Words 101–200
bureau
desk; office (room); ticket office; the staff of an office; office; an administrative unit; frieze (coarse woolen cloth); desktop (on-screen background)
Noun
sur
on, upon; on top of; from on top of; above; out of; in the case of; about, concerning; in (a place)
Preposition
livre
book; pound (unit of weight); metrical pound, half a kilogramme, 500 g; imperial pound ≈ 454 g; various values between 300 and 600 g; pound (unit of currency); grade (level)
Noun
dictionnaire
dictionary (a list of words, usually arranged alphabetically and presented with definitions or translations); dictionary (an associative array)
Noun
exercice
exercise, performance; exercise, practice; exercise; physical exercise; fiscal year, financial year
Noun
lever
to raise, lift; to rise, stand up; to rise, come up; to get up (out of bed); to clear, lift
Verb
ouvrir
to open; to begin, to initiate; to open (of a door or a flower); to open, to begin; to turn on, to switch on, to put on (of a device or an appliance); to open it or the door, to answer it or the door, to get it; to cut something open, to gash something (of a part of one's body); to open onto, to lead into (+ sur); to open onto, to overlook, to look onto (of a door or a window) (+ sur); to open up to, to be open to, to be exposed to, to get a feel for (+ à); …
Verb
plaire
to please, to appeal to (usually translated into English as like with exchange of subject and object); to enjoy (oneself)
Verb
comprendre
to understand, comprehend; to comprise, include; to know each other (well); to get on well, to get along well; to be comprehensible or conceivable
Verb
ne
not (used alone to negate a verb, now chiefly with only a few particular verbs; see usage notes); not, no (used before a verb, with a coordinating negative element usually following; see usage notes); used in a subordinate clause before a subjunctive verb (especially when the main verb expresses doubt or fear) to provide extra overtones of doubt or uncertainty (but not negating its verb); the so-called "pleonastic" or "expletive" ne; in comparative clauses usually translated with the positive sense of the subsequent negative
Particle
vouloir
to want, wish, desire; to expect; to think; forms rhetorical questions, perhaps better translated to English by rephrasing with would or should; to see oneself as; to give the impression of, to seem; to please do something
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
combien
how much (for uncountable nouns and portions); how much (for money); how many (with countable nouns)
Adverb
calendrier
calendar (an organized, linear system used for measuring long periods of time); calendar (a chart or other visual aid, organized and printed or made otherwise reviewable for the purpose of tracking the progression of time); program, schedule
Noun
dernier
last; latest (most recent); latter (usually preceded by the determiner ce); see: ce dernier
Adjective
date
date (point in time); date (romantic meeting); date (person you go on a romantic meeting with)
Noun
septembre
September (the ninth month of the Gregorian calendar, following August and preceding October, containing the southward equinox)
Noun