Words 101–200
vêtement
garment, item of clothing; clothes, clothing; a set of four triangles covering the corners of the shield, leaving a lozenge of the field (the edges of which reach the edges of the shield) in the middle (compare vêtu)
Noun
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
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
éloigner
to remove; to distance, to draw or pull away from; to distance oneself, to pull oneself away from
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
pas
The most common adverb of negation in French, typically translating into English as not, don't, doesn't, etc.; used as an intensifier in underlying rhetorical questions, mostly with voilà
Adverb
mon
my (used to qualify masculine nouns and vowel-initial words regardless of gender); Followed by rank, obligatory way of addressing a (male) superior officer within the military. (Folk etymology: military-specific short for "monsieur".)
Determiner
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
faire
to do; to make; to say (of a person), to go (of an animal or device); to make (cause someone or something to do something); to act like (something); to be (of the weather or various situations); to do, to make (oneself); to be, to get (used for a passive action); to ripen (of fruit), to mature; to become used to, to get used to; …
Verb
savoir
to know (something); to know how (to do something); to be able to, to be apt to (especially in the negative or interrogative conditional; used in the positive in Belgium); to find out
Verb
arriver
to arrive (often followed by a location); to happen (unlike other translations of happen, can be used with an indirect object to specify something/somebody affected by the action; it may also be used with a relative clause in the subjunctive); to cope, to manage; to be able to, to manage (to do something successfully); to obtain a level of success or fame
Verb
porter
to carry; to support, to bear; to wear; to be about, to concern; to feel, to be in good/bad health
Verb
bon
good; right, correct, appropriate; sexy, hot, smoking hot; generous, agreeable; nice, fine
Adjective
tomber
to fall; to come down; to bump into, to come across; to be received by (when making a telephone call); to become, to get
Verb
lever
to raise, lift; to rise, stand up; to rise, come up; to get up (out of bed); to clear, lift
Verb
secouer
to shake; to shake off (oppression etc.); to shake (emotionally, figuratively); to shake up; to shake (oneself); to make an effort
Verb
siffler
to whistle; to whistle for, to blow on a whistle for; to boo by whistling (to show one's disapproval at something); to hiss; to knock back (a drink), to down
Verb
rafale
gust (strong, abrupt rush of wind); sudden shower, flurry; burst (series of shots fired from an automatic firearm)
Noun
eau
water, a liquid that is transparent, colorless, odorless, and tasteless in its pure form, the primary constituent of lakes, rivers, seas, and oceans; In particular, rain; the chemical compound with molecular formula H₂O existing in the form of ice, liquid water or steam; Natural liquid quantities or expanses; Fluids such as sweat, formed and found in the body of man or animal
Noun
dans
in, inside (enclosed in a physical space, a group, a state); to (indicates direction towards certain large subdivisions, see usage notes); in, within (a longer period of time); during; out of, from; in; in the works of; Used in dans les (“about, around”)
Preposition
laisser
to leave, to leave behind; to forget, to leave alone; to leave with, to give; to let, to allow; to allow oneself, to let oneself
Verb
reprendre
to take back, recover, regain; to take again, take more of, have another helping; to resume (work), get back to, carry on with; to retake, recapture; to start again; to pick up, to show new sign of life; to criticize, correct, rebuke, reprimand; to correct oneself; to pull oneself together; to cover, to perform or record a cover version (of a song by another musical artist)
Verb
enfin
finally; in the end; at last, finally; in fact; indeed; Introduces a contradiction, objection, limitation or correction of what has just been stated.
Adverb
travers
outside (the external part of); wide side (the side of which the width is measured); border toll; oddity, irregularity of mind and mood, unfortunate disposition, defect of character
Noun
montrer
to show; to point to; to point out; to display, to demonstrate one's characteristics; to show off; to appear; to seem
Verb