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The 400 most common verbs in French 🇫🇷

French verbs ranked by how often they appear, each with its translation and an example sentence. Press the speaker to hear a word.

#	French	English	Example
1	être	to be	Vous devez être plus clairs.You must be clearer.
2	aller	to go
3	faire	to do	Fais pas ton innocent avec moi.Don't act like you're so innocent around me./Don't give me that innocent act.
4	dire	to say, to tell
5	pouvoir	can, to be able to	Il se peut que je sois malade.It could be that I'm ill / I may be ill. / I could be ill.
6	vouloir	to want, wish, desire	Je veux voir le soleil.I want to see the sun.
7	savoir	to know	Savais-tu qu’il parle si bien l’anglais?Did you know that he speaks English so well?
8	voir	to see	Je vois ma mère là-bas.I see my mother over there.
9	venir	to come
10	suivre	to follow	Je t’invite à me suivre.I invite you to follow me.
11	parler	to speak, talk
12	prendre	to take	Pour finir dans deux heures, ça prend trois personnes.To finish in two hours, it'll take three people.
13	croire	to believe	Il jure qu’il dit la vérité. Je ne le crois pas.He swears that he's telling the truth. I do not believe him.
14	aimer	to love	Donne-moi une raison de t’aimer.Give me a reason to like you.
15	falloir	to need, have to, to be necessary	Il faut que j’y ailleI need to go.
16	passer	to go past	L’assassin n’avait donc pas passé par là et ne pouvait se sauver par là […]The murderer, therefore, could not have entered that way and could not possibly escape that way.
17	penser	to think, reflect, concentrate one's mind on something	Penser tout haut.Think aloud, speak one's mind freely.
18	attendre	to wait for, to await	J’attends mon cousin à la gare.I'm waiting for my cousin at the station.
19	trouver	to find, to retrieve something lost, turn up something hidden, or encounter something previously unknown to one	Quand est-ce qu’elle a trouvé les clés ?When did she find the keys?
20	laisser	to leave, to leave behind	Laissez le pistolet sur la tableLeave the gun on the table
21	arriver	to arrive	On est arrivés à Paris vers 9 heures.We arrived in Paris around 9 o'clock.
22	donner	to give, to transfer the possession/holding of something to someone else	Finalement, ayant perdu l’esprit sans ressource, il vint à donner dans la plus étrange pensée dont jamais fou se fût avisé dans le monde.Finally, having lost his mind completely, he happened to come across the strangest thought in the world of which a crazy person ever conceived.
23	regarder	to look at	Tu regardes quoi ?What are you looking at?
24	appeler	to call	Appelle-moi ce soir.Call me this evening.
25	partir	to share, to share out, to divide	Avoir maille à partir avec quelqu’un.To have scores to settle with someone, to have a bone to pick with someone.
26	mettre	to put, to place	il a pris un chiffon grisâtre et l’a mis sur la plaieHe took a grayish cloth and placed it over the wound.
27	rester	to stay	On est restés à l’hôtel pendant une bonne part du séjour, on était tous malades.We stayed at the hotel for a good part of the trip, we were all sick.
28	arrêter	to halt, to stop	Aujour-d’hui que la Constitution est définitivement arrêtée...Now that the Constitution is definitively settled...
29	connaître	to know , to be familiar with	Après la levée de l’état de siège, les tribunaux militaires continuent de connaître des crimes et délits dont la poursuite leur avait été déférée.After the lifting of the state of siege, the military tribunals continue to address crimes and offences whose prosecution has been submitted to them.
30	tuer	to kill	Il les a tués! Il a tué tous!He killed them! He killed everyone!
31	mourir	to die, to be dying	Ô nuit désastreuse ! ô nuit effroyable, où retentit tout à coup, comme un éclat de tonnerre, cette étonnante nouvelle : Madame se meurt, Madame est morte !O disastrous night! O terrible night, in which suddenly rings out, like a thunderclap, the shocking news: Madame is dying, Madame is dead!
32	demander	to ask	Elle s’est demandé ce qu’elle devait faire.She wondered what she had to do.
33	comprendre	to understand, comprehend	Est-ce que vous avez bien compris ?Did you understand?
34	sortir	to exit, go out, come out
35	entendre	to hear
36	voilà	there is	Voilà l’homme tout entier, s’en prenant à sa chaussure alors que c’est son pied le coupable.There is man in his entirety, blaming his shoe when his foot is guilty.
37	chercher	to look for, to seek	Je cherche du boulot.I'm looking for some work.
38	aider	to help, to aid
39	essayer	to test, to try on	J’essaie vraiment d’ t’aider sans m’oublier.I'm truly trying to help you without forgetting myself.
