French

Vocabulary Course
Hlne Lewis

www.michelthomas.co.uk

Michel Thomas, 19142005

Michel Thomas, the internationally renowned linguist and language teacher, who was recently awarded the Silver Star by the US Army for his bravery in the Second World War, died of heart failure at his home in New York on 8th January. He was 90.

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First published in UK 2007 by Hodder Headline, an Hachette UK Company, 338 Euston Road, London NW1 3BH. Copyright 2007, in the methodology, Thomas Keymaster Languages LLC, all rights reserved; in the series template, Dr Rose Lee Hayden; in the content, Hlne Lewis All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher or under licence from the Copyright Licensing Agency Limited. Further details of such licences (for reprographic reproduction) may be obtained from the Copyright Licensing Agency Limited, Saffron House, 610 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS, UK. Cover image: Photodisc/Getty Images Typeset by Transet Limited, Coventry, England. Printed in Great Britain Impression 10 9 8 7 6 5 Year 2011 2010 2009 ISBN 978 0 340 93982 6

Contents
Introduction Course contents Course segment 1: Cognates Course segment 2: Verbs Course segment 3: Everyday expressions EnglishFrench glossary 5 15 15 19 21 23

Introduction
Bienvenue! Welcome, to those of you who have completed the Michel Thomas French courses and Language Builder and to those of you who are about to experience a uniquely exciting way to learn and improve your French! My name is Rose Lee Hayden, and I had the distinct privilege of working closely with Michel Thomas for several decades, in particular, teaching what he referred to as his second phase language courses. This second phase built upon the structural knowledge of the language that Michel Thomas so brilliantly provided in his foundation courses. As Michel Thomas himself often said, I built the house, but it is up to you to decorate it! And decorate it we shall in this Michel Thomas Method: French Vocabulary Course that reinforces and expands on what you have already learned having completed the Michel Thomas French courses. And for those of you who have not done these courses, I urge you to do so. You will be surprised at how painlessly they will teach or reinforce your French and will introduce you to a unique method of language learning. At the outset, let me stress what this course does not attempt to do and how it may differ a little from your previous experiences with the Michel Thomas French courses. First, this course does not and cannot re-teach the original courses, but rather builds directly on them. Therefore, you may wish to review and keep reviewing your Michel Thomas French courses and Language Builder to re-familiarize yourself with structural items and basic vocabulary previously introduced by Michel Thomas. Second, it is important to state that learning vocabulary is not the same as learning structure, even though this course teaches vocabulary the Michel Thomas way. You may find it helpful to review course content more frequently. But let me reassure you that this more frequent review is no reflection on your ability, but rather relates to the fact that you have moved on to another level of instruction with vocabulary acquisition as its basic goal. Throughout his second phase instruction, Michel Thomas frequently

asked his students to review and reinforce the basics before moving on. Because his methodology is cumulative, you must never rush ahead. Each building block in some way relates to previous content and uses it in a carefully constructed way. Third, those of you who expect drills of each and every word in a category family members, days of the week, and so on dont! Michel Thomas actively discouraged memorization, rote learning, writing out lists and any and all related activities of this type. He knew that we do not learn this way, and that the stress generated by these means actually impedes learning. And while we would have liked to have been able to include more words in a category, space on audio recordings is limited, and we had to make hard choices with respect to what we could and could not include. We did not want to waste valuable learning time at the expense of introducing more strategic content designed to help you create words, structures and habits of learning on your own. I dedicate this course to the memory of Michel Thomas and to all of you who have chosen to build your French vocabulary the Michel Thomas way. Dr Rose Lee Hayden Series Editor

Who was Michel Thomas?

Michel Thomas was head of the Michel Thomas Language Centers and taught languages for over 50 years, primarily in New York, Beverly Hills and London until his recent death, aged 90. A graduate of the Department of Philology at the University of Bordeaux and student of psychology at the Sorbonne, his harrowing wartime experiences escaping Hitler and fighting with the French Resistance made mastering languages a matter of survival for Michel Thomas. Michel Thomas dedicated his long professional life to probing the learning process. He focused on the teaching and learning of foreign languages as a perfect test case for his revolutionary learning system, one that made him the worlds foremost language teacher to the celebrities, diplomats, corporate executives as well as others seeking to acquire or enhance their proficiency in another language.

What is the Michel Thomas Method? The Michel Thomas Method is unlike anything you have ever experienced, especially when you compare it with how languages are traditionally taught in schools or universities. It produces startling results within a remarkably short period of time, all without the need for books, drills, memorizing, or homework. Michel Thomas believed that anyone can learn another language having learned their own, and he developed his unique methodology that proved this to be true for many thousands of students.
Learning a language the Michel Thomas way builds proficiency, selfconfidence and engages you right from the start. The Michel Thomas Method breaks a language down to its component parts and presents these structures in carefully planned sets of exercises that enable you to reconstruct the language yourself, to form your own sentences that say what you want, when you want. Almost without you realizing it, you will retain

and apply what you have learned and will be motivated to learn more. Without the stress of memorization, note taking and homework, you can relax and let language learning take place as nature intended. But you have to experience the Michel Thomas Method to believe it. Within hours you will be creating sophisticated sentences in a wide variety of situations, as those of you know who have completed the Michel Thomas language courses and Language Builders. These courses provided you with functional proficiency in your chosen language, be it French, Italian, Spanish or German, and are the foundation upon which this Michel Thomas Method: Vocabulary Course series builds, phrase by phrase, the Michel Thomas way.

You already know a lot more French than you think you do! The Michel Thomas Method is, above all, based on the commonality of Western languages. French shares many thousands of words with English, everyday words that you already know. This Michel Thomas Method: French Vocabulary Course provides dozens of tips to help you unlock what it is that you already know, to expand your French vocabulary exponentially with easy transformations that convert thousands of English words into their French equivalents. You will also learn how to pronounce and spell these new words. As Michel Thomas told you, one can attain functional proficiency in most languages by mastering no more than 5001,500 words. A working knowledge of most languages even your own does not require the use of every word in the dictionary. Literally hundreds of additional words and expressions will be on the tip of your tongue as you build your French vocabulary the Michel Thomas way. How did we come to develop this Michel Thomas Method: Vocabulary Course series? With nearly 1 million copies of Michel Thomas language courses sold in the UK alone, and with thousands of enthusiasts who never thought they could ever learn another language wanting more Michel, we at Hodder Arnold are particularly pleased to offer this new course series that preserves and extends the language teaching legacy of The Language Master, Michel Thomas. Working with us right up to the moment of his death aged 90,

Michel Thomas was in the process of creating a series of vocabulary courses building on his very successful language courses. Reflecting his prior input, this series is the product of a new team of authors and presenters who have either taught for Michel Thomas, or have utilized his methodology in their own classrooms and professional courses. With this, our first post-Michel Thomas series, we hope to provide what Michel Thomas and his ever-expanding number of students would expect of us, both as educational publishers and professionals who love languages, teaching them and learning them. We dedicate this series and others that we will be developing for schools, businesses and individuals from all walks of life to our much-esteemed and beloved Language Master, Michel Thomas.

Who is this Michel Thomas Method: French Vocabulary Course for?

People who have already learned French with Michel Thomas This Michel Thomas Method: French Vocabulary Course does just what its name suggests: builds on the content Michel Thomas presented in the Michel Thomas Foundation Course: French, Michel Thomas Advanced Course: French, and Michel Thomas French Language Builder. This course covers over 1,000 words and everyday phrases within the context of essential building blocks already presented by Michel Thomas, and includes dozens of useful tools for converting English words to their French equivalents. You can both reinforce what you have already learned from your Michel Thomas Foundation courses and substantially increase your French vocabulary the Michel Thomas way.

