B1 · 30 words
Washing, shaving and the hairdresser in French
The bathroom shelf and the chair at the salon.
Practise this list
From these 30 words, as many per round as you like — up to all of them: first what is due today, then new ones. First you choose, then you fill the gap, then you write it yourself. Mistakes come back again shortly.
More about this list
The list for a bathroom. Near the end of it is le pain de savon, and the two words spelt « pain » in these two languages have nothing whatever in common. French le pain is bread, from Latin panis. English « pain » is hurt, from Latin poena, a penalty — the same root as « penalty » and « punish ». A pain de savon is therefore a loaf of soap, named for its shape, the way French also has un pain de sucre and un pain de glace. English counts soap in bars and would never reach for a baking word. So the phrase is readable in English letters and unreadable as English: it looks like a complaint about washing and it names a shape.
The words
Verb (3)
sécherto dryVerbB1
teindreto dyeVerbB1
se raserto shaveVerbB1
Phrase (2)
se brosser les dentsto brush one’s teethPhraseB1
se couper les onglesto cut one’s nailsPhraseB1
Noun (m) (12)
Grammar for these: Definite article: le, la, les · Indefinite article: un, une
le coiffeurthe hairdresserNoun (m)B1
le shampoingthe shampooNoun (m)B1
le séchoirthe hairdryerNoun (m)B1
le peignethe combNoun (m)B1
le dentifricethe toothpasteNoun (m)B1
le fil dentairethe dental flossNoun (m)B1
le rasoirthe razorNoun (m)B1
le pain de savonthe bar of soapNoun (m)B1
le gel douchethe shower gelNoun (m)B1
le parfumthe perfumeNoun (m)B1
le déodorantthe deodorantNoun (m)B1
le maquillagethe make-upNoun (m)B1
Noun (f) (13)
Grammar for these: Definite article: le, la, les · Indefinite article: un, une
la coiffurethe hairstyleNoun (f)B1
la coupe de cheveuxthe haircutNoun (f)B1
les pointesthe ends of the hairNoun (f)B1
la frangethe fringeNoun (f)B1
la mèchethe strand of hairNoun (f)B1
la couleur naturellethe natural colourNoun (f)B1
la brossethe brushNoun (f)B1
la barbethe beardNoun (f)B1
la crème hydratantethe moisturiserNoun (f)B1
la peau sèchethe dry skinNoun (f)B1
la crème solairethe sun creamNoun (f)B1
la serviette de bainthe bath towelNoun (f)B1
l’esthéticiennethe beauticianNoun (f)B1
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