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4876 words, in teaching order
destinerto destine, to fate, to mean for
Verb
interdireto forbid, ban, prohibit; to interdict
Verb
gueulegullet, snout, face (of an animal); mug (a person's face); mouth
Noun
rechercherto search for, seek, to look for; to search again, to look for again
Verb
essaitry, trial; assay; try; essay, composition of moderate length exploring a particular issue or subject
Noun
blesserto wound, to injure; to hurt one's feelings, to offend; to injure oneself
Verb
arrièreback; rear; fullback; shooting guard
Noun
ramenerto take back, bring back, restore; to draw, pull (back); to come down, be reduced (à to); to roll up, to get one's butt somewhere
Verb
désignerto designate; to indicate (symbol, abbreviation, etc.); to connote (to signify beyond principal meaning)
Verb
déclarationdeclaration (written or oral indication of a fact, opinion, or belief)
Noun
toptop; shirt or garment covering the upper body; a signalling sound; beep
Noun
concevoirto conceive; to conceive (an idea); to conceive, to conceive of; to understand, to comprehend; to conceive (a baby); to design
Verb
bizarrebizarre, odd, strange, funny; peculiar, quaint
Adjective
romana novel (work of fiction); a very long text. (see pavé)
Noun
proprofessional; a whiz, someone who is very good at something
Noun
volumevolume (of a book, a written work); volume (sound); volume (amount of space something takes up); volume (amount; quantity); an overly long piece of writing
Noun
souciworry; concern; a problem; marigold (flower)
Noun
approcherto approach, to come close to, to move towards
Verb
baserto base (have as its foundation or starting point)
Verb
baisserto lower; to turn down (as a volume/setting); to go down, fall; to fail; to lower oneself; to bend over
Verb
netclean, tidy; clear; net (as opposed to gross)
Adjective
craindreto fear; to suck (to be unwanted or bad)
Verb
potemate (UK), buddy (US)
Noun
dedanstowards the inside; inwardly; internally
Adverb
bénéficierto enjoy, to benefit from, to get, to receive; to benefit to
Verb
descendreto go down; to descend; to put down; disparage; to kill (someone); to stay (in a hotel or other temporary lodging)
Verb
défautshortcoming; defect; default (computing)
Noun
marinenavy; Marine (member of the United States Marine Corps)
Noun
foiFaith.; A depiction of a handshake.
Noun
purpure (unspoilt); pure (undiluted)
Adjective
pleurerto cry, to weep; to shed tears; to mourn, to cry for
Verb
néanmoinshowever; nevertheless, nonetheless
Adverb
pariwager, bet; gamble, risk
Noun
issufrom, originating from
Adjective
classerto classify; to file; to rank
Verb
bougerto move (in general); to budge
Verb
menacerto threaten; to endanger, to jeopardise
Verb
lâcherto release; to loosen; to let go; to abandon, to let go; to chicken out; to fail
Verb
demeurerto live, stay; to stay, to remain, to stop for a long time; to last, to persist
Verb
surprendreto surprise; to catch out; to overhear, to discover, to spot (an action or secret someone is trying to hide)
Verb
patientpatient, outpatient; condemned man, person who has been sentenced to death
Noun
étendreto spread, to spread out, to lay out; to stretch (the limbs); to hang out (washing); to extend, to enlarge, expand; to expand upon; to discuss in greater detail; to dilute; to water down
Verb
relatifrelative (connected to or depending on something else); relative (depending on an antecedent)
Adjective
rangrow or line of things placed side-by-side; rank or position in a series or hierarchy; a knitting course; a series of land plots narrower than deep, running perpendicular to a river or road; the road serving such a series of plots; the non-officers of an army, taken as a group
Noun
enversin relation to, toward; toward
Preposition
divisiondivision (act or process of dividing); division; division (subsection)
Noun
fiscalfiscal, financial
Adjective
bloquerto block (physically), to barricade, to obstruct; to jam, to wedge, to fix in place; to freeze (e.g. prices); to defeat; to block, to impede, to hinder; to freeze, to lock up; to become jammed; to retreat
Verb
asseoirto sit (someone) down, to seat, make sit; to sit down, sit up, take a seat; to assert
Verb
canalcanal; channel (broadcasting: specific radio frequency or band of frequencies)
Noun
capitalcapital (money and wealth)
Noun
franchementfrankly; sincerely; vigorously, without doubting oneself; really, downright, outright
Adverb
mandatmandate; postal order, money order; power of attorney, proxy; warrant; term (of office)
Noun
ficherto plug in (to drive something in by its point, as with a nail or a stake); to file, to record, to track; to not care; to make fun; to do, to be up to
Verb
racerace (classification); kind; breed
Noun
investirto invest; to lay siege to, to besiege; to install into office, to vest, to give formal authority to
Verb