40	revenir	to come back, to return	Est-ce que la lumière reviendra ? Est-ce qu’on retrouvera le sommeil ? Y aura-t-il un nouveau soleil, quelqu’un d’autre qui brillera ?Will the light return? Will we get back to sleep? Will there be a new sun, someone else who will shine?
41	plaire	to please, to appeal to
42	jouer	to play	Est-ce que tu voudrais jouer à un jeu avec moi ?Would you like to play a game with me?
43	finir	to finish, end, complete
44	perdre	to lose	J’ai perdu les clés, mais un de mes amis les a trouvées.I lost my keys, but one of my friends found them.
45	sentir	to smell	Lui cherchant alors un nom qui ne s’écartât pas trop du sien, qui sentît et représentât la grande dame et la princesse, il vint à l’appeler Dulcinée du Toboso, parce qu’elle était native de ce village : nom harmonieux à son avis, rare et distingué, et non moins expressif que tous ceux qu’il avait donnés à son équipage et à lui-même.Through searching himself thus for a name that did not diverge too much from his own, that would give a feeling of and represent the great lady and princess, he came to call her Dulcinea del Toboso, because she was a native of this village [Toboso]: a name in his opinion harmonious, rare and distinguished, and no less expressive than all the ones that he had given to his team and to himself.
46	rentrer	to go back, to re-enter	rentrer dans la sallego back in the room/re-enter the room
47	vivre	to live
48	rendre	to give back, to return, to restore	Les Français libérés lors d’une opération de secours après s’être rendus dans une zone étrangère dangereuse pourraient devoir en régler la facture.French people liberated during a rescue operation after having gotten themselves into a dangerous foreign zone may have to pay the bill.
49	tenir	to have, to hold	"J'me tenais dans l’ouest de la ville, ça me fait plus peur l’exil"I used to hang out in the west end; exile doesn't scare me anymore.
50	oublier	to forget	J’essaie vraiment d’ t’aider sans m’oublier.I'm truly trying to help you without forgetting myself.
51	travailler	to work	Il ne fait que travailler.All he does is work.
52	écouter	to listen	J’écoute la radio.I am listening to the radio.
53	manger	to eat	J’ai mangé de la viande pour le souper.I ate some meat for dinner.
54	entrer	to enter	Entrer dans la salle.Enter the room.
55	commencer	to begin, commence
56	payer	to pay
57	tirer	to draw, drag, pull	Ils s’imaginent qu’en ne répondant pas, ou qu’en répondant n’importe quoi, quitte à se contredire toutes les cinq minutes, ils parviendront à s’en tirer.They imagine they can save themselves by refusing to answer questions—or by answering at random and even contradicting themselves every five minutes.
58	ouvrir	to open	À peine arrivé, il a ouvert les hostilités.He initiated hostilities almost as soon as he arrived.
59	changer	to exchange
60	tomber	to fall	Un tamis placé à l’intérieur du dispositif empêchera les choses de tomber dans le tube.A screen placed inside the device will keep things from falling into the tube.
61	foutre	to do, to fuck around with, to dick around, to fritter, to tinker	Qu’est-ce qu’elles foutent ?What the fuck are they doing?
62	excuser	to excuse
63	dormir	to sleep
64	occuper	to occupy, to take up	Moi, je m’occupe des clients.Me, I'll take care of the clients.
65	marcher	to walk	Il marche au milieu de la rue.He is walking in the middle of the street
66	envoyer	to send
67	apprendre	to learn	Grâce à vous, j’en apprends tous les jours.Thanks to you, I learn every day.
68	boire	to drink	Je rêve de boire à tes motsI dream of drinking to your words
69	garder	to keep, to retain, to store, to save	Elle a le droit de garder secrètes la plupart de ses caractéristiques.She has the right to keep most of her characteristics secret.
70	montrer	to show	Montre-le-moi.Show it to me.
71	asseoir	to sit down, to get seated	Assieds les enfants sur des chaises !Sit the children down on chairs!
72	porter	to carry
73	souvenir	to remember	Est-ce que vous vous souvenez de ce que vous m’avez dit la semaine dernière ?Do you remember what you told me last week?
74	prier	to pray
75	servir	to serve	Je suis allée en France avec ma mère l’année dernière et le serveur nous a servi des escargots!I went to France last year with my mother and the waiter served us escargots!
76	écrire	to write	Qu’est-ce que t’aimes ? Qu’est-ce que t’aimes ? Sourire un peu bêtement, en silence écrire une lettre.What do you like? What do you like? To smile a little stupidly, in silence to write a letter.
