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Storybooks Canada: 40 picture books, easiest first

1303 words, in teaching order

Words 601–700
ou
or; either...or
Conjunction
tisser
to weave, plait, wreathe
Verb
outil
tool (something designed to aid in a task)
Noun
fer
iron; horseshoe; steel tip; iron (appliance); irons, fetters
Noun
dieu
a god, male divinity
Noun
ciel
sky; heaven; canopy (of a bed, etc.)
Noun
monde
world; people
Noun
sécurité
security, safety
Noun
pot
pot, jar, vase, tin, can, carton (a container of any of various materials); cooking pot (any vessel used to cook food); dish; potty (the pot used when toilet-training children); drink, jar, bevvy (alcoholic beverage); do (UK), bash, drinks party (a small, informal party or celebration); pot, kitty, pool (money staked at cards, etc.); luck (success; chance occurrence, especially when favourable); a half-litre bottle or measure of wine; a pre-metric unit of measure, equivalent to 1.5 litres; …
Noun
argile
clay
Noun
apprendre
to learn; to teach
Verb
quelque
some (singular)
Determiner
tellement
so; so much; very; so much (singular); so many (plural); so much (gives a reason for the preceding statement)
Adverb
excitant
exciting (causing stimulation or excitement); arousing
Adjective
avide
avid, eager, desirous; greedy, grasping
Adjective
penser
to think, reflect, concentrate one's mind on something; to think, imagine, believe; to be of the opinion that, believe; to be absorbed by a worry or depressing thoughts; to conceive a project; to evoke the image or remembrance of someone in one's mind; to attach one's thinking to someone, especially lovingly; to believe being or doing something; to think well or badly, to have a high or low opinion of someone; to try or prepare to do something; …
Verb
haut
top
Noun
filer
to spin (a web); to thread through (a crowd); to spin a thread (of syrup, or syrup-like substances); to leave, to get going, to scram, to slip through; to pass, to hand, to give; to ease a line; (police) to tail, track; to season and thicken gumbo with filé powder
Verb
fil
yarn, thread, wire; grain (of wood etc.); edge (of blade, razor etc.)
Noun
enrouler
to wind, curl (around); to hide (to remove from display); to make out with, to score with, to get off with (to kiss someone)
Verb
estomac
stomach
Noun
grimper
(climbing) to climb, climb up
Verb
cogner
to whack, to bash, to thump (hit hard); to pound (of the heart); to bump oneself
Verb
genou
knee; lap
Noun
fils
son; any male descendant; any direct descendant, male or female; Jr. (postnominal designator indicating a son with the same name as the father); darling, dear (term of affection for a male beloved)
Noun
debout
standing, stood up, upright; awake
Adverb
lieu
place; locus (set of all points whose location satisfies or is determined by one or more specified conditions); outhouse, toilet; any of several fish from the Pollachius family
Noun
ceci
this
Pronoun
facile
easy, simple; easy, promiscuous (consenting readily to sex)
Adjective
dos
back (of a person); backstroke; spine (of a book)
Noun
essayer
to test, to try on; to try, to attempt; to try one's hand
Verb
remplir
to fill, to fill up (make full); to fill in; to fulfil
Verb
vraiment
truly, really, genuinely; really; very
Adverb
censé
supposed to, meant to
Adjective
sage
wise: prudent, cautious, and judicious; Chaste, modest, irreproachable in conduct; good, well-behaved, not naughty
Adjective
propos
aim, intention; remark
Noun
casser
to break; to break up (with somebody); to get lost, go away, skidaddle, leave, see se casser
Verb
mille
thousand, one thousand, a thousand
Numeric
sol
soil, earth; ground; floor; sol (the fifth step (G) in the solfège scale of C, preceded by fa and followed by la); a Spanish-American gold or silver coin, now the main currency unit of Peru (also new sol), or a coin of this value; sou (the feudal era coin)
Noun
accessible
accessible, attainable, obtainable, available; affordable; approachable
Adjective
ainsi
in this way, thus
Adverb
sortie
exit; way out; act of exiting; end; final part of; release (of a film, book, album etc); outing; trip (lasting no longer than a day); leave; sally; sortie; output; connector
Noun
descendre
to go down; to descend; to put down; disparage; to kill (someone); to stay (in a hotel or other temporary lodging)
Verb
éclaboussure
splash, splatter
Noun
soudainement
suddenly
Adverb
rendre
