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FLELex CEFR B1

1698 words, in teaching order

Words 1601–1698

astonishment, amazement

Noun

frost; jelly (wobbly food); jelly-like substance

Noun

Celtic (of the Celts; of the style of the Celts)

Adjective

to fascinate, amaze (strike with admiration and marvel); to marvel (at)

Verb

to immigrate (to move into another country or area)

Verb

ship, liner

Noun

squirrel

Noun

adoption; adoptive

Adjective

fascination

Noun

to undress; to get undressed

Verb

weakly; slightly; mildly (not sharply); dimly (not brightly)

Adverb

lazy

Adjective

halt, stop!

Interjection

sadly, gloomily, sorrowfully, miserably

Adverb

to sugar (to add sugar to, to sweeten); to steal, to take away from someone

Verb

unhurt, undamaged, unscathed

Adjective

to bark; to scream at or inveigh against somebody; to scream or yell in short bouts; to bark

Verb

pressing, urgent, insistent; squeezing

Adjective

around

Adverb

to wax (apply wax to something)

Verb

murmur

Noun

uniform or coat with buttons down the front; any one of the holes on a billiards table

Noun

enigmatic

Adjective

chatty, talkative, garrulous

Adjective

to fry (to cook in hot fat)

Verb

fertility (state of being fertile); fecundity; ability to bear fruits; productivity; fruitfulness

Noun

ogre

Noun

reggae

Noun

to dazzle

Verb

playwright (writer of plays for the theatre)

Noun

patiently

Adverb

brigadier (military); Military rank equivalent to corporal; crossing guard

Noun

lilac (plant and colour)

Noun

to relight; to rekindle, revive

Verb

spacious

Adjective

houseshare, flatshare (renting of a house or apartment with another tenant); house or apartment that is rented in such a manner

Noun

washbasin

Noun

to air, to aerate

Verb

a bullfight

Noun

to remarry

Verb

city

Adjective

to exclaim; to yell, scream

Verb

couturier

Noun

shaky, shaking, trembling

Adjective

Sunday; from the Lord (i.e., Jesus Christ)

Adjective

Celtic (of the Celts; of the style of the Celts)

Adjective

woodman, lumberjack, logger; woodcutter

Noun

joyfully, joyously

Adverb

village

Noun

linden, lime (tree)

Noun

friendliness, conviviality; user-friendliness

Noun

to make a sudden movement by being surprised; to start, jump

Verb

carriage (luxury horse-drawn vehicle)

Noun

tremble; shiver; rustle

Verb

seneschal; guardian; protector

Noun

daydream, reverie

Noun

to carburet; (of a motor) to run well; to run on, live on (to use a substance to work, to get on); to introduce carbon into a metal

Verb

coachman (coach driver)

Noun

tuxedo, dinner jacket

Noun

candlestick; chandelier; candlemaker

Noun

skirt, skirts (of a jacket, morning coat etc.); basque (of waistcoat); coattail (as in: coller aux basques, lâcher les basques); A women’s coattail; Basque (the language of the Basque people)

Noun

guillotine (machine)

Noun

tenderly; lovingly

Adverb

copious

Adjective

pirogue; any canoe

Noun

to make a low noise; to rustle; to rattle; to roar

Verb

exoticism

Noun

bravely, courageously, boldly

Adverb

silencieusement

silently (in a silent manner; making no noise)

Adverb

ball (e.g. of string, wire); pelota (sport); droppings (animal waste); ball (in the game of jeu de paume); pussy (female genitalia); a ball; a football

Noun

skilful, apt, skilled (possessing skill, skilled)

Adjective

amazement

Noun

carafe

Noun

to add garlic (to)

Verb

moped

Noun

tambourine

Noun

minstrel

Noun

Rom (a member of the Romani people)

Noun

to deep-freeze

Verb

to conceal, hide

Verb

castanets

Noun

picnic (a meal eaten outdoors)

Noun

beneath, below

Preposition

daughter-in-law (wife of one's child); stepdaughter (daughter of one's spouse and another person)

Noun

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see de, ailleurs.: from elsewhere; furthermore, moreover; by the way, by the by, about that

Adverb

herself, itself

Pronoun

Gallo-Roman

Adjective

inside there; in this affair, (having to do) with this

Adverb

up there

Adverb

half time; part time; part-time job

Noun

myself

Pronoun

over (the top of)

Preposition

grandchild (child of someone’s child)

Noun

to picnic

Verb

some, a few

Pronoun

finedraw

Verb

science-fiction

science fiction (fiction)

Noun

T-shirt

Noun