Level 3 Vocabulary File

French Vocabulary List NCEA Level 3
(Curriculum Level 8)
The vocabulary and structures lists are to be considered as lists of those words and grammatical
structures which students are expected to recognise and be able to use at this level. The lists build
on the vocabulary and structures covered at NCEA Level 1 and Level 2.
Vocabulary and structures lists will provide the basis for the setting of external assessments for the
externally assessed achievement standards. Where required, the meaning of any additional words
beyond these lists will be provided.
Assessment for internally assessed achievement standards should also incorporate and have
reference to the vocabulary and structures in these lists but may also extend beyond, depending on
the topics covered in a programme of learning i.e. internal assessment is not bound by these lists in
the way that external examiners are for setting external assessments.
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A
à mi temps
à partir de
à peine
abandonner
accuser
action (f)
activité (f)
actuel/actuelle
administration (f)
admirer
agresser
agression (f)
ailleurs
alors que
amateur (m)
améliorer
annonce (f)
apprécier
article (m)
aspect (m)
assurer
atteindre
attirer
au courant
au fond
au moins
aucun
augmenter
aussitôt que
autant de
auteur (m)
autorité (f)
autrefois
part time
from, as of
scarcely
to abandon
to accuse
action, plot
activity
current
administration
to admire
to assault
the assault
elsewhere
whereas
fan, supporter
to improve
advertisement
to appreciate
article
aspect
to assure
to reach, attain
to attract
up to date
at the bottom, essentially
at least
not a single, not one
to increase
as soon as
as much as, as many as
author
authority
previously
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la
la
la
la
se
la
le
le/la
le
la
le
la
le
le
la
la
le/la
le
le
le
la
la
la
le
la
autrement
avant que/de
avenir (m)
avoir tort
avouer
B
baisse
baisser
bande
bande dessinée (B.D.)
bas (m) basse (f)
base
battre
battre
beauté
bien que
boulot
C
candidat, candidate
caractère
carrière
cas
cause
célèbre
centimètre
centre
certain
c'est-à-dire
chacun
chaîne
chanson
chanteur, chanteuse
charger
chef
chiffre
chômage
chrétien (m) chrétienne (f)
civilisation
classique
combattre
commettre
compagnie
comparer
complet (m) complète (f)
compliqué
composé de
composition
compte
connaissance
otherwise
before doing something
future
to be wrong
to admit
fall, drop (in prices)
to lower
band
(strip) cartoon
low
base
to fight
to beat
beauty
although
job
candidate
character
career, quarry
case
cause
famous
centimetre
centre
certain
that's to say
each one
channel, chain
song
singer
to load
head, chief, leader
figure (numerical)
unemployment
Christian
civilisation
classic, classical
to combat, fight
to commit
company
to compare
complete, entire
complicated
made up of
composition, essay
account
acquaintance, knowledge, understanding
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conscient
la conséquence
conserver
considérer
constater
la construction
contrôler
la correspondance
la couche
coupable
couramment
le coût
la création
créer
le crime
la crise
la croissance
cru
cultiver
la culture
D
d'ailleurs
d'après
de nos jours
le débat
la décision
déclarer
les dégâts (m)
déguster
le/la délinquant, délinquante
la demande
démolir
démontrer
le département
dépasser
dépendre
dépenser
dès que
le dessin animé
détruire
se développer
devenir
deviner
diminuer
le diplôme
la direction
disponible
dominer
le dossier
conscious
consequence
to conserve
to consider
to state
construction, building
to inspect, check
correspondance, connection(trains, planes)
layer
guilty
fluently
cost
creation
to create
crime
crisis
growth
raw
to cultivate
culture
what's more, besides
according to, after
these days
debate, dispute
decision
to declare
damage
to taste, sip, appreciate
offender, delinquent
request, application
to demolish
to demonstrate
department, French administrative division
to overtake
to depend
to spend (money)
as soon as
(animated) cartoon
to destroy
to develop
to become
to guess
to diminish
diploma
guidance, management, leadership
available
to dominate
document, file
