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Everyday French: 28 lessons, from hello to the news

997 words, in teaching order

Words 201–300
apprendre
to learn; to teach
Verb
travailler
to work; to study; to struggle
Verb
habiter
to live in, to occupy (to have as a home.); to live (in)
Verb
vivre
to live; to experience
Verb
aller
to go; to attend (school, church regularly); to be going (to); will soon; forms a near-future tense; to be (feeling); to go well; to suit; to be X-proof (to be suitable for use in an appliance without running the risk of being damaged in the process)
Verb
venir
to come (to move from one place to another that is nearer the speaker); used in venir de with the meaning of "originate from" or "have just done"; to cum, to come, to orgasm
Verb
revenir
to come back, to return; to grow back; to recur, to be mentioned repeatedly; to come to mind, to be remembered; to recant, to go back on; to brown; to go to as what is due; to come to be responsible
Verb
rentrer
to go back, to re-enter; to go (back) home, to come (back) home; to get in, to go in, to fit in; to bring in, to get in, to put in; to score (a goal); to collide (with), crash (into), run (into)
Verb
voir
to see (visually); to see (to understand); to see (to visit, to go and see)
Verb
entendre
to hear; to be able to hear; to listen to; to mean; to agree with each other; to have good relations with; to get on; to get along; to be good or competent at something; to desire; to wish; to intend; to demand; to know; …
Verb
écouter
to listen; to listen to; to watch (a film or television)
Verb
dire
to say, to tell (to express through speech); to tell (to order, to advise); to say, to tell (to set out in writing); to say (often used in the sense of responding to an objection); to say, to tell of (to celebrate, to sing, to narrate); to say, to tell (to deliver, to recite); to seem like, to look like; to mean, to say, to state (to denote, to signify, to indicate, to mark); to say, to tell (used when speaking of actions, of gestures, of looks, etc., that demonstrate someone's thinking); to call out (to denounce); …
Verb
donner
to give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else; to donate; to come across
Verb
prendre
to take; to eat; to drink; to get; to buy; to rob; to deprive; to make; to catch, to work, to start; to get (something) caught (in), to jam; to get into, to come over (to cause to behave uncharacteristically, to affect in a surprising manner, to possess); to start having a negative feeling towards someone; to gain; …
Verb
acheter
to purchase; buy
Verb
lire
to read; to play; to be read
Verb
écrire
to write
Verb
asseoir
to sit (someone) down, to seat, make sit; to sit down, sit up, take a seat; to assert
Verb
se
The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.; himself; herself; oneself; itself; themselves; each other; The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
Pronoun
lever
to raise, lift; to rise, stand up; to rise, come up; to get up (out of bed); to clear, lift
Verb
dormir
to sleep
Verb
penser
to think, reflect, concentrate one's mind on something; to think, imagine, believe; to be of the opinion that, believe; to be absorbed by a worry or depressing thoughts; to conceive a project; to evoke the image or remembrance of someone in one's mind; to attach one's thinking to someone, especially lovingly; to believe being or doing something; to think well or badly, to have a high or low opinion of someone; to try or prepare to do something; …
Verb
devoir
must, to have to, should (as a requirement); must; should; must, to do or have with certainty; to owe (money, obligation and etc); (even) if it is necessary (+ infinitive); to have a duty to
Verb
pouvoir
can, to be able to; may (of a choice); to be possible; may, could be; to have the right (to); to have the power, the authority or the talent (to do something)
Verb
falloir
to need, have to, to be necessary (that); to take (time); to be missing
Verb
attendre
to wait for, to await; to expect
Verb
utiliser
to use, to utilize
Verb
trouver
to find; to retrieve something lost, turn up something hidden, or encounter something previously unknown to one; to find (something to be the case); to think or consider (something to be so); to find oneself (at a place or in a situation); to be found, to be situated, to be; to be the case, to turn out (that)
Verb
chercher
to look for, to seek; to look (to do something); to mess with someone, ask for trouble; to pick up, to go and get; to get to know oneself; to seek for each other
Verb
entrer
to enter
Verb
sortir
to exit, go out, come out; to take out, bring out; to have or take; to organise; put by sort
Verb
mettre
to put; to place; to put on; to set; to start (something / doing something); to get around to it; to penetrate
Verb
porter
to carry; to support, to bear; to wear; to be about, to concern; to feel, to be in good/bad health
Verb
maison
house
Noun
appartement
apartment, flat
Noun
pièce
room in a house, etc.; patch; piece; one Canadian dollar; play; document, paper; ordinary
Noun
chambre
a chamber in its various senses, including; a room.; a hotel room.; a bedroom.; a house of a parliament.
