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

4584 words, in teaching order

Words 1401–1500
ressentir
to feel (an emotion, usually strongly); to suffer from the effects of
Verb
course
run, running; race; errand
Noun
somme
sum; total; nap; doze; quick sleep; packsaddle
Noun
jusqu'au
jusque + au
longtemps
for a long time; over a long period
Adverb
doute
doubt
Noun
semaine
week; menstrual period
Noun
hâte
haste; impatience
Noun
dispos
nimble, active, cheerful, smart
Adjective
poliment
politely
Adverb
bonjour
greetings; hello (general salutation)
Noun
écuelle
bowl; bowlful
Noun
traité
treatise; treaty (between states); an agreement (between a business and a government, or between two businesses)
Noun
intérêt
interest (great attention and concern from someone); interest; point (purpose, objective); benefit, advantage
Noun
qualité
quality
Noun
désireux
desirous
Adjective
secourir
to succor; to help out
Verb
indolence
insensibility, lack of pain; laziness, indolence
Noun
rose
pink; pink, left-wing; erotic, blue; rosy, rose-tinted
Adjective
arrondi
round part, rounded portion (of an object); fillet (rounded relief or cut at an edge); flare (transition from downward flight to level flight)
Noun
annoncer
to announce; to predict, foretell; to declare; to approach; to show; to promise to be
Verb
défilé
parade; procession; march in protest
Noun
colline
hill, downs
Noun
oiseau
bird
Noun
gazouiller
to chirp, to twitter; to gurgle; to tweet (microblogging)
Verb
ravir
to ravish (to seize by force); to ravish, delight or thrill (transport with joy); to charm, bewitch, dazzle or fascinate; to plunder, rob or loot; to kidnap or abduct
Verb
satisfait
satisfied
Adjective
reconnaissant
grateful, thankful
Adjective
pinson
finch (bird of the family Fringillidae)
Noun
fleuve
a river that flows into an ocean or sea (a river that flows into another river or body of water is called a rivière); a continuous and unstoppable stream of people, things, or words; a river god, or the allegorical artistic representation of a river as an old, bearded man lying on reeds and holding or leaning on an urn from which the river's water flows
Noun
mer
sea (large body of water); the ocean (the continuous body of salt water covering a majority of the Earth's surface)
Noun
soudain
suddenly, all of a sudden
Adverb
clochette
bell; synonym of campanule (“bellflower”) (Campanula)
Noun
fleur
flower; bloom; blossom; collectively, the reproductive organs and the envelope which surrounds them in angiosperms (also called "flowering plants"); flowering plant; angiosperm; the plant with flowers itself; a kind favor given by one person to another; the best of something; the virginity of a woman; Substances with a state of purity or extreme separation, produced by sublimation
Noun
bouquet
bouquet, bunch; a set or selection of something; a group of trees forming a grove; aroma, bouquet (scent of wine)
Noun
lier
to link; to associate; to thicken
Verb
limpide
clear, limpid (especially of water)
Adjective
peut-être
maybe, perhaps
Adverb
jusque
until, up to
Preposition
ressouvenir
to remember, recall
Verb
détacher
to remove spots, stains; to detach, unbind or untie; to come off (become detached, unbound, untied etc.); to stand out
Verb
chêne
oak (tree), oak tree; oak (wood)
Noun
rejoindre
to join, to join up; to rejoin, join together; to reach (a destination)
Verb
flot
waves; stream, flood (large amount); incoming tide (of the sea); floodtide
Noun
couronne
crown (item of headgear); funereal wreath; crown (royalty in general); crown (various units of currency); crown; corona (circumference of the base of the glans penis in humans); crown, cap
Noun
sein
breast (the chest); breast; womb; bosom
Noun
confiance
confidence; trust
Noun
mériter
to deserve, merit
Verb
estimer
to estimate, to calculate roughly; to esteem, to hold in high regard; to give some thought to, to consider
