French Vocabulary for Exam Preparation

These flashcards include a vocabulary list for various terms in French that are important for exam preparation.

la région parisienne

the area around Paris

une usine

a factory

un pavillon

a suburban middle-class house

un gilet

a cardigan

l'accouchement

childbirth

les grands ensembles

large housing estates

la cité

the housing project

un centre de loisirs

a day camp

la foire

the fair

les parents biologiques/adoptifs

biological/adoptive parents

un jeu de cartes

a deck of cards

un mariage arrangé/forcé

an arranged/forced marriage

un mensonge

a lie

un enterrement

a funeral

un testament

a will

une cave

a basement

un.e mannequin

a model

la rancœur

resentment

un fléau

a plague

la vérité

the truth

maghrébin.e

someone from the Maghreb (Morocco, Algeria, or Tunisia)

sensible

sensitive

frapper qq'un

to hit someone

marier qq'un

to marry someone to someone else

fuguer = faire une fugue

to run away (from home)

se cacher

to hide, to be in hiding

avoir ses règles

to have one's periods

découvrir un secret

to find out about a secret

mentir

to lie

mépriser

to despise

avoir honte de qq'un

to be ashamed of someone

faire honte à qq'un

to embarrass someone

avoir un copain

to have a boyfriend

en vouloir à qq'un

to hold a grudge against someone

en avoir marre de qqch/qu'un

to be fed up with something/someone

déménager

to move (house)

étouffer

to suffocate

se battre pour/contre

to fight for/against

laisser son héritage à qq'un

to leave one's inheritance to someone

fumer un joint

to smoke a joint

sortir en boîte

to go to a nightclub

devoir qqch à qq'un

to owe someone something

trouver du boulot

to get a job

abandonner ses études

to drop out of school

se droguer

to do drugs

révéler un secret

to reveal a secret

insolent.e

insolent

rebelle

rebellious

effronté.e

cheeky

gâté.e

spoiled

soumis.e

submissive, obedient

résigné.e

resigned