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Vocabulary

gram (unit of mass)

Noun

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

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

string

G-string, thong, tanga

Noun

tanga

G-string, thong (underwear)

Noun

D.ieu

G-d, a deliberately incomplete spelling of Dieu

Name

rose amère

synonym of catharanthe rose (“rosy periwinkle”) (Catharanthus roseus) (L.) G. Don.)

Noun

catharanthe rose

rosy periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) (L.) G. Don.)

Noun

hippobrome à longues fleurs

star of Bethlehem (Hippobroma longiflora) (L.) G. Don.

Noun

point G

G-spot

Noun

clef de sol

G clef, treble clef

Noun

pervenche de Madagascar

synonym of catharanthe rose (“rosy periwinkle”) (Catharanthus roseus) (L.) G. Don.)

Noun

guillemette

synonym of catharanthe rose (“rosy periwinkle”) (Catharanthus roseus) (L.) G. Don.)

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

gens

set of people

Noun

groupe

group

Noun

gros

big, thick, fat; coarse, rough; famous; pregnant

Adjective

genre

kind; style, look, type; genre; gender (of nouns); voice (of verbs); gender (identification as a man, a woman, or something else, and association with a (social) role or set of behavioral and cultural traits, clothing, etc.); genus; the done thing

Noun

gouvernement

government

Noun

guerre

war

Noun

gagner

to win; to earn; to gain; to obtain; to go to; to reach; to arrive at

Verb

général

general, usual

Adjective

grâce

grace, charm; favour; mercy

Noun

général

general

Noun

garder

to keep; to retain; to store; to save; to guard; to be careful (de faire not to do)

Verb

gars

lad, guy; guys (usually all male)

Noun

grand

grown-up

Noun

grave

serious; solemn; low-pitched; back

Adjective

gauche

the left, the left-hand side; the left (the left-wing political parties as a group; citizens holding left-wing views as a group)

Noun

gérer

to manage; to rule, to rock (to excel)

Verb

garde

a watch, guard; a battalion responsible for guarding, defending a sovereign, a prince, more generally, of an elite corps.; sentry service performed by soldiers.; soldiers doing the sentry service; any person who performs regular service on a rotating basis.; a handle (of a weapon); a protection (act of protecting)

Noun

gauche

left; awkward, gawky, clumsy

Adjective

gestion

administration; management, control

Noun

goût

taste, flavour; taste, discrimination; taste (sense); appetite; smell, scent, odor

Noun

généralement

generally, in general

Adverb

garçon

boy; young man; man; Generic name of a male employee in some industries

Noun

gratuit

free of charge; gratuitous, for no reason

Adjective

génération

generation (act of generating); generation (rank in genealogy)

Noun

gaz

gas; flatulence; gasoline (US, Canada); petrol (UK)

Noun

gueule

gullet, snout, face (of an animal); mug (a person's face); mouth

Noun

gentil

noble; gallant, courteous; kind, sweet; sweet but not much else; vanilla; well behaved, good; pleasant, amiable, nice; attractive, pretty; all very well; fairly large, nice, tidy

Adjective

glace

ice; ice cream; glass; mirror

Noun

geste

gesture; move, motion; saga, especially a cycle of poems in the epic, literary style of the Middle Ages

Noun

génie

genie; genius; guardian spirit; engineering

Noun

génial

ingenious, characteristic of a genius; great, fantastic, awesome

Adjective

gare

railway station

Noun

grandir

to grow, get bigger; to grow up; to magnify

Verb

gardien

guard (someone who keeps guard of something); guardian, warden (protector); guardian (someone who looks after something else); guardian; babysitter

Noun

global

global, spherical; (hence) concerning the whole world; as a whole, on the whole; total

Adjective

gay

gay (homosexual person)

Noun

garantir

to guarantee (to assure that something will get done right); to protect, preserve

Verb

grève

bank (of a river); shore, strand; strike (cessation of work); greave

Noun

grec

Greek

Adjective

guide

guide person; guidebook, or set itinerary

Noun

gouverneur

governor

Noun

galerie

gallery; a type of porch common in the American South, veranda

Noun

gosse

child, kid; testicle; hull, husk, shell, clove (of garlic)

Noun

gamin

street urchin, street kid; kid

Noun

gamme

musical scale; range, gamut, series

Noun

gros

an overweight person; the bulk, the majority; term of address between males: buddy, mate, bro, man (affectionate between friends, but risky with strangers)

Noun