77	espérer	to hope
78	désoler	to sadden, distress
79	retrouver	to find , to rediscover	Ils ont retrouvé le trésor qu’ils avaient enterré.They re-found the treasure they had buried.
80	gagner	to win	On a gagné la ligue !We won the league!
81	acheter	to purchase, buy
82	rappeler	to call again, to call back	Ton père a téléphoné. Peux-tu le rappeler ?Your father phoned. Can you call him back?
83	lire	to read
84	voici	here is	Voici le fromage.Here's the cheese.
85	monter	to go up, to climb	J’ai monté les valises.I brought up the cases.
86	quitter	to discharge somebody from an obligation
87	emmener	to take off, take away or out	Allez viens, j’t’emmène au vent / Je t’emmène au-dessus des gensCome on, I'll take you with me to the wind / I'll take you with me above the people
88	continuer	to continue
89	revoir	to see again
90	importer	to import	En quoi cela m’importe-t-il ?Why does that matter to me?
91	manquer	to lack, to be lacking in	Tu me manques.I miss you.
92	raconter	to recount, to tell, to narrate
93	répondre	to reply, to answer	Tu dois répondre aux questions que je te pose.You must answer the questions I ask you.
94	sauver	to save, rescue, to protect
95	retourner	to turn over, turn upside-down, to turn	J’ai retourné le livre pour en voir le prix.I turned the book over to see the price of it.
96	rencontrer	to meet
97	voler	to fly	Quel mec a volé mon pantalon?Which guy stole my pants?
98	fermer	to shut	Ce professeur l’a fermé au sujet des mathématiques.That teacher turned him off maths.
99	valoir	to be worth	Selon leur mère, une femme vaut deux hommes.According to their mother, a woman is worth two men.
100	descendre	to go down
101	suffire	to be enough, to suffice
102	sembler	to seem, to resemble	Il semblerait qu’il y ait des différences significatives entre les deux groupes.There would seem to be significant differences between the two groups.
103	compter	to count
104	marier	to wed, to marry	Ma voisine va se marier demain.My neighbour is getting married tomorrow.
105	poser	to stop carrying, to put down	J’ai quelques questions à lui poser.I have a few questions to ask him.
106	inquiéter	to worry
107	bouger	to move
108	apporter	to bring
109	décider	to decide	J’ai décidé d’aller à Paris pour l’été.I decided to go to Paris for the summer.
110	vendre	to sell
111	tourner	to turn	Faire tourner un programme sur son ordinateur.To run a program on one's computer.
112	cacher	to hide	Où as-tu caché mon cadeau?Where did you hide my gift?
113	expliquer	to explain
114	battre	to beat, to defeat	J’irai dans un bar ce soir. […] Je me battrai pour une place au comptoir.I'm going to a bar tonight. […] I will fight for a seat at the counter.
115	agir	to act	Il faut agir pour lutter contre la pauvreté.We must act in order to fight poverty.
116	imaginer	to imagine
117	adorer	to love, to adore
118	recevoir	to receive
119	jeter	to throw	Et s’il me prend l’envie d’ m’en aller, enferme-moi et jette la cléAnd if I feel like leaving, lock me up and throw away the key
120	pleurer	to cry, to weep
121	amener	to bring , take, fetch, give a lift, give a ride
122	promettre	to promise	Est-ce que tout ce que l’on se promet a pu se perdre dans un désert ? Ne reste-t-il que des poussières une fois que l’amour est absent.Could everything we hope for have been lost in a desert? Nothing but dust remains once the love is lost.
123	mentir	to lie
124	utiliser	to use, to utilize	Si tu veux l’utiliser, demande d’abordIf you want to use it, ask first
125	coucher	to lay, to lay down	Le Soleil se lève à l’est et se couche à l’ouest.The sun rises in the east and sets in the west.
126	préférer	to prefer
127	offrir	to offer, to provide	La tente n’offre donc que très peu d’abri aux membres d’équipage qui assurent la veille en surface.The tent doesn't offer, therefore, very much shelter to the members of the team who keep watch on the surface.
128	réveiller	to awaken	Réveillez les soldats, on nous attaque !Awaken the soldiers, we're being attacked.
129	préparer	to prepare
130	permettre	to permit, to allow	Me permettrez-vous de le faire ?Will you allow me to do that?
131	ramener	to take back, bring back, restore
132	enlever	to remove, take off, take away, clear	Elle enleva ses lunettes et j’aperçus sa beauté.She took off her glasses and I glimpsed her beauty.
