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- aboutirto lead to, to end up in, to reach / to lead to, to have the consequence of
- accepterto accept
- accompagnerto accompany, to escort
- accorderto grant (something to someone) / to link to, to be related to
- accueillirto welcome, to accommodate / to host
- accuserto accuse / to find fault with
- acheterto purchase / buy
- adapterto adapt / to adapt oneself or itself
- adopterto adopt (claim legal ownership of a child) / to adopt (claim ownership of a child)
- afficherto put up (a notice etc) / to display
- affirmerto affirm, to claim
- affronterto confront, face / to face off, to clash
- agirto act
- aiderto help / to aid / to use
- aimerto like / to love
- ajouterto add
- allerto go
- améliorerto improve, better, ameliorate
- annoncerto announce / to predict, foretell
- apercevoirto notice / to catch sight of
- appartenirto belong / to concern
- appelerto call / to name
- appliquerto apply, to put something on something else / to apply, to employ, to make use of
- apporterto bring (something) / to take
- apprendreto learn / to teach
- appuyerto press, push / to rest
- arrêterto stop / to arrest
- arriverto arrive / to happen
- assisterto assist, to aid / to attend, to be present
- associerto associate
- assurerto assure, to ensure, to make sure / to do / to take care of / to carry out / to be in charge of
- attaquerto attack / to diminish / to spoil / to erode
- atteindreto attain / to reach
- attendreto wait / to expect
- attirerto attract / to lure, to entice
- augmenterto increase / to increase, to augment
- autoriserto authorise / to allow
- avancerto advance, to go forward / to progress
- avoirto have
- baserto base (have as its foundation or starting point)
- battreto beat / to defeat / to beat up
- bénéficierto enjoy, to benefit from, to get, to receive / to benefit to
- blesserto wound, to injure / to hurt one's feelings, to offend
- bloquerto block (physically), to barricade, to obstruct / to jam, to wedge, to fix in place
- boireto drink
- causerto cause (be the cause of) / to speak (a language)
- cesserto cease / to stop / to break up (e.g. a relationship)
- changerto exchange (something) / to change (money, a job, one's circumstances etc.)
- chanterto sing / to crow
- chercherto look for / to search
- choisirto choose / to perceive, distinguish
- classerto classify / to file
- commanderto order (tell someone to do something) / to order (ask for a product)
- commencerto begin / to start
- commettreto commit
- compliquerto complicate / to elaborate
- composerto compose / to compose (to produce or create a musical work)
- comprendreto understand
- compterto count / to reckon, allow
- concentrerto concentrate / to concentrate (something)
- concernerto concern (be concerned with, be associated with)
- conclureto conclude / to attain, to reach
- condamnerto condemn / to sentence, punish
- conduireto drive (a vehicle) / to lead, to conduct
- confierto confide / to entrust
- confirmerto confirm (a fact etc.) / to uphold (a decision)
- confronterto confront / to contrast, to compare
- connaîtreto know / to be familiar with
- considérerto consider (to look at) / to consider (to look at) each other
- constaterto note, notice / to certify
- constituerto constitute / to make up
- construireto build
- continuerto continue
- contribuerto contribute / to help
- convaincreto convince, to persuade / to convict
- coucherto lay, to lay down / to put to bed, to put up (a lodger)
- coûterto cost
- créerto create
- croireto believe
- cuisinerto cook (prepare food) / to grill (bombard with questions)
- danserto dance
- décéderto pass away, decease
- déciderto decide / to persuade, convince (someone)
- déclarerto declare / to declare oneself (to be), to state (one's opinion) that, to come out in favour of/down against
- découvrirto discover / to show, to reveal
- défendreto defend / to forbid
- déjeunerto lunch, to eat lunch, to have lunch / to have breakfast
- demanderto ask
- demeurerto live, stay / to stay, to remain, to stop for a long time
- dénoncerto denounce / to announce an end
- déployerto spread out, to unfold / to deploy (troops, etc.)
