French vocab 2 💕

un périple

a Journey

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

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)

propice.s

favourable

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!

lisse

smooth

gratter

to scratch

faire un carton, cartonner

to be popular, to popularize,

se faire un film // [arrête de ] faire ton/mon/son cinema

to imagine/daydream something (esp an unreasonable thing) in so much detail like a film // [stop] pretending, making your drama

un sale (noun)

disagreeable, bad, used to emphasize an insult / (après noun, dirty)

mou/molle

soft (m/f) opposite of hard,

of a person: lacking dynamism

magistral.e

majestic, awe-inspiring

insipide

tasteless, flat, boring

éblouissant.e

divine, impressive, amazing

from : verb to get the sun in your eyes

niais.e, cul-cul / niaiserie

simple, naive, almost to the point of being dumb, “cul-cul [la praline]” / silly dumb activity

haleter / haletant.e

to breathe rapidly / suspenseful

fade

nulle, non spicy or savoury, boring, flat

glauque

horror film vibes, gloomy, creepy, dreary, disquieting

alléchant.e

food, that looks really good and makes you wanna eat it

en tétant

catchy, stays in your head, ear worm

écarlate

scarlet/blood red

un générique

a theme song

un balai

a broom

bétonné.e

covered in concrete

cobaye

guinea pig, research subject

rauque

hoarse, raspy

un requin

a shark

tiéde

lukewarm, tepid

dotée de

endowed with

auparavant

previously

le portefeuille

the wallet

cocasse

funny (formal language)

fracasser

smashed

méfier

to be aware, alert to/disquieted by potential dangers

mater

to look at someone flirtfully

bouleversé

Upset (Moved)

un mouchoir

handkerchief

étalé

spread out

Un éveil

An awakening

un délir

a fantasy

viser

to aim

Chiant.e

Tiring/tiresome/boring