| activity | n | activité | something that you do for enjoyment
| Activities on offer include cycling, swimming, and tennis.
| activiteit |
| adult | n | adulte | a person or animal that has finished growing and is not now a child
| Adults pay to get in but children are free. | volwassene |
| announcement | n | annonce | something that someone says officially, giving information about something
| The Prime Minister made an unexpected announcement this morning. | aankondiging |
| better | adj | mieux | of a higher quality or more enjoyable than someone or something else
| He got a better job in the States. | beter |
| bigger | adj | plus grand | comparative of 'big' (larger in size or amount?)
| Their house is bigger than ours. | groter |
| busier | adj | plus occupé | comparative of 'busy'
| The road is busier at 5pm. | drukker |
| camp | n | camping | an area where people stay in tents or temporary homes for a short time
| The camp is near the river. | camping |
| canoe | v | canoë | the activity of travelling in a canoe
| I love canoeing down the river on a sunny day. | kanoën |
| chef | n | chef | someone who cooks food in a restaurant
| My brother is a chef. | chef-kok |
| climb | v | grimper | to go up something
| Slowly we climbed the hill. | beklimmen |
| closer | adj | plus près | comparative of 'close'
| Children, sit a little closer. | dichterbij |
| club | n | club | a group of people who do a sport or other activity together
| I’m in the school hockey club. | club |
| comfortable | adj | confortable | making you feel relaxed and free from pain
| comfortable shoes | comfortabel |
| compare | v | comparer | to examine the ways in which two people or things are different or similar
| The teachers are always comparing me with my sister. | vergelijken |
| competition | n | compétition | an event in which people try to win something by being the best, fastest, etc
| to enter a competition | wedstrijd |
| cook | v | cuisiner | to make food ready to eat
| Who's cooking this evening? | koken |
| countryside | n | campagne | land that is not in towns or cities and has farms, fields, etc
| The countryside there is beautiful. | platteland |
| dance | n | danser | a set of movements that you do to music
| My favourite dance is the tango. | dansen |
| dangerous | adj | dangereux | if someone or something is dangerous, they could harm you
| It's dangerous to ride a motorcycle without a helmet. | gevaarlijk |
| difficult | adj | difficile | not easy to do or understand
| Japanese is a difficult language to learn.
| moeilijk |
| dream | n | rêve | a series of events and images that happen in your mind while you are sleeping
| a bad dream | droom |
| during |
| durant | for the whole of a period of time
| Emma's usually at home during the day.
| gedurende |
| earn | v | gagner | to get money for doing work
| She earns about £40,000 a year.
| verdienen |
| easier | adj | plus facile | comparative of 'easy'
| The exam was easier than last year.
| gemakkelijker |
| escape | v | échapper | to succeed in getting away from a place where you do not want to be
| The two killers escaped from prison last night. | ontsnappen |
| everyone |
| tout le monde | every person | I've received a reply from everyone now.
| iedereen |
| exciting | adj | passionnant | making you feel very happy and enthusiastic
| an exciting football match | spannend |
| fast | adj | rapide | quick
| fast cars | snel |
| free | adj | libre | able to do things without being controlled
| a free society | vrij |
| freer | adj | plus libre | comparative of 'free'
| Women today are freer than they were 40 years ago.
| vrijer |
| glass | n | verre | a hard, clear substance that objects such as windows and bottles are made of
| broken glass | glas |
| golf | n | golf | a game on grass where you try to hit a small ball into holes using a long, thin stick
| I like playing golf. | golf |
| happier | adj | plus heureux | comparative of 'happy'
| Are you happier now? | gelukkiger |
| hot | adj | chaud | very warm
| a hot drink | heet |
| hotter | adj | plus chaud | comparative of 'hot'
| It's hotter today than yesterday.
| heter |
| island | n | île | an area of land that has water around it
| the Hawaiian Islands | eiland |
| laptop | n | ordinateur portable | a small computer that you can carry around with you
| I've got a new laptop. | laptop |
| later | adj | plus tard | after some time
| I arranged it for a later date. | later |
| less | adj | moins | not as much
| The second hotel was less expensive.
