March 2025 - July 2025
ravissant | delightful/lovely/beautiful |
La starlette | starlet |
La vedette | star |
La livraison | delivery |
La technique de réalisation | Filming technique |
dont | Of which/included |
tourner | To film |
impensable | unthinkable/inconceivable |
reconstitution | reunion |
La patrie | homeland |
malvoyant | blind |
malentendant | deaf |
sourd | deaf |
autrui | others |
Le local | premises |
À supposer que | assuming/supposing that |
De façon que | So that/in such a way that |
En admettant que | Assuming that |
Jusqu’à ce que | until |
Pour que | So that |
Pourvu que | Provided that |
La prise | Take (film) |
Le spectateur | audience/viewer |
L’anxiété (f) | anxiety |
L’angoisse (f) | anxiety/fear |
La douleur | pain |
La tristesse | sadness |
ressentir | To feel |
La souffrance | suffering |
minimaliste | minimalist |
Sans fioriture | Without frills |
simple | simple |
répéter | To rehearse |
courant | common |
L’endroit (m) | place |
éphémère | short-lived |
intrépide | intrepid |
aventureux | adventurous |
facétieux | mischievous |
prétentieux | vain |
précis | accurate |
grebouler | To scribble/doodle |
La volonté | want |
bipolaire | bipolar |
Le radical | stem/root (word) |
adoucir | To soften/calm/soothe |
Le somnifère | Sleeping pill |
La menthe | mint |
suffir | To suffice |
défiler | To catwalk |
décomplexer | To remove inhibitions |
Le tissu | fabric |
étoiler | To weaken/fade |
faiblir | To weaken |
Le mégot | Cigarette butt |
joncher | To strew |
trottoir | pavement |
La cheffe | leader |
La maraude | roaming |
EHPAD | Nursing home |
Faire la bascule | To tip over/shift/change |
aGIRC-ARRCO | Special pension for farmers |
AG2R | French cycling team |
enfiler | To put on |
Un gilet | cardigan |
demuni | Less fortunate/vulnerable |
décharger | To undermine/compensate |
La municipalité | Town hall |
La mairie | townhall |
Le project | plan |
La marche | step |
antenne | link/branch |
secourisme | First aid |
Des vivres | food |
milliers | thousands |
La foi | faith |
désintéressement | selflessness |
Échouer | To fail |
Se réjouir = être joyeux | To be happy |
Un moyen/une forme de paiement | Method of payment |
Salle de projection = salle obscure | cinema |
foncé | Dark (colour) |
Les corons | Regional hymn for Northern french miners |
Un hymne | Anthem/hymn |
Par les temps qui courent | nowadays/at the present moment |
Scénario = histoire = intrigue | Plot/storyline |
Le charbon | coal |
Payer pleins pot(s) = payer la totalité du prix | To pay full price |
Une ristourne/réduction | discount |
Une avant-première | Preview (special event) |
Instantané = immédiat | Immediate |
Les recettes | Takings/revenue |
longer | To follow |
Atteindre un but | To reach a goal |
S’attendre à | To expect |
concours | Entry exams/competitive examination |
Être indemnisé | To be paid/compensated |
mémoire | Memory |
Au niveau de | In terms of/when it comes to/to the level of |
Captivant = passionnant | exciting |
Mettre l’eau à la bouche/ça te fait saliver | To excite |
Pourvu que | Provided/hoping that |
Si tant est que | Supposing that/even if |
À condition que | On condition of/as long as |
Ça le fait (grave) = c’est cool | That’s great |
En admettant/présumant/supposant que | Assuming/supposing that |
Soi-disant | So called/supposedly |
Un clivage | divide |
bête | stupid |
Effleurer | To touch on/skim over |
C’est un carton | It’s a success |
cartonner/faire carton plein | To be successful |
La satire | Satire |
sous-entendu | Implied |
Tourner en ridicule | To ridicule |
Se moquer de | To make fun of |
Se prévaloir = se la péter = frimer = se flatter de | To show off |
Une maquette | Someone who lives for the cameras/model |
Entonner (1+ people) = chanter | To sing |
Autodérision = se moquer de soi même = le satire | To self-derade |
Se gratter | To scratch/scrub/itch/overtake/slog away |
entre-ouvert | Aajar |
Une manche | Sleeve |
percer | To break through |
ailleurs | elsewhere |
Le répertoire | Contacts/telephone directory |
Le népotisme | nepotism |
intervenant | interviewee |
De formation | By trade |
Sur le tas | On the job |
Coup de foudre | Love at first sight/lightning strike |
foudre | lightning |
Susciter (les émotions) | To provoke/elicit (emotions) |
Alimenter (la curiosité) | To feed |
Tenir à cœur | To hold dear |
mûrir | To mature/ripen |
Mettre à l’écart | To sideline |
tabou | taboo |
Psychologue - parler | |
Psychiatre - médicaments | |
s’identifier | To relate to |
burkinabé | From burkina faso |
Mon regard | Gaze |
En de ça | below |
Une émeute | riot |
Mener = diriger = faciliter = controller | To lead |
Fluctuer = osciller = varier = bouger = changer = vaciller | To change |
Les annonces | Ads/announcement |
extrait | extract |
cadet/cadette = la petite dernière | Youngest child |
l’ainé(e) = le/la plus grand(e) | Oldest child |
Une tenu | outfit |
Sensible (peau et personne) | sensitive |
Découler = par consequence | To stem/result from something |
ostentatoire | ostentatious/visible |
musulmane | muslim |
derière | behind |
En arrière | backwards |
La foi | faith |
Telle qu’elle | As it is |
couche | layer |
Avoir des attentes | To have expectations |
La bouche de métro = la sortie du métro | Metro exit |
Argumonter | To back up/justify |
récenser | To take a census |
d’où | hence/from |
Faramineuse = énorme = important = massive | Big |
Mettre au courant = informer | To update/bring up to speed |