| passer |
| 1. v. to go past | |
| 2. v. to cross (a border) | |
| 3. v. (legal) to pass | |
| passer une loi - to pass a law | |
| 4. v. to spend (time) | |
| J'ai passé les vacances en Espagne. - I spent the holidays in Spain. | |
| J'ai passé une splendide soirée chez toi. - I had a great evening at your place. | |
| 5. v. to publish (a newspaper) | |
| 6. v. to take, to sit (an exam or test) | |
| J'ai réussi l'examen que j'avais passé en avril. - I passed the exam that I took in April. | |
| 7. v. to pass (an exam or test) | |
| Il est passé à l'examen. - He passed the exam. | |
| 8. v. (dated) to pass (an exam or test) | |
| Il a passé l'examen. - He passed the exam. | |
| 9. v. (public transportation) to run | |
| Le train passe toutes les vingt minutes. - The train runs every 20 minutes. | |
| 10. v. to exceed (a limit) | |
| 11. v. to percolate | |
| 12. v. to hand down, to pass on | |
| 13. v. to be allowed | |
| 14. v. to pass, to go (between two entities) | |
| 15. v. to show (a movie) | |
| 16. v. to go up (a grade) | |
| 17. v. to shift (change gear) | |
| 18. v. to go down | |
| 19. v. to go up | |
| 20. v. to stop by, to pop in | |
| Il est passé nous voir. - He stopped by to see us. | |
| Je vais y passer demain pour mes affaires. - I'm going to stop by there tomorrow for my things. | |
| 21. v. to pass away, to die | |
| 22. v. (music) to spin (e.g. a disk) | |
| 23. v. (TV) to show (be on television) | |
| 24. v. (sports) to pass (kick, throw, hit etc. the ball to another player) | |
| 25. v. (athletics) to pass (the relay baton) | |
| 26. v. to pass on (infect someone else with a disease) | |
| 27. v. to put, to place, to slip (move a part of one's body somewhere else) | |
| 28. v. to wipe, rub | |
| Elle passe de la crème sur son ventre. - She's rubbing cream on her belly. | |
| 29. v. to skip a go | |
| 30. v. to put (make something undergo something) | |
| 31. v. (card games) to pass (not play upon one's turn) | |
| 32. v. to take place, to happen, to come to pass | |
| Qu'est-ce qui s'est passé ici ? - What happened here? | |
| 33. v. to go by | |
| 34. v. to do without | |
| Je ne peux pas me passer du café le matin. - I can't do without a cup of coffee in the morning. | |
| 35. v. to don | |
| Il passa son pantalon. - He put on his pants. | |
| 36. v. (indtr, pour) to be thought to be, to be said to be, to be taken for | |
| faire passer quelqu'un pour quelque chose - to make someone out to be something | |
| se faire passer pour - to pass oneself off as, to pose as, to impersonate | |
| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| chose |
| 1. n-f. thing | |
| sur |
| 1. prep. on, upon | |
| 2. prep. on top of | |
| 3. prep. from on top of | |
| 4. prep. above | |
| 5. prep. out of | |
| sept sur dix - seven out of ten | |
| 6. prep. in the case of | |
| 7. prep. about, concerning | |
| 8. prep. (informal, France) in (a place) | |
| sur Paris - in Paris | |
| 9. adj. sour | |
| une |
| 1. num. feminine singular of un | |
| 2. art. a / an (feminine indefinite article) | |
| 3. n-f. front page (of a publication) | |
| autre |
| 1. adj. other | |
| Donnez-moi un autre exemple. - Give me another example. | |
| 2. adj. another | |
| à |
| 1. Notes. In Canada, à and a are not homophones, à a, a ɑː. | |
| 2. prep. to (destination) | |
| aller au bout - go to the end / go all the way | |
| Je vais à Paris. - I am going to Paris. | |
| 3. prep. to (until) | |
| Le spectacle sera de 18h à 21h. - The show will be from 6 pm to 9 pm. | |
| 4. prep. on the, to (some directions) | |
| Tournez à gauche ! - Turn to the left! | |
| Ne tournez pas encore à droite ! - Don't turn to the right yet! | |
| Le vent vire au nord. - The wind turns north. | |
| L'école est à gauche. - The school is on the left. | |
| 5. prep. at (said of a particular time) | |
| à dix heures et quart - at quarter past ten | |
| Je pars à cinq heures précises. - I am leaving at exactly five o'clock. | |
| 6. prep. at, in, on (said of a particular place) | |
| à la maison - at home | |
| à l'hôtel - at the hotel | |
| au comptoir du bar - at the bar | |
| au bois - in the woods | |
| J'habite à un demi-kilomètre d'ici. - I live half a kilometer from here. | |
| La maison qui a été détruite hier soir ne se trouvait qu'à trois kilomètres de chez nous. - The house that was destroyed last night was only three kilometers from our place.à trois kilomètres d | |
| 7. prep. Used in various interjections used as warnings or exhortations | |
| au voleur ! - stop thief! | |
| à l'assassin ! - murderer! | |
| au meurtre ! - murder! murderer! | |
| à moi ! - help! | |
| à l'aide ! - help! | |
