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

4584 words, in teaching order

Words 1301–1400
fondre
to melt, melt down, smelt; to melt; to melt away, waste away; to dwindle; to diminish; to blend in, blend into
Verb
arroser
to water (e.g. plants); to sprinkle; to squirt; to spray; to celebrate (with a drink); to grease someone's palm, to bribe
Verb
salé
salted; salty; saline; savory; not sweet; costly (invoice); spicy, colourful (comment)
Adjective
proprement
properly; cleanly (in a way which is not dirty)
Adverb
voyez-vous
you see
Interjection
litière
litter (for cattle, cats); bedding (for horses); litter (mode of transport); litter, leaf litter
Noun
renouveler
to renew; to reinvent oneself
Verb
fumier
manure, dung; bastard, shit
Noun
fermier
farmer
Adjective
diminuer
to diminish; to decrease
Verb
clair
clear (see-through); clear (understandable); light (having a light shade, not dark) (of a color)
Adjective
étage
floor, storey; stage, division of a geological period; floor in ocean and sea; zone; stage
Noun
mètre
metre/meter
Noun
plafond
ceiling; maximum; credit limit, withdrawal limit, ceiling (maximum permitted level in a financial transaction)
Noun
bête
beast, animal; fool
Noun
exposer
to expose; to exhibit; to explain, make known
Verb
certes
certainly, surely, decidedly, definitely; admittedly, granted, fair enough
Adverb
loger
to lodge, to stay, to be lodging (to temporarily inhabit); to find (someone) a place to stay; to fit into
Verb
pourquoi
why
Adverb
intéresser
to interest; to make interested; to be interested; to have an interest
Verb
race
race (classification); kind; breed
Noun
effet
effect; spin, bend, curl
Noun
coûteux
expensive, costly, pricey (having a high price, cost)
Adjective
dépenser
to spend (money)
Verb
contenir
to contain; to contain, to hold back, to keep in check (to control); to hold, to take, to seat (to have a capacity of)
Verb
pratique
practice; execution or implementation (of something); methods, process, way (of doing or achieving something); set of customs in a country or group of people; experience; act of frequenting; clientele, regular clients; freedom to board or disembark (as opposed to quarantine); a steel or tin instrument placed in one's mouth to change one's voice during puppet ventriloquism
Noun
montagneux
mountainous
Adjective
labourer
to plough
Verb
traîner
to pull, drag; to bring (something bad); to suffer (from), to linger; to drag along; to lag behind, to trail; to lie about, sit around; to hang around; to drag on; to drag oneself, crawl along
Verb
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
laitier
dairy, milk-related
Adjective
laiterie
dairy (shop)
Noun
visite
visit
Noun
crème
cream; café crème; ice cream
Noun
fournir
to supply, to provide, to furnish; to put in; to follow suit; to poke, to shaft, to hump; to have sex
Verb
agriculteur
farmer (person who works the land or who keeps livestock)
Noun
compte
account (bank or user account); count (the action of counting)
Noun
coûter
to cost
Verb
plancher
plancher (floor made of wood); floor (the interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room); floor (the bottom surface of a natural structure, entity, or space); lower limit
Noun
carreler
to tile; to pave
Verb
tiens
used to show uncertainty; like, you know; used to show surprise; used to show emphasis; said when giving something to someone; here
Interjection
ouverture
opening; overture
Noun
garnir
to furnish (a building, a room); to arm; to decorate, to pretty, to garnish
Verb
treillis
lattice; mesh; trellis; truss; canvas; fatigues
Noun
prison
prison
Noun
mouche
fly (insect); bullseye (center of a target); (espionage) a spy employed by the ancien régime to seek out subversive ideas; bee; soul patch, mouche (narrow beard descending from lower lip)
Noun
rat
rat; sweetheart; scrooge
Noun
souris
mouse (rodent); computer mouse; a part of a leg of lamb; young woman, girlfriend; a smile
Noun
aise
satisfaction; joy; ease, facility, absence of effort
Noun
six
six
Numeric
carrelage
tiling, tiles (covering of tiles); tiling (action of covering with tiles); tiled floor; tiling, tessellation (tiling pattern with no gaps)
Noun
recouvrir
to cover again or completely; to cover up
Verb
écouler
to sell off, to shift; to flow; to disband, to scatter; to pass, to elapse; to diminish, to dwindle away slowly
Verb
rigoler
to laugh, especially laugh out loud; to joke, to kid
Verb
salle
hall; room (in a house); front of house (public area of a restaurant, theatre, etc.); sports hall; gym
Noun
rangée
row (line of objects); rank
Noun
jatte
pan, bowl; skeel
Noun
aigrir
to make bitter, to embitter
Verb
surface
surface
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
cuillère
spoon
Noun
baratte
churn
Noun
couvercle
lid, cap, cover
Noun
flotter
to float; to flutter, to wave; to mill about
Verb
flocon
a flock (as of wool); a snowflake, a small mass of falling snow; a flake of cereal, as of cornflakes
Noun
jaune
yellow
Adjective
nombreux
numerous, many
Adjective
enchanté
enchanted, delighted
Adjective
égoutter
to drain (to remove the liquid from something)
Verb
conserver
to keep (in a particular place); to retain, conserve, preserve
Verb
boule
ball, globe; bowl (in the game of bowls); scoop (for example, of ice cream); bauble; head or face; ball, testicle; tit, breast; butt, bum, ass
Noun
losange
rhombus; lozenge
Noun
dessus
on (it); on top (of it); upstairs; over (it)
Adverb
appliquer
to apply, to put something on something else; to apply, to employ, to make use of; to apply to, to be applicable to; to map to; to apply one's effort to something, to try hard, to dedicate oneself
Verb
consciencieusement
conscientiously
Adverb
dessin
drawing (act of drawing); drawing (drawn picture); design (pattern)
Noun
petit-lait
whey
Noun
porc
pork; pig; dirty pig, swine, contemptible person; pig; cop
Noun
délayer
to add water to; to thin (paint); to water down (another liquid); to pad out (e.g. a speech); to delay
Verb
farine
flour, specifically wheat flour; feed, animal food
Noun
engraisser
to fatten
Verb
grand-chose
a big deal; something or someone important; much, (not) a lot
Pronoun
surprendre
to surprise; to catch out; to overhear, to discover, to spot (an action or secret someone is trying to hide)
Verb
quinze
fifteen
Numeric
litre
litre
Noun
kilogramme
kilogram
Noun
merveille
wonder; marvel
Noun
vingt-cinq
twenty-five
Numeric
savant
scholar, scientist
Noun
rougir
to redden; to blush
Verb
précisément
in a precise manner; without approximation; specifically; exactly, precisely; indicates a logical link
Adverb
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
vigne
vine; vineyard
Noun
cueillir
to gather, pick; to grab, snatch, nab
Verb
vivant
alive; living
Adjective
compagnie
company
Noun
direction
direction; government; the director of the administration/organisation; the territory administered by a government; Set of subsystems which allow to orient the wheels of a vehicle.
Noun
jouer
to play (engage in games or play); to play (produce music from a musical instrument); to play (a role); to bid (money), gamble; to be close to the end, to be only a matter of time, be decided (as a fate); to be of importance (in), affect, intervein (in); to take advantage of, make fun of
Verb
barre
bar, cake, ingot; helm, tiller; bend sinister; erection, boner
Noun
exciter
to excite (to stir the emotions of)
Verb