french reading and listening
s’inscrire à la fac: to enroll in university (or college)
s'installer: to settle/to move in
francophone: French-speaking (person or region)
une année de congé: a year off (or gap year)
sud: south
projets: plans or projects
avenir: future
le bac: the baccalaureate (French high school diploma)
licence: bachelor's degree
brevet: certificate (often referring to the French "Brevet des collèges," which is a diploma awarded at the end of middle school)
diplôme: diploma or degree
comme toujours: as always
je me permets de faire des prédictions: I'll dare to make some predictions
je n'ai pas envie de rester au chômage: I don't want to be unemployed
le vrai problème, c'est de savoir___ : the real issue is to know___
les rêves, ça ne se raconte pas !: you don't tell your dreams!
mais c'est la vie: but that's life
moi, je n'ai aucune idée: I have no idea
moi, j'ai l'intention de___: my intention is to___
on passera le bac: we'll sit the baccalaureate exam
parlons de choses moins tristes: let's talk about things that are less sad
tu as le cafard: you're a bit down in the dumps
tu nous manqueras: we will miss you
vous me manquerez: I will miss you
infirmier; infirmière: nurse
journaliste: journalist
chauffeur de taxi: taxi driver
assistant social; assistante sociale: social worker
professeur; professeure: teacher
médicin: doctor
j'ai envie d'être___: I want to be a___
informaticien; informaticienne: computer scientist; computer technician
PDG d'une société: managing director of a company
vétérinaire: veterinarian; vet
enseigner le français: to teach french
entraîner des joueurs de foot: to train soccer players
gagner beaucoup d'argent: to make a lot of money
faire de la confiture de fraises: to make strawberry jam
fabriquer du fromage de chèvre: to make goat's milk cheese
faire du volontariat: to do volunteer work
prendre une année de congé: to take a year off
s'inscrire à la fac: to enrol at the university
vendre des produits ailmentaires: to sell food products