| au secours ! - help! | |
| au feu ! - fire! | |
| aux armes ! - to arms! | |
| à l'attaque ! - attack! forward! charge! up and at 'em! | |
| à l'abordage ! - on board! | |
| au boulot ! - get to work! let's get to work! | |
| au travail ! - get to work! let's get to work! | |
| 8. prep. from (origin) | |
| Nous prenons de l'eau au puits. - We get water from the well. | |
| Je l'ai eu à la bibliothèque. - I got it from the library. | |
| Voilà la femme à laquelle j'ai acheté mon chien - There's the woman I bought my dog from. | |
| 9. prep. of (belonging to) | |
| C'est un ami à moi. - This is a friend of mine. | |
| Cette voiture est à John. - This is John's car. | |
| le chien à Marie - Mary's dog nonstandard: one normally would use de here | |
| 10. prep. till, until (used in farewells) | |
| à plus tard - see you later | |
| à bientôt - see you soon | |
| Salut, donc. À demain. - Bye, then. 'Til tomorrow / see you tomorrow. | |
| 11. prep. (cuisine) cooked in or with | |
| 12. prep. Used to make compound nouns to state what something is used for | |
| moulin à poivre - pepper mill | |
| sac à dos - backpack | |
| boite à musique - music box | |
| 13. prep. (before an infinitive) to (used to express something not completed) | |
| l'équipe à battre - the team to beat | |
| Il n'y a jamais grand-chose à faire par ici. - There's never much to do around here. | |
| Là où tu ne vois pas grand-chose, je ne trouve qu'une grande abondance de choses qui restent à faire. - Where you see nothing great, I only see a great abundance of things that need doing. | |
| Il reste deux tâches à finir. - There are two things left to finish. | |
| Il y a de la bière à boire. - There's some beer to drink. | |
| 14. prep. Used to describe a part of something, often translated into English as a compound adjective | |
| un animal à quatre pattes - a four-legged animal | |
| une femme au visage pâle - a pale-faced woman | |
| un homme à longue barbe - a long-bearded man — a man with a long beard | |
| une chemise à manches courtes - a short-sleeved shirt | |
| une maison aux murs de brique - a brick-walled house / a house with brick walls | |
| 15. prep. by | |
| peu à peu - bit by bit | |
| petit à petit - little by little | |
| minute à minute - minute by minute | |
| jour à jour - day by day | |
| un à un - one by one | |
| 16. prep. or, to (used to express an approximate number) | |
| six à sept personnes - six or seven people | |
| de vingt à trente ans - from twenty to thirty years | |
| tous les cinq à six ans - every five or six years | |
| 17. prep. Used to indicate the recipient of certain phrasal verb. | |
| mettre le feu à - to set fire to | |
| clouer le bec à - to shut (someone) up | |
| donner la chasse à - to give chase to | |
| 18. prep. with | |
| quelques |
| 1. adj. plural of quelque | |
| Les rayons des céphéides classiques sont de quelques dizaines à quelques centaines fois celui du Soleil. - The radii of the classical Cepheids are from some tens to some hundred times that of t | |
| ou |
| 1. conj. or | |
| 2. conj. either...or | |
| Ou il est fou ou il est bête. - Either he's mad or he's stupid. | |
| plusieurs |
| 1. adj. several, many, a lot | |
| reprises |
| 1. n. plural of reprise | |
| 2. Participle. feminine plural of repris | |
| reprendre |
| 1. v. to take back, recover, regain | |
| 2. v. to take again, take more of, have another helping | |
| 3. v. to resume (work), get back to, carry on with | |
| Après la pause, on va reprendre le travail. - After the break, we're going to get back to work. | |
| Je lui ai dit que j'aimerais reprendre un de mes vieux passe-temps, soit jouer du piano, soit apprendre une langue. - I told him I'd like to get back to one of my old hobbies, either playing pi | |
| 4. v. to retake, recapture | |
| 5. v. to start again | |
| reprendre à zéro - to start from scratch | |
| 6. v. to pick up, to show new sign of life | |
| 7. v. to criticize, correct, rebuke, reprimand | |
| 8. v. to correct oneself | |
| 9. v. to pull oneself together | |
| 10. v. to cover, to perform or record a cover version (of a song by another musical artist) | |
| en |
| 1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes) | |
| J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England. | |
| 2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes) | |
| Il est allé en France. - He went to France. | |
| 3. prep. by (used to indicate means) | |
| aller en bus - go by bus | |
| partir en voiture - leave by car | |
| 4. prep. as | |
| Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend. | |
| habillé en père Noël - dressed as Father Christmas | |
