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Storybooks Canada: 40 picture books, easiest first

1230 words, in teaching order

Words 1101–1200
curiosidad
curiosity
Noun
interesante
interesting
Adjective
mandar
to send; to order; to lead, be in charge, command; to enjoin; to lead
Verb
testarudo
stubborn, obstinate, willful
Adjective
insistir
to insist
Verb
decepcionante
disappointing, underwhelming; anticlimactic
Adjective
enviar
to send
Verb
habitación
room (separate part of a building); bedroom (room with a bed for sleeping); habitation (the act of inhabiting); habitat (place where an organism occurs)
Noun
bastón
walking stick, staff, cane; baton (in a marching band); riband; rod cell
Noun
apenas
barely, scarcely; recently, just; as soon as
Adverb
aroma
aroma
Noun
levantar
to lift; to raise; to put up; to put up; to build up (buildings); to increase; to turn up (volume, power etc.); to adjourn; to close; to end (a meeting); to flush out; to draw up (plans); to take, make (a census); to remove; get rid of (a prohibition); to nick, rob (steal); …
Verb
oler
to smell (perceive by scent); to pry into, investigate (make inquiries where one is not welcome); to smell out, uncover (find out by prying); to smell (emit an odour); to suspect, have a hunch; to inhale
Verb
glorioso
glorious, proud
Adjective
asustar
to scare, to frighten, to spook; to freak out (somebody), to creep out; to startle; to be scared, frightened; to freak out, to get freaked out, to panic
Verb
apurar
to drain, use up completely; to hurry, to rush; to worry, bother
Verb
todavía
still, yet; even, still
Adverb
cubrir
to cover; to cover, to mount; to cover oneself
Verb
evitar
to avoid, to bypass, to evade, to circumvent, to dodge, to shun, to eschew (to steer clear of); to avoid, to prevent, to keep from, to stop from, to avert, to obviate, to deter; to help (abstain from doing) (always in the negative); to spare, to save (to relieve someone having to experience something); to guard against, to ward off; to spare oneself
Verb
punta
tip, point, end; pinch, bit (small amount)
Noun
salida
exit, way out; departure; future, future opportunity; output
Noun
robar
to rob; to steal; to draw (e.g., a card from an opponent in a game); to kidnap, abduct
Verb
cena
supper, dinner
Noun
usual
usual
Adjective
inmóvil
motionless, immobile, unmoving, still, stationary, static; frozen (in reference to a person or creature); becalmed (e.g. a becalmed ship); immovable, unmoved (less common meaning)
Adjective
Ana
Ana, a female given name from Latin [in turn from Ancient Greek, in turn from Hebrew], equivalent to English Ann, Anna, Anne, or Hannah; Hannah (Biblical figure); Anna (Biblical prophetess)
Name
hola
hello, hi, hey
Interjection
emocionado
excited, enthused, moved; agog
Adjective
cuán
accented form of cuan (used when interrogative or exclamatory)
Adverb
doméstico
domestic, household, home
Adjective
agotar
to exhaust, deplete, use up; to run out; to sell out; to wear oneself out
Verb
escolar
student, schoolchild, schoolboy, schoolgirl; university student
Noun
consuelo
solace; consolation
Noun
colorido
colored/coloured
Adjective
mes
month
Noun
ustedes
you (plural), you guys, y'all, yous, yinz, ye
Pronoun
cara
face (the front part of the head); face (one's facial expression); face (the frontal aspect of something); gall, nerve (impudence); face (any of the flat bounding surfaces of a polyhedron); side (of paper, a card, a coin); heads (side of a coin)
Noun
decepción
disappointment, let-down; disillusionment; bummer
Noun
tampoco
neither; nor; also not; either (as well, with implied negative)
Adverb
quejarse
to complain, to whine, to gripe, to grouse, to fuss, to bitch, to beef; to grumble, to moan, to groan; to quarrel
Verb
golpear
to hit, to knock, to tap
Verb
sobra
surplus, excess, extra; plentifulness; leftovers, leavings; rubbish, trash
Noun
dormida
sleep (act of sleeping); sleeping place (for cattle); moulting (of a silkworm)
Noun
atrasar
to delay
Verb
flojo
loose; lazy; weak (not potent)
Adjective
tirar
to drop intentionally; to throw, to toss; to throw out, to toss, to dump; to shoot; to launch; to take (a photograph); to print; to skip (e.g. a rock or stone); to knock over; to knock down; to roll (dice); to go somewhere, head somewhere; …