People who have learned French using other methods You may have learned French before and want to brush up on it for a holiday or business trip. Perhaps you are looking for a new approach to help you with revision or to re-motivate you to dust off your French and improve your proficiency. Either way, the Michel Thomas Method: French Vocabulary Course will introduce you to a unique way of acquiring language proficiency that will provide dozens of helpful ways to unlock what it is you already know. Focusing on similarities between English and French, you will be able to increase your vocabulary exponentially, will

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learn or review over 1,000 words and everyday expressions, and will significantly boost your confidence in your ability to speak, listen to, read and understand French. You may find that it takes a while to get used to the Michel Thomas way of teaching. It is innovative and quite unlike any other method you will have come across. But once you have experienced the excitement of painless learning the Michel Thomas way, you will be hooked!

What does this pack contain? The pack comprises over six hours of recorded material on CD, plus this User Guide that contains all the concepts, words and phrases presented in the course. In these recordings, a narrator experienced in teaching the Michel Thomas way will introduce concepts that you will be learning, one by one, and will present helpful hints and handy tools that you can then use to create your own phrases and increase your French proficiency.
The narrator will guide you through three distinct course segments: 1) Cognates vocabulary building using similarities between English and French; 2) Verbs; and 3) Everyday expressions to top off your new vocabulary and help you avoid making common mistakes in French. Two native speakers, one female, one male, will repeat all words and phrases after a pause designed to allow you to come up with your own response based on prompts from the narrator. The correct response will then be repeated by the narrator to help set it in your mind. This User Guide contains a detailed listing of all the content on the CDs, track by track, to help you locate and review what it is you wish to reinforce. It also features a detailed EnglishFrench glossary listing the 1,000 words covered in this course, words that were carefully chosen to increase your communication skills in French, as well as to improve your ability to listen and read for gist.

How are the recordings best used? Relax! Make yourself comfortable before playing the recordings and try to let go of the tensions and anxieties traditionally associated with language learning.

 Do not write or take any notes. Remove notebooks, pens, dictionaries and anything else associated with traditional, school-based language learning. Do not try to remember. While participating in the recording and afterwards, it is important that you do not try to memorize specific words or expressions. It is a basic principle of the Michel Thomas Method that the responsibility for the students learning lies with the teacher. Your learning is based on understanding, and what you understand you dont forget. Interact fully with the recordings. Use the pause button and respond out loud (or in a whisper, or in your head if you are in a public place) before hearing the correct response. This is essential. You do not learn by repetition but by thinking out the answers to each question; it is by your own thought process that you truly learn and retain structure and vocabulary. Give yourself time to think. You have all the time you need to think through your response. Your pause button is the key to your learning! Be sure to use it. We have inserted standard-length pauses for your responses. When you use the recordings for the first time, these pauses may not be long enough for you to work out your responses. But rather than waste valuable recording time with long silences, we suggest you use the pause button when you listen to the course for the first time, in a place and at a time when it is convenient and safe for you to do so. On subsequent hearings you will need less time to work out your response, and the pauses we have left should be long enough. Start at the beginning of the course. Whatever your existing knowledge of French, it is important that you follow the way the Michel Thomas Method builds up your knowledge of the language. The methodology is cumulative and recursive so you must not rush ahead before you feel comfortable that you have mastered a concept, phrase or word. This vocabulary course also encourages you to take additional time to create similar examples of your own to reinforce what is being presented. Do not get annoyed with yourself if you make a mistake. Mistakes are part of the learning process; as long as you understand why you made the mistake and you have the aha reaction Yes, of course,

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I understand now you are doing just fine. If you made a mistake and you do not understand why, you may have been daydreaming for a few seconds. As noted, the course is structured so that you cannot go on unless you fully understand everything. So just go back a little and pick up where you left off. Stop the recording whenever it suits you. Breaks in the CD recordings reflect the numbering and content listings in this User Guide. This will help you locate items you wish to review and will enable you to locate where you left off and where you wish to begin once again.

What can I expect to achieve? The Michel Thomas French courses provided you with a practical and functional use of the spoken language. Using the Michel Thomas Method, this French Vocabulary Course introduces everyday conversational language that will improve your communication skills in a wide variety of situations, empowered by the ability to create your own sentences and use the language naturally. With this additional practice and review, plus over 1,000 words covered and the tools to create hundreds more, your proficiency in French will be reinforced and strengthened as will your self-confidence and desire to use your newly acquired French. How can I go on to improve further? Obviously, nothing compares with first-hand contact with native French speakers. And while you may not think that this is possible for you, think again. There are most likely many French speakers, French language clubs and associations in your local area. You need not go to Paris or to Marseille to find them. A simple advert in the local newspaper or on a relevant website offering to exchange English for French instruction may locate someone you will enjoy knowing and practising with but do think about your own safety before giving away any personal details. As Michel Thomas noted, we learn a lot more about our own language when we learn another.
Michel Thomas also recommended a little daily practice ten minutes at least and knew that this was worth more than several hours of cramming after a period of time has gone by. He encouraged you to start reading, especially newspaper and magazine interviews that reflect French as it is actually being

spoken rather than textbook versions of the language. You can also keep up and extend your language by reading items in subject areas of personal interest to you, or you can buy a French translation of your favourite mystery writer. Michel Thomas knew and told you that the more you read, the more things will fall into place. And as he warned, fight that temptation to use your dictionary first and think last. You will be glad you did. One last suggestion here. For really authentic practice, try to listen to French radio and television programmes that you may be able to receive if you live in a city or have satellite TV options. Relax and listen for gist, not word by word. You can do it! And little by little, peu peu, you will understand what is being said. As Michel Thomas told you upon the completion of his French courses, you have all the tools you need to express yourself and have acquired many more having completed this course. We know that you will find it both rewarding and exciting to practise your ever-improving French!

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What do Michel Thomas students have to say? Academy award winning director and actress, Emma Thompson (as quoted in The Guardian):
The excitement of learning something new was overwhelming. Michel not only taught me Spanish, he opened my eyes to the possibilities of a completely different kind of learning. Michel takes the burden off the student and upon himself Learning Spanish with Michel was the most extraordinary learning experience of my life it was unforgettable. Irish dance and music sensation, Michael Flatley (as quoted in The Linguist): He [Michel Thomas] was a genius a born teacher and thinker.

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Customer feedback on the Michel Thomas Method I am writing to congratulate you on the highly original and successful language courses by Michel Thomas; I am currently working on German and French, while my daughter, at my suggestion, has bought the Italian course. R. Harris
I have now finished the eight cassette Italian course and would like to say how pleased I am with it. I am a scientist, with all my neurons in the side of my brain that deals with understanding, and next to none on the side that deals with memory. This has meant my ability to retain vocabulary and learn a language has been about as bad as it comes. Against all odds, the Michel Thomas course has left me with a real sense of achievement, and a tremendous basis for further progress in learning Italian. T. A. Whittingham He doesnt put words in your mouth, he makes you work out the words to say yourself. Angie Harper

Course contents
Course segment 1: Cognates 1 (CD 1, track 1) Introduction
2 (CD 1, track 2) Adjectives ending in -ible: impossible; incomprhensible; accessible 3 (CD 1, track 34) Adjectives ending in -able: probable; acceptable; La voiture du professeur est rparable. Transformation of English adjectives Formation of adjectives ending in -able from -er verbs: ngocier > ngociable. Dans ce restaurant, la cuisine est tolrable, mais le bruit est insupportable. 4 (CD 1, track 5) Transformation of adjectives beginning with un- and in-: incassable; invitable 5 (CD 1, track 6) Formation of adjectives ending in -able from -oir, -re and -ir verbs: concevable; vendable; croyable; faisable; indfinissable 6 (CD 1, track 7) Further transformation of English nouns and adjectives Adjectives in -ant: Ce nest pas trs important pour moi. Stphane est tolrant, mais je dois dire que Stphanie est vraiment intolrante. Nouns ending in -ant: un correspondant; un participant; un tudiant 7 (CD 1, track 8) Nouns and adjectives ending in -ent: urgent; diffrent; le prsident. Cest vident que la situation internationale est urgente et que le prsident est incomptent.