- déposerto put down (set down), lay down / to deposit (one material onto another)
- déroulerto unroll / to break
- destinerto destine, to fate, to mean for
- développerto develop / to deploy, unfold
- devenirto become
- dévoilerto unveil (remove a veil from) / to unveil, to reveal, to disclose
- devoirmust / to have to
- dînerto dine
- direto say / to tell
- dirigerto run / to direct (be the director of) / to supervise / to oversee
- disposerto organize, to arrange, to distribute in a certain fashion / to prepare (something) for an occasion, to incline (someone) towards
- donnerto give
- dormirto sleep
- écouterto listen to
- écrireto write
- effectuerto effect / to work out (a calculation)
- éleverto raise / to bring up
- élireto elect / to take up (residence)
- engagerto pledge, commit / to hire, sign, snap up
- enregistrerto record for later replay or use, especially sound / to tape a movie or otherwise record it
- entendreto hear / to understand
- entraînerto coach, to train / to carry, pull, drive
- entrerto enter / to come in
- envoyerto send / to gulp down with relish
- espérerto hope / to hope for
- essayerto test, to try on / to try, to attempt
- estimerto estimate, to calculate roughly / to esteem, to hold in high regard
- établirto make out (a bill), to draw up (a document etc.) / to establish, to set up (a business, government, camp, reputation etc.)
- étendreto spread, to spread out, to lay out / to stretch (the limbs)
- êtreto be
- éviterto avoid / to dodge, to shun, to bypass
- évoluerto evolve / to change, to develop / to play
- évoquerto evoke (to cause the manifestation of something (emotion, picture, etc.) in someone's mind or imagination) / to mention
- existerto exist
- expliquerto explain
- exprimerto express / to express oneself
- faireto do / to make
- falloirto be necessary / must
- fermerto shut / to close
- figurerto appear (in a list, etc.), to be included / to represent / to imagine, picture
- finirto finish, end, complete / to end up
- fixerto fix, fasten / to fix, arrange, set (a date, price etc.)
- formerto form (generic sense) / to shape (to make into a certain shape)
- fournirto supply, to provide, to furnish / to put in
- frapperto hit, to strike, to bash / to knock (e.g. on a door)
- gagnerto win / to earn
- garantirto guarantee (to assure that something will get done right) / to protect, preserve
- garderto keep / to look after
- habillerto dress / to get dressed
- identifierto identify / to log in
- imaginerto imagine
- impliquerto implicate, to accuse / to imply
- importerto import / to matter, to be relevant, to be important
- imposerto impose / to tax (a person, a product), or to impose (a tax)
- incarnerto incarnate / to embody, to personify
- indiquerto connote (to signify beyond principal meaning) / to show, indicate
- informerto inform / to enlighten / to impart knowledge (upon) / to inquire / to ask / to get information
- inscrireto inscribe (engrave) / to inscribe / jot down (make notes on paper)
- inspirerto breathe in / to inspire
- installerto install / to place
- interdireto forbid, ban, prohibit / to interdict
- interrogerto question, interrogate
- intervenirto intervene / to take part
- inviterto invite
- jeterto throw
- jouerto play
- jugerto judge, to try / to judge, to deem
- justifierto justify
- laisserto leave / to let
- lancerto throw / to start, to launch
- laverto wash / to wash oneself
- leverto raise / to lift
- lierto link / to associate
- limiterto mark, to limit (to show a physical limit or boundary) / to limit (to state a limit for)
- lireto read
- maintenirto maintain / to stick to
- mangerto eat
- manquerto miss / to lack
- marcherto walk / to work
- marquerto mark, mark down (to add a mark or a spot to something) / to mark (to place a mark in something as a reminder)
- menacerto threaten / to endanger, to jeopardise
- menerto lead, to take / to lead, to run, to take charge
- mettreto put
- monterto go up / to assemble
- montrerto show
- mourirto die
- nagerto swim
- naîtreto be born
- nettoyerto clean / to wipe clean
- nommerto nominate / to name, to call
- noterto note / to notice (become aware)
- observerto observe, watch / to note, notice
- obtenirto get, to obtain
- occuperto occupy, to take up / to employ
- offrirto offer / to provide / to give as a gift
- opposerto oppose / to oppose, to be opposed to
- organiserto organise / to plan an event / to organise / to put something in a specific order
- oublierto forget / to leave something behind by accident
- ouvrirto open
- paraîtreto appear / to seem
- parlerto speak
- partagerto share / to divide up
- participerto participate / to donate
- partirto leave / to depart
- parvenirto reach / to succeed
- passerto pass / to spend
- payerto pay (for) / to pay (someone)
- penserto think
- perdreto lose
- permettreto permit, to allow (to grant permission or access) / to allow, to enable (to provide the means, opportunity, etc.)
