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Storybooks Canada: 40 picture books, easiest first

1303 words, in teaching order

Words 201–300
nuage
cloud
Noun
froid
cold (temperature); distant, unfriendly
Adjective
pleuvoir
to rain
Verb
tonnerre
thunder; tough guy, troublemaker
Noun
voir
to see (visually); to see (to understand); to see (to visit, to go and see)
Verb
arc-en-ciel
rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air)
Noun
deux
two
Numeric
pour
for (meant for, intended for); for (in support of); for (as a consequence for); for (an intended destination); to (to bring about an intended result); for, to (according to)
Preposition
tenir
to have; to hold; to keep; to stay; to hold; to hold on; to hold oneself, to be standing; to maintain, remain in a certain position or disposition; to behave; to be attached (to), to be fond (of), to hold dear; to hold dear, to be keen (about), to insist (upon); to consider (something); …
Verb
ballon
ball; beachball; balloon; round-bottom flask
Noun
œil
eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see; glyph, rendering of a single character; eye (of a needle)
Noun
se
The third-person reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.; himself; herself; oneself; itself; themselves; each other; The second-person plural reflexive and reciprocal direct and indirect object pronoun.
Pronoun
passer
to go past; to cross (a border); to pass; to spend (time); to publish (a newspaper); to take, to sit (an exam or test); to pass (an exam or test); (transitive) to pass (an exam or test); to run; to exceed (a limit); …
Verb
oreille
ear
Noun
bras
arm
Noun
tendre
tender (soft, delicate)
Adjective
carole
carol (round dance accompanied by singing)
Noun
richard
rich man, moneybags, capitalist, bourgeois
Noun
brûler
to burn; to burn oneself; to pass an obstacle, to blow (through or past), to run; to be boiling, to be very close to the answer
Verb
cuire
to cook
Verb
chaleur
heat; heat (a state of sexual aggression)
Noun
lumière
light; lumen; traffic light; headlight; headlamp
Noun
merveilleux
marvelous, brilliant
Adjective
puissant
powerful; mighty
Adjective
rose
pink; pink, left-wing; erotic, blue; rosy, rose-tinted
Adjective
compter
to count; to reckon, allow; to include; to comprise, to consist of; to comprise, to consist of; to matter; to intend, plan; to count on
Verb
éléphant
elephant (large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea); male elephant
Noun
aller
to go; to attend (school, church regularly); to be going (to); will soon; forms a near-future tense; to be (feeling); to go well; to suit; to be X-proof (to be suitable for use in an appliance without running the risk of being damaged in the process)
Verb
boire
to drink
Verb
girafe
giraffe (mammal); boom (a movable pole used to support a microphone or camera)
Noun
trois
three
Numeric
bœuf
ox; bullock, steer; beef; jam session; a police officer; a pig
Noun
quatre
four
Numeric
oiseau
bird
Noun
cinq
five
Numeric
impala
impala
Noun
six
six
Numeric
phacochère
warthog
Noun
sept
seven
Numeric
zèbre
zebra; guy, chap
Noun
vers
towards; to; around, circa (with a date or time)
Preposition
huit
eight
Numeric
grenouille
frog; any small, green frog (e.g., leopard frog, tree frog, etc.); female genitals
Noun
poisson
fish (marine animal)
Noun
lion
lion; male lion; lion (brave person); lion (celebrity; famous person); a style of elegant young man that came after the dandy
Noun
rugir
to roar
Verb
vouloir
to want, wish, desire; to expect; to think; forms rhetorical questions, perhaps better translated to English by rephrasing with would or should; to see oneself as; to give the impression of, to seem; to please do something
Verb
aussi
too, also, as well; as (used for equal comparisons)
Adverb
peur
fear
Noun
homme
man (adult male human); man, Man (species); man (employee); husband; boyfriend
Noun
houe
hoe (gardening tool)
Noun
trop
too; too much; very, really, so
Adverb
porte
door; gate (to a city, at airport); gateway, means, door
Noun
entrée
entry, act of entering; entrance, way in; starter (of a meal); mudroom; headword, entry (in a dictionary, encyclopedia); ticket
Noun
bas
low; bass
Adjective
son
his, her, their, its (used to qualify masculine nouns and before a vowel)
Determiner
bicyclette
bicycle; bicycle kick
Noun
cet
this
Determiner
fabriquer
to make; to build; to manufacture; to fabricate; to be up to
Verb
manche
sleeve (clothing); round; set; frame; inning; innings; end; handle; unhandy person; only used in faire la manche
Noun
agrandir
to enlarge, make bigger; to extend, to expand (a house, building, area); to grow, get bigger; to embiggen; to aggrandize
Verb
acheter
to purchase; buy
Verb
haut
high; tall; early
Adjective
asseoir
to sit (someone) down, to seat, make sit; to sit down, sit up, take a seat; to assert
Verb
chaise
chair, seat
Noun
fourchette
fork (for eating); diner, eater; wishbone; range; fork; band, bracket (as of taxes); frog (part of a horse's hoof)
Noun
quitter
to discharge somebody from an obligation; to leave, to quit; to part with somebody, to leave somebody
Verb
vivre
to live; to experience
Verb
forêt
forest
Noun
pendant
during, throughout, for the duration of
Preposition
année
year (period)
Noun
catherine
chamber pot
Noun
isabelle
light tan
Adjective
véronique
veronica (cloth); veronica (movement of the cape); veronica (flower)
Noun
bon
good; right, correct, appropriate; sexy, hot, smoking hot; generous, agreeable; nice, fine
Adjective
jour
day; daylight, light; opening, aperture
Noun
voyage
trip, journey, voyage; travel; load, wagonload, truckload
Noun
taxi
taxi; taxi driver; helicopter or plane used for transport; act of transporting troops
Noun
atteindre
to attain; to reach; to accomplish; to achieve; to affect
Verb
fin
end, close, finish; end, end goal, objective, purpose
Noun
leur
their
Determiner
chauffeur
stoker; fireman; driver; chauffeur (private driver)
Noun
demander
to ask; to request; to wonder
Verb
payer
to pay (for); to pay (someone); to buy (something); pay for (suffer the consequences of something); to pay off (to be fruitful)
Verb
tarif
price (usually of a service)
Noun
peu
few; little
Noun
parce
only used in parce que
Preposition
monnaie
change (money back after a transaction); currency; cash, change (coins, as opposed to notes); coinage
Noun
exact
exact; precise
Adjective
prêt
ready
Adjective
partie
part (portion, amount); party; game, play (sense "the conduct, or course of a game"); subset
Noun
tout
all; totally; completely; however; no matter how
Adverb
contrarier
to thwart; to upset; to stand in the way of
Verb
partir
to share, to share out, to divide; to go away, leave, depart; to originate; to die; to emanate; to start; to go
Verb
voilà
it has been, ago
Preposition
même
even
Adverb
aujourd'hui
today; nowadays
Adverb
voiture
car (wheeled vehicle usually pulled by a horse); car (wagon); car (motorized vehicle)
Noun
jeter
to throw; to throw away, to discard; to throw away, discard; to throw oneself (into, out of, etc.); to rush oneself
Verb
intérieur
interior, inside
Noun