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

Two days later: the day after the next day; Relative to a day implied by the context.; Relative to a day indicated explicitly, introduced with de.

Noun

promesse

promise (all meanings)

Noun

fourreau

scabbard, sheath; sheath dress

Noun

garantir

to guarantee (to assure that something will get done right); to protect, preserve

Verb

jonc

rush, bulrush; cane, rattan; trim (of a car); bangle, ring; gold, object made of gold; dick (penis)

Noun

étui

case (for glasses, cigars, soap, a viola); holster (for a gun); cover (for an umbrella); cartridge (of a bullet)

Noun

industriel

industrial

Adjective

sud-est

south-east

Noun

dauphiné

realm of a dauphin

Noun

valence

valence; valency

Noun

gant

glove

Noun

maroquinerie

leathermaking, specifically the production of maroquin; leather shop; shop primarily selling leather goods

Noun

salaire

salary, wage

Noun

porte-monnaie

purse

Noun

mentionner

to mention

Verb

opinion

opinion (thought, estimation)

Noun

légaliser

to legalize (make legal)

Verb

longer

to walk along, run along

Verb

nougat

nougat (sweet confection with egg white and almonds or nuts); piece of cake; feet; rifle

Noun

gap

gap; gap (difference)

Noun

niveau

level (general); level (measuring instrument); level, the stage of a video game

Noun

solitaire

solitary, alone (living alone or being by oneself)

Adjective

davantage

more

Adverb

isolement

isolation (detachment, exclusion); isolation (separation of a patient)

Noun

mûrier

mulberry (tree)

Noun

magnanerie

magnanerie

Noun

insecte

insect

Noun

ver

worm

Noun

remarque

remark (comment, something said)

Noun

précieusement

preciously; carefully

Adverb

remporter

to take back, take away (again); to win (election, championship etc.), to secure (a position)

Verb

récolter

to harvest (to reap)

Verb

vingt-huit

twenty-eight

Numeric

cocon

cocoon

Noun

milliard

billion (10⁹)

Numeric

ordinairement

ordinarily; normally

Adverb

patois

patois (French dialect); patois (any regional dialect); saying, maxim, proverb, adage

Noun

provençal

Provençal (of, from or relating to Provence, a traditional geographic region roughly corresponding to the modern administrative region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France)

Adjective

magnan

silkworm

Noun

probable

likely, probable

Adjective

cuire

to cook

Verb

entrevoir

to make out, see vaguely; to glimpse; to foresee, anticipate; to catch sight of, see briefly

Verb

lointain

distant, remote, far-off; distant

Adjective

hôtelier

hotel

Adjective

hasarder

to hazard

Verb

rasseoir

to re-sit, to sit back down (sit once again)

Verb

étranger

foreign; unacquainted

Adjective

chrysalide

pupa, chrysalis

Noun

comtat

county

Noun

échanger

to exchange, to swap

Verb

saison

season (one of the four parts of the year in temperate regions: winter, spring, summer and autumn); season (a certain time of the year, when something in particular happens); season (the time of the year when teams compete)

Noun

avancée

advance, progress; an ordinance passed to hold a trial ahead of time

Noun

éducation

education (all meanings); upbringing

Noun

sœur

sister (a daughter of the same parents as another person; a female sibling); nun

Noun

affabilité

affability

Noun

pigeon

pigeon; patsy (an easily trickable, naive person)

Noun

duvet

down (soft, fine feathers); down, fuzz (on face, peach, etc); sleeping bag; duvet, continental quilt; eiderdown

Noun

fil

yarn, thread, wire; grain (of wood etc.); edge (of blade, razor etc.)

Noun

demi-douzaine

half dozen

Noun

égaler

to equal; to equate to

Verb

grosseur

thickness, width; lump in the body

Noun

adroit

skilful, apt, skilled (possessing skill, skilled)

Adjective

balai

broom; broomstick flown by witches; the last bus or train (at night); tail (of a bird of prey); brush (electrical contact); blade (of windscreen wiper); year (used in referring to someone’s age)

Noun

bruyère

heather, heath, briar; a place of briars, a moor

Noun

bassine

bowl; bowlful

Noun

décoller

to take off (i.e. a plane); to leave; unstick; to come undone, come unstuck; to behead, to decapitate

Verb

écheveau

skein; web, tangle

Noun

peloton

small ball (of thread etc.); platoon; pack, bunch (of cyclists etc.)

Noun

fileur

spinner (person who spins thread)

Noun

transformer

to transform

Verb

filer

to spin (a web); to thread through (a crowd); to spin a thread (of syrup, or syrup-like substances); to leave, to get going, to scram, to slip through; to pass, to hand, to give; to ease a line; (police) to tail, track; to season and thicken gumbo with filé powder

Verb

papillon

butterfly; someone brilliant, versatile and inconstant; knot; butterfly stroke; parking ticket; butterfly valve

Noun

brin

blade (of grass); sprig, twig; wisp, strand (of hair, fibre etc.); ounce, bit, hint

Noun

brisé

broken

Adjective

envoler

to take off, to take flight; to blow away; to fly (of time); to vanish, disappear, walk (to be stolen)