133	lâcher	to release, to loosen, to let go	Le fils de Barberousse était si cruel et traitait si mal ses captifs, que ceux qui occupaient les bancs de sa chiourme ne virent pas plutôt la galère la Louve se diriger sur eux et prendre de l’avance, qu’ils lâchèrent tous à la fois les rames, et saisirent leur capitaine, qui leur criait du gaillard d’arrière de ramer plus vite ; puis se le passant de banc en banc, de la poupe à la proue, ils lui donnèrent tant de coups de dents, qu’avant d’avoir atteint le mât, il avait rendu son âme aux enfers....The son of Barbarossa was so cruel and treated his captives so badly, that those who occupied the benches of his galley no sooner saw the galley la Louve steering to them and advancing, that they let go of the oars all at once, and seized their captain, who yelled to them from the aftcastle to row faster; then passing him to each other from bench to bench, from the poop to the prow, they bit him so much, that before having reached the mast, he had rendered his soul to Hell....
134	choisir	to choose	Je n’ai pas eu le temps de choisir.I didn't have time to choose.
135	conduire	to drive	Il conduit la voiture.He is driving the car.
136	calmer	to calm, pacify, soothe
137	chanter	to sing
138	disparaître	to disappear	A noter que la caouanne, Caretta caretta, semble effectivement ne plus pondre en Corse, l’espèce n’a pas complètement disparu des côtes de France où, chaque année, quelques individus sont capturés involontairement par des engins de pêche.It should be noted that the loggerhead turtle, Caretta caretta, no longer seems to lay eggs in Corsica, but the species has not completely disappeared from French coastlines where, each year, several individuals are caught unintentionally in fishing apparatus.
139	lever	to raise, lift
140	présenter	to present, to introduce
141	accepter	to accept
142	casser	to break
143	frapper	to hit, to strike, to bash	Un ange frappe à ma porteAn angel knocks at my door.
144	ignorer	to ignore
145	couper	to cut, cut up, to chop, to sever	L’industrie coupe le lait avec de l’eau pour se faire plus d’argent.The industry is diluting milk with water to make more money.
146	taire	to quieten, to shut up, to silence	Faites taire vos enfants !Shut your children up!
147	tromper	to deceive, lead astray, mislead	New York est la capitale des États-Unis. Ah non, je me trompe, c’est Washington.New York is the capital of the United states. Wait, I'm wrong, it's Washington.
148	ressembler	to resemble	Ne trouvez-vous pas qu’elles ressemblent à leur mère ?Don't you find that they resemble their mother?
149	jurer	to swear, to promise by oath
150	courir	to run	Ce soir-là, en sortant du travail, je cours me réfugier dans le premier bar, en face de la gare.That evening, leaving work, I rush to take refuge in the nearest bar, opposite the station.
151	remettre	to put back, replace	Quant à l’évêque, avoir vu la guillotine fut pour lui un choc, et il fut longtemps à s’en remettre.As for the bishop, seeing the guillotine had been a shock for him, and it took him a long time to get over it.
152	refuser	to refuse
153	terminer	to end, to finish, to terminate	Il fallait terminer le match après une explosion.The game had to be brought to an end after an explosion.
154	amuser	to amuse, to entertain
155	intéresser	to interest, to make interested	Je ne sais pas quoi faire pour l’intéresser...I don’t know what to do to interest him/her...
156	reconnaître	to recognize
157	rire	to laugh
158	pardonner	to pardon, forgive
159	embrasser	to hug, embrace	Elle m’en veut d’avoir embrassé son petit copain, et je ne pense pas qu’elle me pardonnera de sitôt.She's mad at me for kissing her boyfriend, and I don't think she'll forgive me anytime soon.
160	danser	to dance
161	exister	to exist
162	réussir	to manage to do something	J’ai réussi tous mes examensI passed all my exams
163	protéger	to protect	Est-ce que nos souvenirs nous protègent ? Sont-ils emportés par le temps ?Do our memories protect us? Are they swept away by time?
164	prévenir	to prevent, to avert, to guard against	C’est la meilleure méthode pour prévenir la fraude et la corruption.That is the best method of preventing fraud and corruption.
165	habiter	to live in, to occupy	L’homme habitait un appartement crasseux et sombre.The man lived in a dirty, dark flat.
166	déranger	to bother, to disrupt	Si cela ne vous dérange pas, fermez la porte.If you don't mind, close the door.
167	reprendre	to take back, recover, regain	Je lui ai dit que j’aimerais reprendre un de mes vieux passe-temps, soit jouer du piano, soit apprendre une langue.I told him I'd like to get back to one of my old hobbies, either playing piano or learning a language.