Noun
cuisine
kitchen; culinary art or cuisine
Noun
salon
living room; salon; show (exhibition of items), exhibition (large-scale public showing of objects or products)
Noun
salle de bain
bathroom (room containing a bath where one can bathe); bathroom (room containing a toilet)
Noun
toilettes
toilet, lavatory
Noun
porte
door; gate (to a city, at airport); gateway, means, door
Noun
fenêtre
window
Noun
table
table (furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses); flat surface atop various objects; flat part of a cut or carved object; table of a stringed instrument; matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns; systematic list of content
Noun
chaise
chair, seat
Noun
lit
bed; layer
Noun
canapé
sofa; piece of bread covered with some savory (finger) food; nibble (small bits of food, e.g. at a party)
Noun
armoire
wardrobe (British), closet (US), a cabinet, taller than it is wide, for storing things.; a very stocky man
Noun
lampe
lamp, light; bulb
Noun
clé
key (device for unlocking); key (essential attribute); wrench, spanner; USB stick; key; clef; key; the device as shown on a coat of arms
Noun
sol
soil, earth; ground; floor; sol (the fifth step (G) in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la); a Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value; sou (the feudal era coin)
Noun
mur
wall
Noun
toit
roof
Noun
étage
floor, storey; stage, division of a geological period; floor in ocean and sea; zone; stage
Noun
ascenseur
lift, elevator; scroll bar
Noun
escalier
step, stair; staircase
Noun
jardin
garden
Noun
frigo
fridge; refrigerator
Noun
four
oven; stove; flop
Noun
verre
glass (substance); symbol of fragility; symbol of transparency; Object of this substance; lens, glass; glass (drinking vessel); the content of such a vessel
Noun
tasse
cup; cupful
Noun
serviette
towel (cloth used for wiping); napkin; briefcase; menstrual pad
Noun
savon
soap
Noun
douche
shower
Noun
miroir
mirror
Noun
télévision
television
Noun
machine à laver
washing machine
Noun
lumière
light; lumen; traffic light; headlight; headlamp
Noun
grand
big; tall; grown up, big; great (i.e. important, outstanding, noble, fine, renowned); grand; big fat, great big (an intensifier); greater (together with the surrounding area pertaining to it)
Adjective
petit
small; little; petty
Adjective
nouveau
new, novel
Adjective
beau
handsome, fine, attractive; nice; fair (weather)
Adjective
joli
pretty; cute; jolly, nice, pleasant, agreeable
Adjective
laid
physically ugly; morally corrupt
Adjective
long
long
Adjective
court
short
Adjective
chaud
warm, hot; on heat; horny, randy (showing interest in sexual activity); sexually attractive, sexy, hot; enthusiastic, willing, up for; hard, difficult; risky; dangerous; disreputable; dodgy; drunk
Adjective
froid
cold (temperature); distant, unfriendly
Adjective
facile
easy, simple; easy, promiscuous (consenting readily to sex)
Adjective
difficile
difficult; choosy, fussy, picky
Adjective
rapide
fast, rapid
Adjective
lent
slow
Adjective
cher
dear, beloved; expensive, costly
Adjective
bon marché
cheap, inexpensive
Adjective
correct
correct, right; passable, okay; OK, fine, alright
Adjective
important
important; large, considerable, significant
Adjective
intéressant
interesting
Adjective
ennuyeux
dull, boring, tedious, tiresome, monotonous; annoying
Adjective
fort
strong; powerful; (informal) skilled, proficient, successful, sometimes translated "good" (often used in reference to academic subjects); who can count on
Adjective
faible
weak; low, small (amount, degree, percentage)
Adjective
propre
own; clean; toilet-trained; house-trained; proper, specific, particular; eigen-
Adjective
sale
dirty; bad, unpleasant; vile, despicable
Adjective
plein
full, full up; plenty; solid; full; mid-; middle; pregnant
Adjective
vide
empty; devoid; blank (page, tape); vacant; unfurnished (apartment)
Adjective
haut
high; tall; early
Adjective
bas
low; bass
Adjective
large
wide, broad; large; generous
Adjective
étroit
narrow
Adjective
riche
rich (possessing wealth); rich (abundant); rich (fatty or sweet); rich (vivid)
Adjective
pauvre
poor (financially deprived); lacking, scanty; poor, pitiable; Used before epithets, describing the person being addressed, for emphasis.
Adjective