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MASC NOUN

       bush

      la bulle FEM NOUN

       bubble

      le bulletin MASC NOUN

       report

      un bulletin scolaire a school report

      le bureau MASC NOUN (PL les bureaux)

      1 desk

      Il y a un bureau dans ma chambre. There’s a desk in my room.

      2 office

      Ma mère travaille dans un bureau. My mum works in an office. un bureau de change a bureau de change le bureau de poste the post office le bureau de tabac the tobacconist’s

      le bus MASC NOUN

       bus

      en bus by bus Je vais à l’école en bus. I go to school by bus.

      le but MASC NOUN

       goal

      marquer un but to score a goal J’ai marqué un but. I scored a goal.

       C c

      c’ PRONOUN

see ce

       C’est lui!

      That’s him!

      ça PRONOUN

      1 this

      Je voudrais un peu de ça. I’d like a bit of this.

      2 that

      Ne fais pas ça. Don’t do that.

      3 it

      Ça ne fait rien. It doesn’t matter.

      Ça va? — Oui, ça va, merci. How are you? — I’m fine thanks. Ça alors! Well, well! C’est ça. That’s right. Ça y est! That’s it!

      la cabane FEM NOUN

       hut

      une cabane à sucre (Canada)

      a sugar shack

      la cabine FEM NOUN

       cabin

      une cabine d’essayage a fitting room une cabine téléphonique a phone box

      le cabinet MASC NOUN

       surgery

      la cacahuète FEM NOUN

       peanut

      le cacao MASC NOUN

       cocoa

      cache-cache MASC NOUN

       hide-and-seek

      Tu veux jouer à cache- cache? Do you want to play hide-and-seek?

      le cache-nez MASC NOUN

       long woollen scarf

       Language tip

      cacher means ‘hide’ and nez means ‘nose’, so this scarf covers your nose.

      cacher VERB

       to hide

       se cacher

      to hide Elle s’est cachée sous la table. She’s hiding under the table.

      le cachet MASC NOUN

       tablet

      un cachet d’aspirine an aspirin

      la cachette FEM NOUN

       hiding place

      le cadavre exquis

      MASC NOUN

       consequences

       Did you know…?

       This is a game where one player writes something on a piece of paper, folds it over and passes it on to the next player to continue the story.

      le Caddie® MASC NOUN

       supermarket trolley

      le cadeau MASC NOUN

      (PL les cadeaux)

       present

      un cadeau d’anniversaire a birthday present un cadeau de Noël a Christmas present Je vais faire un cadeau à ma mère. I’m going to give my mum a present.

      le cadenas MASC NOUN

       padlock

      cadet MASC ADJECTIVE

      (FEM cadette)

      1 younger

      2 youngest

      le cadet MASC NOUN

      la cadette FEM NOUN

       youngest

       Luc est le cadet de la famille.

      Luc is the youngest in the family.

      Muriel est la cadette de la famille. Muriel is the youngest in the family.

      le cafard MASC NOUN

       cockroach

      J’ai le cafard. I’m feeling down.

      le café MASC NOUN

      1 coffee

      un café au lait a white coffee un café crème a strong white coffee

       Did you know…?

      If you have asked for un café, it will not have milk in it. If you want a coffee with milk, you must ask