Lesson overview

Dive into this lesson now and in 5 minutes you'll come out the other side feeling like you travelled to France and back.
99 words/phrases to learn
préventif; préventive
preventive (masc.; fem.)
autoritaire
authoritarian; domineering
aimable
nice; friendly
la conformité
the conformity; the compliance
un pantalon
trousers
anormal; anormale
abnormal (masc.; fem.)
inhérent; inhérente
inherent (masc.; fem.)
se réconcilier
to make up; to reconcile
un réservoir
a reservoir; a tank
une désignation
a designation
ça m'emmerde !
it pisses me off!
une inondation
a flood
un câble
a cable
un poumon
a lung
humble
humble; modest
une perturbation
a disturbance
brouiller
to scramble; to blur
une illustration
an illustration
un aveu
a confession; an admission
un fermier; une fermière
a farmer (masc.; fem.)
hanter
to haunt
un cordon
a cord
néfaste
harmful; detrimental; pernicious
lasser
to tire; to bore
influer
to influence
présentement
currently; at present
appliqué; appliquée
applied (masc.; fem.)
amusant
fun
un tremblement
a tremor; a quake
les rails
the tracks
fondamentalement
fundamentally
la lampe
the lamp
une plate-forme
a platform
triple
triple; treble
supplier
to beg
une multiplication
a multiplication
camoufler
to camouflage; to hide
un cliché
a cliché; a stereotype
le diamant
the diamond
un guerrier; une guerrière
a warrior (masc.; fem.)
inchangé; inchangée
unchanged (masc.; fem.)
comique
funny; comic
une planification
a planning
un éloge
a praise; a compliment
un regroupement
a regrouping
odieux; odieuse
odious (masc.; fem.)
désastreux; désastreuse
disastrous (masc.; fem.)
figer
to fix in place; to freeze; to set
nocturne
nocturnal (masc.; fem.)
une configuration
a configuration
escompter
to discount; to count on
intensif; intensive
intense; intensive (masc.; fem.)
le scepticisme
the skepticism
plénier; plénière
plenary (masc.; fem.)
les poils
body hair
s'épanouir
to blossom; to come out of one's shell
minimiser
to minimise
inévitablement
inevitably
informé; informée
informed (masc.; fem.)
une croisière
a cruise
échéant
if necessary; due
murmurer
to whisper
une implantation
an implementation
décerner
to award; to attribute
replacer
to replace
un trottoir
a pavement
un vieillard; une vieillarde
an old man; an old woman
enchanter
to enchant; to delight
le singe
the monkey
superficiel; superficielle
superficial (masc.; fem.)
rigide
rigid; stiff
vêtir
to dress; to clothe
les fournitures
supplies; sundries
taxer
to tax
une milice
a militia
une foire
a fair; a trade show
élégant; élégante
elegant (masc.; fem.)
la crème
the cream
démographique
demographic
la charité
the charity
une borne
a border marker; a distance marker
organique
organic
dévouer
to dedicate; to devote
se hâter
to hurry; to rush
la mobilité
the mobility
exclu; exclue
excluded (masc.; fem.)
un boucher; une bouchère
a butcher (masc.; fem.)
une mentalité
a mentality
un commencement
a beginning; an onset
un licenciement
a dismissal; a firing
un chancelier
a chancellor
une retenue
a detention; a withholding
une dénonciation
a denunciation; a report
bénéfique
beneficial; good for you
exiler
to exile
le rocher
the rock
la mortalité
the mortality
la cruauté
the cruelty
regrettable
regrettable

Search for #content you enjoy

Learn to talk about what you’re actually interested in
Watch videos
48,000+ videos of native speakers
Learn the words
We teach you the words from the videos
Chat with MemBot
Practice speaking with our AI language partner
The Memrise secret sauce
Learn
Memorize vocabulary
Immerse
Understand people
The Memrise secret sauce
Communicate
Be understood by people
The Memrise secret sauce
Learn
Memorize vocabulary
Immerse
Understand people
The Memrise secret sauce
Communicate
Be understood by people