English - vocabulary - basics - youth
Français | English | Pronunciation | |
L’enfance (f) | childhood | E X E R C I S E 1 | |
La jeunesse | youth | ||
Un.e jeune | a young person | ||
Le gamin, le gosse | kid | ||
Le gars | lad | ||
L’adolescent(e) | teenager | ||
L’adolescence | adolescence | ||
Le conflit des générations | generation gap | ||
Le comportement | behaviour | ||
Se comporter | to behave | ||
Le malentendu | misunderstanding | E X E R C I S E 2 | |
La pression | pressure | ||
Le cocon familial | the family nest | ||
L’alcool (m) | alcohol | ||
L’appui (m), le soutien | support | ||
Soutenir | to support | ||
Le mec, le type | bloke, guy | ||
L’avortement (m) | abortion | ||
Avorter | to abort | ||
Le traumatisme | trauma | ||
Supporter | to put up with | E X E R C I S E 3 | |
Affronter | to confront | ||
Faire face à | to face up to, confront | ||
Embêter, agacer | to annoy | ||
Embêtant, agaçant | annoying | ||
Tomber amoureux (-se) de | to fall in love with | ||
Rompre avec | to break up with | ||
Laisser tomber | to drop | ||
Soûl / saoul, ivre | drunk | ||
ivrogne | drunkard | ||
Se saouler | to get drunk (fam.) | E X E R C I S E 4 | |
l'alcool (fam.) | booze | ||
Déprimé | depressed | ||
Faire une déprime | to get depressed | ||
Parler à cœur ouvert | to talk frankly | ||
Se sentir bien dans sa peau | to feel good, comfortable | ||
Se sentir mal dans sa peau | to feel ill at ease, uncomfortable | ||
Tolérant | tolerant | ||
La tolérance | tolerance | ||
Affectif (-ve) | emotional | ||
La rupture | break | E X E R C I S E 5 | |
L’âge ingrat/bête | the awkward, difficult age | ||
L'école buissonnière | truancy | ||
Les stupéfiants, la drogue | drugs | ||
une clope | a gasper | ||
Se droguer | to take drugs | ||
Un toxicomane | addict | ||
Le tabagisme | smoking | ||
Clandestinement | secretly | ||
La pilule | contraceptive pill |