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8 (CD 1, track 9) Nouns ending in -tion: une rservation; la condition; une action intelligente; ma conviction profonde 9 (CD 2, track 1) Nouns ending in -sion: une dimension; une expression; La dcision est urgente. 10 (CD 2, track 2) Nouns ending in -ance and -ence: lindpendance; une alliance; Il y a ici une diffrence que je ne peux pas comprendre. 11 (CD 2, track 3) Professions: transformation of English nouns ending in -er and -or: un danseur; un directeur 12 (CD 2, track 4) Further transformation of nouns ending in -ance: limportance; llgance; les distances 13 (CD 2, track 5) Transformation of adverbs in -ly: naturellement; automatiquement; absolument. Je suis totalement daccord avec vous. Eventuellement, je peux vous donner des directions. 14 (CD 2, track 6) Transformation of adjectives and nouns ending in -ary: contraire; militaire; secrtaire. Au contraire, cest absolument ncessaire. Transformation of adjectives and nouns ending in -ory: Ses suggestions sont tellement contradictoires que cest illusoire de penser que nous pouvons trouver une solution. 15 (CD 2, track 7) Transformation of adjectives ending in -ive: exclusif; ngatif. Les opinions de ma sur sont trs ngatives.

16 (CD 2, track 8) Transformation of adjectives ending in -ous: dangereux; courageux. Attention! La situation devient trs dangereuse. 17 (CD 2, track 9) Transformation of adjectives ending in -ical and -ic: magique; logique; conomique; patriotique; lectronique Transformation of nouns ending in -ics and -ic: llectronique; la physique. Cest ironique, mais ce film a un succs fantastique avec le public. 18 (CD 2, track 10) Transformation of nouns ending in -ure: La temprature nest pas fantastique pour lagriculture. 19 (CD 2, track 11) Transformation of nouns ending in -tude: une aptitude; une multitude. Pour moi, exprimer ma gratitude est difficile. 20 (CD 2, track 12) Transformation of nouns ending in -ity: la possibilit; la capacit; les opportunits 21 (CD 2, track 13) Transformation of nouns ending in -y: lconomie; lastronomie 22 (CD 2, track 14) Transformation of nouns ending in -ine and -in: une routine; une aspirine. Nous sommes trs satisfaits de la machine, donc nous en commanderons encore deux. 23 (CD 2, track 15) Transformation of adjectives ending in -id: solide; avide; timide. Vos billets ne sont pas valides.

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24 (CD 3, track 1) Transformation of nouns ending in -ism: Le socialisme et le capitalisme sont des systmes politiques. Son gosme est intolrable. Transformation of nouns ending in -ist: un pacifiste; une socialiste. Je vais voir lexposition des Impressionnistes. 25 (CD 3, track 2) Transformation of adjectives ending in -al: central; principal; les codes postaux; professionnel; individuel Conclusion

Course segment 2: Verbs 1 (CD 3, track 3) Introduction: four broad categories (-ER, -IR, -RE, -OIR) in two tracks (-ER and not -ER)
2 (CD 3, track 4) Verbs in -er Present tense: viter; tenter. Je dois viter la tentation dutiliser mon dictionnaire. Au lieu de vrifier dans mon dictionnaire, je peux crer beaucoup de mots en franais. 3 (CD 3, track 5) Imperfect and Conditional tenses: Jaimais inventer les nouvelles formes. Votre frre et vous passiez vos vacances en France. Jaimerais vraiment passer mes vacances Nice. Si elle avait le temps, elle prparerait le dner. 4 (CD 3, track 6) Verbs in -er Imperfect tense: Quand Stphanie et ses parents passaient les vacances ensemble, ils prfraient toujours rester lhtel. 5 (CD 3, track 7) The Perfect tense with tre and avoir: Vendredi, Stphane et Stphanie ont explor le centre commercial et ils ont dpens beaucoup dargent. Il est rentr en taxi. Elle a mont les documents au premier tage. 6 (CD 3, track 8) Etre en train de: Comme nous sommes en train de doubler nos ventes en France, nous devons augmenter notre personnel Paris. Etre sur le point de: Jtais sur le point de commander un taxi. Venir de: Entre dans la salle manger, je viens de laver le sol dans la cuisine.

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7 (CD 3, track 9) Verbs in -ir of the ouvrir, sortir and venir types: Je dcouvre seulement maintenant quil a beaucoup de problmes. Jai ouvert la porte pour laisser sortir le chat. Quand nous sommes entrs, il dormait devant la tlvision. 8 (CD 4, track 1) Other verbs ending in -ir: finir; dfinir; tablir; rflchir en + present participle: en attendant; en finissant; en faisant 9 (CD 4, track 2) Verbs in -re: mettre; promettre; admettre etc. 10 (CD 4, track 3) Verbs in -uire: produire; dtruire; construire etc. Verbs in -ire: suffire; lire etc. 11 (CD 4, track 4) Reflexive verbs: Maintenant quAlex travaille, il se rveille tt, cest--dire avant 7 heures. Je maperois que cest trs facile dapprendre des mots franais. Reciprocal verbs: Nous nous parlons tous les jours. Nous nous embrassons.

Course segment 3: Everyday expressions 1 (CD 4, track 5) Common constructions Verbs with : Je cherche rorganiser mon dpartement. Verbs with de: Je voudrais profiter de cette opportunit, mais a dpend de vous. Verbs with sur: Ne comptez pas sur nous pour a.
2 (CD 4, track 6) Vouloir dire: Elle a envoy un texto pour dire que son taxi est en retard a doit vouloir dire quelle va manquer la runion. 3 (CD 4, track 7) Expressions of time: depuis, pendant, il y a, en, dans, avant and aprs 4 (CD 4, track 8) Talking about days of the week, months and seasons 5 (CD 4, track 9) Telling the time: Il est deux heures; Il est deux heures et quart; deux heures et demie; trois heures moins le quart. 6 (CD 5, track 1) Expressions of place: ici and l: Il y a quelques imperfections ici et l, mais ce nest pas grave. loin and prs: Cest trs loin; Cest assez prs. gauche and droite: A gauche vous pouvez admirer beaucoup dart classique, mais droite lexposition est trs moderne. devant and derrire: Il a toute sa vie devant lui. dessus and dessous: Son manteau est sur la chaise, donc si vous mettez les documents dessus, il va certainement les trouver.

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7 (CD 5, track 2) Expressions of quantity: quelque; du; de la The pronoun en: Jai trois billets, mais jen veux cinq. assez; la plupart de 8 (CD 5, track 3) Talking about numbers: le nombre; le numro; un chiffre 9 (CD 5, track 4) Il faut: Il faut que nous fermions la porte; Il faut que nous ouvrions la fentre. 10 (CD 5, track 5) The pronoun y: Il avait dcid daller la rception, mais il y est arriv trop tt. Vous devez y penser. 11 (CD 5, track 6) Avoir and semi-idiomatic expressions: Jai trs faim. Il a trs soif parce quil a oubli sa bouteille deau minrale. Jai peur des problmes associs lexpansion du dpartement. 12 (CD 5, track 7) Etre and semi-idiomatic expressions: Nous sommes le cinq janvier aujourdhui. Vous ny tes pas du tout! 13 (CD 5, track 8) Negatives: ne pas; ne plus; ne rien 14. (CD 5, track 9) Negatives: ne jamais; ne personne; non plus; ni ni; ne que 15 (CD 5, track 10) Adjectives which change meaning depending on their position in relation to the noun described: ancien; certain; cher; propre Conclusion

