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VOCABULARY.
]a plume pen, (feather) to be mistaken se tromper
se servir de to help one's self discomfiture la deconfiture
Be procurer to
get,
to procure
de terre
d.
to be afraid of avoir peur de
to go astray s'egarer, se
tromper de chemiu
Kate- Catherine
forest la foret
dark sombre
to mistrust se de"fier (de)
people les gens
to flatter one's self se flatter
a little un peu
what is it about? de quoi
s'agit-il?
to be about s'agir de
to suspect se douter de
to presume s'aviser de
to bathe se baigner
the morning le matin
to trust se fier a
to respectone's self
se res-
pecter
slice une tranche
ham le jamb on
to make one's self at home
ne pas se gener
along le long de
tun le soleil
to intend se proposer de
early de bonne heure
unfortunately malheureusement
to awake s'eveiller
to dress one's self s'habiller
ready pret
ticket le billet
mind you don't prenez
garde de, gardez-vousde
to get angry se facher
(keep) out of the way
(sun) s'oter du chemiu
(soleil)
to enjoy one's self s'amuser
potato la pomme
XV. b.
ne . . . guere hardly, scarcely
se quereller to quarrel
s'en donner a coeur joie
to take one's Jill
que voulez-vous what would
you have?
[ouer to praise
vanter to boast
Le membre member (limb]
pousser (L. pulsare) topush,
to drive
e loup wolf
se repentir to repent
Le sens sense, meaning
se passer de to do without
C. faut-il must one?
on devrait one ought
race la race
d.
to revile each other s'entre-
ddchirer
in turns tour a tour
to vanish s'evanouir
to concern one's self se
meler de
dealing le procede
from me (thee , him)
ma (ta, sa) part
to stop s'arreter
next prochain
XVI. b.
il neige it snows
il pleut it rains
il gele (fort)
. . . de
it freezes
(hard)
il dcgele it thaws
il fait nuit it is dark
il tonne it thunders
1 grele it hails
1 passe there pass
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il se repand there are spreadt
there run
il parait it appears, seems
il arrive it happens
1 fait beau temps ( XLIII)
it is Jine weather
il fait, Fut. il fera, sale it
dirty
tant pis so much the worse
patiner to skate
se couvrir to be overcast
s'eclaircir to clear up
s'imaginer to fancy
Le reste the remainder
bien des = beaucoup de
much, many
la neige (L. nivea) snow
le bruit noise, rumour
etrange (Latin extraneus)
strange
un etranger, a stranger
etranger strange, foreign
au sujet de with regard to 9
concerning
rigoureux rigorous, severe
C. gravir
to climb
Switzerland la Suisse
sky, heaven le ciel, pi. cieux
( 21)
the sky is getting cloudy
le ciel se couvre de
nuages
to go down (wind) s'abattre
P. P. abattu
it rains fast il pleut fort
it pours, il pleut a -\prse
you mean vous voulez dire
the whole night toute la nuit
to-morrow demain