Les cours intensif 3, Leçon 2, Entrée, Atelier A Vocabulary

Vocabulary List from Les cours intensif 3, Leçon 2, Entrée, Atelier A

People & Relationships

  • ein Schuler/eine Schulerin - a student (m/f): Refers to someone who is learning or studying.
  • un écolier, une écolière - a schoolboy/schoolgirl: Specifically a student in primary or secondary school.
  • berufstätig - employed, working: Describes someone who has a job or career.
  • actif/active - active: Can describe someone who is energetic or involved in activities.
  • un couple - a couple: Two people who are romantically involved.
  • être en couple - to be in a relationship: The state of being romantically involved with someone.
  • ein Liebespaar; ein Ehepaar; ein Paar - a couple, a pair: Can refer to a dating couple, a married couple, or just a pair of things/people.
  • une famille monoparentale - a single-parent family: A family headed by one parent.
  • une famille recomposée - a blended family: A family where one or both parents have children from a previous relationship.
  • un beau-père/une belle-mère - a stepfather/stepmother: The spouse of one's parent from a previous relationship.
  • un demi-frère/ une demi-sœur - a half-brother/half-sister: A sibling with whom one shares only one parent.
  • un ami/une amie - a friend (m/f): A person whom one knows, likes, and trusts.
  • un petit ami/une petite amie - a boyfriend/girlfriend: A person with whom one is having a romantic relationship.
  • une bande - a group, a clique: A close-knit group of friends.
  • tomber amoureux/amoureuse de qn - to fall in love with someone: To begin to feel romantic love for someone.
  • plaquer qn - to dump someone (coll.): To end a romantic relationship with someone.
  • tromper qn avec qn - to cheat on someone with someone: To be unfaithful in a romantic relationship.
  • draguer qn - to flirt with someone: To behave in a way that suggests one is attracted to someone.
  • un baby-sitter/une baby-sitter - a babysitter (m/f): Someone who takes care of children while the parents are away.
  • un cafeteur/une cafeteuse - a snitch (m/f): Someone who tells on others.
  • un coach - a trainer: Someone who trains people, often in sports or fitness.

Feelings & Emotions

  • une angoisse - an anxiety: A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease.
  • jaloux/jalouse - jealous: Feeling or showing envy of someone or their achievements and advantages.
  • déçu, déçue - disappointed: Feeling or showing sadness or displeasure because something was not as good as expected.

Qualities & Characteristics

  • fidèle - faithful, loyal: Being true to one's word, promises, or allegiances.
  • pessimiste - pessimistic: Tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen.
  • présent, présente - present: Being in a particular place or situation.
  • baraqué/baraquée - muscular, broad-shouldered: Describes someone with a strong, muscular build.
  • musclé, musclée - muscular: Having well-developed muscles.
  • superficiel, superficielle - superficial: Concerned only with what is on the surface or obvious; shallow.
  • total, totale - total, complete: Absolute or entire.