to give back; to return, to restore, to give back; to repay; to reciprocate (an action, emotions); to render; to render, to make; to express, to convey; to render, to translate; to render; to give; to deliver; to pay (a visit, respects); to yield; …
Verb
dépêcher
to send, dispatch (urgently); to hasten, to hurry up
Verb
presque
almost
Adverb
cou
neck
Noun
collier
a necklace, string-shaped jewel worn around the neck; collar (e.g. of a dog); collar (on animals, colored fur around the neck)
Noun
plaire
to please, to appeal to (usually translated into English as like with exchange of subject and object); to enjoy (oneself)
Verb
amie
friend
Noun
perdre
to lose (be unable to find); to lose (not win); to get lost; to waste, to make bad use of something
Verb
noir
black in colour; dark; drunk; inebriated; black, of black ethnicity
Adjective
cabane
cabin, hut, shack; shed; prison; bed; workshop
Noun
hâter
to speed up, hasten; to hurry
Verb
surprise
surprise (something unexpected)
Noun
ouvrir
to open; to begin, to initiate; to open (of a door or a flower); to open, to begin; to turn on, to switch on, to put on (of a device or an appliance); to open it or the door, to answer it or the door, to get it; to cut something open, to gash something (of a part of one's body); to open onto, to lead into (+ sur); to open onto, to overlook, to look onto (of a door or a window) (+ sur); to open up to, to be open to, to be exposed to, to get a feel for (+ à); …
Verb
endroit
place, spot (specified area)
Noun
sinon
except, apart from; if not; otherwise, or else
Conjunction
mordre
to bite; to encroach
Verb
auparavant
beforehand, previously
Adverb
cuisine
kitchen; culinary art or cuisine
Noun
donc
therefore, consequently; thus
Adverb
préparer
to prepare; to prepare for
Verb
affaire
business; matter; affair; deal, transaction, bargain; business, enterprise; affair, scandal; case, trial; things; stuff; belonging (something physical that is owned); thingamajig; thing
Noun
avant
before (in time); before (in space), in front of, ahead of
Preposition
retour
return; second coming; feedback (critical assessment of process or activity)
Noun
aussitôt
immediately
Adverb
courant
current (of water, electricity, thought, etc.)
Noun
vite
quickly
Adverb
ici
here
Adverb
premier
first; prime (number etc)
Adjective
troisième
third
Adjective
tromper
to deceive, lead astray, mislead; to trick, dupe; to cheat on one's significant other; to distract oneself from; to make a mistake, be wrong; to mix up
Verb
gros
big, thick, fat; coarse, rough; famous; pregnant
Adjective
bâton
stick; baton (as a charge)
Noun
virer
to bear, veer (change direction slightly); to turn into, become; to transfer (money, from one account to another); to get rid of, fire, shitcan
Verb
bord
border, edge, limit; boundary; side; rim; shore, by
Noun
enfuir
to escape (somewhere); to flee
Verb
on
one, people, you, someone (an unspecified individual); we
Pronoun
revoir
to see again; to re-examine
Verb
graine
seed (fertilized grain); dick, penis
Noun
situer
to locate (to find the location of something); to situate; to be located (at a certain place); To be (for a place)
Verb
flanc
side (of person); side, flank (of animal); flank; side, slope (of mountain etc.); flaunch
Noun
mont
mountain, mount, mont; the Alps
Noun
dehors
outside
Adverb
potager
warming oven (a type of obsolete stone oven); vegetable garden
Noun
trou
hole; blank (memory); pause in conversation
Noun
machette
machete (a sword-like tool)
Noun
enfouir
to bury, to inter (something in the ground); to bury
Verb
moment
moment (point in time); moment (short period of time); a while; moment, momentum
Noun
préféré
favourite
Adjective
juste
fair, just; reasonable, appropriate, grounded; correct; perfect; shorter or less than desired; insufficient
Adjective
coucher
to lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up (a lodger); to go to bed; to set (of celestial objects); to lodge, to beat down (wheat); to layer (branches); to slant (writing); to aim at; to sleep; to sleep with; …
Verb
heure
hour, time; o'clock
Noun
suivre
to follow (literal sense); to follow; to get (figurative sense; to understand what someone is saying); to take (a course or a class)
Verb
sentier
path; pathway
Noun
étroit
narrow
Adjective
travers
outside (the external part of); wide side (the side of which the width is measured); border toll; oddity, irregularity of mind and mood, unfortunate disposition, defect of character
Noun