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Le Tour de la France par deux enfants (Bruno, 1877)

4584 words, in teaching order

Words 1101–1200
inonder
to flood (to overflow); to inundate
Verb
battre
to beat; to defeat; to beat up; to fight; to whisk or whip (eggs); to thresh; to shuffle
Verb
joie
joy (feeling of happiness or elation)
Noun
repartir
to leave again, to go back; to restart, to set off again; to retort
Verb
naïvement
naively
Adverb
un
one, someone
Pronoun
sauter
to jump, leap; to jump over; to sauté; to bang, hump, have sex with; to skip (pass from one step directly to a later step without going through the intervening ones); to explode
Verb
refaire
to redo, to do over, to do again, to repeat; to remake, to recreate, to make more of, to reproduce; to restore, to renovate, to make (like) brand new; to get reaccustomed to; to freshen up, to recuperate
Verb
gai
cheerful; merry; gay; homosexual
Adjective
précédent
previous; preceding; earlier
Adjective
allègrement
happily, joyfully; blithely (cheerfully and carelessly)
Adverb
croûte
crust (of e.g. bread); crust; scab
Noun
rafraîchir
to refresh; to cool off; to freshen up; to do up (a flat)
Verb
partager
to share; to divide up; to divide; to share out
Verb
pomme
apple (fruit); any of several objects of approximately the same shape and size; the faucet or nozzle of a watering can or showerhead; a decorative motif in the shape of an apple; the fruit part of several vegetables, such as the heart of a cabbage or lettuce; the head or face; ninny, nitwit, idiot; potato (from pomme de terre); crown, prize, especially in regards to beauty (from the association with the Judgment of Paris); an Amerindian person considered to have assimilated into White society
Noun
mise
placement; (act of) putting; bet; wager, ante; appearance; dress
Noun
facile
easy, simple; easy, promiscuous (consenting readily to sex)
Adjective
préoccupation
worry; cares, concern
Noun
surveillant
supervisor; warden, warder; monitor, prefect
Noun
col
collar; col; mountain pass; neck; neck (of objects, vases etc.)
Noun
endroit
place, spot (specified area)
Noun
ombre
shade, shadow; darkness; ghost; a fish of Osteichthyes of the freshwater family Salmonidae, of the genus Thymallus
Noun
boisé
wooded
Adjective
versant
slope, side
Noun
aurore
aurora; dawn
Noun
prix
prize; price
Noun
pieusement
piously
Adverb
conquérir
to conquer, to capture; to win, to win over
Verb
empourprer
to make purple, to color purple, empurple; to blush
Verb
joyeusement
joyfully, joyously
Adverb
conscrit
conscript
Noun
propreté
cleanliness; cleanness
Noun
fermier
farmer
Noun
propre
own; clean; toilet-trained; house-trained; proper, specific, particular; eigen-
Adjective
décent
decent (sufficiently clothed); decent (fair, good enough)
Adjective
marche
march (formal, rhythmic way of walking); march (song in the genre of music written for marching); walk (distance walked); movement (of a vehicle); functioning; step (step of a stair); marches (region near a border)
Noun
midi
noon, midday (time of the day at which the sun reaches its highest point); south (cardinal direction)
Noun
pointe
point (the sharp tip of an object); a cylindrical nail without a head or with a very small one; a small quantity
Noun
clocher
bell tower, steeple
Noun
veuf
widower (a man whose wife has died and who has not remarried)
Noun
cultivateur
cultivator
Noun
conseil
piece of advice; council
Noun
partout
everywhere
Adverb
mendiant
a beggar; a traditional Christmas confection, a chocolate disc studded with nuts and dried fruits representing the various mendicant monastic orders; a pastry from Alsace and Franche-Comté
Noun
manquer
to lack; to be lacking in; to be short of [with de] (something); to miss [with à] (someone or something), literally "to be missing to someone"; to fail in, to fail to fulfil [with à] (a duty, promise, obligation); to be lacking; to be absent; to be in short supply; to almost do; to narrowly avoid; to miss, to fail
