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French vocabulary B1: Gestures, movements and positions

B1 Catalogue 103 cards

Words for gestures, movements and positions: where things are and which way they go (“en arrière”, “à reculons”, “au travers”), steps and jumps, and verbs for falling, knocking, pouring, hanging, folding, tying and wrapping.

103 French words at level B1, with their translation.

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passer (devant qqn/qqch) to go past (sb/sth)
le coup (en tirant) pull (on a cord)
monter (s'élever ou augmenter) to rise (move up or increase)
dessus on it
la place (l'espace libre) room (empty space)
l'espace (entre deux choses) gap (between things)
proche nearby (before a noun)
nulle part nowhere
en plein right (exactly)
tenir (dans qqch) to fit (into sth)
tendre (qqch à qqn) to hand (sth to sb)
soulever (qqch) to lift (sth)
agiter (qqch) to shake (sth to mix it)
le pas (du pied) step (of the foot)
fort (avec force) hard (with force)
la vitesse (rapidité) speed
levé up (out of bed)
légèrement (sans force) lightly (with little force)
le saut jump
à la main by hand
éloigné (l'un de l'autre) far apart
en arrière back (towards the rear)
central central
le plus loin furthest
l'autre côté (de qqch) the other side (of sth)
profondément (loin dans qqch) deep (far into sth)
le plus haut highest
à proximité nearby (after a verb)
saisir (qqch) to grab (sth)
lâcher (qqch) to drop (sth)
verser (un liquide) to pour (a liquid)
creuser to dig
enfoncer (qqch dans qqch) to sink (sth into sth)
renverser (un liquide) to spill (a liquid)
entourer (qqn/qqch) to surround (sb/sth)
envelopper (qqch) to wrap (sth)
se rapprocher (de qqn/qqch) to come closer (to sb/sth)
taper (sur qqch) to tap (on sth)
la proximité proximity
rattraper (qqn) to catch up with (sb)
couler (au fond) to sink (to the bottom)
flotter to float
s'écouler to flow out
attacher (avec une corde) to tie (with a rope)
boucler (une ceinture) to fasten (a seat belt)
accrocher (qqch) to hang (sth on a hook)
coller (qqch à qqch) to stick (sth to sth)
croiser (les bras ou les jambes) to cross (your arms or legs)
secouer (qqn/qqch) to shake (sb/sth)
appuyer sur (qqch) to press (sth)
laisser tomber (qqch) to drop (sth)
applaudir to clap
lointain (adjectif) distant
s'effondrer to collapse
rattacher (qqch à qqch) to attach (sth to sth)
plier (qqch) to fold (sth)
nouer (un nœud) to tie (a knot)
épingler (qqch) to pin (sth)
le tremblement trembling
face à facing
faire volte-face to do an about-turn
à l'écart at a distance
la secousse shake (noun)
vers l'avant forward (in space)
battre des mains to clap one's hands
immobile motionless
au travers through (adverb)
vers l'extérieur (loin du centre) outward (away from the centre)
déchirer (qqch) to tear (sth)
emballer (qqch) to wrap (sth)
replier (qqch) to fold up (sth)
raccompagner (qqn à pied) to walk (sb home/to sth)
donner sur (qqch) to face (sth)
se frayer un chemin to push (your way)
heurter (qqch) to hit (crash into sth)
basculer to tip (lean or fall)
dégringoler to tumble
tomber par terre to fall over
dans l'autre sens around (opposite direction)
dans le mauvais sens the wrong way round
à la ronde round (to each person in turn)
à reculons backwards (moving rear first without turning)
en rond round (in a circle)
avec soi along (with you)
le glissement glide
éparpiller to scatter
la poussée (action de pousser) push
faire un pas to step (in a direction)
aller vers (qqn/qqch) to go up to (sb/sth)
mettre le pied (sur qqch) to step on (sth)
se lever d'un bond to jump up
se cogner (contre qqch) to bump (against sth)
hisser to hoist
en plein milieu right in the middle
en haut à gauche top left
devant soi in front of oneself
la volte-face U-turn (change of opinion)
se pencher en arrière to lean back
en hauteur high (far above the ground)
près du sol low (close to the ground)

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