Verb
obtenir
to get, to obtain
Verb
animer
to animate (give something life); to animate (give vigour); to animate (draw animation); to spur on
Verb
chef-lieu
a city, town, or village that serves as the administrative centre of an area, in various French-speaking countries
Noun
pont
bridge; deck
Noun
diviser
to divide
Verb
rue
street, road; rue (the plant)
Noun
informer
to inform; to enlighten; to impart knowledge (upon); to inquire; to ask; to get information
Verb
veille
the day before, the eve; the era or while before something; eve; wakefulness; watch, vigil; standby
Noun
pension
a pension, regularly received payment; a pension, boarding house; a regularly made payment, as admission to certain boarding establishments (notably schools); board; (The services such establishment provides, notably lodging and some meals)
Noun
payer
to pay (for); to pay (someone); to buy (something); pay for (suffer the consequences of something); to pay off (to be fruitful)
Verb
dame
lady; queen; draughts (UK), checkers (US)
Noun
voûter
to vault a ceiling; to cause to stoop
Verb
ridé
wrinkled
Adjective
vif
alive; lively, brisk; vivid, bright; keen, sharp; poignant, cutting, sharp; sharp, jagged; acute, intense, strong; great, deep
Adjective
observateur
observer
Noun
machine
machine, device; machine (combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use); engine; machine (a person who is very efficient); car
Noun
coudre
to sew; to mend
Verb
pédale
pedal (of bicycle, car etc.); pedal (of piano, organ etc.); queer, homo (homosexual man)
Noun
étoffe
fabric, material; stuff
Noun
questionner
to question, interrogate; to call into question; to question, ask (someone); to inquire, ask (about)
Verb
hésitant
hesitant, shaky
Adjective
embarras
embarrassment; obstacle, hindrance; lack of money
Noun
rajuster
to adjust, readjust, correct; to straighten, tidy (clothes); to straighten one's clothes; to reconcile
Verb
lunette
telescope (refracting telescope); lunette; toilet seat; breastbone; eyeglasses, spectacles
Noun
inconnu
an unknown person, place, or thing; a stranger; the things one does not know, in contrast to what one does
Noun
cabinet
a study; an office, a surgery; a cabinet; a cabinet of government advisors; the toilet, lavatory
Noun
chaise
chair, seat
Noun
tard
late
Adverb
refermer
to reclose; (wound) to heal
Verb
brusquement
suddenly; sharply, jerkily; brusquely, abruptly, bluntly
Adverb
attrister
to sadden, to make sad
Verb
confondre
to confuse, to confound; to confuse (one thing with another), to mistake (one thing for another); to mix in, to merge; to mix up, to get confused (with); to coincide; to be overflowing with, to be profuse with
Verb
méfier
to mistrust, to be wary of, to watch out for
Verb
ailleurs
elsewhere; somewhere else
Adverb
sûr
sure, certain; trustworthy; safe
Adjective
juger
to judge, to try; to judge, to deem
Verb
désoler
to sadden, distress; to be upset
Verb
ouvrage
work, labour; piece of work; work, oeuvre; book, volume
Noun
heureux
happy; glad; lucky, fortunate; good, excellent
Adjective
abandon
surrender; desertion; withdrawal; abandonment, abandoning; state of neglect; abandon, unrestraint (yielding to natural impulses or inhibitions; freedom from artificial constraint)
Noun
cruche
pitcher, jug; cretin, fool, numskull
Noun
obligeance
obligingness
Noun
suffire
to be enough, to suffice
Verb
craintif
worried, anxious, nervous
Adjective
remise
delivery, handing over; handover; remission; reduction; discount, reduction; shed, carriage house; deferment, postponement
Noun
lent
slow
Adjective
respirer
to breathe
Verb
casser
to break; to break up (with somebody); to get lost, go away, skidaddle, leave, see se casser
Verb
habituer
to get someone in the habit (of); to settle; to get used to something
Verb
respecter
to respect; to meet (deadline); to comply with (rules, laws)
Verb
inspirer
to breathe in; to inspire
Verb