dessin drawing 1 list 0 seen Not rated — avaler to swallow 1 list 0 seen Not rated — fauve wild beast; big cat 1 list 0 seen Not rated — forêt vierge virgin forest; untouched forest 1 list 0 seen Not rated — chef-d'œuvre masterpiece 1 list 0 seen Not rated — décourager to discourage 1 list 0 seen Not rated — raisonnable reasonable; sensible 1 list 0 seen Not rated — grandes personnes grown-ups; adults 1 list 0 seen Not rated — se souvenir de to remember 1 list 0 seen Not rated — renoncer à to give up; to abandon 1 list 0 seen Not rated — apercevoir to catch sight of; to notice 1 list 0 seen Not rated — à peine barely; hardly 1 list 0 seen Not rated — panne breakdown; equipment failure 1 list 0 seen Not rated — moteur engine; motor 1 list 0 seen Not rated — désert desert 1 list 0 seen Not rated — réparer to repair; to fix 1 list 0 seen Not rated — mouton sheep 1 list 0 seen Not rated — bélier ram 1 list 0 seen Not rated — caisse crate; box 1 list 0 seen Not rated — étonnement astonishment; surprise 1 list 0 seen Not rated — sommeil sleep 1 list 0 seen Not rated — déranger to disturb; to bother 1 list 0 seen Not rated — survivre to survive 1 list 0 seen Not rated — ressource resource; means available 1 list 0 seen Not rated — s'éloigner to move away; to get farther away 1 list 0 seen Not rated — dévisager to stare at; to scrutinize someone's face 1 list 0 seen Not rated — hausser les épaules to shrug 1 list 0 seen Not rated — n'importe quoi anything; nonsense 1 list 0 seen Not rated — Past tense background and events Pendant que je réparais mon vélo, une enfant m'a posé une question. Literary narrative may use passé simple where a spoken retelling uses passé composé. This is a starting distinction, not a rule about long versus short actions. 1 list 0 seen Not rated — Pronouns in affirmative commands Explique-moi ton idée. Montre-le à ton amie. In a negative command, place the pronoun before the verb: Ne me montre pas la réponse. 1 list 0 seen Not rated — De and à with verbs Se souvenir de quelque chose, renoncer à quelque chose, s'éloigner de quelque chose. Invent a personal example of each; don't translate the English preposition word for word. 1 list 0 seen Not rated — Ce qui and ce que Ce qui me surprend, c'est sa patience. Je comprends ce que tu veux dire. Identify the role inside the following clause. 1 list 0 seen Not rated — Ne…que means only Je n'ai que deux outils = I only have two tools. Compare Je n'ai pas d'outils = I have no tools. 1 list 0 seen Not rated — Avoid Romance-language false friends French sensible means sensitive; actuellement means currently; assister à means attend. Similar Spanish or Italian words are useful clues, not proof of identical meaning. 1 list 0 seen Not rated — 