EnglishFrench glossary
le (masc.) la (fem.) l (masc./fem.), les (pl.) (In brackets: plural e.g. ville, la (s) = les villes) - indicates no change in the plural ~ indicates past diving form. Example: ~abandonn * bonus words = further illustrate or fill in structural and word categories a few quelques a kind of une espce de ; *une sorte de a long time longtemps a lot (of) beaucoup (de) abandon, to abandonner ~abandonn about a hundred centaine, la (s) about a thousand millier, le (s) about *environ above dessus abroad ltranger absolutely absolument accept, to accepter ~accept acceptable acceptable; admissible accessible accessible accessory accessoire, l (masc.) (s) accident accident, l(masc.) (s) accompany, to accompagner ~accompagn accusation accusation, l (fem.) (s) accuse, to accuser ~accus action action, l (fem.) (s) address adresse, l (fem.) (s) administration administration, l (fem.) administrative administratif/ administrative administrator administrateur, l (masc.) (s) admire, to admirer ~admir admit, to admettre ~admis adopt, to adopter ~adopt adorable adorable adore, to adorer ~ador advice *conseil, le (s) advise against, to dconseiller (de ) ~dconseill advise (to do ), to conseiller (de ) ~conseill affirm, to affirmer ~affirm African africain/e after aprs afternoon aprs-midi, l (masc.) again encore against contre ago il y a agree, to accorder ~accord agreement accord, l (masc.) (s) agriculture agriculture, l (fem.) aim but, le (s) air air, l (masc.) airport aroport, l (masc.) (s) alarm, to alarmer ~alarm alarming alarmant/e all alone tout/e seul/e all the time tout le temps all tout/e alliance alliance, l (fem.) (s) allow, to permettre ~permis

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allow somebody to do something, to permettre quelquun de faire quelque chose ~permis almost presque already dj also aussi always toujours announce, to annoncer ~annonc answer rponse, la (s) answer, to rpondre ~rpondu antique ancien/ancienne anxious inquiet/inquite apartment appartement, l (masc.) (s) applicable applicable applications applications, les (fem.) apply, to appliquer ~appliqu appointment rendez-vous, le approachable approchable approximately *environ aptitude aptitude, l (fem.) (s) arbitrary arbitraire archaeologist archologue, l (masc./fem.) (s) argument argument, l (masc.) (s) arrival arrive, l (fem.) (s) arrive, to arriver ~est arriv art art, l (masc.) artist artiste, l (masc./fem.) (s) artistic artistique as comme ask a question, to poser une question ~pos ask (for), to demander ~demand aspirin aspirine, l (fem.) assessment valuation, l (fem.) (s) assistant assistant, l (masc.)/ assistante, l (fem.) (s) associate, to associer ~associ

association association, l (fem.) (s) astronomy astronomie, l (fem.) at least au moins at this time actuellement Atlantic atlantique attend, to assister () ~assist attention attention, l (fem.) attitude attitude, l (fem.) (s) Australia Australie, l (fem.) author auteur, l (masc.) (s) authorization autorisation, l (fem.) (s) authorize, to *autoriser ~autoris automatic automatique automatically automatiquement (in) Autumn (en) automne, l (masc.) average moyenne, la avid avide avoid, to viter ~vit avoidable vitable awaken, to se rveiller ~sest rveill (worse) bad (plus) mal badly mal bag sac, le (s) ball balle, la (s) ban interdire ~inderdit bank account compte bancaire, le (s) be (geog.), to se trouver ~sest trouv be associated with, to tre associ be beautiful (weather), to faire beau be cold (weather), to faire froid be courageous, to avoir du courage be fed up, to en avoir assez be forgotten, to soublier ~sest oubli be frightened (of/that), to avoir peur (de/que)

be hungry, to avoir faim be in a good mood, to tre de bonne humeur be in agreement (with), to tre daccord (avec) be in charge, to diriger ~dirig be late, to tre en retard be lucky, to avoir de la chance be necessary to, to falloir ~fallu be patient, to avoir de la patience be right (to do), to avoir raison (de faire) be sleepy, to avoir sommeil be sold, to se vendre ~sest vendu be there, to y tre be thirsty, to avoir soif be used to , to avoir lhabitude de be warm (weather), to faire chaud; ~faisait be worth, to *valoir ~valu be worth the effort to , to *valoir la peine de be wrong, to avoir tort bear (tolerate), to *supporter ~support bearable supportable because of cause de because parce que become, to devenir ~est devenu become bigger, to grandir ~grandi become red, to rougir ~rougi become yellow, to jaunir ~jauni bedroom chambre, la (s) before avant begin (to), to commencer () ~commenc behave (oneself), to se conduire ~sest conduit

behind derrire believable croyable believe, to croire ~cru below dessous; sous best mieux bill note, la (s) billionaire milliardaire, le/la (s) biologist *biologiste, le/la (s) birthday *anniversaire, l (masc.) (s) blush, to rougir ~rougi boat bateau, le (x) book livre, le (s) (be , to) born (tre) n/e borrow, to emprunter ~emprunt both tous les deux(masc.)/toutes les deux (fem.) bottle bouteille, la (s) bread pain, le break, to casser ~cass breakable cassable breakfast petit djeuner, le brother frre, le (s) busy occup/e butter beurre, le buy, to acheter ~achet by heart (to memorize ) (mmoriser) par coeur by par caf caf, le (s) caffeine cafine, la call, to appeler ~appel camera camra, la (s) capacity capacit, la (s) capitalism capitalisme, le car voiture, la (s) cardiologist cardiologue, le/la (s) carry, to *porter ~port case cas, le

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cat chat, le/chatte, la (s) catastrophe catastrophe, la (s) catch a glimpse (of something), to apercevoir (quelque chose) ~aperu cause, to; talk, to causer ~caus celebration clbration, la (s); fte, la (s) central central/e centre centre, le (s) certain certain/e chair chaise, la (s) chance chance, la (s) change ones mind, to changer davis ~chang change, to changer (de) ~chang charge, to prendre ~pris charm charme, le charm, to *charmer ~charm charming charmant/e cheap bon march check *contrle, le (s) check, to vrifier ~vrifi chemist *chimiste, le/la (s) child enfant, l (masc./fem.) (s) chocolate chocolat, le choice choix, le choose, to choisir ~choisi church glise, l (fem.) (s) cinema cinma, le circumstance circonstance, la (s) civilization civilisation, la clarity clart, la classic classique classify, to classifier ~classifi clean propre client client, le/cliente la (s) close, to fermer ~ferm coast cte, la (s)

coat manteau, le (x) coffee caf, le colleague collgue, le/la (s) collection collection, la (s) come, to venir ~est venu comfortable *confortable commercial commercial/e committee comit, le (s) company compagnie, la (s) competition comptition, la (s) complain, to se plaindre ~sest plaint completely compltement computer ordinateur, l (masc.) (s) computer science informatique, l (fem.) computer scientist informaticien, l (masc.)/informaticienne, l (fem.) (s) computerize, to informatiser ~informatis conceivable concevable concentrate, to se concentrer ~sest concentr conception conception, la concert concert, le (s) conclusion conclusion, la (s) condemn, to condamner ~condamn condition condition, la (s) conference confrence, la (s) confidential confidentiel/ confidentielle confirmation confirmation, la (s) confusion confusion, la constructive constructif/constructive consult, to consulter ~consult consultant consultant, le/consultante, la (s)

consultation consultation, la (s) contact, to contacter ~contact continent continent, le (s) continually continuellement continue (to), to continuer () ~continu contract contrat, le (s) contradictory contradictoire (on the) contrary (au) contraire control *contrle, le (s) convention convention, la (s) conviction conviction, la (s) cook, to faire la cuisine ~fait cooking; kitchen cuisine, la (s) correspondent correspondant, le/correspondante, la (s) cost, to coter ~cot count, to compter ~compt count on, to compter sur ~compt country pays, le countryside campagne, la courage *courage, le courageous courageux/courageuse cousin cousin, le/cousine, la (s) crazy fou (masc.)/folle (fem.) crisis crise, la (s) critical critique criticize, to critiquer ~critiqu cross, to traverser ~travers crowd(s) beaucoup de monde culture culture, la (s) custom habitude, l (fem.) (s) dancer danseur, le/danseuse, la (s) danger danger, le dangerous dangereux/dangereuse data donnes, les (fem. pl.) day after (following day) lendemain, le

day after tomorrow, the aprs-demain day before yesterday, the avant-hier day journe, la (s); jour, le (s) (be , to) dead (tre) mort/e decentralized dcentralis/e decide, to dcider ~dcid decision dcision, la (s) deep profond/e deeply profondment defend (oneself), to (se) dfendre ~dfendu defensive dfensif/dfensive definable dfinissable define, to dfinir ~dfini definitive dfinitif/dfinitive delivery livraison, la (s) dentist dentiste, le/la (s) department dpartement, le (s) department store grand magasin, le (pl. grands magasins) departure dpart, le (s) depend (on), to dpendre (de) ~dpendu depression dpression, la descend, to descendre ~est descendu design, to *concevoir ~conu desk bureau, le (x) destination destination, la (s) destroy, to dtruire ~dtruit destruction *destruction, la detail dtail, le (s) development dveloppement, le (s) dictionary dictionnaire, le (s) difference diffrence, la (s) different diffrent/e difficult difficile

