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

4584 words, in teaching order

Words 301–400
répondre
to reply, to answer; to answer for
Verb
soulever
to raise, to lift up, to pick up; to stir up (emotions), to rouse (interest); to revolt, to rise up (against)
Verb
terre
earth; soil; land, property (delimited area)
Noun
paternellement
paternally
Adverb
ses
his, her, its, their, one's (when referring to a plural noun)
Determiner
bras
arm
Noun
vivacité
vivacity
Noun
sentiment
a sentiment, general thought, sense or feeling; an opinion
Noun
naturel
natural; natural (born out of wedlock; biological)
Adjective
embrasser
to hug, embrace (to affectionately wrap one's arms around another); to kiss (to touch with the lips)
Verb
pousser
to push; to urge on, encourage; to grow; to spring up, to sprout; to utter; to move aside
Verb
soupir
sigh; quarter note rest
Noun
comment
how; how many; how much
Adverb
écrier
to exclaim; to yell, scream
Verb
émotion
emotion
Noun
brave
brave; honest
Adjective
mort
dead person; death
Noun
oui
yes
Adverb
depuis
since; since, ever since; for ~; for the last ~, over the past ~; from
Preposition
guerre
war
Noun
blesser
to wound, to injure; to hurt one's feelings, to offend; to injure oneself
Verb
siège
seat, chair; siege; headquarters, head office
Noun
solide
secure, solid, firm, substantial; stout; sterling
Adjective
échafaudage
scaffolding (system of tubes or poles used to support people and material)
Noun
travailler
to work; to study; to struggle
Verb
métier
job, profession, trade; skill, craft; machine, device, loom
Noun
charpentier
carpenter
Noun
tuer
to kill; to rock, to be awesome
Verb
hélas
alas; exclamatory or declarative conjunction expressing affliction, regret, disappointment.
Interjection
pauvre
poor (financially deprived); lacking, scanty; poor, pitiable; Used before epithets, describing the person being addressed, for emphasis.
Adjective
larme
tear; teardrop; drop (small amount of a beverage)
Noun
œil
eye, organ that is sensitive to light, helping organisms to see; glyph, rendering of a single character; eye (of a needle)
Noun
vous
the plural personal pronoun in the second person; you (all); you, to you (indirect object pronoun); plural or singular personal pronoun in the second person
Pronoun
devenir
to become; to come from
Verb
vouloir
to want, wish, desire; to expect; to think; forms rhetorical questions, perhaps better translated to English by rephrasing with would or should; to see oneself as; to give the impression of, to seem; to please do something
Verb
récit
recital; account, narrative, tale; swell division of a pipe organ
Noun
malheur
mishap, misfortune; sadness, unhappiness
Noun
interrompre
to interrupt
Verb
maintenant
now, currently
Adverb
mouillé
wet, moist (covered with liquid); wet, moist (of a woman, sexually excited)
Adjective
sécher
to dry; to play truant; to dry up, to run out of things to say; to fail
Verb
feu
fire; lighter, something to light a cigarette with; traffic light; headlights
Noun
faim
hunger (desire of food); hunger (strong desire)
Noun
soif
thirst; thirst, desire
Noun
manger
to eat
Verb
suivre
to follow (literal sense); to follow; to get (figurative sense; to understand what someone is saying); to take (a course or a class)
Verb
action
action, act, deed; campaign; stock, share; a special offer
Noun
parole
speech, language (the faculty of using spoken language to communicate or express thought, the usage of this faculty, and the words articulated through its use); word(s) utterance, expression (an orally articulated unit of discourse); voice, spoken word; lyrics, words (of a song); promise, word; floor (the right to speak, as, for example, in a legislative assembly)
Noun
installer
to install; to place; to settle
Verb
poêle
stove; pan; metal detector; pall
Noun
ranimer
to revive; to animate; to motivate, to rally (troops)
Verb
clin
Found only in the expression clin d’œil (“wink, instant”).; lapstrake, clinker
Noun
odeur
smell, odour
Noun
oignon
onion (Allium cepa); bulb (of a plant); one's own business
Noun
frire
to fry (to cook in hot fat)
Verb
emplir
to fill
Verb
chambre
a chamber in its various senses, including; a room.; a hotel room.; a bedroom.; a house of a parliament.
Noun
bientôt
soon
Adverb
soupe
soup
Noun
bouillant
boiling (having reached boiling point); very hot
Adjective
fumer
to smoke; to emit smoke; to steam
Verb
soupière
tureen (broad deep serving dish for soup or stew)
Noun
fouetter
to beat with a whip, to whip, to flagellate.; to hit and sting like a whip; to whisk; to stimulate or urge into action; to stink
Verb
œuf
egg; egg; ovum; gondola lift
Noun
omelette
omelette
Noun
lard
bacon; lard, fat
Noun
savourer
to savour, to savor; to taste
Verb
excellent
excellent; splendid
Adjective
réchauffer
to reheat; to heat up, warm up
Verb
confectionner
to make, create; to fashion (clothes)
Verb
femme
woman; wife
Noun
enlever
to remove, take off, take away, clear; to take off, remove (clothes); to kidnap, abduct; to win, capture, carry off; to come out, wash off
Verb
matelas
mattress; wad (of notes); synonym of tacos français (“French tacos”)
Noun
lit
bed; layer
Noun
préparer
to prepare; to prepare for
Verb
coucher
to lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up (a lodger); to go to bed; to set (of celestial objects); to lodge, to beat down (wheat); to layer (branches); to slant (writing); to aim at; to sleep; to sleep with; …
Verb
ronfler
to snore; to snort (of a horse etc); to roar
Verb
gaiement
gaily (in a happy, jovial way)
Adverb
question
question (interrogation by torture); question (sentence, phrase or word which asks for information, reply or response); issue, matter, topic, problem
Noun
camarade
buddy, mate; comrade (companion or fellow socialist or communist)
Noun
mettre
to put; to place; to put on; to set; to start (something / doing something); to get around to it; to penetrate
Verb
courant
current (of water, electricity, thought, etc.)
Noun
situation
situation (all meanings)
Noun
quant
only used in quant à
Adverb
tant
so much; so many; both ... and
Adverb
marché
market; deal, contract
Noun
grâce
grace, charm; favour; mercy
Noun
sommeil
sleep; sleepiness
Noun
lutter
to struggle, to fight; to wrestle
Verb
d'abord
first, at first, right away; primarily; for one thing; Used to add annoyed emphasis, particularly to a refusal; immediately; in that case, then, if that is so
Adverb
fermer
to shut; to close; to do up (of clothing); to switch off, to turn off (of a device or an appliance); to shut down, to discontinue, to axe (of a service); to bind off (of stitches in knitting); to harden (of someone's face); to put someone off something, to turn someone off something; to mark the border of
Verb
lutte
struggle, fight, battle; wrestling
Noun
durée
duration, period, time taken
Noun
finir
to finish, end, complete; to end up
Verb
endormir
to put to sleep; to fall asleep
Verb
dernier
last; latest (most recent); latter (usually preceded by the determiner ce); see: ce dernier
Adjective
bouchée
mouthful; bouchée
Noun
bouche
mouth
Noun
dormir
to sleep
Verb
profondément
deeply, profoundly
Adverb