French Key Vocabulary: Family, Descriptions, Relationships, and Town

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Essential French vocabulary covering family relationships, physical descriptions, personality traits, quality descriptions, comparatives, connectives, and local amenities.

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Le beau-père

The step father OR the father in law

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La belle-mère

The step mother OR the mother in law

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Le beau-frère

The brother in law

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La belle-soeur

The sister in law

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Le demi-frère

The half brother OR step brother

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La demi-soeur

The half sister OR step sister

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Le mari / L'époux

The husband

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La femme / L'épouse

The wife

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L'arrière grand-père

The great grandfather

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Le frère jumeau

The twin brother

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La soeur jumelle

The twin sister

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La famille d'accueil

The foster family

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Cadet / Cadette

Younger (as in younger brother or younger sister)

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Aîné / Aînée

Older (as in older brother or older sister)

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Des tâches de rousseur

Freckles

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Antipathique

Unfriendly

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Serviable

Helpful

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Fainéant(e)

Lazy

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Radin(e)

Stingy

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Têtu(e)

Stubborn

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Travailleur / Travailleuse

Hard-working

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Chaleureuse

Warm (personality)

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Fiable

Reliable

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Sévère

Strict

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L'ouverture d'esprit

Open-mindedness

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La force de volonté

Will power

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La fidélité

Loyalty / faithfulness

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L'honnêteté

Honesty

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L'humilité

Humility

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Une personne de confiance

A trustworthy person

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On pense pareil

We think alike

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On a les mêmes valeurs

We have the same values

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On a les mêmes goûts

We have the same taste

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Je m'entends bien avec

I get on well with

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Je me dispute avec

I fight / argue with

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Il/elle m'énerve

He/she gets on my nerves / annoys me

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Depuis

Used to say how long something has been happening; used with the present tense (e.g., J'habite à Sutton depuis quatre ans = I've lived in Sutton for four years)

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Meilleur(e)… que / Mieux… que

Better… than

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Pire… que

Worse… than

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Le/la pire

The worst

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Étant donné que

Given that

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Vu que

Seeing that / since

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Un centre commercial

A shopping centre / shopping mall

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Un commissariat

A police station

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Un hôtel de ville / Une mairie

A town hall

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Un grand magasin

A department store

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Une gare routière

A bus station

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Une usine

A factory

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Une charcuterie

A delicatessen

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Bien tenu

Well kept

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Mal tenu

Badly kept