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French vocabulary B2: Little words

B2 Catalogue 37 cards

French little words with their English: prepositions such as “grâce à” and “compte tenu de”, conjunctions such as “maintenant que”, “de peur que” and “alors que”, and pronouns such as “quiconque” and “n'importe lequel”. These little words often have several translations: the list is practised as flashcards, and you judge your own answer.

37 French words at level B2, with their translation.

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de (l'écart mesuré) by (amount of change)
par (la partie tenue) by (part held)
grâce à thanks to
à la suite dealso: suite à following (after)also: as a result of, in the wake of, further to, in response to
de (ce qui alimente) on (what one lives on)
que (complément) whomalso: who, that, which
quiconquealso: toute personne qui whoever (the person who)also: anyone who
à (un nouveau sujet) onto (a new subject)also: on to
par (téléphone ou radio) over (by phone or radio)
fois (dans un calcul) times (in a sum)also: multiplied by
sorti de out of (no longer in a state)also: free of, over
alors quealso: tandis que when (although)also: while
quel que soitalso: quelle que soit, quels que soient, quelles que soient whatever (before a noun)also: whichever, no matter what, no matter which
en raison dealso: à cause de, du fait de owing toalso: because of, on account of, due to
de (sous l'effet d'un sentiment) with (because of a feeling)
de la part de (qqn) of (judgment on sb)
une fois quealso: après que once (after it is done)also: as soon as, after
maintenant quealso: à présent que now that
de peur quealso: de crainte que lestalso: for fear that
outre in addition toalso: besides
autruialso: les autres, d'autrui other peoplealso: others, other people's
aux côtés de alongsidealso: by the side of, together with
compte tenu dealso: étant donné consideringalso: in view of, given, taking into account, in light of
au prix de at the cost ofalso: at the price of
étant donnéalso: compte tenu de givenalso: considering, in view of
vis-à-vis de in relation toalso: compared with, facing, opposite, vis-à-vis, towards
à proximité dealso: près de in the vicinity ofalso: close to, near
à raison de at the rate ofalso: at a rate of
soi-même yourself (people in general)also: oneself
à l'égard dealso: envers with regard toalso: in respect of, as regards, towards
qui que ce soitalso: qui que whoever (no matter who)also: no matter who
n'importe lequelalso: n'importe laquelle, n'importe lesquels, n'importe lesquelles whichever (as a pronoun)also: any one, whichever one, any of them, any
dans les limites de within (a limit)also: within the limits of, inside the limits of
le point où where (in a process)also: the point where, the stage where
c'est bien de (qqn)also: c'est typique de like (typical of sb)also: typical of, just like
un beau jour one (a certain time)also: some day, one fine day
un peu à l'écart de off (a short way from)also: just off, a little way from

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