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difficulty difficult, la (s) digit chiffre, le (s) dimension dimension, la (s) dine, to dner ~dn direction direction, la (s) director directeur, le/directrice, la (s) dirty *sale disappoint, to dcevoir ~du disappointment dception, la discipline discipline, la (s) discount rduction, la (s) discover, to dcouvrir ~dcouvert discretion discrtion, la discussion discussion, la (s) disorganised dsorganis/e dispatch, to dpcher ~dpch disposable jetable distance distance, la (s) distribute, to distribuer ~distribu distributor distributeur, le/distributrice, la (s) divide, to diviser ~divis do, to faire ~fait do sport, to faire du sport ~fait doctrine doctrine, la document document, le (s) dog chien, le/chienne, la (s) door porte, la (s) double, to doubler ~doubl dozen douzaine, la (s) dress robe, la (s) dress, to habiller ~habill dress oneself, to shabiller ~sest habill drink, to boire ~bu drink to somebodys health boire la sant de quelquun drive, to conduire ~conduit

drive somebody back (home), to raccompagner quelquun en voiture ~raccompagn drop goutte, la (s) due to cause de during pendant DVD DVD, le (-) each chaque early tt earn, to gagner ~gagn easy facile eat, to manger ~mang economic conomique economy conomie, l (fem.) editorial ditorial, l (masc.) (pl. ditoriaux) education education, l (fem.); instruction, l (fem.) effective efficace efficient efficace effort effort, l (masc.) (s) either or soit soit electricity lectricit, l (fem.) electronic lectronique electronics lectronique, l (fem.) elegance lgance, l (fem.) elegant lgant/e elusive insaisissable email e-mail, l (masc.) (s) employee employ, l (masc.)/ employe, l (fem.) (s) encourage (to), to encourager () ~encourag energy nergie, l (fem.) English anglais/e enormously (enormous amount) normment enough suffisamment

enough assez enrol, to; register, to inscrire ~inscrit enter, to entrer ~est entr entrance entre, l (fem.) (s) equivalent quivalent, l (masc.) (s) error erreur, l (fem.) (s) establish, to tablir ~tabli establishment tablissement, l (masc.) (s) estimate, to estimer ~estim Euro euro, l (masc.) (s) Europe Europe, l (fem.) evaluate, to valuer ~valu evening soir, le (s) ever; never jamais every chaque everybody tout le monde evident; clear vident/e exactly exactement excellent excellent/e exceptional exceptionnel/ exceptionnelle exclusive exclusif/exclusive executive excutif/excutive exhibition exposition, l (fem.) (s) exist, to exister ~exist exit sortie, la (s) explore, to explorer ~explor expansion expansion, l (fem.) (s) expensive cher/chre explain, to expliquer ~expliqu explanation explication, l (fem.) (s) explosion explosion, l (fem.) (s) express, to exprimer ~exprim express oneself, to sexprimer ~sest exprim expression expression, l (fem.) (s) extensible extensible extraordinary extraordinaire

factory usine, l (fem.) (s) fair (funfair) fte, la (s) fairly assez fall asleep, to sendormir ~sest endormi fancy something, to avoir envie de quelque chose fantastic fantastique far loin fast (to work) rapide; (to walk) vite father pre, le (s) Father Christmas Pre Nol, le favourite favori/favorite fax (machine) fax, le fear peur, la fear, to craindre ~craint feasible faisable feedback raction, la feel, to sentir ~senti feel in oneself, to se sentir ~sest senti feel sorry for somebody, to plaindre quelquun ~plaint festival festival, le (s) few peu (de) (a) few quelques film film, le (s) final final/e finally finalement find, to trouver ~trouv find again, to retrouver ~retrouv find oneself, to se trouver ~sest trouv finish, to finir ~fini first premier/premire fish poisson, le (s) fission fission, la five cinq flat appartement, l (masc.) (s)

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geology gologie, la get along with, to sentendre ~se sont entendus (pl.) get going again, to repartir ~est reparti get it, to (y) comprendre get married, to se marier ~sest mari get on with, to sentendre ~se sont entendus (pl.) get oneself (somewhere), to se rendre ~sest rendu get up, to se lever ~sest lev give, to donner ~donn give again, to redonner ~redonn give back, to rendre ~rendu given that ; since tant donn que glass verre, le (s) go (somewhere), to aller ~all; se rendre ~sest rendu go about (something), to sy prendre ~sy est pris go back, to retourner ~est retourn go down, to descendre ~est descendu go home, to rentrer ~est rentr go out, to sortir ~est sorti go out together (romantically), to sortir ensemble ~sont sortis (pl.) go to bed, to se coucher ~sest couch go up, to monter ~est mont goal but, le (s) good bon generally gnralement goods marchandises, les (fem. pl.) genetic *gntique government gouvernement, le (s) geneticist gnticien, le/gnticienne, gratitude gratitude, la la (s) green vert/e geologist gologue, le/la (s) ground sol, le floor tage, l (masc.) (s) footballer footballeur, le (s) for pour forbid, to dfendre ~dfendu force, to forcer ~forc force oneself, to se forcer ~sest forc foreign countries les pays trangers forget, to oublier ~oubli form forme, la (s) form, to former ~form former ancien/ancienne fortunately heureusement France France, la free, to *librer ~libr freedom libert, la French (man/woman) Franais, le/Franaise, la French franais/e (in) French (language) (en) franais, le frequently frquemment Friday vendredi, le (s) friend ami, l (masc.)/amie, l (fem.) (s) from here dici from now dici from time to time de temps en temps full *plein/e fundamental fondamental/e fusion fusion, la (s) future avenir, l (masc.)

group groupe, le (s) guard, to garder ~gard guess, to deviner ~devin habit habitude, l (fem.) (s) habitable habitable half demi/e half past one une heure et demie handicapped *handicap/e happiness bonheur, le happy content/e; heureux/heureuse Hasnt it? Nest-ce pas? have (the) time, to avoir le temps have a drink, to boire un verre have difficulty to, to avoir du mal have enough, to en avoir assez have got as far as, to en tre have lunch, to djeuner ~djeun have to, to devoir ~d head teacher directeur, le/directrice, la (s) health sant, la hear, to entendre ~entendu heart coeur, le (s) heavy *lourd/e here ici here and there ici et l history histoire, l (fem.) (s) holiday(s) vacances, les (fem. pl.) honest *honnte honeymoon lune de miel, la hope, to esprer ~espr horrible horrible hotel htel, l (masc.) (s) hour heure, l (fem.) (s) house maison, la (s) how many combien (de) how comment humanity humanit, l (fem.)

hundred cent hunger faim, le hurry (oneself), to se dpcher ~sest dpch hurt oneself, to se faire mal ~sest fait mal hydrophobia hydrophobie, l (fem.) I do not get it at all. Je ny comprends rien. I dont either moi non plus I must (have to) say je dois dire I want je veux identification identification, l (fem.) If I understand what you are saying Si je vous comprends bien ill malade illness maladie, la (s) illusory illusoire imaginative imaginatif/imaginative immediately immdiatement impact impact, l (masc.) imperatively imprativement imperceptible insaisissable imperfection imperfection, l (fem.) (s) importance importance, l (fem.) important important/e; grand/e impossible impossible impression impression, l (fem.) (s) impressionable influenable Impressionist Impressionniste improbable improbable in dans in fact en fait in front devant in love (with ) amoureux/amoureuse (de )

