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Storybooks Canada: 40 picture books, easiest first

1303 words, in teaching order

Words 501–600
pratiquer
to do; to practise
Verb
entraîneur
trainer (coach)
Noun
hanche
hip; coxa
Noun
seulement
only
Adverb
droit
right (entitlement); law (study of law); right angle
Noun
fâcher
to annoy, to vex; to get angry, fall out
Verb
lendemain
the day after, the next day, the morrow
Noun
match
match, game
Noun
inquiet
worried; anxious
Adjective
joueur
player
Noun
malade
ill, unwell, sick; Mentally disturbed; crazy; nuts; mental
Adjective
supplier
to implore, to beseech, to beg
Verb
finalement
finally; last; lastly; finally; eventually; after all
Adverb
décider
to decide; to persuade, convince (someone); to make a decision, to make up one's mind
Verb
équipe
team
Noun
difficile
difficult; choosy, fussy, picky
Adjective
mi-temps
half time; part time; part-time job
Noun
personne
no one, nobody; anyone
Pronoun
but
aim; goal (result one is attempting to achieve); goal (in the place, act, or point sense)
Noun
deuxième
second
Adjective
période
period; as in interval of time; era; point, locus
Noun
déplacer
to move, shift (an object or material from one place to another); to relocate; to displace; to move around; to get around; to travel; to come over; to go to; to travel to (a place, especially for work or an appointment)
Verb
rapidement
speedily; quickly
Adverb
poteau
post, pole, stake, stanchion, strut, standard, prop; goalpost; friend, buddy; paper candidate
Noun
shooter
to shoot the ball forward in an attempt to place it in the opponent's goal; to shoot up, inject oneself with drugs
Verb
foule
crowd; the thronging of a crowd; a great number, multitude, mass; host; the act or process of treading or milling; oppression, vexation
Noun
fou
mad, crazy
Adjective
joie
joy (feeling of happiness or elation)
Noun
ed
eth
Noun
vendeur
salesman; seller, vendor
Noun
banane
banana (the fruit); chopper, copter, whirlybird (a two-rotor helicopter); bum bag (UK, Australia), fanny pack (US, Canada), moon bag (South Africa); pompadour, quiff (hairstyle); idiot, fool
Noun
transporter
to transport
Verb
plateau
flat area; tray; plateau; stage (in theatre); set (of television broadcast); chainring
Noun
marché
market; deal, contract
Noun
vendre
to sell; to sell out (betray)
Verb
fruit
fruit
Noun
préférer
to prefer
Verb
communauté
community; commonwealth; one of the European Communities; one of the three linguistic communities making up the country (French-, Flemish-, and German-speaking).
Noun
quelle
feminine singular of quel; which?; What a ...!
Adjective
sorte
sort, kind, type; way, manner
Noun
démissionner
to resign; to dismiss, make resign
Verb
sucré
sugared; with sugar; sweet
Adjective
choisir
to choose; to perceive, distinguish
Verb
régime
regime; kind of political system; regimen; object; operating mode; diet; clump of fruits on the end of a branch (in palms, bananas, etc)
Noun
inspecter
to inspect
Verb
soigneusement
carefully (with care)
Adverb
venir
to come (to move from one place to another that is nearer the speaker); used in venir de with the meaning of "originate from" or "have just done"; to cum, to come, to orgasm
Verb
stand
stand (In various senses, such as a small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.); Pit.
