Vocabulary
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
objet
thing, object; in particular crafted or manufactured thing; aim, goal; mental representation, what is thought; source or target of feeling; object; subject line
Noun
diriger
to run; to direct (be the director of); to supervise; to oversee; to steer (vehicles); to aim, to direct; to direct (a film); to go towards; to head (for)
Verb
coucher
to lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up (a lodger); to go to bed; to set (of celestial objects); to lodge, to beat down (wheat); to layer (branches); to slant (writing); to aim at; to sleep; to sleep with; …
Verb
prétendre
to claim, to allege; to expect, to consider necessary; to aim at, to set one's sights on; to claim; to pretend
Verb
torturer
to torture (to intentionally inflict severe pain on someone, usually with the aim of forcing confessions or punishing them); to torture
Verb
colonialisme
colonialism (the policy of a country seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of economic dominance)
Noun
mire
aim (action of aiming); foresight (of rifle); target; test pattern; rod (measuring tool); medieval physician
Noun
guidon
handlebar (bar used to steer a bicycle, motorbike, or similar vehicles using the hands); guidon (pennant, banner); sight (aiming aid at the end of a gun barrel)
Noun
khâgne
the second year course, preceded by hypokhâgne, of a two-year academic cycle in France (called Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles, Humanities section) whose aim is to prepare students for the entrance competition to the École normale supérieure in Paris
Noun
hypokhâgne
the first year course, followed by khâgne, of the two-year academic cycle in France (called Classe préparatoire aux grandes écoles, Humanities section) whose aim is to prepare students for the entrance competition of the École normale supérieure in Paris
Noun
biscotto
tactical play between two people (or two teams) aimed to wrong or evict a third person (or a third team)
Noun
pour ce faire
with this aim in mind, to do this, in order to achieve this, to this end, to that end
Adverb
problémiste
problemist; a theorist, composer of chess problems; a solutionist (one who aims to solve chess problems)
Noun
Contre-Réforme
Counter-Reformation (period of Roman Catholic revival that aimed to combat the Reformation)
Name
à l'adresse de
aimed at (someone); intended for (someone); for the attention of (someone); to the benefit of (someone)
Preposition
cocheur
ticker (birdwatcher who aims to see (and tick off on a list) as many bird species as possible)
Noun
compagnon de route
fellow traveller (one who sympathizes with the aims or beliefs of an organization without belonging to it)
Noun
avoir les dents longues
to aim high, to set one's sights high, to be ruthlessly ambitious, to be fiercely competitive
Verb
tirer des plans sur la comète
to chase rainbows, to build castles in the air, to reach for the stars, to shoot for the moon, to aim too high (to make overly ambitious plans)
Verb
état-major
general staff, high command, headquarters (group of officers in charge of an army under the control of the commander-in-chief); headquarters (military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued); administrative staff (body of staff that administers a political party); senior management (group of people in charge of a corporation); any administrative body aimed at aiding a professional or academic in their work
Noun
aimer
to love (usually of a person, otherwise the meaning is closer to English like); to like (often with bien)
Verb
aimé
presubject first-person singular present indicative of aimer; presubject first-person singular present subjunctive of aimer
Verb