Vocab Enrichment 5.1 Flashcards

Here you will learn terms that deal with, among other things, emotion, home, and importance. This roughly covers cards 1020-1070 of our 9000+ French vocabulary cards, which Brainscape's linguists have ordered from most fundamental (“hello”) to most esoteric (“fluorescent”).

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an emotion / a feeling

e.g. Love, anger, and hate are examples of feelings

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une émotion

ex. L’amour, la colère et la haine sont des exemples d’émotions

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You hurt my feelings

e.g. You told me I wasn’t beautiful, and you hurt my feelings

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Tu blesses mes sentiments

ex. Vous m’avez dit que je n’étais pas belle, et vous avez blessé mes sentiments.

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emotional

e.g. an emotional day

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émouvant / chargé d’émotion

ex. un jour émouvant

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to hate / to despise / to loathe

e.g. I don’t just dislike broccoli. I hate it

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détester / mépriser / haïr

ex. Ce n’est pas que je n’aime pas les brocolis. Je les déteste

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hatred / hate

e.g. Hatred is destroying society

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la haine

ex. La haine détruit la société

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to hug / to give a hug / to embrace

e.g. I hugged my brothers and said goodbye

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serrer dans ses bras / s’enlacer / donner une accolade

ex. J’ai serré mes frères dans mes bras et leur ai dit au revoir

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an attitude

e.g. a negative attitude

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une attitude

ex. une attitude négative

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enough / sufficient / adequate

e.g. Do you think we have enough food for the party?

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assez de / suffisant

ex. Est-ce que tu crois que nous avons assez à manger pour la fête ?

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enough / sufficiently

e.g. Is the coffee hot enough for you?

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assez / suffisamment

ex. Le café est-il assez chaud pour toi ?

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insufficient / inadequate

e.g. We have insufficient funding to support your proposal

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insuffisant / pas assez de

ex. Nous n’avons pas assez de fonds pour soutenir ta proposition

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That’s enough

e.g. That’s enough; you can stop pouring now

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Ça suffit / C’est assez / C’est suffisant

ex. Ça suffit. Tu peux arrêter de verser maintenant

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an example

e.g. This is a great example of how to do it

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un exemple

ex. Ceci est un très bon exemple de comment le faire

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for example

e.g. For example, eight quarters equal two dollars

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par exemple

ex. Par exemple, huit quarters valent deux dollars

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a kind / a type / a sort

e.g. a kind of food

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un genre / un type / une sorte

ex. un type de nourriture

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to touch

e.g. She touched me on the shoulder

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toucher

ex. Elle m’a touché sur l’épaule

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to feel / to touch

e.g. Feel this fabric

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toucher

ex. Touche ce tissu

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to feel

e.g. I felt the rain on my face

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sentir

ex. J’ai senti la pluie sur mon visage

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to feel

e.g. to feel lonely, happy, tired, nervous, etc.

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se sentir

ex. se sentir seul, heureux, fatigué, nerveux, etc.

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a feeling

e.g. I have a strange feeling about this place

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un sentiment

ex. J’ai un sentiment bizarre au sujet de cet endroit

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to feel good / to feel well

e.g. Do you feel well?

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se sentir bien / se sentir en forme

ex. Te sens-tu en forme ?

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to feel sick / to feel ill / to feel bad

e.g. Max is going to sleep because he feels sick

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se sentir malade / se sentir mal / ne pas se sentir bien

ex. Max va dormir car il se sent malade

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to start / to begin

e.g. The movie starts at seven

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commencer / démarrer

ex. Le film commence à sept heures

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to end / to finish / to conclude

e.g. The movie ended

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se terminer / se finir / se conclure

ex. Le film s’est terminé

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to finish / to finish up / to get through