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s'
l'
les
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l'
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les
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doubler
douter
doux (m) douce (f)
E
échange (m)
échapper
éclater
économie (f)
économies (f)
écran (m)
écraser
écrivain (m)
efficace
effrayant
égal
égalité (f)
élection (f)
élevage (m)
élevé
élire
embouteillage (m)
emploi (m)
employé (m) employée (f)
employeur (m)
ému
en revanche
engager
ennemi (m)
enquête (f)
enregistrer
entraîner
entreprise (f)
entretien (m)
environ
environnement (m)
époque (f)
équilibré
espace (m)
esprit (m)
essentiel (m) essentielle (f)
établir
état (m)
études (f)
événement (m)
éventuel (m) éventuelle (f)
évident
éviter
évoluer
évoquer
to double, overtake
to doubt
sweet, smooth, soft, gentle
exchange
to escape
to burst, explode
economy, economics
savings
screen
to crush
writer
efficient
frightening
equal
equality
election
raising, breeding, farming
high, well brought up
to elect, choose
traffic jam
use
employee
employer
emotional, moved, touched
on the other hand
to commit, hire, engage, urge
enemy
survey, inquiry
to record, register
to drag, carry, take
undertaking, firm
maintenance, upkeep, interview
about, approximately
environment
epoch, era, age
balanced
space
mind, spirit
essential
to establish
state
studies
event
possible
evident, obvious
to avoid
to evolve, develop
to evoke
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la
le
la
la
les
la
la
le
le
le
le
le
la
le
la
s'
la
la
l'
exact
exagérer
exiger
expliquer
exprimer
extérieur
F
fabriquer
faculté
faire face à
fait
faute de
figurer
final
formation
foule
fournir
frais (m) fraîche (f)
frais (m)
franchement
fraternité
frontière
futur
G
gaspiller
général
genre
gérer
geste
glisser
goût
goûter
gouvernement
grâce à
grève
groupe
guerre
H
habituer (à)
hausse
hauteur
hésiter
horreur (f)
hors de
exact, accurate, correct
to exaggerate
to insist, to require
to explain
to express oneself
exterior
to make, fabricate
university
to face (someone / thing), cope
fact
fault of, lack of
to imagine
final
training
crowd
to provide
fresh, cool
costs
frankly
brotherhood
border
future
to waste
general
style, kind, gender
to manage, run
gesture, movement
to slip, slide
taste
to taste
government
thanks to
strike
group
war
to get used (to)
rise, increase
height
to hesitate
horror
outside of
I
il y a
l' imagination (f)
imaginer
imiter
there is, there are, ago
imagination
to imagine
to imitate
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le
la
le/la
la
la
le
la
le
le
la
la
la
le
le
immédiatement
immigré (m) immigrée (f)
importance (f)
impôts (m)
impression (f)
inconnu
indispensable
individu (m)
industrie (f)
influencer
inquiéter
insister
installer
intégrer
intention (f)
international
interroger
interview (f)
intrigue (f)
introduire
J
job
jugement
jusqu'à ce que
justice
L
lecteur, lectrice
liaison
libération (f)
licencier
lieu
littéraire
littérature
local
loyer
lutter
M
majeur
majorité
malgré
manière
manifestation
manifester
mélanger
membre
menacer
mener à
mensonge
mentir
immediately
immigrant
importance
taxes
impression
unknown
essential
individual
industry
to influence
to worry
to insist
to settle in
to fit in
intention
international
to interrogate, question
interview
plot, intrigue
to introduce
job
judgement
until
justice
reader
joining, close relationship
liberation
to lay off, make redundant
place
literary
literature
premises
rent
to struggle, wrestle
major, greater
majority
in spite of, despite
manner, way
manifestation, demonstration
to show, demonstrate
to mix
member
to threaten
to lead to
the lie
to tell lies, lie
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la
le
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le
la
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le/la
la
la
la
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la
la
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le/la
la
le
la
le
le
mériter
merveilleux (m) merveilleuse (f)
mesure
méthode
métier
milliard
millier
million
ministre
misère
moindre
moquer de
musicien, musicienne
musulman
N
nature
net, nette
nier
n'importe..