Verb
excuser
to excuse (to forgive, to pardon)
Verb
malpropreté
uncleanliness, dirtiness, filthiness
Noun
rivière
a river (a large, winding stream that flows into a lake, bay, larger river, etc., but not into an ocean or sea)
Noun
laver
to wash; to wash oneself
Verb
mouchoir
handkerchief
Noun
ranger
to order, to arrange; to put away, to put aside, to stack away, to stow; to park (a car); to go along
Verb
cheveu
a headhair
Noun
soulier
shoe, boot (protective covering for the foot)
Noun
herbe
grass (the plant); weed; marijuana; ganja; cannabis
Noun
nettoyer
to clean; to wipe clean
Verb
désordre
disorder, chaos; mess
Noun
demi-journée
half day
Noun
toilette
toilet; the toilet, lavatory; routine of grooming or cleaning
Noun
jeter
to throw; to throw away, to discard; to throw away, discard; to throw oneself (into, out of, etc.); to rush oneself
Verb
raisonnable
reasonable, just, fair, consistent, sensible; possessed of reason; resigned
Adjective
ferme
roof truss; farm
Noun
extrémité
extremity; tip; end; top (furthermost or highest part); extreme
Noun
cour
courtyard,; backyard; court (of law); court; following (of a celebrity etc.); courtship
Noun
troupeau
herd (of horses, bulls, elephants, buffalo etc.); drove (of animals being transported); flock (of sheep); gaggle (of geese)
Noun
oie
goose
Noun
sursaut
start (sudden movement)
Noun
saluer
to greet; to wave to (as a greeting); to say goodbye to; to salute; to salute, pay tribute to; to hail
Verb
cri
cry; shout; scream; Cree (language)
Noun
accompagner
to accompany, to escort
Verb
bruyant
noisy (making a noise)
Adjective
tapage
noise (annoying sound)
Noun
chapeau
hat; introductory text; lead of an article; cap (of a mushroom)
Noun
ménager
househusband
Noun
prévenir
to prevent, to avert, to guard against; to notify, to warn, to forewarn
Verb
faveur
favour
Noun
soigneux
careful; meticulous
Adjective
cause
cause; case (a legal proceeding)
Noun
accueillir
to welcome, to accommodate; to host
Verb
empressement
attentiveness; eagerness, alacrity
Noun
table
table (furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses); flat surface atop various objects; flat part of a cut or carved object; table of a stringed instrument; matrix or grid of data arranged in rows and columns; systematic list of content
Noun
dîner
dinner, evening meal; lunch, midday meal
Noun
frugal
frugal, austere
Adjective
cordial
cordial; stimulant
Noun
appétit
appetite
Noun
chou
cabbage; baby, darling, sweetheart (term of endearment)
Noun
salade
salad (raw vegetables in general); salad (a serving of raw vegetables); bullshit, nonsense; sallet
Noun
pêche
peach; form, energy; fishing, angling
Noun
observer
to observe, watch; to note, notice; to keep, maintain
Verb
reluire
to shine; especially by reflecting light
Verb
misère
misery; poverty; A trifle, a thing of little value and importance.
Noun
membre
member (of a group or organization); limb, member; member, penis
Noun
retourner
to turn over; to turn upside-down; to turn over; to flip; turn over (earth, soil); to toss (salad); to return; to send back (an object); to return; to go back (to/from a place); to return; to revert [with à] (to a state etc.); to turn over; to overturn; to capsize; to turn round (turn one's head); to be reversed; to be turned round (of a situation etc.); to get organised; to manage; to cope; to find a way
Verb
travail
work; labor; job; workplace
Noun
aîné
eldest boy; older brother; elder; old person
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
quoique
though, although
Conjunction
proposer
to propose, suggest; to propose (offer)
Verb
dédommager
to compensate; to make up for
Verb
hôtesse
hostess
Noun
offrir
to offer; to provide; to give as a gift; to buy for oneself; to treat oneself; to open oneself up to (someone)
Verb