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4876 words, in teaching order
couchagecoating (of paper etc); sleeping
Noun
éperonspur (for riding or on a cockerel); spur (mountain that shoots from another mountain or range); ram; cutwater
Noun
raccompagnerto walk back, to take back, to drive back (to escort someone back to where they came from)
Verb
capuchona hood, which may be attached to a cape, permanently or detachable; certain resembling objects
Noun
grosseurthickness, width; lump in the body
Noun
loueurpraiser (someone who praises); hirer, renter, lessor (someone who rents, hires or leases things for a living)
Noun
cartablesatchel; schoolbag; ring binder
Noun
bambintoddler (young human child)
Noun
décompresserto decompress; to relax, unwind; to unzip, decompress, uncompress
Verb
costumerto wear a particular costume
Verb
ermitagehermitage (dwelling place of hermit); hideaway
Noun
subjuguerto subjugate; to enthrall, captivate
Verb
inutilitéuselessness, inutility; useless thing
Noun
organigrammeorganization chart, organigram (chart of reporting relationships in an organization); flow chart
Noun
martyriserto martyr (to make someone a martyr); to cause a great a deal of pain to somebody; torture, bully, torment
Verb
breuvagebeverage; concoction, potion
Noun
sophistiquerto falsify; to corrupt; (rare) to use sophistic arguments; to render more sophisticated
Verb
reformulerto reword, to rephrase; to reformulate
Verb
éboueurdustman, garbage man, garbage collector (person employed to collect refuse from people's homes and take it to be processed)
Noun
dénouerto undo (a knot), to unknot; to untangle, to unravel (a situation)
Verb
flânerto wander around; to loiter, mill about
Verb
objecterto object to (oppose oneself to something or someone); to adduce, to allege (propose as a justification or excuse)
Verb
châtierto chastise, punish, castigate, smite
Verb
choucroutesauerkraut (a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage)
Noun
ténutenuous; thin, slender
Adjective
résignationresignation (state of uncomplaining frustration); resignation (act of resigning from a post)
Noun
obliquerto bear, bear off; to look away (from someone)
Verb
épinardspinach plant (Spinacia oleracea); spinach (foodstuff)
Noun
vacarmenoise, din, uproar, racket
Noun
parasola large, anchored umbrella used as protection from the sun
Noun
simulacreimage, statue, idol, simulacrum; spectre, phantom; travesty, mockery
Noun
acceptionmeaning, sense (of a word), acceptation
Noun
languirto languish; to lie torpid; to flag, die down, slack off, be slack; to wither, weaken; to long, pine, or yearn (for)
Verb
déchirantheartbreaking, heartrending, heart-splitting, heartwrenching; agonizing
Adjective
grisaillegrisaille; gloom (gloomy weather)
Noun
encastrerto embed; to fit in, slot in etc.
Verb
pimenterto spice, to season with spices; to spice up, to make more extravagant or exotic
Verb