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

4584 words, in teaching order

Words 4401–4500
futur
future
Adjective
consulter
to consult; to refer to
Verb
restaurant
restaurant
Noun
modique
modest (of a price, sum of money, etc.)
Adjective
carnassier
carnivorous
Adjective
singe
monkey; ape; foolish or mischievous man; shrewd man; hierarchical superior; food
Noun
visiteur
visitor
Noun
parc
park; playpen (for children); pen (for animals); number; stock (de (“of”)); fleet (of vehicles; of similar equipment)
Noun
entrecroiser
to criss-cross, intersect
Verb
grillé
grilled (seared)
Adjective
crinière
mane; plume (on helmet)
Noun
impatience
impatience (the quality of being impatient; lacking patience; restlessness and intolerance of delays; anxiety and eagerness, especially to begin something)
Noun
bâiller
to yawn
Verb
chat
cat (feline); cat, tom, tomcat; tag, tig (children’s game); chat (online discussion)
Noun
griffe
claw; talon; scratch mark; signature (characteristic mark, e.g. of an artist); brand, designer label (especially fashion)
Noun
chair
flesh
Noun
ongle
nail, fingernail
Noun
tigre
tiger
Noun
fiévreux
feverish, running a high body temperature; causing fever; hot-tempered, agitated
Adjective
hypocrite
hypocritical
Adjective
panthère
panther
Noun
jaguar
jaguar (cat); Jaguar (Mac OS 10.2); jaguar (car); Jaguar (British car manufacturer)
Noun
accroupir
to crouch, squat; to debase oneself (morally); to make someone or something crouch or squat
Verb
rotonde
rotunda
Noun
attachant
endearing, cute
Adjective
balancer
to swing (to do a reciprocating movement); to swing (to ride on a swing); to toss, to throw away, to discard; to denounce, to rat out on (to make a formal or public accusation against); to balance (to make the credits and debits of (an account) correspond)
Verb
grillage
trellis (of wire or plastic); wire netting; grilling
Noun
friandise
sweet; cake; piece of cake; something small and dainty
Noun
grimace
grimace
Noun
éléphant
elephant (large mammal of the family Elephantidae in the order Proboscidea); male elephant
Noun
martin
bird of either the starling family, or of the kingfisher family
Noun
parapet
parapet
Noun
dandiner
to waddle (about), to toddle
Verb
empoigner
to grab; grasp (to make a sudden grasping or clutching motion (at something))
Verb
satisfaction
satisfaction; fulfilment; pleasure
Noun
acclamation
acclamation
Noun
condition
term, condition; condition, state; social status, walk of life; conditions
Noun
grogner
to grunt (for a pig, make the sound of a pig); to grunt (for a person, to make a snorting sound e.g. of disapproval); to growl, to snarl (for an animal, to make a growling or snarling sound)
Verb
végétation
vegetation
Noun
préférence
preference; like (something that a given person likes)
Noun
hippopotame
hippopotamus; an overweight person
Noun
rhinocéros
rhinoceros
Noun
museau
snout, muzzle (long, projecting nose, mouth and jaw of a beast); face
Noun
girafe
giraffe (mammal); boom (a movable pole used to support a microphone or camera)
Noun
autruche
ostrich
Noun
volière
aviary, birdhouse; birdcage
Noun
plumage
plumage (a bird's feathers, collectively speaking)
Noun
miroiter
to sparkle, gleam
Verb
spécial
special
Adjective
vautour
vulture; shark, vulture
Noun
cabane
cabin, hut, shack; shed; prison; bed; workshop
Noun
biche
doe, hind; wapiti (elk); darling, sweetheart (affectionate name for one's girlfriend); cutie
Noun
être
being, thing, creature; being, the state or fact of existence
Noun
semis
a technique for planting seeds on a terrain
Noun
plantation
planting; plantation
Noun
acacia
acacia
Noun
dahlia
dahlia, plant of the genus Dahlia
Noun
marguerite
marguerite (Leucanthemum); messenger
Noun
parterre
part of a garden that is divided into flowerbeds; the part of a theater between the stalls and the rear; the members of a theater audience seated in the parterre; an assembly or group of people
Noun
embellir
to improve, make more attractive; to embellish
Verb
sénat
senate
Noun
présidence
presidency
Noun
expression
expression
Noun
promeneur
walker
Noun
législatif
legislative
Adjective
élu
elected official, politician (person who has been elected in a vote); chosen (person who has been chosen by God)
Noun
sénateur
senator
Noun
siéger
to sit (hold a seat); to sit; to be located; lie
Verb
intermédiaire
intermediary
Noun
exécutif
executive
Adjective
élysée
Elysian; only used in champs Élysées (“Elysian Fields”)
Adjective
discuter
to argue, to debate; to discuss; to chat
Verb
culte
religion; cult (religious veneration given to a deity or saint)
Noun
télégraphe
telegraph
Noun
éveil
wakefulness, vigil; arousal
Noun
franchement
frankly; sincerely; vigorously, without doubting oneself; really, downright, outright
Adverb
ile
post-1990 spelling of île
Noun
classique
classic; classical
Adjective
chimiste
chemist (scientist of chemistry)
Noun
orléanais
of, from or relating to the city of Orleans, the prefecture of the Loiret department, Centre-Val de Loire, France; of, from or relating to Orléanais, former duchy in central France
Adjective
résidence
residence (place where one resides)
Noun
symétrique
symmetric, symmetrical
Adjective
jet
throw; spurt, spout, jet; jet (airplane)
Noun
bassin
pond, ornamental lake, basin; bowl, bedpan; basin; pelvis (bone); dock
Noun
espace
space
Noun
grand-père
grandfather
Noun
théâtre
theatre (venue for performing plays and drama; performing art form); a movie theater
Noun
tragédie
tragedy; tragedy (tragic event, especially one involving great loss of life or injury)
Noun
respectueusement
respectfully
Adverb
sensibilité
sensitivity
Noun
aggraver
to worsen (to make worse); to worsen (to become worse)
Verb
ridicule
ridiculous (all meanings)
Adjective
reprise
time, instance; resumption, restart; start after a pause, e.g. a second-half kick-off; a round; economic recovery; repetition, reiteration; a reprise; a cover, cover version; a repeat, rerun; an action replay
Noun
rétablir
to restore; to reestablish
Verb
abuser
to mislead; to take advantage [with de ‘of’] (especially sexually); to abuse (use improperly); to go too far
Verb
générosité
generosity
Noun
élément
element (part of a whole); element (chemical element)
Noun
alcool
alcohol, especially domestic, medical, methylated spirits; spirits, hard liquor (strong alcoholic beverage, excludes wine, cider, beer)
Noun
vinaigre
vinegar
Noun
soude
soda, lye, sodium hydroxide (NaOH); sodium (Na); sodium carbonate (Na₂CO₃); seepweed, sea blite, saltwort (plants, usually of the genus Suaeda, which produce sodium carbonate when burned); prickly saltwort (Salsola kali, syn. Kali turgidum)
Noun