Verb
preciado
precious; valuable
Adjective
enganchado
addicted, hooked; in love; enamored; up the duff
Adjective
clavo
nail, spike; clove; corn (callus); headache; scab; spike (of shoes, cleats); stash
Noun
rasgar
to rend, tear, rip; to scratch; to strum
Verb
atardecer
to draw towards evening, to grow late, to get dark
Verb
riachuelo
small stream, rivulet
Noun
ama
lady of the house; proprietress; landlady; housekeeper, head maid; nursemaid, nanny; wetnurse; mistress
Noun
mover
to move (to cause to change place or posture); to shake (e.g. to shake one's head, to shake one's tail feather); to wiggle (e.g. one's ears, fingers, nose, toes); to wag (e.g., an animal's tail wagging); to move to, to cause to; to swing (e.g. a sword, a bat, a tennis racket, one's tail); to move (to change place or posture); to shift; to move around, to get around, to drift (i.e. make one's way about a place, to navigate or travel); to budge, to stir, to twitch, to fidget, to move (in an agitated manner); …
Verb
acomodar
to accommodate; to usher or settle; to suit; to be suitable; to settle in
Verb
lágrima
tear, teardrop
Noun
tristeza
sadness, gloom, sorrow, gloominess, unhappiness, misery; tristeza (plant disease)
Noun
huido
deserter; fugitive
Noun
estricto
strict
Adjective
dirección
direction; address; management, or running of a business or organisation; directing, director-work
Noun
primo
first; prime
Adjective
perfecto
perfect
Adjective
entender
to understand, to fathom; to hear; to be queer; to bat for the other team; to get on; get along; to get it on; do it (have an amorous relationship)
Verb
orgulloso
proud; prideful, arrogant, haughty
Adjective
amar
to love, have great affection for, care about; to wish
Verb
acuerdo
agreement; compromise
Noun
mando
command; remote control; controller, gamepad, joypad
Noun
equivocar
to mistake, mix up; to make a mistake
Verb
oportunidad
opportunity, chance, shot, break, occasion, time (in both senses: “chance for advancement, progress or profit” and “favorable circumstance or occasion”); timeliness
Noun
lucir
to shine; to sport, wear; to show off, to display; to look like; to dress well
Verb
festín
feast, banquet
Noun
favorito
favorite/favourite
Noun
satisfecho
satisfied
Adjective
adulto
adult
Noun
charlar
to chat, to chatter, to chitchat
Verb
valiente
brave, courageous, fearless; valiant, gallant, doughty; gritty, plucky, gutsy, spunky
Adjective
madrastra
stepmother
Noun
ajetreado
busy with work; swamped; bustling, hectic
Adjective
apacible
peaceful, serene, calm
Adjective
hogareño
home, house; cosy, homely; home-loving
Adjective
grupo
group; party, team, crew, gang, squad, (when interchangeable with "group"); cluster, bunch, clump, pool, grouping, lot, batch; bracket (range); caucus (non-electoral) (i.e. a grouping of members); circle, collection (social, of people); band; guile, lie
Noun
mendigo
beggar (person who begs for a living)
Noun
futuro
future (the time ahead); future, future tense
Noun
prender
to catch, to arrest; to take, to pick up; to grab; to light, to ignite; to turn on (light, machine, etc.); to join, to go with
Verb
espantar
to scare, to spook, to frighten; to scare away, to scare off, to chase away, to drive away, to frighten away, to frighten off
Verb
suficiente
sufficient, enough
Adjective
golpiza
beating, bashing
Noun
estúpido
stupid
Adjective
dificultad
difficulty, trouble, problem, challenge, constraint, strenuousness, arduousness; awkwardness; hardship, challenge, plight, distress
Noun
arrestar
to arrest
Verb
depender
to depend, to be subject to; to depend on, to rely on, to hinge on, to depend upon, to rely upon; to be up to
Verb
mendigar
to beg, panhandle
Verb
venta
sale; sales (all goods sold in a given time period); roadside inn in Spain
Noun
plástico
plastic (constructed of plastic)
Adjective
reciclaje
recycling
Noun
pelea
fight, brawl; struggle (physical); quarrel, argument; fight, bout
Noun
rival
rival
Noun
control
control, or running of a business; control of a machine; control or emotional restraint, self-control; remote control; controller, gamepad, joypad; checkup
Noun
cierto
a certain, a specific
Determiner
escarbar
to paw, scratch, scrape, dig (the ground); to clean, pick (one's teeth, ears, nose); to poke (a fire); to dig about; poke about
Verb