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incapable incapable incident incident, l (masc.) (s) incompetent incomptent/e incomprehensible incomprhensible inconceivable inconcevable increase augmentation, l (fem.) (s) increase, to augmenter ~augment incredulity incrdulit, l (fem.) indefinable indfinissable independence indpendance, l (fem.) independent indpendant/e indicate, to; point out, to indiquer ~indiqu industrial industriel/industrielle inedible immangeable inevitable invitable infinity infinit, l (fem.) influence influence, l (fem.) (s) influence, to influencer ~influenc information information, l (fem.) (s) information technology informatique, l (fem.) install, to *installer ~install installation *installation, l (fem.) instead of au lieu de instruction instruction, l (fem.) (s) insufficiently insuffisamment intelligent intelligent/e intend to, to avoir lintention de intention intention, l (fem.) (s) interesting intressant/e international international/e interpretation interprtation, l (fem.) (s) intolerant intolrant/e introduce, to introduire ~introduit intuition intuition, l (fem.) invent, to inventer ~invent invention invention, l (fem.) (s)

investigation investigation, l (fem.) (s) ironic ironique irony ironie, l (fem.) Is it not? Nest-ce pas? It costs 10 Euros. a fait 10 euros. It does not matter. a ne fait rien. It is agreed. Cest entendu. It is better Il vaut mieux It is one oclock. Il est une heure. It is out of the question. Il nen est pas question. It isnt worth much. a ne vaut pas grand-chose. It seems to me Il me semble Its who Cest qui jam confiture, la (s) jogging jogging, le join again, to rejoindre ~rejoint journalist journaliste, le/la (s) (in) July (en) juillet justify, to justifier ~justifi keep oneself busy, to soccuper ~sest occup keep, to garder ~gard key cl, la (s) (a) kind of une espce de ; *une sorte de kiss, to embrasser ~embrass kiss each other, to sembrasser ~se sont embrasss (pl.) know (+noun), to connatre ~connu know (how to do something), to savoir ~su know oneself, to se connatre ~sest connu

lamp lampe, la (s) language langue, la (s) large grand/e last dernier/dernire last, to durer ~dur late; to be late tard; tre en retard launch, to lancer ~lanc lead laisse, la (s) learn, to apprendre ~appris leave, to partir ~est parti leave again, to repartir ~est reparti (on the) left () gauche lemon citron, le (s) less moins letter lettre, la (s) liberate, to *librer ~libr liberation *libration, la lie, to mentir ~menti life vie, la (s) lift, to lever ~lev light *lger/lgre light lampe, la (s) like comme like, to aimer ~aim list liste, la (s) Listen carefully! Ecoutez-moi bien! listen to, to couter ~cout literature littrature, la (a) little (un) peu live in (place), to habiter ~habit; occuper ~occup logical logique (in/to) London () Londres long long/longue (a) long time longtemps look for, to chercher ~cherch Look out!; Warning! Attention! look, to regarder ~regard

look for (something), to chercher (quelque chose) ~cherch lorry camion, le (s) lose, to perdre ~perdu (a) lot (of) beaucoup de lucid lucide lucidity lucidit, la lunch djeuner, le machine machine, la (s) mad fou/folle magic; magical magique mail mail, le majority majorit, la make, to faire ~fait manage it, to y arriver ~y est arriv management direction, la (s) manager directeur, le/directrice la (s) mark (grade) note, la (s) market march, le (s) marketing marketing, le marry, to marier ~mari marvellous merveilleux/merveilleuse maybe peut-tre mean, to vouloir dire ~voulu dire means moyens, les (masc. pl.) measure mesure, la (s) medicine mdicament, le (s) meet, to rencontrer ~rencontr meet each other, to se rencontrer ~se sont rencontrs (pl.) meeting runion, la (s) memorize, to memoriser ~memoris mention, to mentionner ~mentionn menu menu, le (s) merchandise marchandises, les (fem. pl.) method mthode, la (s)

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midday midi midnight minuit million million, le (s) millionaire millionnaire, le/la (s) military militaire mineral minral/e minister ministre, le (s) minus moins minute minute, la (s) miss, to manquer ~manqu moan about, to se lamenter sur ~sest lament mobile telephone portable, le (s) model modle, le (s) modern moderne modify, to modifier ~modifi money argent, l (masc.) month mois, le (-) mood humeur, l (fem.) (s) (this) morning (ce) matin, le (s) more plus; encore most la plupart de much too much beaucoup trop multitude multitude, la (s) must devoir ~d

newspaper journal, le (pl. journaux) next prochain/e next ensuite nine neuf no longer; no more ne plus nobody personne noise bruit, le not at all pas du tout not have a choice, to ne pas avoir le choix not only non seulement not yet pas encore note (money) billet, le (s) nothing rien notice that, to sapercevoir que ~sest aperu (in) November (en) novembre now maintenant nuclear nuclaire number nombre, le (s) numeral chiffre, le (s)

occupy, to occuper ~occup offer, to offrir ~offert office bureau, le (x) often souvent naturally naturellement old *vieux/vieille near prs (de) on sur necessary ncessaire on his/her part de sa part need besoin, le (s) on the left gauche need, to avoir besoin de on the right droite negative ngatif/ngative on time lheure negotiate, to ngocier ~ngoci one (people) on negotiation ngociation, la (s) one hundred cent neither am I/neither do I moi non plus only seulement neither nor (ne) ni ni only ne que; seulement never (in my life) jamais (de la vie) only now seulement maintenant new nouveau/nouvelle open ouvert/e news nouvelle, la (s) (in my) opinion ( mon) avis

opinion opinion, l (fem.) (s) opportunity opportunit l (fem.) opposite en face (de) optimist optimiste, l (masc./fem.) (s) optimize, to optimiser ~optimis option option, l (fem.) (s) order commande, la (s) order, to commander ~command organisation organisation, l (fem.) organise, to organiser ~organis organism organisme, l (masc.) original original/e owe, to devoir ~d own propre pacifism pacifisme, le pacifist pacifiste, le/la (s) packet paquet, le (s) page page, la (s) parcel paquet, le (s) parent parent, le/la (s) park, to garer ~gar participant (in ) participant, le/participante, la (s) ( ) participate, to participer ~particip party (celebration) fte, la (s) patience patience, la patriotic patriotique pay attention to , to faire attention pay, to payer ~pay Pay attention to me! Ecoutez-moi bien! penetrate pntrer ~pntr penetrating pntrant/e people gens, les (masc.); on per month par mois per person par personne perceive, to percevoir ~peru

perception perception, la (s) performance performance, la (s) perhaps peut-tre permanent permanent/e permissible permissible permit *permis, le permit, to permettre ~permis persevere, to persvrer ~persvr person personne, la (s) personally personnellement personnel personnel, le pertinent pertinent/e pessimist pessimiste philosophical philosophique phobia phobie, la (s) photo photo, la (s) physical physique pick up, to prendre ~pris pity, to plaindre ~plaint play sport, to faire du sport ~fait du sport please sil vous plat please, to plaire ~plu please somebody, to faire plaisir quelquun pleasure plaisir, le pointless *inutile political politique politics politique, la (the) politics of Margaret Thatcher *thatchrisme, le (the) politics of Mitterrand mitterrandisme, le poor *pauvre porous poreux/poreuse position position, la (s) positive *positif/positive possibility possibilit, la (s) possible possible