nombreux (m) nombreuse (f)
nourriture
nouvelle
nucléaire
O
obtenir
occuper de
oeuvre (f)
offre d'emploi (f)
origine (f)
ouvrier (m) ouvrière (f)
P
paix
par conséquent
par exemple
par hasard
paraître
pareil (m) pareille (f)
parfait
parole
d'une part...d'autre part
parti
participer
particulier (m) particulière (f)
patron, patronne
peine
peintre
peinture
permis
personnage
to merit, deserve
marvellous, wonderful
measure, action, step
method
profession, trade
billion
a thousand or so
million
minister
misery, extreme poverty, destitution
less(er), lower(price), smaller(quantity)
to mock, make fun of, laugh at
musician
Muslim
nature
clean, spotless, clear(idea), straight(answer)
to deny
any
numerous, large (family etc)
food, nourishment
(piece of) news
nuclear
obtain, get
to deal with, apply oneself to
work
a job offer
origin, beginning
worker
peace
as a result, consequently
for example
by chance, mistake
to appear, become apparent
like, alike, similar
perfect
word
on the one hand...the other hand
party (political)
to take part in
particular, special
owner, boss
penalty, punishement, trouble
painter
painting
the permit, licence
character
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la
la
le
la
le
la
le
le
la
la
la
le
le
le/la
la
le
la
peu
peu à peu
pire
placer
plaire à
plaisanter
plan
planète
plupart
plusieurs
plutôt
poème
poésie
poète
politique
polluer
poste
pour cent
pour que
poursuivre
pourtant
préjugé
presse
preuve
prévoir
privé
privé de
production
progrès
projet
propriétaire
protéger
protester
prouver
province
provoquer
public (m) publique (f)
public
puisque
puissant
punir
Q
qualifié
quantité
quelque part
quoique
quotidien (m) quotidienne (f)
R
ralentir
little
little by little
worse
to place
to please, like
to joke
map, plan, schedule
planet
majority, greatest part, most
several
rather
poem
poetry
poet
politics
to pollute
post, appointment, job
%
in order that
to pursue, go after, chase
however
prejudice
press (newspapers, magazines etc)
proof, evidence
to foresee, forecast, anticipate
private
deprived of
production
progress
project
owner
to protect
to protest
to prove
province, region
to provoke
public
public
since, as, seeing that
powerful
to punish
qualified
quantity
somewhere
though, although
daily
to slow down
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la
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le
la
la
la
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le
le
le
le
le
la
le
la
le
le
la
le
la
la
ramener
rapporter
rare
réaliser
recherche
réfléchir
régulier (m) régulière (f)
religieux (m) religieuse (f)
religion
remercier
rendre
rendre compte de
renseignement
renseigner
représenter
république
résistance
résoudre
ressembler
retenir
retraite
réunir
rire
rôle
roman
rythme
S
sable
sain
saisir
sans-abri
satisfaire
sauver
scène
secours
sécurité
sélectionner
selon
sens
sentiment
série
servir (à)
servir de
siècle
signifier
simplement
situer
société
solution
to bring back again
to bring back, return
rare
to realise, achieve, carry out (a plan)
research, search
to reflect
regular
religious
religion
to thank
to give back, return
to realise, understand
(piece of) information
to inform
to represent
republic
resistance, opposition
to resolve
to resemble, be like
to hold back
retirement
to gather, meet
to laugh
role
novel
rhythm
sand
safe
to seize, grasp, take hold of
homeless person
to satisfy
to save, rescue
stage, scene
help, relief, aid
security, secureness, safety
to choose
according to
sense, direction
feeling
series, succession of events
to be useful
to be used as
century
to signify, mean
simply
to place, locate
society
solution
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sombre
le son
le sondage
le souci
souhaiter
soupçonner
sourire
se souvenir de
spécial
le stage
la statistique
sucré
suffire
suggérer
supprimer
sûr
sur le point de
surprendre
survivre
la sympathie
T
le tableau
tandis que
le tas
le taux
la technique
tel que (m) telle que (f)
tellement
le témoignage
la tendance
la tentative
terminer
la terre
le texte
tiers
le titre
toucher
traduire
traîner
la tranche
transformer
le travail
tuer
le type
U
l' usine (f)
V
varier
la vérité
sombre, gloomy
sound
survey
care, concern
to wish
to suspect
to smile
to remember
special, particular
period of instruction, training course
statistic, statistics
sweetened, sugared
to suffice, be enough
to suggest
to suppress, do away with
sure, safe, secure
about to do something, on the point of doing
to surprise
to survive
sympathy, liking
board, picture, painting
so long as, whereas, while
pile, heap
rate, price
technology
such as, like
so, in such a way, to such a degree
testimony, evidence
tendency, inclination
attempt, endeavour
to terminate, end, finish
earth, the world, ground, land
text
third
title
to touch, move
to translate
to trail, drag, hang about on the streets
slice
to transform
work
to kill
type
factory
to vary, change
truth
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verser
la vitesse
la voix
le vol
voler
le voleur
la volonté
le volume
voter
vouloir dire
to overturn, pour
speed
voice
flight
to steal, fly
thief
will
volume
to vote
to mean
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