e.g. I finished my homework

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finir / terminer

ex. J’ai fini mes devoirs

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# Translate to French: to finish ## Footnote e.g. I finished cleaning
finir de / terminer de ## Footnote ex. J'ai fini de nettoyer
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# Translate to French: to be over / to be finished / to have finished ## Footnote e.g. The movie's over
être fini ## Footnote ex. Le film est fini
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# Translate to French: to finish off / to polish off ## Footnote e.g. I finished off the last of the bread
terminer / finir ## Footnote ex. J'ai terminé le reste du pain
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# Translate to French: to hold / to take ## Footnote e.g. Please hold this for me
tenir / prendre ## Footnote ex. S'il te plaît, tiens ça pour moi
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# Translate to French: a building ## Footnote e.g. Look at all the tall buildings in that city!
un bâtiment / un immeuble ## Footnote ex. Regarde tous ces grands immeubles dans cette ville !
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# Translate to French: an apartment / a flat
un appartement
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# Translate to French: a home / a residence ## Footnote e.g. It took 3 months until my new house felt like a true home
une maison / un chez-soi / une résidence ## Footnote ex. Ça a pris 3 mois pour que je me sente chez moi dans ma nouvelle maison
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# Translate to French: at home ## Footnote e.g. I'm at home
à la maison / chez soi ## Footnote ex. Je suis à la maison
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# Translate to French: at my house / at my place ## Footnote e.g. He has a pool at his house
chez moi ## Footnote ex. Il a une piscine chez lui
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# Translate to French: I'm home!
Je suis à la maison ! / Je suis rentré !
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# Translate to French: a room ## Footnote e.g. We'll use this extra room as a home office
une pièce ## Footnote ex. Nous utiliserons cette pièce supplémentaire de la maison comme bureau
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# Translate to French: a bedroom ## Footnote e.g. We're not allowed in her bedroom
une chambre / une chambre à coucher ## Footnote ex. Nous ne sommes pas autorisés à aller dans sa chambre
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# Translate to French: a bed ## Footnote e.g. Please put the pillows on the bed
un lit ## Footnote ex. S'il te plaît, mets les oreillers sur le lit
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# Translate to French: a pillow ## Footnote e.g. Give her a pillow so she can go to bed
un oreiller ## Footnote ex. Donne-lui un oreiller pour qu'elle puisse aller au lit
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# Translate to French: a door
une porte
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# Translate to French: a key ## Footnote e.g. I lost my keys, and now I can't get into my house
une clé / une clef ## Footnote ex. J'ai perdu mes clés, et maintenant je ne peux pas rentrer chez moi
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# Translate to French: the living room / the family room / the den
le salon / la salle de séjour / le living
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# Translate to French: a roommate / a flatmate ## Footnote e.g. I split the rent with my roommate
un colocataire ## Footnote ex. Je partage le loyer avec mon colocataire
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# Translate to French: a garage ## Footnote e.g. He forgot to park my car in the garage
un garage ## Footnote ex. Il a oublié de garer ma voiture au garage
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# Translate to French: a box / a case ## Footnote e.g. a box of chocolates
une boîte ## Footnote ex. une boîte de chocolats
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# Translate to French: important / significant / meaningful ## Footnote e.g. important work
important ## Footnote ex. un travail important
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# Translate to French: importance ## Footnote e.g. What's the importance of voting?
l'importance ## Footnote ex. Quelle est l'importance de voter ?
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# Translate to French: to matter / to be important ## Footnote e.g. It doesn't matter if it's hot or cold
être important / avoir de l'importance ## Footnote ex. Ce n'est pas important s'il fait chaud ou froid
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# Translate to French: I don't care / It's not important to me / It doesn't matter to me ## Footnote e.g. I don't care what people say about me
Ça m'est égal / Peu m'importe / Ça ne me fait rien ## Footnote ex. Ça m'est égal ce que les gens disent sur moi
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# Translate to French: It's not a big deal / It's not important
Ce n'est pas grave / Ce n'est pas important
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# Translate to French: What's the big deal? / Who cares?
Qu'est-ce que ça peut faire ? / C'est quoi le problème ?
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# Translate to French: classic / classical ## Footnote e.g. a classic car, a classic movie, a classic song, classical literature
classique ## Footnote ex. une voiture classique, un film classique, une chanson classique, la littérature classique
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# Translate to French: major / very important ## Footnote e.g. a major issue
majeur / très important ## Footnote ex. un enjeu majeur
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# Translate to French: minor / secondary ## Footnote e.g. a minor problem
mineur / secondaire ## Footnote ex. un problème mineur