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possibly ventuellement post code code postal, le (pl. codes postaux) pound (sterling) livre (sterling), la (s) pour (with rain), to *pleuvoir des cordes ~plu prefer, to prfrer ~prfr preferable prfrable preference prfrence, la (s) preferred *favori/favorite prepare, to prparer ~prpar prescribe, to prescrire ~prescrit presence prsence, la present prsent, le present, to prsenter ~prsent president prsident, le (s) price prix, le (-) principal principal/e principle principe, le (s) print, to imprimer ~imprim prize prix, le (-) probable probable probably probablement problem problme, le (s) produce, to produire ~produit product produit, le (s) production production, la (s) productivity productivit, la professional professionnel/ professionnelle profit (from), to profiter de ~profit programme (radio/TV) mission, l (fem.) (s) progress progrs, le (-) prohibit, to interdire ~interdit project projet, le (s) promise promesse, la (s) promise, to promettre ~promis pronounce, to prononcer ~prononc

pronunciation prononciation, la proportional proportionnel/ proportionnelle propose, to proposer ~propos proposition proposition, la (s) protect, to protger ~protg protection *protection, la public public, le public holiday fte, la (s) public organisation *organisme, l (s) pull over, to se garer ~sest gar put, to mettre ~mis put (down), to poser ~pos put a stop to, to stopper ~stopp put back, to remettre ~remis put in place, to mettre en place ~mis quarter quart, le (s) quarter to moins le quart question question, la (s) questionnaire questionnaire, le (s) queue queue, la (s) quite assez rain, to pleuvoir ~plu rain in torrents, to *pleuvoir torrents ~plu raise, to lever ~lev read, to lire ~lu read again, to relire ~relu readjust, to radapter ~radapt readjust oneself, to se radapter ~sest radapt ready (to ) prt/e ( ) realise, to se rendre compte ~sest rendu compte; sapercevoir ~sest aperu really; truly vraiment

rebuild, to reconstruire ~reconstruit receive, to recevoir ~reu recent rcent/e recently rcemment reception (party) rception, la (s) recommend, to recommander ~recommand recommended recommand/e reconstruct, to reconstruire ~reconstruit recruit, to recruter ~recrut reduction rduction, la (s) reflect on, to rflchir ~rflchi refuse, to *refuser ~refus refuse to do, to refuser de faire ~refus region rgion, la (s) regional rgional/e register, to sinscrire ~sest inscrit regret, to *regretter ~regrett regrettable regrettable regularly rgulirement release *libration, la relevant actuel/actuelle religious religieux/religieuse rely on, to compter sur ~compt remain, to rester ~est rest remarkable remarquable renovation rnovation, la (s) reorganization rorganisation, la (s) reorganize rorganiser ~rorganis repair, to *rparer ~rpar repairable rparable repairing rparation, la report rapport, le (s) reprehensible condamnable representation reprsentation, la (s) reputation rputation, la (s) resemble something, to ressembler ~ressembl

reservation rservation, la (s) resign, to dmissionner ~dmissionn resistance rsistance, la respect respect, le respond, to rpondre ~rpondu response rponse, la (s) responsibility responsabilit, la (s) responsible (for) responsable (de) rest reste, le restaurant restaurant, le (s) result rsultat, le (s) return, to (go back) retourner ~est retourn; (go home) rentrer ~est rentr return (something), to renvoyer ~renvoy revise, to rviser ~rvis revolution rvolution, la (s) rich *riche (on the) right () droite ring (sound), to sonner ~sonn risk risque, le (s) road route, la (s) routine routine, la (s) run, to courir ~couru Russian russe sale vente, la (s) saleable vendable same mme sandwich sandwich, le (s) satisfaction satisfaction, la (s) satisfied (with) satisfait/e (de) satisfying satisfaisant/e Saturday samedi, le (s) say, to dire ~dit school *cole, l (fem.) (s) search for (something), to chercher (quelque chose) ~cherch

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secondary secondaire secretary secrtaire, le/la (s) see, to voir ~vu seek to, to chercher ~cherch seem, to sembler ~sembl seize, to *saisir ~saisi selfishness gosme, l (masc.) sell, to vendre ~vendu send, to envoyer ~envoy send back (something), to renvoyer ~renvoy send for , to faire venir ~fait venir sensibility sensibilit, la sentence, to condamner ~condamn (in) September (en) septembre serious grave serve, to servir ~servi service(s) service, le (s) several plusieurs shape forme, la (s) share, to partager ~partag shirt chemise, la (s) shop magasin, le (s) shopper acheteur, l (masc.)/acheteuse, l (fem.) (s) short court/e shyness timidit, la sick malade sign, to signer ~sign simple simple since depuis singer chanteur, le/chanteuse, la (s) sister soeur, la (s) sitting-room salon, le (s) situation situation, la (s) skier skieur, le/skieuse la (s) sleep sommeil, le

sleep, to dormir ~dormi sleeve manche, la (s) slow down, to ralentir ~ralenti slow *lent/e small petit/e smell, to sentir ~senti so (much) tellement so much the better tant mieux socialism socialisme, le socialist socialiste, le/la (s) society socit, la (s) software (package) logiciel, le (s) soil sol, le solid solide solidity solidit, la solution solution, la (s) something quelque chose something important quelque chose dimportant sometimes quelquefois speak, to parler ~parl speak to, to se parler ~ se sont parls (pl.) specialist spcialiste, le/la (s) spectator spectateur, le/spectatrice, la (s) speech discours, le (-) speed rapidit, la spend (money), to dpenser ~dpens spend (time), to passer ~pass (in the) Spring (au) printemps, le start, to commencer ~commenc start again, to recommencer ~recommenc (railway) station gare, la (s) stay, to rester ~est rest still encore stop, to arrter ~arrt

stop, to (oneself) sarrter ~sest arrt stop doing something, to arrter de faire quelque chose ~arrt storey tage, l (masc.) (s) storm tempte, la (s) story histoire, l (fem.) (s) straight on tout droit street rue, la (s) structure structure, la (s) student tudiant, l (masc.)/tudiante, l (fem.) (s) study, to *tudier ~tudi succeed (in doing), to russir ( faire) ~russi success succs, le suffer, to souffrir ~souffert suffice, to; be enough, to suffire ~suffi sufficient suffisant/e sufficiently suffisamment suggestion suggestion, la (s) (in) Summer en t, l (masc.) superficial superficiel/superficielle supermarket supermarch, le (s) sure sr/e swim, to nager ~nag switch off, to teindre ~teint system systme, le (s)

take advantage (of), to profiter (de) ~profit take an hour (to do something), to mettre une heure ~mis take part, to participer ~particip take ten minutes, to prendre dix minutes ~pris take the time to , to prendre le temps de ~pris take (somebody/something) up, to monter (quelquun/quelque chose) ~mont talent talent, le (s) talk, to parler ~parl talk to each other, to se parler ~se sont parls (pl.) tall grande/e tan, to se bronzer ~sest bronz (by) taxi (en) taxi, le (s) teach, to *enseigner ~enseign teach someone, to apprendre quelquun ~appris teacher professeur, le/la (s); enseignant, l (masc.)/ enseignante, l (fem.) (s) team quipe, l (fem.) (s) technical *technique technician *technicien, le/ technicienne, la (s) telephone (somebody), to table table, la (s) tlphoner ( quelquun) tackle (something), to sy prendre ~tlphon ~sy est pris telephone tlphone, le (s) take, to prendre ~pris television tlvision, la (s) take (somebody), to emmener tell, to dire ~dit ~emmen tell lies, to mentir ~menti take (somebody/something) down, to temperature temprature, la (s) descendre (quelquun/quelque tempt, to tenter ~tent chose) ~descendu temptation tentation, la (s)