| 5. prep. at (used to describe an ability) | |
| fort en histoire - good at history | |
| 6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition) | |
| une chaise en hêtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair | |
| une fourchette en métal - a fork made of metal/a metal fork | |
| 7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years)) | |
| en 1993 - in 1993 | |
| en janvier - in January | |
| en septembre 2001 - in September 2001 | |
| 8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while | |
| 9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something | |
| C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. - It was by cheating that he became champion. | |
| 10. prep. in (used to describe color) | |
| une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white | |
| 11. prep. in (used to describe feelings) | |
| en détresse - in distress | |
| 12. prep. in (as part of something) | |
| en équipe - on a team | |
| 13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)) | |
| Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)! | |
| Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. - How many books do you have? I have three (of them). | |
| Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. - Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them). | |
| Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them). | |
| Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there? | |
| Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it. | |
| 14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici. | |
| Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there). | |
| appuyant |
| 1. Participle. present participle of appuyer | |
| appuyer |
| 1. v. to press, push | |
| 2. v. to rest | |
| 3. v. to support, to back | |
| 4. v. to lean + sur (object) = on or (+preo, contre, means=against) | |
| 5. v. to depend, to rely + sur (object) = on | |
| 6. v. to put up with | |
| en |
| 1. prep. in (used to indicate space, also see usage notes) | |
| J'habite en Angleterre. - I live in England. | |
| 2. prep. to (indicates direction towards certain very large locations, see usage notes) | |
| Il est allé en France. - He went to France. | |
| 3. prep. by (used to indicate means) | |
| aller en bus - go by bus | |
| partir en voiture - leave by car | |
| 4. prep. as | |
| Il me traite en ami. - He treats me as a friend. | |
| habillé en père Noël - dressed as Father Christmas | |
| 5. prep. at (used to describe an ability) | |
| fort en histoire - good at history | |
| 6. prep. of, made of (used to describe composition) | |
| une chaise en hêtre - a chair made of beech/a beech chair | |
| une fourchette en métal - a fork made of metal/a metal fork | |
| 7. prep. in (during the following time (used for months and years)) | |
| en 1993 - in 1993 | |
| en janvier - in January | |
| en septembre 2001 - in September 2001 | |
| 8. prep. (followed by a gerund) while | |
| 9. prep. (followed by a gerund) by, in describing a way of getting something | |
| C'est en trichant qu'il est devenu champion. - It was by cheating that he became champion. | |
| 10. prep. in (used to describe color) | |
| une photo en noir et blanc - a photo in black and white | |
| 11. prep. in (used to describe feelings) | |
| en détresse - in distress | |
| 12. prep. in (as part of something) | |
| en équipe - on a team | |
| 13. pron. (Used as the object of a verb to indicate an indefinite quantity; of it, of them. Replaces the partitive article (du, de la, etc.)) | |
| Essaies-en ! - Try some (of it / them)! | |
| Tu as combien de livres ? J'en ai trois. - How many books do you have? I have three (of them). | |
| Y a-t-il beaucoup de pièces ? Oui. Il y en a beaucoup. - Are there many rooms? Yes, there are many (of them). | |
| Martin a trois sandwichs, mais j'en ai seulement deux. - Martin has three sandwiches, but I have only two (of them). | |
| Il y en a combien ? - How many of them are there? | |
| Je bois de l'alcool parce que j'en ai besoin - I drink alcohol because I need (of) it. | |
| 14. pron. Adverbial preposition indicating movement away from a place already mentioned; from there, from it. Replaces the phrase de là or d’ici. | |
| Est-ce qu'elle vient de Barcelone ? Oui, elle en vient. - Does she come from Barcelona? Yes, she comes (from there). | |
| pressant |
| 1. Participle. present participle of presser | |
| 2. adj. pressing, urgent, insistent | |
| 3. adj. squeezing | |
| presser |
| 1. v. to urge | |
| 2. v. to squeeze, to squash | |
| 3. v. to hurry, to hurry up | |
| 4. v. to hurry up | |
| 5. v. to press against each other, to flock | |
