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Vocabulaire des Devoirs
Homework Vocabulary

Both Francophone and Anglophone parents will find this glossary useful:

French English
absolument absolutely
court short
par coeur by heart
précis precise
proprement neatly
vite quick
une fois, deux fois once, twice
apporter, amener to bring
apprendre (par coeur…) to learn (by heart…)
barrer to cross out
chercher to search for, to get
coller to glue
colorier to color
copier, recopier to copy
découper to cut
écrire to write
entourer to circle
expliquer to explain
faire to make, to do
illustrer to illustrate
imaginer to imagine
inventer To invent
lire, relire to read, to reread
ne pas oublier do not forget
se rappeler to remember
remplir to fill in
revoir to review
savoir to know, to be able to
signer to sign
souligner to underline
se souvenir to remember
terminer to finish
trouver to find
le cahier notebook
le cartable backpack
la chanson song
le contrôle test
le crayon pencil
la dictée dictation
l'écriture handwriting, writing out
l'exercice exercise
l'expression écrite composition
la feuille sheet of paper
le fichier workbook
la leçon sur… the lesson on…
la lecture reading
le livre book
le numéro (no.) number (#)
la page page
la photocopie photocopy
la pochette folder
le poème, la poésie poem
le problème problem or exercise
la règle 1. ruler, 2. rule
le stylo pen
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