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ten dix tenant *locataire le/la (s) terminate, to terminer ~termin terrible terrible terribly terriblement test *contrle, le (s) text message texto, le (s) Thank you! Merci! thanks to grce that a that is (to say) cest--dire thats it; here it is voil That will teach him! a lui aprendra! then ensuite There is left. Il reste There is nothing to do. Il ny a rien faire. There is talk of Il est question de There isnt much. Il ny a pas grand-chose. thing *machin, le (s); truc, le (s) think, to penser ~pens think/not think so, to penser que oui/non thirst soif, la this way comme a thousand mille (-) thousand million (billion) milliard, le (s) throw, to lancer ~lanc throw (away), to jeter ~jet ticket billet, le (s) time (first time) fois, la (-) (la premire fois) time heure, l (fem.) (s) timid timide tired fatigu/e today aujourdhui

together ensemble tolerable tolrable tolerant tolrant/e tolerate, to *tolrer ~tolr tomorrow (morning/evening) demain (matin/soir) too (much) trop; also aussi totally totalement tourism *tourisme, le town ville, la (s) traditional *traditionnel/traditionnelle (by) train (en) train, le (s) training formation, la (s) transformation transformation, la (s) translate, to traduire ~traduit translation traduction, la (s) transmissible transmissible tree arbre, l (masc.) (s) trip voyage, le (s) truck camion, le (s) truth vrit, la try, to essayer ~essay turn, to tourner ~tourn two deux type type, le (s) unbearable insupportable unbreakable incassable uncomfortable inconfortable under sous under the present circumstances dans les circonstances prsentes understand, to comprendre ~compris understand of/about, to comprendre ~compris unexpected inattendu/e unfortunately malheureusement unhoped for inespr/e

university universit, l (fem.) (s) unpronounceable imprononable urgent urgent/e use utilisation, l (fem.) (s) use, to utiliser ~utilis useful utile useless *inutile utility utilit, l (fem.) (s) valid valide valuation valuation, l (fem.) (s) value valeur, la (s) value, to estimer ~estim very trs video vido, la (s) violence violence, la visible visible vision vision, la (s) visitor visiteur, le/visiteuse, la (s) vitamin vitamine, la (s) vocabulary vocabulaire, le volunteer volontaire, le/la (s) wake (somebody) up, to rveiller ~rveill wake up, to se rveiller ~sest rveill walk, to marcher ~march walk (back) home, to raccompagner ~raccompagn want, to vouloir ~voulu warn, to avertir ~averti wash, to laver ~lav wash oneself, to se laver ~sest lav wash up, to faire la vaisselle water eau, l (fem.) weather temps, le week semaine, la (s) weekend week-end, le (s)

welcome, to accueillir ~accueilli well bien What a shame! Quel dommage! What luck! Quelle chance! wheel roue, la (s) whereas tandis que while pendant que why pourquoi win, to gagner ~gagn window fentre, la (s) (in) Winter (en) hiver, l (masc.) wish, to souhaiter ~souhait with avec without sans word mot, le (s) worried inquiet/inquite (at) work (au) travail, le work (function), to marcher ~march work, to travailler ~travaill workforce personnel, le world monde, le (s) worse plus mal write, to crire ~crit xenophobia xnophobie, la year an, l (masc.)/anne, l (fem.) (s) yellow *jaune yesterday hier You never know. On ne sait jamais. young *jeune; petit/e

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Your guide to the Michel Thomas Method courses

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Introductory course (2 CDs) First 2 hours of the Foundation course A taster of the Michel Thomas Method 14.99

Foundation course (8 CDs) 8-hour course for beginners Track listing 70.00

French, German, Italian, Spanish Language Builders (2 CDs) Increase word power and learn colloquial phrases Track listing 20.00

Advanced course (4 CDs) 5-hour follow-on to Foundation course Track listing 50.00

French, German, Italian, Spanish Vocabulary course (5 CDs) Learn 1,000 words painlessly in 6 hours Track listing 30.00

New languages Vocabulary course (4 CDs) Learn hundreds of words painlessly in 5 hours Track listing 35.00

The Michel Thomas Method product range

Introductory course (2 CDs*) 14.99 Arabic ISBN: 978 0340 95728 8 Dutch ISBN: 978 0340 97170 3 French ISBN: 978 0340 78064 0 German ISBN: 978 0340 78066 4 Italian ISBN: 978 0340 78070 1 Japanese ISBN: 978 0340 97458 2 Mandarin ISBN: 978 0340 95722 6 Polish ISBN: 978 0340 97518 3 Portuguese ISBN: 978 0340 97166 6 Russian ISBN: 978 0340 94842 2 Spanish ISBN: 978 0340 78068 8 *These are the first 2 hours of the Foundation course. Foundation course (8 CDs) 70 Arabic ISBN: 978 0340 95727 1 Dutch ISBN: 978 0340 97169 7 French ISBN: 978 0340 93891 1 German ISBN: 978 0340 93892 8 Italian ISBN: 978 0340 93894 2 Japanese ISBN: 978 0340 97457 5 Mandarin ISBN: 978 0340 95726 4 Polish ISBN: 978 0340 97517 6 Portuguese ISBN: 978 0340 97167 3 Russian ISBN: 978 0340 94841 5 Spanish ISBN: 978 0340 93893 5 Advanced course (4 CDs) 50 Arabic ISBN: 978 0340 95729 5 Dutch ISBN: 978 0340 97171 0 French ISBN: 978 0340 93898 0 German ISBN: 978 0340 93913 0 Italian ISBN: 978 0340 93900 0 Japanese ISBN: 978 0340 97459 9 Mandarin ISBN: 978 0340 95723 3 Polish ISBN: 978 0340 97517 6 Portuguese ISBN: 978 0340 97168 0 Russian ISBN: 978 0340 94843 9 Spanish ISBN: 978 0340 93899 7 In the Review courses you will hear only the voice of the teacher giving the English prompts and the foreign language responses. As there are no students, there is no teaching of the language structures, and so these courses are ideal for the learner at home to check for areas causing difficulty and to revisit the relevant teaching point in the Foundation or Advanced course.

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Foundation Review course (2 CDs) 20 French German Italian Spanish ISBN: 978 0 340 92937 7 ISBN: 978 0 340 93895 9 ISBN: 978 0 340 93897 3 ISBN: 978 0 340 93896 6

Advanced Review course (1 CD) 10 French German Italian Spanish ISBN: 978 0 340 93901 7 ISBN: 978 0 340 93902 4 ISBN: 978 0 340 93904 8 ISBN: 978 0 340 93903 1

The Language Builders take the form of a one-to-one lecture with Michel Thomas, building on the words and phrases in the Foundation and Advanced courses. The courses provide confidence in pronunciation, increase your word-power and consolidate your knowledge in just two hours. Language Builders (2 CDs) 20 French German Italian Spanish ISBN: 978 0 340 78969 8 ISBN: 978 0 340 78973 5 ISBN: 978 0 340 78975 9 ISBN: 978 0 340 78971 1

The Vocabulary courses carry forward the Michel Thomas Method teaching tradition and faithfully follow this unique approach to foreign language learning, with the all-audio and buildingblock approach. Vocabulary courses: French, German, Italian, Spanish (5 CDs) 30 French German Italian Spanish ISBN: 978 0 340 93982 6 ISBN: 978 0 340 93984 0 ISBN: 978 0 340 93983 3 ISBN: 978 0 340 93973 4

Vocabulary courses: new languages (4 CDs) 40 Arabic Mandarin Russian ISBN: 978 0 340 98323 2 ISBN: 978 0 340 98358 4 ISBN: 978 0 340 98324 9

Background reading The Test of Courage is Michel Thomass thrilling biography. Written by acclaimed journalist Christopher Robbins, it tells the story of the worlds greatest language teacher and of how his experience at the hands of the Gestapo fuelled his passion for language teaching. ISBN: 978 0340 81245 7; paperback; 14.99 In The Learning Revolution renowned instructional psychologist Dr Jonathan Solity draws on professional experience and lengthy discussions with Michel Thomas to explain how and why the Michel Thomas Method of language teaching works where so many others fail. ISBN: 978 0340 92833 2; hardback; 19.99

The Michel Thomas Method Special Editions comprise: The Foundation course on CD The Language Builder CD Sample hours from 2 other languages A CD wallet to store the course in Michel Thomas biography The Test of Courage

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