Words 201–300
astuce
shrewdness, subtlety, astuteness; trick, as a clever way of accomplishing something; tip; piece of advice
Noun
compteur
a measuring device that keeps a count: a meter, a counter; a speedometer, an electricity meter, or a gas meter; a counter; a league table
Noun
blues
blues (depression); blues (musical genre of African American origin); blues (a blues composition)
Noun
contracter
to engage via a formal or informal contract; to contract; to contract a disease; to develop or acquire a bad habit; to reduce the volume or size; to reduce its own size
Verb
rallier
to rally (group or bring together); to rally (motivate); to bring round (convince, cause someone to have the same opinion); to catch up with (reach); to come round (to) (join a group with a point of view)
Verb
draguer
to dredge (to make a channel wider or deeper); to dredge (to bring something underwater to surface); to chat up (to talk to flirtatiously), to flirt, to hit on somebody; to cruise for sexual partners
Verb
tarte
pie, tart; slap; something easy to do (cf. English piece of cake and easy as pie); stupid person, idiot
Noun
fourniture
supply, provision; provisioning, victualling; furniture, furnishings; piece of furniture
Noun
barbare
barbarian (uncivilized); horrible, awful (e.g., a type of music that one dislikes or a word or name that does not sound euphonious or is difficult to pronounce); Berber
Adjective
aperçu
glance, glimpse; insight, hint; rough estimate; sketch, outline, summary; view; overview; preview
Noun
caresser
to stroke; to caress (to move the hand over the surface of); to toy with; to touch up; put the final touches on
Verb
crochet
hook (rod bent into a curved shape); square bracket; fang (of snake); crocket; crochet; hook; sidestep; detour
Noun
précipitation
precipitation, unwise or rash rapidity; sudden haste; precipitation, a reaction that leads to the formation of a heavier solid in a lighter liquid; the precipitate so formed at the bottom of the container; precipitation (any or all of the forms of water particles, whether liquid or solid, that fall from the atmosphere (e.g., rain, hail, snow or sleet))
Noun
fief
fief; stronghold (district where a particular political party is usually assured of victory)
Noun
cartouche
cartouche (ornamental figure); cartouche (Egyptian hieroglyphic of name); title block (technical drawing); cartridge, round
Noun