Noun
elles
they (female)
Pronoun
bientôt
soon
Adverb
compte
account (bank or user account); count (the action of counting)
Noun
gagner
to win; to earn; to gain; to obtain; to go to; to reach; to arrive at
Verb
sucre
sugar
Noun
pain
bread; piece of bread; food; bread-and-butter needs, basic sustenance; breadwinner; punch (a hit with the fist); a block (of ice, of salt, of soap …) with the shape and size of bread; mistake during a performance (false note, forgot an intro, wrong solo, …); hottie, fox
Noun
balance
scales; balance; drop-net; informant, snitch; the rest, the remainder; a scale, more specifically a balancing scale
Noun
tête
head (part of the body); head (leader); header; a bright spark, a quick study
Noun
rentrer
to go back, to re-enter; to go (back) home, to come (back) home; to get in, to go in, to fit in; to bring in, to get in, to put in; to score (a goal); to collide (with), crash (into), run (into)
Verb
cire
wax; beeswax; earwax; sealing wax; taper (wax candle); cere
Noun
famille
family (group of related people); family
Noun
heureux
happy; glad; lucky, fortunate; good, excellent
Adjective
disputer
to dispute; to take part in
Verb
parent
relative, relation, family member; parent; ancestors; parents
Noun
champ
field in its various senses, including; a wide open space; an area of study; a vector field, tensor field, or scalar field (but not a commutative ring with identity for which every nonzero element has a multiplicative inverse, cf. corps m); the background of a shield's design
Noun
approcher
to approach, to come close to, to move towards
Verb
travail
work; labor; job; workplace
Noun
nuit
night
Noun
fait
fact
Noun
désirer
to desire, want
Verb
désir
desire
Noun
avertir
to warn; to notify
Verb
fondre
to melt, melt down, smelt; to melt; to melt away, waste away; to dwindle; to diminish; to blend in, blend into
Verb
brûlant
burning
Adjective
triste
sad
Adjective
plan
map (schematic maps of streets, subways, etc.); plane (flat surface); plane; shot; plan; hookup (short for plan cul); deal (short for bon plan); a small case inserted in the rectum in order to hide one's valuables from a full-body search
Noun
façonner
to work on, to shape, notably with tool(s); to fashion; to educate morally, spiritually; to perform labor
Verb
morceau
piece, slice, bit, morsel; piece, work; gun, piece
Noun
fondue
fondue
Noun
apporter
to bring (something); to take; to give (support), to give, supply (explanation etc.); to bring (improvement, freedom etc.); to bring in (funding); to bring about (change, revolution)
Verb
sommet
summit, peak; summit (a conference of leaders); vertex (point on a curve with a local minimum or maximum of curvature); vertex, node
Noun
montagne
mountain; mountain (huge amount); mountain (challenging task); a very large, muscular man
Noun
envoler
to take off, to take flight; to blow away; to fly (of time); to vanish, disappear, walk (to be stolen)
Verb
punition
punishment; penalty
Noun
ramasser
to pick up; to collect, gather; to huddle up, to crouch
Verb
glouton
glutton or wolverine, a mammalian carnivore of the Arctic regions resembling a small bear with a hairy tail; glutton; a person or animal who eats his food greedily
Noun
goûter
to taste, to try (to sample something orally); to taste like; to approve, to appreciate
Verb
égoïste
selfish; egotistic
Adjective
contre
against (in physical contact with); against (not in favor of); against (having as an opponent); as against (as opposed to, compared to, in contrast with); in exchange for
Preposition
regretter
to regret; to miss; to wish something had not happened or occurred
Verb
rien
nothing; anything
Pronoun
punir
to punish
Verb
prévenir
to prevent, to avert, to guard against; to notify, to warn, to forewarn
Verb
gémir
to moan; to groan
Verb
ventre
belly; antinode
Noun
promettre
to promise; to promise oneself; to be promising, to be hopeful; to hope (for); to resolve (to)
Verb
croire
to believe (someone); to believe, to accept as true; to believe, to have faith; to think of oneself as, to consider oneself
Verb
marier
to marry, to marry off; to perform or cause the marriage of; to wed, to marry (one's spouse); to get married, to wed; to put things together to advantage (because of suitable colours, flavours, etc.); to combine things that go well together
Verb
sagesse
wisdom, reason, sense; prudence; foresight
Noun
longtemps
for a long time; over a long period
Adverb
comment
how; how many; how much
Adverb
cultiver
to cultivate
Verb