Words 801–900
barbe
beard; longer hair growing on the chin or face of some animals; barbel (whisker-like sensory organs, located around the mouth of certain fish); barb (feather); barb (hair or bristle); a boring thing, a drag; Barbary horse
Noun
couler
to sink; to cast (metal); to pour (liquid); to flow, to run; to slip, to skid; to shed (i.e. shed blood); to go bankrupt; to fail, flunk (a course, test, etc.)
Verb
emmener
to take off, take away or out; to take (someone) along somewhere, to take (something) with (someone)
Verb
découvrir
to discover; to show, to reveal; to leave uncovered, to expose; to leave unprotected, to expose
Verb
dresser
to raise, to erect, to build; to raise, to lift, to elevate; to prepare; to draw up; to pitch (a tent); to set, to lay out; to tame (lion etc), to break in (horse), to train (an animal); to stand
Verb
présenter
to present, to introduce; to show, to present; to look; to appear, to be present (before someone); to arise, to surface, to present itself; to be a candidate
Verb
état-major
general staff, high command, headquarters (group of officers in charge of an army under the control of the commander-in-chief); headquarters (military installation from which troops are commanded and orders are issued); administrative staff (body of staff that administers a political party); senior management (group of people in charge of a corporation); any administrative body aimed at aiding a professional or academic in their work
Noun
indiquer
to connote (to signify beyond principal meaning); to show, indicate; to prescribe; to point to, to point out
Verb
jusqu'aux
jusque + aux
reconnaître
to recognise (something or someone that one has encountered before); to acknowledge, to admit (something is true); to acknowledge (a child)
Verb
retirer
to take off; to remove (e.g. clothes); to pull out; to withdraw; to get out; to take out (money); to retire; to remove, to pull out
Verb
affaire
business; matter; affair; deal, transaction, bargain; business, enterprise; affair, scandal; case, trial; things; stuff; belonging (something physical that is owned); thingamajig; thing
Noun
décrocher
to unhook, remove from a hook; to pick up, pick up the phone, start a telephone conversation; to stall; to pick up, get one's hands on; to withdraw (from drugs, alcohol, etc.); to drop out of school; to abandon an interest or activity; to separate oneself from a person, group, idea, identity, etc.
Verb
raccourci
shortcut (a path between two locations that is shorter than more conventional routes); foreshortening; shortcut (a file that points to the location of another file and serves as a quick way to access it); shortcut, keyboard shortcut, hotkey (a combination of keystrokes that provides easier access to a command or operation)
Noun
contourner
to circumvent, to bypass, to skirt around; to travel from one place to another, to visit several places
Verb