‹ French decksLe Tour de la France par deux enfants (Bruno, 1877)
4584 words, in teaching order
rangrow or line of things placed side-by-side; rank or position in a series or hierarchy; a knitting course; a series of land plots narrower than deep, running perpendicular to a river or road; the road serving such a series of plots; the non-officers of an army, taken as a group
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claudedummy; fool; imbecil
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satisfaireto satisfy; to fulfil (to do what was expected); to meet (expectations)
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couturesewing; dressmaking; seam; stitches; scar
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redresserto straighten (up); to rectify, straighten out; to restore, turn around; to recover, regain composure; to stand up, sit up straight
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taillethe act of cutting, pruning, trimming; size; waist; waistline; a direct tax levied during the Ancien Régime; tallage; The tenor voice or part, especially the part for the tenor viol or viola
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divisiondivision (act or process of dividing); division; division (subsection)
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succèssuccess; achievement
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modestemodest, humble; modest, low
Adjective
moquerto mock; to make fun (of someone); to be indifferent; to not care (about something)
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vaniteuxa conceited person, frivolous person, vain person
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défautshortcoming; defect; default (computing)
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vanitéfutility, pointlessness; vanity (excessive pride); vanitas
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rabaisserto humiliate, belittle; to lower, reduce
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paysagecountryside; landscape; landscape (format)
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geléefrost; jelly (wobbly food); jelly-like substance
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intelligenceintelligence; cleverness; comprehension, understanding; accord, agreement, harmony
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inconnuunknown, obscure, unfamiliar, strange
Adjective
pâtissierpastrymaker, pastry chef; baker who specializes in cakes and other sweet baked goods rather than bread (compare boulanger)
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pâtisseriecakeshop; pastry (food item); pastry (art of making pastries)
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dessinateurdesigner, draughtsman; cartoonist, drawer
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apprêterto prepare, to get ready, prime; to prepare for/to do, to get ready for/to do, to be about to do
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couleurcolor/colour; a flush; suit; tincture, colour
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marbremarble (type of stone); home plate
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rougered (of a red color); red (left-wing, socialist); a supporter of the Republican Party
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toilefabric, cloth; canvas; painting (artwork); web; plain weave
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tableaupainting; picture (a captured image); writing board; table (arrangement of rows and columns); chart; tableau
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peinturepainting; painting, canvas; description, depiction; paint
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étourdimentthoughtlessly, carelessly, foolishly, rashly
Adverb
valeurvalue, worth; valor, gallantry; quality, character
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demihalf (fraction); half (half-hour); a person of multiracial descent, usually a person with French and other non-European origin; mixed-race; a glass of beer of 250 ml volume; bathroom
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ornerto decorate, to adorn
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palaispalace; courthouse (palais de justice); palate; upper surface inside the mouth
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muséemuseum (a building or institution dedicated to the acquisition, conservation, study, exhibition, and educational interpretation of objects having scientific, historical, cultural or artistic value)
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honteshame (feeling); shame (something shameful)
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fauteerror, mistake; fault, blame; wrong, misdemeanor; foul, fault (infraction of the rules)
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sottisestupidity, foolishness; nonsense
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tenterto attempt; to tempt; to be desirable or interesting to; to be something one feels like doing
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attaquerto attack; to diminish; to spoil; to erode; to begin; to undertake (an enterprise, an endeavor, a task); to approach (a shore)
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saurerto smoke (food etc.)
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résoudreto resolve (to find a solution to); to resolve, to make up one's mind
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capitainecaptain, leader; giant African threadfin (Polydactylus quadrifilis)
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avant-gardevanguard; avant-garde, firing line; vanguard, the most politicized and conscious part of the proletariat.
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boulangerbaker (who bakes bread; contrast pâtissier)
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sagewise: prudent, cautious, and judicious; Chaste, modest, irreproachable in conduct; good, well-behaved, not naughty
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barbar (establishment); bar (counter); bass (fish); bar (unit)
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modèlemodel, example, design; template
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centainea hundred or so, about a hundred; hundreds (in arithmetic)
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maréchalmarshal (officer in the household of a medieval prince or lord); Military rank, usually ranking above general
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agilenimble, agile (quick and light in movement or action)
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déviderto put (string) into a ball; to unwind, spool, reel; to recount, to reel off (a story)
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linlinen; flax (the plant)
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régnerto reign (of a monarch); to reign (to have a powerful influence on)
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