168	détruire	to destroy	Détruisez la famille et vous détruisez le pays.Destroy the family and you destroy the country. - Erin Pizzey
169	pousser	to push	L’arbre pousse vite.The tree is growing quickly.
170	découvrir	to discover
171	sauter	to jump, leap	Leur fille est brillante, elle a sauté deux années.Their daughter is brilliant, she has skipped two years
172	rêver	to dream	Échappée d’une couverture, je rêvais de l’aventureEscaped from a blanket, I dreamed of adventure
173	détester	to thoroughly dislike, to hate, to detest
174	paraître	to appear
175	empêcher	to stop, to prevent, to hinder	De la sorte, le banvin empêchait le débit de vins de qualité inférieure et servait l’intérêt général.In this way, the banvin prevented the output of poor-quality wines and served the general interest.
176	maintenir	to maintain
177	supposer	to suppose, to think, to reckon, to surmise
178	épouser	to marry, to wed
179	approcher	to approach, to come close to, to move towards	Pourquoi es-tu si loin? Approche.Why are you so far away? Come closer.
180	craindre	to fear	J’ai perdu mon portefeuille. — Merde, ça craint.I've lost my wallet. — Shit, that sucks.
181	crier	to cry out
182	inviter	to invite
183	réfléchir	to ponder, to reflect	Tu dois réfléchir à ta conduite.You must reflect on your behaviour.
184	arranger	to arrange	Depuis l’heure où mon arrêt m’a été prononcé, combien sont morts qui s’arrangeaient pour une longue vie !Ever since my sentence was passed, how many who were set for a long life have died!
185	naître	to be born
186	souffrir	to suffer
187	remercier	to thank
188	attraper	to trap	Le renard s’est enfin laissé attraper au piège.The fox finally got caught in the trap.
189	dépêcher	to send, dispatch
190	abandonner	to give up
191	vérifier	to verify
192	brûler	to burn	La maison des voisins a brûlé.The neighbors' house has burnt down.
193	assurer	to assure, to ensure, to make sure	Des bénévoles assurent le nettoyage des lieux.Volunteers take care of the cleaning of the premises.
194	traiter	to treat
195	blesser	to wound, to injure	Il a été blessé par un coup de poignard au niveau des muscles abdominaux.He suffered a stab wound in the region of the abdominal muscles.
196	dégager	to free
197	filer	to spin	Tu pourrais me filer le sel, s’il-te-plaît ?Can you gimme the salt, please?
198	risquer	to risk, to put at risk	J’ai risqué ma vie pour toi.I risked my life for you.
199	mener	to lead, to take	Le bus va nous mener au château.The bus will lead us to the castle.
200	attaquer	to attack	La Russie a attaqué l’Ukraine avec des missiles.Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles.
201	fumer	to smoke	J’en ressortais vers six heures, léger, lavé jusqu’à l’âme et fumant dans le froid comme un torchon mouillé.— I would re-emerge at about six o'clock, light and clean right through to the spirit, and steaming in the cold like a damp dishcloth.
202	répéter	to repeat
203	signer	to sign
204	ficher	to plug in, to drive something in by its point, as with a nail or a stake
205	mériter	to deserve, merit
206	rejoindre	to join, to join up
207	discuter	to argue, to debate
208	avancer	to advance, to go forward	Tu saurais m’avancer cinq euros ? Je te rembourse ça dans dix minutes.You couldn't lend me five euros, could you? I'll pay you back in ten minutes.
209	reposer	to put down, to place
210	échapper	to escape , evade
211	charger	to load
212	obliger	to oblige, to require, to compel, to force someone )
213	accompagner	to accompany, to escort
214	oser	to dare	Je n’ose pas lui dire la vérité.I don't dare tell him the truth.
215	regretter	to regret
216	prouver	to prove
217	dîner	to dine
218	couvrir	to cover up, to cover
219	obtenir	to get, to obtain
220	éviter	to avoid
221	plaisanter	to joke
222	virer	to bear, veer
223	supporter	to support	Je ne supporte pas le mot injustice.I can't bear the word injustice.
224	régler	to sort out, to settle	On va régler le problème tout de suite.We will sort out that problem immediately.
225	souhaiter	to wish , to hope	On vous souhaite tout le bonheur du mondePour aujourd’hui comme pour demainQue votre soleil éclaircisse l’ombreQu’il brille d’amour au quotidienWe wish you all the happiness in the worldFor today as for tomorrowMay your sun light up the shadowsMay it shine love everyday
226	créer	to create
227	surveiller	to monitor, to survey, to watch
228	recommencer	to restart, start over, start again	Je veux m’enfuir, que tout recommence.I want to run away, that everything starts again.