- placerto place (to put in a specific location) / to seat (to put an object into a place where it will rest)
- plaiderto plead
- porterto carry / to wear
- poserto stop carrying, to put down (something or somebody) / to ask or pose (a question)
- posséderto own / to possess
- poursuivreto pursue, to chase / to pursue, to persecute, to torment
- pouvoircan / to be able to
- préciserto specify / to clarify
- préférerto prefer
- prendreto take
- préparerto prepare / to prepare for
- présenterto present, to introduce / to show, to present
- prévenirto prevent, to avert, to guard against / to notify, to warn, to forewarn
- prévoirto anticipate, foresee, expect (reaction, event, etc.) / to forecast (weather)
- produireto produce, to yield / to happen, take place (of an event)
- profiterto take advantage of, make the most of, enjoy / to be profitable or beneficial
- promettreto promise / to promise oneself
- proposerto propose, suggest / to propose (offer)
- protégerto protect / to protect oneself
- provoquerto provoke, bring on, bring about
- publierto publish, to release, to issue
- qualifierto qualify (of a sports team, etc.) (to compete successfully in some stage of a competition and become eligible for the next stage) / to characterize, to consider
- quitterto discharge somebody from an obligation / to leave, to quit
- raconterto recount / to tell / to narrate
- rappelerto call again / to call back / to remind
- rapporterto bring back (physically bring something back from where it came from) / to retrieve
- réagirto react, respond / to react
- réaliserto direct (a movie) / to fulfill (a dream)
- recevoirto receive
- réclamerto protest / to object
- reconnaîtreto recognize / to admit
- réduireto reduce / to cut (prices) / to shorten (text) / to reduce, scale down (pictures, etc.)
- refuserto refuse
- regarderto watch / to look at
- rejoindreto join, to join up / to rejoin, join together
- releverto stand up (again) / to stand, to right (a vehicle etc.) / to help (someone) to their feet / to help up
- remettreto put back, replace / to put (clothing etc.) back on
- remonterto go back up, to come back up, to climb again, to reclimb / to rise again, to go up again
- remplacerto replace
- remplirto fill, to fill up (make full) / to fill in
- remporterto take back, take away (again) / to win (election, championship etc.), to secure (a position)
- rencontrerto meet / to come across
- rendreto return / to give back / to make
- renforcerto reinforce, strengthen
- rentrerto go back, to re-enter / to go (back) home, to come (back) home
- répondreto answer / to reply
- reprendreto resume / to take back
- représenterto represent (to be the representative of) / to represent (to show, as a replacement)
- respecterto respect / to meet (deadline)
- resterto stay / to remain
- retenirto retain / to remember
- retrouverto find (again) / to rediscover / to remember / to recall
- réunirto gather, collect / to bring together
- réussirto manage to do something / to pass (a test) / to succeed at something
- réveillerto awaken / to wake up
- révélerto reveal, to give away / to develop (a photo)
- revenirto come back, to return / to grow back
- risquerto risk, to put at risk / to face, to incur
- saluerto greet / to wave to (as a greeting)
- savoirto know
- semblerto seem
- sentirto feel / to smell
- servirto serve / to be useful
- signerto sign (put a signature on) / to sign (communicate using sign language)
- situerto locate (to find the location of something) / to situate
- sortirto exit, go out, come out / to take out, bring out
- souhaiterto wish (for) / to hope (for) / to wish someone well, particularly in a complimentary or polite way
- soulignerto underscore, to underline (draw a line under) / to highlight, to emphasize (put emphasis on)
- sourireto smile
- soutenirto support / to keep up
- souvenirto remember
- subirto suffer / to undergo, be subjected to
- suffireto be enough, to suffice
- suivreto follow
- surprendreto surprise / to catch out
- susciterto stir up, fuel, evoke, suscitate
- tenirto hold / to keep
- tenterto attempt / to tempt
- terminerto end / to finish / to terminate / to end, to bring to an end, to finish
- tirerto draw, drag, pull / to shoot
- tomberto fall
- toucherto touch (physically) / to affect
- tournerto turn (left, right etc.) / to stir (e.g. ingredients)
- transformerto transform
- travaillerto work / to study
- trouverto find
- tuerto kill
- utiliserto use, to utilize
- valoirto be worth / to earn, to win, to bring (something of value, ironic usage notwithstanding)
- vendreto sell / to sell out (betray)
- venirto come
- viserto aim, to target / to watch, to stare
- visiterto visit (a place)
- vivreto live
- voirto see
- volerto fly through the air / to pursue flying
- voterto vote
- vouloirto want
- voyagerto travel, to voyage