Rediscovering my English with DF

Hi dwarves,

I'm a french guy trying to learn DF for 1 year (yes, studies bite my time) but it's very complicated for a non-English speaker to learn all this "new" words for items ? Why so many ?

I'd like to know if these words are words you use frequently and what tips (even for you) you have to keep each items in memory.

Thank you so much.