229	coûter	to cost
230	parier	to bet
231	appartenir	to belong
232	remarquer	to observe
233	rater	to miss
234	retirer	to take off, to remove	Elle retira sa chemise.She took off her shirt.
235	tenter	to attempt	L’ennemi tenta une attaque frontale.The enemy attempted a frontal attack.
236	partager	to share	Le Canada entretient une relation de premier plan avec les États-Unis, pays avec lequel il partage la plus longue frontière non défendue du monde, frontière où les échanges économiques transfrontaliers sont parmi les plus importants du globe.Canada maintains a high-profile relationship with the United States, a country with which it shares the longest undefended border in the world, a border where the cross-border economic exchanges are among the most important on the globe.
237	ressentir	to feel	Difficile à dire, c’est juste ce que je ressensDifficult to say, it’s just what I feel
238	défendre	to defend
239	fatiguer	to tire	Il ne se fatigue pas.He isn't making the effort; he isn't trying very hard.
240	prévoir	to anticipate, foresee, expect
241	douter	to doubt	Il ne faut pas douter de la bonne foi de son interlocuteur.One must not doubt the intention of one's interlocutor.
242	apprécier	to appreciate
243	fuir	to escape	Le robinet fuit.The tap is leaking. The faucet is leaking.
244	bosser	to work
245	respirer	to breathe
246	récupérer	to get back, to recover, to recuperate	Le premier ministre a tenté de récupérer la crise, mais l’opposition a rétorqué que celle-ci s’était produite sous sa gouverne.The premier tried to co-opt the crisis, but the opposition retorted that it had occurred on his watch.
247	libérer	to liberate, to set free, to release from captivity
248	lancer	to throw
249	durer	to last	Un match de football dure 90 minutes.A football match lasts 90 minutes.
250	laver	to wash
251	sonner	to sound	Sonner la cloche.Ring the bell.
252	deviner	to guess, to work out, figure out
253	ravir	to ravish
254	traverser	to cross, to go across
255	retenir	to retain, hold
256	remonter	to go back up, to come back up, to climb again, to reclimb
257	réaliser	to direct
258	moquer	to mock
259	étudier	to study	Les premiers auteurs qui ont étudié ce phénomène, Taupin, Piorry, Hourmann , qui lui a donné le nom d’autophonie, Hornemann, ont eu le tort, d’après l’auteur, de donner à ce signe une signification symptomatique trop étendue, et de créer des variétés purement artificielles, en admettant l’autophonie normale, ægophonique, bronchophonique, etc.The first authors who studied this phenomenon, Taupin, Piorry, Hourmann , who gave it the name of autophony, Hornemann, had the mistake, according to the author, of giving this sign a symptomatic meaning that was too broad, and of creating purely artificial varieties, by admitting normal autophony, ægophonic, bronchophonic, etc.
260	installer	to install
261	proposer	to propose, suggest
262	emporter	to take	Il lui parut convenable et nécessaire, aussi bien pour l’éclat de sa gloire que pour le service de son pays, de se faire chevalier errant, de s’en aller par le monde, avec son cheval et ses armes, chercher les aventures, et de pratiquer tout ce qu’il avait lu que pratiquaient les chevaliers errants, redressant toutes sortes de torts, et s’exposant à tant de rencontres, à tant de périls, qu’il acquît, en les surmontant, une éternelle renommée. Il s’imaginait déjà, le pauvre rêveur, voir couronner la valeur de son bras au moins par l’empire de Trébizonde. Ainsi emporté par de si douces pensées et par l’ineffable attrait qu’il y trouvait, il se hâta de mettre son désir en pratique.It seemed to him appropriate and necessary, as much for his own glory as for the service of his country, that he should become a knight-errant, and go about the world, with his horse and his weapons, looking for adventures, and practising everything that he had read that knights-errant practised, redressing all sorts of wrongs, and exposing themselves to so many encounters, to so many perils, that he should gain, in surmounting them, eternal fame. He already imagined himself, the poor dreamer, seeing himself crowned at least by the emperor of Trebizond. So taken away was he by such pleasant thoughts and by the ineffable attraction that he found in them, he hurried to put his desire into practice.
263	engager	to pledge, commit
264	cesser	to cease, to stop	Cessez de blasphémer, vile créature ! Apprenez, ignorante, que saint Prétextat était archevêque de Rouen au VIe siècle, et grand ami de Grégoire de Tours, qui était un homme très bien, dont vous n’avez naturellement jamais entendu parler.Stop blaspheming, you vile creature! You’d better learn, ignorant woman, that Saint Praetextatus was Archbishop of Rouen in the 6th century, and a friend of Gregory of Tours, who was a very good man, which you, unsurprisingly, never heard of.
