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

4584 words, in teaching order

Words 2301–2400
employé
employee; nonmanagerial worker
Noun
posséder
to own; to possess
Verb
cinquante
fifty
Numeric
million
million (10⁶)
Numeric
accord
chord; agreement; permission, consent
Noun
erreur
error (a faulty process of thought that leads to conclusions out of agreement with reality); error (the resulting thought, conception, assumption, belief, determination, etc., of a flawed thought process); error (the condition of one who has made and maintains such incorrect conclusions); mistake (an action taken in such condition of faulty belief); error (a failure, misfunction); error (the condition of something that is not representative of reality)
Noun
honnêtement
honestly (in an honest way)
Adverb
surveillance
surveillance; supervision
Noun
avis
opinion; piece of advice; notice
Noun
horlogerie
watchmaking, clockmaking; watch shop, watchmaker's
Noun
tricoter
to knit
Verb
étude
study (act of studying or examining); study (artwork made in order to practise or demonstrate a subject); etude (short piece of music for special practice); study (room in a house intended for reading and writing); classroom; office of a notary, solicitor, etc.
Noun
utilité
usefulness, use; use, purpose; bit part; bit player
Noun
client
client, retainer, follower (person who is under the patronage of someone else); customer (one who purchases or receives a product or service)
Noun
outil
tool (something designed to aid in a task)
Noun
tenaille
pincer (tool); tenaille
Noun
poudre
dust; powder
Noun
polir
to shine; to make a surface very smooth or shiny by rubbing, cleaning, or grinding (often polish up); to refine; remove imperfections
Verb
d'acier
of steel, rock solid (extremely resistant)
Adjective
enrouler
to wind, curl (around); to hide (to remove from display); to make out with, to score with, to get off with (to kiss someone)
Verb
forme
shape (geometrical representation); shape (physical appearance); form
Noun
spirale
spiral
Noun
fin
thin, fine; kind, nice
Adjective
serrurerie
locksmith's shop; locksmithing; ornamental work in wrought metal
Noun
vivement
lively, briskly, quickly; vigorously, sharply; deeply, profoundly
Adverb
assembler
to assemble
Verb
cadran
dial; face (of a clock); alarm clock
Noun
émailler
to enamel; to mar, spoil, blemish
Verb
aiguille
needle; needle (of a compass); hand (of a watch); spire (of a church); point, switch
Noun
boitier
case; package
Noun
or
gold; or (yellow in heraldry)
Noun
manier
to handle, manipulate, wield (an object); to use (software); to knead
Verb
acier
steel
Noun
soupeser
to heft, feel the weight of; to weigh up (options etc.)
Verb
égal
equal; indifferent, of no importance to
Adjective
rosace
rosette; rose; rose window
Noun
ornementation
ornamentation; ornateness
Noun
communiquer
to communicate
Verb
ignorant
ignorant
Adjective
lac
lake
Noun
mont
mountain, mount, mont; the Alps
Noun
avalanche
avalanche
Noun
alpe
alpine pasture
Noun
manteau
coat; mantle (garment worn by Orthodox bishops); mantle; mantle (of molluscs); pavilion; mantel (of a fireplace)
Noun
bercer
to cradle; to rock
Verb
balancement
rocking, swaying; equilibrium, balance
Noun
cadencé
rhythmic
Adjective
grelot
jingle bell, cascabel
Noun
sonore
resonant, echoing; resounding (slap, kiss etc.); sound(-); voiced
Adjective
splendide
splendid; magnificent; impressive
Adjective
geler
to freeze; to be very cold
Verb
diamant
diamond (gem); diamond (shape); needle (of a record player); excelsior (a small size of type, standardized as 3 point)
Noun
montant
upwards, climbing; uphill
Adjective
vaste
vast
Adjective
plaine
plain
Noun
dominer
to dominate (govern, rule, or control by superior authority or power); to dominate, to overpower, to subdue, to govern, to rule, to master; to dominate (one's competition); to dominate [with sur ‘over’] (exert an overwhelming guiding influence over); to (pre-)dominate (enjoy a commanding position or visibility in some field); to dominate (overlook from a height); to know (a subject) in depth, encompassing all of its aspects; to remain master of own's own, to stay in control of oneself
Verb
enfermer
to lock up, lock in, lock away; to imprison, entrap; to enclose, contain
Verb
éternel
eternal (ever-lasting)
Adjective
sûrement
surely, certainly; probably
Adverb
glacé
icy, frozen; glazed, glacé
Adjective
siècle
century (period of 100 years)
Noun
nul
of poor quality, lousy, rubbish; lame
Adjective
chamois
chamois (animal); chamois (leather)
Noun
pelote
ball (e.g. of string, wire); pelota (sport); droppings (animal waste); ball (in the game of jeu de paume); pussy (female genitalia); a ball; a football
Noun
roulant
equipped with wheels; Equipped with rolling cylinders or similar mechanisms for transportation of things; Very funny
Adjective
ébranler
to shake, rattle; to weaken (health), disturb, unhinge (spirits); to move off, set off (of vehicle)
Verb
bloc
a block (e.g., of wood); a bloc, an alliance; a pad of paper; block (of memory, of code)
Noun
entasser
to pile (objects), to hoard (money etc.); to pile up
Verb
écrouler
to collapse
Verb
effroyable
horrific, horrifying, terrifying
Adjective
écraser
to squash; to obliterate; to mash (vegetables), to crush (garlic); to thrash, to crush, to win by a large margin; to shut up; to crash; to overwrite
Verb
passage
the act of going through a place or event; the time when such an act occurs; Circulation, traffic, movement; Moment when a star or planet occults another, or crosses a meridian; a short stay; a trip or travel, especially by boat; the act of going from one state to another; graduation from a school year; the act of making something undergo a process; the act of handing something to someone; …
Noun
ensevelir
to bury, to entomb; to cover with earth; to bury (hide something); to bury oneself, hide away
Verb
cirque
circus; cirque; a circular arena, such as in the ancient Roman Empire; a mess, a disorder
Noun
rose
rose (flower); rose window; rose; pink
Noun
illuminer
to illuminate, to light up; to illuminate, to enlighten
Verb
arc-en-ciel
rainbow (multicoloured arch in the sky, produced by prismatic refraction of light within droplets of rain in the air)
Noun
violette
violet (plant)
Noun
lilas
lilac (plant and colour)
Noun
globe
globe
Noun
effacer
to erase; to efface
Verb
pâlir
to pale; to fade (lose color); to fade (lose glory or power)
Verb
gravement
seriously, badly
Adverb
création
creation
Noun
œuvre
work, book, piece; activity, operation; complete body of an artist's work, or their works in a particular category
Noun
appartenir
to belong; to concern
Verb
étinceler
to spark (give off sparks); to sparkle, twinkle
Verb
ascension
ascent; ascension
Noun
glacier
glacier; maker of mirrors; seller of ice-cream; ice-cream parlour; maker of glass art; maker of stained glass windows
Noun
rareté
rarity
Noun
Saulxures
a village in Bas-Rhin department, Grand Est, France; a village in Haute-Marne department, Grand Est, France
Name
progrès
progress
Noun
humanité
humanity (human beings as a group); humanity (state of quality of being human)
Noun
revoir
to see again; to re-examine
Verb
dommage
damage; injury; a shame, a pity
Noun
montant
a (monetary) amount; a structural montant
Noun
durcir
to harden; to harden, become more serious
Verb
miroir
mirror
Noun
bouleverser
to completely and drastically change, to overturn; to shake, to cause a strong emotion; to disorganize, to turn upside down
Verb
tempête
storm, tempest
Noun