| minder |
| longer | adj | plus long | comparative of 'long'
| Her hair is longer than mine. | langer |
| loudspeaker system | n | système de haut-parleurs | equipment that is used for making voices or sounds louder
| I've got a new loudspeaker system in my car. | luidsprekersysteem |
| modern | adj | moderne | relating to the present time and not to the past
| modern society | modern |
| near |
| près | not far away in distance | Could you come a bit nearer, please?
| dichtbij |
| noisier | adj | plus bruyant | the comparative of 'noisy'
| Sam is much noisier than his sister.
| luidruchtiger |
| non-stop | adj | sans escale | without stopping
| non-stop flights from Britain to the West Indies
| rechtstreeks |
| older | adj | plus vieux | the comparative of 'old'
| I've got two older sisters. | ouder |
| old-fashioned | adj | démodé, rétro | not modern
| old-fashioned clothes | ouderwets |
| organise | v | organiser | to plan or arrange something
| She was busy organising the wedding.
| organiseren |
| organised | adj | organisé | an organised person plans things well
| Susan's very organised. | georganiseerd |
| outside pool | n | piscine extérieure | a swimming pool that is not in a building
| There is an outside pool in the park. | openluchtzwembad |
| own |
| propre | belonging to a particular person
| It was my own idea. | eigen |
| palm tree | n | palmier | a tree that grows in hot countries and has a tall trunk with a mass of long pointed leaves at the top
| tropical palm tree | palmboom |
| paradise | n | paradis | a perfect place or situation
| a tropical paradise | paradijs |
| perhaps | adv | peut-être | possibly
| Perhaps I'll go to the gym after work.
| misschien |
| public | adj | public | for everyone to use and not private
| Smoking should be banned in public places. | openbaar |
| quiet | adj | silencieux | making little or no noise
| Can you be quiet, please? We're trying to work.
| stil |
| quieter | adj | plus silencieux | comparative of 'quiet'
| John's quieter than me. | stiller |
| return | v | retourner | to go or come back to a place where you were before
| She returned to America in 1954. | teruggaan/terugkomen |
| safe | adj | sûr | not dangerous
| a safe driver | veilig |
| safer | adj | plus sûr | comparative of 'safe'
| The road is safer now. | veiliger |
| school subject | n | matière scolaire | a subject that children study at school
| What's your favourite school subject? | schoolvak |
| seaside | n | bord de mer | an area or town next to the sea | We had a picnic at the seaside.
| kust |
| sports facilities | n | installations sportives | places and equipment for people who play sports
| Our school has great sports facilities. | sportfaciliteiten |
| subtropical | adj | subtropical | belonging to parts of the world that have very hot weather
| Mangoes usually grow in subtropical areas. | subtropisch |
| temperature | n | température | how hot or cold something is | The room's kept at a temperature of around 20°C.
| temperatuur |
| text | n | texte | the written words in a book, magazine, etc, not the pictures
| a page of text | tekst |
| transport | n | transport | a vehicle or system of vehicles, such as buses, trains, aircraft, etc for getting from one place to another
| I rely on public transport. | vervoer |
| UFO | n | OVNI | unidentified flying object: something strange that you see in the sky that could be from another part of the universe
| a UFO sighting | ufo |
| villa | n | villa | a large house, especially one used for holidays in a warm country
| My parents have a villa in Spain. | villa |
| village | n | village | a place where people live in the countryside which is smaller than a town
| She lives in a small village outside Oxford. | dorp |
| wish | v | souhaiter | to want a situation that is different from the one that exists
| I wish that I didn't have to go to work. | wensen |
| worse | adj | pire | more unpleasant or difficult than something else that is also bad
| The exam was worse than I expected. | erger |
| younger | adj | plus jeune | comparative of 'young'
| I have two younger brothers. | jonger |
Aucun commentaire:
Enregistrer un commentaire