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appréciation: appreciation
apprécier: to appreciate; to like; to evaluate or measure quantitatively; to appraise
apprécier à sa juste valeur: to fully appreciate, to appreciate someone's/something's true value, to recognise someone's/something's true worth
appréhendable: apprehendable
appréhender: to dread, apprehend; to catch, apprehend
appréhensible: apprehensible
appréhensif: apprehensive
appréhension: apprehension (anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future); understanding, comprehension, perception
apprêt: priming; primer
apprêtage: preparation; priming; readiness
apprêtement: presentation (of an antigen)
apprêter: to prepare, to get ready, prime; to prepare for/to do, to get ready for/to do, to be about to do
apprêteur: preparer, primer; dresser (person)
appui: support
appui de fenêtre: windowsill
appui-bras: armrest
appui-main: maulstick
appui-pied: footstool
appui-tête: headrest (part of a seat)
appuie-tête: post-1990 spelling of appui-tête
appuyer: to press, push; to rest; to support, to back; to lean; to depend, to rely
appuyer sur le champignon: to step on it, to floor it, to put the pedal to the metal, to put one's foot down, to step on the gas
appât: lure; (sexual) temptation; charms; bait; feint
appâter: to bait, lure
appétence: appetence
appétent: palatable
appéter: to (instinctively) desire
appétible: desirable
appétif: desirable
appétissant: appetizing
appétit: appetite
appétitif: synonym of appétif
apragmatique: apragmatic
apragmatisme: apragmatism
apraxie: apraxia
apraxique: apraxic
aprin: in the process of
apriori: post-1990 spelling of a priori
apriorique: aprioristic
apriorisme: apriorism
aprioriste: apriorist
aprioristique: aprioristic
apriorité: apriority
aprotique: aprotic
aprèm: afternoon
après: afterwards; Indicates the continuous aspect
après: after, later than in time.; after, coming for, trying to get (someone).
après coup: after the fact, afterwards, looking back
après l'effort, le réconfort: after effort comes comfort (once you've finished working, you can sit back and relax)
après la lettre: lettered. "Épreuve, gravure après la lettre": a print made after the caption is added (lettered proof)
après la pluie, le beau temps: every cloud has a silver lining
après moi le déluge: Used to indicate indifference to events that will happen after one’s death, or to indicate one’s own importance in maintaining order; after us the deluge
après que: after
après quoi: after which, afterwards, thereafter, whereafter, whereupon
après réflexion: on second thought; all things considered
après ski: a place "after skiing". Typically a bar or pub where people go after a day on the slopes to ease off and meet other people
après toi: after you
après tout: after all
après vous: after you
après-après-demain: in three days