French vocab 2 💕

un périple

a Journey

trébucher

to stumble

se faire à

to get used to, adjust to (se faire à une idée)

siroter

to sip

dépourvu.e de

devoid of

capoter

to freak out

épargner de

to spare (someone of something)

s’acharner à

to persist (in doing xyz)

la faillite

bankruptcy

diff bw survenir / advenir

survenir = to happen

advenir = to come about

diff bw convier / confier / fier

convier = to invite, urge

confier = to confide

fier = to trust

freiner

to brake, to stop, to impede/keep from progressing

l’édicule

the kiosk, chapel (if used in religious context)

se fier, confier

to trust, to confide

diff bw celui/cela de // celui-là(ci) cela-ci(la)

referring to something that’s not here (must be followed by de + adj/description)

referring to something at hand (no need for de + adj because it is here and evident)

d’ici + durée (cod)

from this point until durée

confier (à)

to confide (to someone)

se référer à

to refer to

se moquer de

to make fun of

parrain de

godfather of

bénéfique // lyrique

beneficial, lyrical

une mammifère

a mammal

s’en prendre à qqn

to get into a dispute with (physical or verbal)

apercevoir / s’apercevoir

to see from far away // to become conscious of (prendre conscience), to realize

diff bw j’assume VS je suppose

i assume, like to take on, accept (ex responsibility, guilt)

i suppose, like to imagine or presume

embellir

to make more awe-inspiring

approfondir

to deepen

empirer

to get worse,

intimiste

intimate

il n’en demeure pas moins que …

it remains true/a fact that …

colporter

to spread rumours

dorénavant, désormais

from now on

se démarquer

to stand out

on ne peut plus + ADJ

couldn’t be more ADJ

une commère

a gossip (someone who gossips)

bien paraître

to look good/present yourself well (in appearance)

se pomponner

to get dolled up, real pretty

admettre

to accept

renouer avec

to reconnect with

assidu / assiduité

well attending / your attendance

nier / renier

to deny, reject, be in denial // to disown, give up, or efface

être navré.e

i am moved for you, my condolences, i’m sincerely

une levée

a rib (maybe of food bc rib (human body) is usually une côte)

le sentier

the trail

dépister

to detect

emporter

to take away (from)

emméner / amener / ramener / mener / apporter / porter

to bring qqn à somewhere / to bring qqn à qnn autre / to bring (qqc) back / to lead or guide / to bring (qqc) / to wear

déchanter

to disillusion

propice.s à

favourable

pudique

modest, shy

dédommager

to compensate (lit, to undo a shame)

emparer

to seize, gain

une prestation

a benefit

tricoter

to knit

un emprunt

a loan (like emprunter)

diff bw rapporter / reporter / remporter / ramasser

to bring back (or earn in terms of wages) / to reschedule / to win (like a prize) / to pick up

se creuser

to widen, to dig (think of landscapes & fissures + related metaphors)

la fossé

the ditch

brouhaha

brouhaha

amertume

bitterness

ronger

to gnaw, to chew, scratch or bother/worry

le seuil

the threshold, the limit/boundary

un fardeau

a burden

la méfiance

the distrust

un.e mendiant.e

a beggar

revendiquer

to claim, to request

un balayage

a sweep (like clean or like scan)

roupiller

to snooze

je sais plus où j’en suis // j’en suis là

i’m lost, totally lost. listless // i am where i am today

faillir + verb

almost, barely + the verbe

se contenter de

to be content with / contented by

achever

to complete

j’ai autres chats à fouetté

i’m busy/i got other stuff to do (i got other cats to whip)

il y a des couilles dans le potage

something’s gone wrong (there’s balls in the soup)

le dépliant

the leaflet/brochure

l’analphabétisme

illiteracy

au secours!

help me! i need help !

diff faute de // à cause de

due to the lack of // because of (negative connotation)

l’assiduité

diligence

je donne ma langue au chat

j’abandonne, je renonce

découler de

to flow from

sûreté

safety (diff from sécurité)

prendre de l’ampleur

to increase, become more and more

le chevet, au chevet

the bedside (table, person), to be at the bedside

ex, livre chavet = ur nighttime bedside book

déchiffrer

to decode

diff bw :

pendant

pour

dans

en

pendant = duration real + completed, or highly certain in the future (good default word)

pour = duration planned for the future (esp for contracts or plans without certainty), (not the best default duration word, NEVER for past)

en = the time it takes to do/complete something. translate to “xyz WITHIN 00:00” specified duration

dans = the time after which something will be available/begin. translate to “xyz WILL BEGIN 00:00” specified duration

c’est nickel

it’s perfect !

fiable

reliable

moisi, le moisi

mouldy, the mold / adj also meaning démodé, old

(noun) d’occasion

(noun) secondhand

feuilleter

to browse

un pigeon

someone who goes to little tourist traps and picks up little trinkets and useless things there

récurer

to scrub

trempé.e

soaked

trancher, une tranche

to slice, a slice/part

déconner

to mess around

aplatir

to flatten

les corbeaux

the crows

une garce, la garce

a bitch, the bitch!