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Most Common French Words. Part 19

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Thu, 03/04/2010 - 01:57 — Alexei Vinidiktov
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le maximum maximum
la mode fashion
le moine monk
la monnaie (small) change (money)
se moquer to make fun, poke fun (de - at)
mouiller to wet
le nerf nerve
le nettoyage cleaning, cleansing
la noce wedding
noter to notice
l'oreille ear
l'orgueil pride
le panier basket
la paroisse parish
le parti party (political)
le paysage landscape, scenery
le plancher floor
le poil hair (animal, body, facial)
la pompe pump
le pot jug, jar, pot
le poumon lung
presser to press, squeeze
la prime bonus, free gift
principalement mainly, chiefly
professionnel professional
quoi que whatever
radiant radiant (energy)
le rameau bough
reconstruire to reconstruct
le regard look, glance
relever to raise, pull up
remarier to remarry
le rendez-vous appointment, date
renverser to tip over, knock over
le ressort spring (device)
sage wise
la salade salad
le sandwich sandwich
la solution solution, answer
sonner to sound, toll, ring
le sonnet sonnet
souple flexible
le sourire smile
la tare tare, defect
le tonneau barrel, cask
totalement totally
le tourisme tourism
touristique tourist (guide, ticket, ...)
le tube pipe, tube
usuel everyday
verser to pour
veuf widower
la vingtaine about twenty
le visage face
le vocabulaire vocabulary
vocal vocal
le vol flight
le volet shutter
le volume volume
académie academy
le bénéfice benefit, profit
carré square (adj.)
le chômage unemployment
le collège secondary school
la conférence (university) lecture
la cuisinière stove, cooker
déchirer to tear, rip
démolir to pull down, take down, demolish
l'enquête inquiry
le fiancé fiancé
la fièvre fever
fêter to celebrate
la géographie geography
le héros hero
l'inconvénient snag, drawback, disadvantage
inouï unheard of
la littérature literature
le modèle model, template, pattern
mériter to deserve
la nièce niece
le phénomène phenomenon
la poignée grip
précis accurate, precise
la réaction reaction
le siège chair, seat
la sténo shorthand typist
sévère severe
la tâche blot, spot, smudge, stain
le téléphérique cablecar
la télévision television, TV
l'éclairage lighting
élémentaire elementary
épouser to marry
étendre to extend, stretch out
étouffer to suffocate, smother (a person)
étroit narrow
abandonner to abandon
l'adresse address
l'agent agent
l'allumette match, matchstick