

fondre

melt, merge

se méfier

beware, distrust

décrocher

pick up (prize), unhook, turn off, take off

recueillir

collect

recevoir

receive, take, welcome