Actions & Verbs

  • grandir - to grow, to grow up: To increase in size or develop over time.
  • grandir au présent (conjugation):
    • je grandis
    • tu grandis
    • il grandit
    • nous grandissons
    • vous grandissez
    • ils grandissent
  • j'ai grandi - I grew up (passé composé): Past tense of growing up.
  • s'installer - to settle down: To make one's home in a place.
  • pratiquer qc - to practice sth: To engage in an activity or skill regularly.
  • avoir les moyens de faire qc - to be able to affort to do sth: To have the financial resources to do something.
  • compter sur qn - to count on someone: To rely on someone for support or assistance.
  • se confier à qn - to confide in someone: To tell someone personal or secret information, trusting them not to repeat it to others.
  • en vouloir à qn de qc - to be angry at someone for something: To resent someone for something they did.
  • trahir qn - to betray someone: To be disloyal to someone; to violate their trust.
  • trahir au présent (conjugation):
    • je trahis
    • tu trahis
    • il trahit
    • nous trahissons
    • vous trahissez
    • ils trahissent
  • j'ai trahi - I betrayed (passé composé): Past tense of betraying.
  • reprocher à qn de faire qc - to reproach someone for doing sth: To accuse someone of doing something wrong or expressing disapproval.
  • respecter qn/qc - to respect someone/something: To show admiration and consideration for someone or something.
  • contredire qn - to contradict someone: To say the opposite of what someone else has said.
  • étonner qn - to astonish someone: To surprise or impress someone greatly.
  • faire faire qc - to have something done: To arrange for someone else to do something.
  • faire craquer qn - to make someone crack: To cause someone to lose emotional control.
  • laisser qn faire qc - to let someone do sth: To allow someone to do something.
  • prendre qn/qc au sérieux - to take someone/something seriously: To regard someone or something as important and worthy of attention.
  • se déconnecter - to disconnect: To log off or detach from electronic devices or social media.

Ideas & Concepts

  • un moyen - a means, a way: A method or course of action by which something can be accomplished.
  • l'amitié (f.) - friendship: A relationship of mutual affection between people.
  • le chômage - unemployment: The state of being without a job.
  • une influence - an effect: The power to have an effect on someone or something.
  • un effet - an effect: A change that is a result or consequence of an action or other cause.
  • un effet de groupe - a group effect: The influence of a group on individual behavior.
  • la jalousie - jealousy: The state or feeling of being jealous.
  • un conflit - a conflict: A serious disagreement or argument.
  • qc regarde qn - sth concerns someone: Something that is relevant or important to someone.
  • la tolérance - tolerance: The ability or willingness to tolerate something, in particular the existence of opinions or behavior that one does not necessarily agree with.
  • un échec - a failure: Lack of success.
  • l'inverse (m.) - the opposite: Something that is diametrically different.
  • un côté - a side: An aspect or facet of something.
  • le cerveau - the brain: The organ of the body in the head that controls thoughts, feelings, and activities.
  • le physique - the physical appearance: A person's physical attributes or build.
  • l'apparence (f.) - appearance: The way that someone or something looks.

Miscellaneous

  • traditionnel, traditionelle - traditional: Existing in or as part of a tradition; long-established.
  • un sac à dos - a backpack: A bag carried on one's back, typically with straps over the shoulders.
  • un test - a test: A procedure intended to establish the quality, performance, or reliability of something.
  • C'est de ta faute. - It's your fault.: Used to assign blame to someone.
  • voir la réalité en face - to face reality: To acknowledge and deal with things as they actually are.
  • pareil, pareille - same, similar: Alike in some way.
  • le bazar - the mess: A state of confusion or disorder.
  • goûter - to have a snack: To eat a small amount of food, especially between meals.
  • il est temps que - it's time that: Indicates that something should happen now.
  • pour que - so that: In order that.
  • un équipement - equipment: The necessary items for a particular purpose.
  • un exercice - an exercise: An activity requiring physical effort, carried out especially to sustain or improve health and fitness.
  • jusqu'à ce que - until: Up to the point in time or the event mentioned.
  • les pectoraux (m.) - the pectoral muscles: The muscles of the chest.
  • Ça te passera. - You'll get over it.: This will pass.
  • sans que - without: In the absence of.
  • à fond - completely, thoroughly: To the maximum extent.
  • la gonflette - bodybuilding: The practice of increasing the size of one's muscles through exercise and diet.
  • tôt - early: Near the beginning of a period of time or in advance of the expected time.
  • une période - a period: An amount of time.
  • passer pour qn/qc - to pass for someone/something: To be regarded as or mistaken for someone or something else.
  • un muscle - a muscle: A band of fibrous tissue in a human or animal body that has the ability to contract, producing movement in or maintaining the position of parts of the body.
  • trouver dommage que - to think it's a pity that: To find something regrettable or unfortunate.