‹ French decksLe Tour de la France par deux enfants (Bruno, 1877)
4584 words, in teaching order
compagnonlifelong partner, significant other; companion; friend, buddy, pal; journeyman
Noun
écuriestable; pigsty (messy place); constructor
Noun
robedress, frock; fur, coat (of an animal); wine's colour
Noun
baibay (of a reddish-brown colour)
Adjective
brunbrown (color/colour); brown-haired person
Noun
reinkidney; small of the back, waist
Noun
étrillerto curry (a horse), to groom; to crush, to trounce; to critique, to reprimand
Verb
brossebrush (the implement); crew cut
Noun
poussièredust; speck of dust; very little; next to nothing
Noun
luisantgleaming, glistening
Adjective
soulagerto relieve, soothe; to make oneself feel better, to find relief; to relieve oneself
Verb
peauskin of a person or animal; hide, fur; skin (protective outer layer of a plant or fruit); skin formed on top of certain prepared foods
Noun
percéebreakthrough; break, breakaway, counter-attack
Noun
porepore (small opening in the skin); small opening of any kind
Noun
sueursweat, perspiration
Noun
purifierto purify; to cleanse (cleanse something of impurities)
Verb
boucherto cork up; to bung; to block up
Verb
millierthousand; a number of about a thousand
Noun
vicierto invalidate; to vitiate
Verb
altérerto alter; change; fiddle with; to cause thirst
Verb
jeugame (activity performed for amusement); play (in a theatre/theater); set (of objects that belong together); manner of handling a gun; play (mechanics: a space between two adjacent parts to allow free movement); a pipe organ stop; a hand of playing cards
Noun
équivaloirto be equivalent; to be equivalent, to be the same
Verb
avoineoats; punch (a hit with the fist)
Noun
abreuvoira watering hole or place for animals; a drinking fountain
Noun
digérerto digest; to come to terms with, to accept
Verb
importantimportant; large, considerable, significant
Adjective
graingrain; a small amount, a bit; squall, thunderstorm
Noun
attelerto harness, yoke, hitch (e.g. a horse to a wagon); to get down to, apply oneself to
Verb
refroidirto lower the temperature of; to cool; to become cooler; to lose heat; to cool down; to become less active; to cool down, cool off; to strongly reduce or diminish something such as interest, zeal, etc.; to ice, to murder
Verb
négligentnegligent (culpable due to negligence)
Adjective
transpirationtranspiration (process of giving off water vapour through the skin or mucous membranes); sweat (fluid that exits the body through pores in the skin usually due to physical stress and/or high temperature for the purpose of regulating body temperature and removing certain compounds from the circulation)
Noun
salinsaline; salt
Adjective
pâtreshepherd, herdsman
Noun
associationassociation, society, group; partnership; association (of related terms, ideas etc.), combination; association
Noun
étapestage, stop (on a journey); leg (of race); step, stage
Noun
déchargerto unload; offload; to discharge; to let off (remove the guilt from someone); to remove a charge from; to offload (ejaculate)
Verb
diversvarious; varying
Adjective
fatiganttiring; tiresome; annoying
Adjective
salinsalt evaporation pond
Noun
évaporerto evaporate; to vanish into thin air, to disappear
Verb
chaudièreboiler; cauldron (large pot); bucket
Noun
rousseredhead (woman); rozzers (police)
Noun
suissechipmunk; guard; doorman
Noun
ondulerto undulate, to ripple, to wave
Verb
côterib (bone); hill, slope; coast
Noun
descentedescent (act of going down); descent (downward slope); way down; descending; raid (e.g. police raid); downhill (an event in skiing or canoeing); comedown (from a drug), crash
Noun
poudrerto powder (cover in powder)
Verb
givrefrost (icy coating); hoarfrost, rime
Noun
flancside (of person); side, flank (of animal); flank; side, slope (of mountain etc.); flaunch
Noun
escarpésteep (near-vertical)
Adjective
rapportratio; report; relationship
Noun
attarderto delay; make late; to linger; stay late
Verb
bourgburg, market town
Noun
pâturagepasture; meadow; pasturage (the right to let animals graze on pasture)
Noun
effaroucherto scare off, frighten away (an animal); to frighten, alarm (someone); to shock
Verb
crèchecrèche (the Nativity scene); crèche (day nursery)
Noun
communcommon (shared); common (widespread); common (popular); common (of low class); communal
Adjective
fabricationmanufacture, manufacturing; fabrication; production
Noun
meulegrindstone; millstone; round (of cheese); haystack, stack; motorcycle, motorbike
Noun
peserto weigh (to have a weight of); of a file, to have a given size; to weigh (to see how much something weighs); to burden, weigh down
Verb
auquelto which, at which, of which
Pronoun
alimenterto feed, to give food to; to supply, to fund; to fuel, feed (e.g. an argument); to eat, to feed
Verb
marquemark (spot); brand (of a company); mark (on one's body, e.g. a birthmark)
Noun
cochestage-coach; a sort of large boat previously used for transporting passengers and merchandise; notch, cut; tick, checkmark (symbol); sow (female pig)
Noun