265	signifier	to signify, mean
266	réparer	to repair, fix, mend
267	construire	to build
268	chier	to shit, defecate
269	profiter	to take advantage of, make the most of, enjoy
270	pleuvoir	to rain
271	séparer	to separate
272	désirer	to desire, want
273	traîner	to pull, drag	Et si tu n’existais pas / Dis-moi pourquoi j’existerais / Pour traîner dans un monde sans toiAnd if you didn’t exist / Tell me why I would exist / To linger on in a world without you
274	respecter	to respect
275	enfuir	to escape
276	diriger	to run, to direct	Il dirige son entreprise avec passion.He runs his business with passion.
277	crever	to pop, burst
278	poursuivre	to pursue, to chase
279	forcer	to force
280	grandir	to grow, get bigger
281	interdire	to forbid, ban, prohibit
282	baisser	to lower
283	enterrer	to bury
284	causer	to cause
285	survivre	to survive
286	commander	to order
287	ennuyer	to afflict with boredom, to bore	J’espère que je ne vous ai pas ennuyé.I hope I haven’t bored you.
288	prêter	to lend
289	nettoyer	to clean	Nettoyer les fesses du bébé.Clean the baby's bottom
290	atteindre	to attain
291	rouler	to roll	Ça roule bien chez mon ami.It's going well at my friend's house.
292	débarrasser	to clear
293	avouer	to avow
294	plaindre	to pity
295	remplir	to fill, to fill up	Remplir la piscine avec de l’eau.To fill the pool with water.
296	contrôler	to check or examine
297	taper	to slap, knock, beat	Je me suis tapé un bon petit hamburger hier soir.I put away a good, tiny hamburger last night.
298	téléphoner	to call, to ring, to telephone	J’ai téléphoné à mon ami.I called my friend.
299	dépendre	to depend
300	parfaire	to finish, to complete
301	renvoyer	to resend, retransmit, to send again
302	repartir	to leave again, to go back
303	enfermer	to lock up, lock in, lock away
304	habiller	to dress
305	refaire	to redo, to do over, to do again	Si c’était à refaire, que ferais-tu différemment ?If you had to redo it, what would you do differently?
306	gêner	to hinder, hamper, bother	Arrête de me regarder comme ça, ça me gêne.Stop looking at me like that; it's making me uncomfortable.
307	éteindre	to turn off
308	rapporter	to bring back	Rapportez-moi quelque chose de vos voyages.Bring me back something from your travels.
309	coincer	to wedge, to jam, to catch
310	surprendre	to surprise
311	convaincre	to convince	Est-ce que vous êtes convaincu qu’il nous a dit que la vérité ?Are you convinced that he told us but truth?
312	livrer	to deliver
313	juger	to judge, to try	Ne savez-vous pas que nous jugerons les anges?Do you not know that we will judge angels?
314	haïr	to hate
315	officier	to officiate
316	briser	to break, snap	Est-ce que c’est vraiment une promesse si tu sais que tu vas la briser ?Is it really a promise if you know you’re going to break it?
317	chasser	to hunt
318	attirer	to attract
319	allumer	to light, to set alight	J’en peux plus d’ me faire espérer. J’ai plus confiance en ta lumière, sans tes caresses qui m’allumaient.I can't make myself hope for it any more. I have more confidence in your light, without your caresses which turned me on.
320	écraser	to squash
321	arracher	to uproot, pull up, tear out	Il arrache les pattes du moustique.He's ripping off the mosquito's legs.
322	inventer	to invent
323	mêler	to mix	Et leur chanson se mêle au clair de lune, / Au calme clair de lune triste et beau, / Qui fait rêver les oiseaux dans les arbres / Et sangloter d’extase les jets d’eau, / Les grands jets d’eau sveltes parmi les marbres.And their song blends with the moonlight, / With the sad and beautiful moonlight, / Which sets the birds in the trees dreaming, / And makes the fountains sob with ecstasy, / The tall slim water streams among the marble statues.
324	énerver	to vex, to get on one's nerves
325	exploser	to explode
326	supplier	to implore, to beseech, to beg
327	étonner	to surprise
328	déposer	to put down , lay down
329	placer	to place
330	remplacer	to replace
331	accuser	to accuse	Emma portait sa lettre au bout du jardin... Rodolphe venait l’y chercher et en plaçait une autre, qu’elle accusait toujours d’être trop courte.Emma took her letter to the end of the garden... Rodolphe came and fetched it and put another in its place, which she always found fault with for being too short.
