| quand |
| 1. conj. when | |
| Appelez-moi quand vous arriverez chez vous - Call me when you get home | |
| 2. adv. when | |
| Quand est-il mort ? - When did he die? | |
| Je ne sais pas quand est-ce qu'il est mort. - I don't know when it was that he died. | |
| Quand est-ce que vous voulez partir ? - When do you want to leave? | |
| un |
| 1. art. an, a | |
| 2. num. number box, fr | |
| 3. num. one | |
| 4. pron. one, someone | |
| 5. n-m. one (the number or figure) | |
| avion |
| 1. n-m. aeroplane | |
| Regarde comme cet avion vole vite ! - Look how fast this plane flies! | |
| décroche |
| 1. v. first-person singular present of décrocher | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present of décrocher | |
| 3. v. second-person singular imperative of décrocher | |
| décrocher |
| 1. v. to unhook, remove from a hook | |
| 2. v. to pick up, pick up the phone, start a telephone conversation | |
| 3. v. (aeronautics) to stall | |
| 4. v. to pick up, get one's hands on | |
| 5. v. to withdraw (from drugs, alcohol, etc.) | |
| 6. v. to drop out of school | |
| Il a décroché de l'école à l'âge de douze ans. - He dropped out of school at twelve. | |
| 7. v. to abandon an interest or activity; to separate oneself from a person, group, idea, identity, etc. | |
| J'ai décroché du parti après le chaos de la dernière élection. - I left the (political) party after the chaos of the last election. | |
| il |
| 1. pron. he (third-person singular masculine subject pronoun for human subject) | |
| Il est parti. - He left. | |
| 2. pron. it (third-person singular subject pronoun for grammatically masculine objects) | |
| Je cherche mon livre. Où est-il ? - I'm looking for my book. Where is it? | |
| 3. pron. (impersonal pronoun) Impersonal subject; it | |
| Il pleut. - It’s raining. | |
| court |
| 1. adj. short | |
| 2. v. third-person singular present indicative of courir | |
| 3. n-m. (tennis) court | |
| courir |
| 1. v. to run | |
| 2. v. to hurry; to rush | |
| 3. v. (Louisiana French) to go | |
| Courez chercher mon livre! - Go get my book! | |
| un |
| 1. art. an, a | |
| 2. num. number box, fr | |
| 3. num. one | |
| 4. pron. one, someone | |
| 5. n-m. one (the number or figure) | |
| risque |
| 1. n-m. risk | |
| le risque d'une nouvelle guerre mondiale - the risk of a new world war | |
| Je n'aime pas trop prendre des risques. - I don't like taking risks that much. | |
| 2. v. first-person singular present of risquer | |
| 3. v. third-person singular present of risquer | |
| 4. v. second-person singular imperative of risquer | |
| risquer |
| 1. v. to risk, to put at risk | |
| J'ai risqué ma vie pour toi. - I risked my life for you. | |
| 2. v. to face, to incur | |
| Ils risquent une peine de prison. - They are risking a prison sentence. | |
| 3. v. to run the risk of; to be likely to | |
| Si tu fais ça, tu risques de le regretter plus tard. - If you do that, you risk regretting it later. | |
| de |
| 1. prep. of (expresses belonging) | |
| Paris est la capitale de la France. - Paris is the capital of France. | |
| 2. prep. of (used to express property or association) | |
| Œuvres de Fermat - Fermat’s Works | |
| Elle est la femme de mon ami. - She is my friend’s wife. | |
| le voisin de Gabriel - Gabriel's neighbor | |
| 3. prep. from (used to indicate origin) | |
| Elle vient de France. - She comes from France. | |
| Êtes-vous de Suisse ? - Are you from Switzerland? | |
| Ce fromage vient d’Espagne. - This cheese is from Spain. | |
| C’est de l’ouest de la France. - It’s from the west of France. | |
| Le train va de Paris à Bordeaux. - The train goes from Paris to Bordeaux. | |
| 4. prep. of (indicates an amount) | |
| 5 kilos de pommes. - 5 kilograms of apples. | |
| Un verre de vin - A glass of wine | |
| Une portion de frites - A portion of fries | |
| 5. prep. used attributively, often translated into English as a compound word | |
| Un jus de pomme - Apple juice | |
| Un verre de vin - A glass of wine | |
| Une boîte de nuit - A nightclub | |
| Un chien de garde - A guarddog | |
| Une voiture de sport - A sportscar | |
| Un stade de football - A football stadium | |
| 6. prep. from (used to indicate the start of a time or range) | |
| De 9:00 à 11:00 je ne serai pas libre. - From 9 to 11 I won’t be free. | |
| Je travaille de huit heures à midi. - I work from 8 o'clock to noon. | |
| un groupe de cinq à huit personnes - a group of from five to eight people | |
| 7. prep. used after certain verbs before an infinitive, often translated into English as a gerund or an infinitive | |
| J’ai arrêté de fumer. - I stopped smoking. | |
| Il continue de m’embêter. - He keeps annoying me. | |
| Elle m’a dit de venir. - She told me to come. | |
| Nous vous exhortons de venir. - We urge you to come. | |
| 8. prep. by (indicates the amount of change) | |
| Boire trois tasses par jour réduirait de 20 % les risques de contracter une maladie. - Drinking three cups a day would reduce the risks of catching an illness by 20%. | |
| 9. art. Used in the plural with prepositioned adjectives. | |
| Ce sont de bons enfants. - They are good children. | |
| Il y a d’autres exemples. - There are other examples. | |
| 10. art. Used in negated sentences with the grammatical object. | |
| Elle n’a pas de mère. - She doesn’t have a mother. | |
| Il ne mange pas de viande. - He doesn’t eat meat. | |
| Il n’y a pas de problèmes. - There are no problems. | |
| 11. n-f. abbreviation of dame | |
| accident |
| 1. n-m. accident | |
| élevé |
| 1. Participle. past participle of élever | |
| élever |
| 1. v. to raise | |
| 2. v. to bring up | |
| 3. v. to elevate, to enhance | |
| 4. v. to be heard, to rise | |
| 5. v. to rise, to soar | |