332	nourrir	to feed , nourish
333	presser	to urge
334	accorder	to grant
335	emmerder	to bug, bother, irritate "the shit out of" someone	Moi, je ne suis pas pour emmerder les Français. Je peste toute la journée contre l’administration quand elle les bloque. Eh bien là, les non-vaccinés, j’ai très envie de les emmerder.I'm not for bothering the French. I rail all day against the administration when it blocks them. Well, the non-vaccinated, I really desire to bother them.
336	reculer	to move back, to put back
337	élever	to raise
338	accrocher	to hook, hook up
339	déjeuner	to lunch, to eat lunch, to have lunch
340	coller	to stick , to glue
341	serrer	to tighten	Ils se sont serrés pour lui faire une place.They squeezed together to make room for him.
342	entraîner	to coach, to train
343	piquer	to prick, to sting
344	admettre	to admit, to accept, to recognize
345	produire	to produce, to yield
346	menacer	to threaten, to jeopardise
347	gâcher	to ruin, spoil, mar, wreck, waste
348	concerner	to concern
349	représenter	to represent
350	bénir	to bless
351	endormir	to put to sleep
352	louer	to rent
353	soigner	to treat, to nurse
354	organiser	to organise, to plan an event
355	ranger	to order, to arrange	Elle s’est rangée à son avis.She went along with him.
356	couler	to sink
357	rigoler	to laugh, especially laugh out loud	Mais, tu rigoles ou quoi ?Are you kidding me?
358	commettre	to commit
359	trahir	to betray	Ils ne doivent pas trahir la confiance que nous avons placée en eux en commettant des actes de violence aveugle.They mustn't betray the trust we've placed in them by committing indiscriminate acts of violence.
360	débrouiller	to disentangle	Je me débrouille...I get by..., or, depending on context: I get around...
361	fâcher	to annoy, to vex
362	attacher	to affix, bind, tie something to something else, especially with rope	Je me suis beaucoup attaché à cet animal.I've gotten very attached to this pet.
363	joindre	to join
364	voyager	to travel, to voyage	Voyage, voyage / Plus loin que la nuit et le jour / Voyage / Dans l’espace inouï de l’amourVoyage, voyage / Further than the night and the day / Voyage / In the unheard-of space of love
365	nommer	to nominate	Je me nomme Gus.I am called Gus.
366	rechercher	to search for, seek, to look for
367	obéir	to obey	obéir à son patron.To obey one's boss.
368	saluer	to greet
369	mordre	to bite
370	guérir	to cure, to heal	Puisque nous sommes ici sans savoir ce qui nous attend un peu plus tard, laisser parler mon instinct me guérit.Since we're here without knowing what awaits us a little bit later, letting my instinct[s] speak heals me.
371	détendre	to relax
372	interroger	to question, interrogate
373	faillir	to almost do something	J’ai failli aller en Allemagne, mais j’ai annulé au dernier momentI almost went to Germany, but cancelled at the last minute
374	condamner	to condemn
375	apparaître	to appear
376	marquer	to mark, mark down	Marquer le papier.To mark [down] the paper.
377	ramasser	to pick up, to collect, gather
378	abattre	to butcher, to slaughter for meat	« Fulgurante », « phénoménale » ou « stupéfiante » : les conseillers scientifiques du gouvernement britannique n’ont pas de mots assez forts pour qualifier la vague Omicron qui s’abat sur le Royaume-Uni."Striking", "phenomenal", or "stupefying": the scientific advisers to the British government do not have words strong enough to describe the Omicron wave which descending upon the United Kingdom.
379	considérer	to consider
380	pendre	to hang
381	combattre	to fight, to combat
382	posséder	to own, to possess
383	bouffer	to eat
384	observer	to observe, watch
385	dépasser	to exceed, to surpass, to overtake, to go past
386	fonctionner	to function, to work
387	fouiller	to search	J’ai fouillé dans mon sac, mais je n’ai pas pu trouver mon portefeuille.I rummaged through my bag, but I couldn't find my wallet.
388	goûter	to taste, to try	Je goûterai ta tarte demain car j’ai goûté un fameux tiramisu tout à l’heure.I will taste your pie tomorrow, since I have just tasted a famous tiramisu.
389	insister	to insist, emphasize
390	transformer	to transform
391	annuler	to cancel
392	réunir	to gather, collect
393	piger	to understand, to get, to catch on, to twig, to cotton on
394	punir	to punish
395	renoncer	to resign, to quit
396	déclarer	to declare
397	confier	to confide	Il confie son secret à son ami.He confides his secret to his friend.
398	rompre	to break
399	éclater	to burst, to break, to shatter
400	éloigner	to remove

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