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142 VOCABULARY.<br />
(avoir la mine mauvaise<br />
to have an til -tempered<br />
look)<br />
la force motrice motive<br />
power<br />
la pompe (pomp) pump<br />
le moulin a vent ( 131 b)<br />
windmill<br />
imparfaitement imperfectly<br />
le retour return<br />
C.<br />
nager (L. navigare)<br />
omettre to omit<br />
d.<br />
to swim<br />
private (prive") particulier<br />
six mols<br />
half a year<br />
to be at liberty pouvoir<br />
to avenge one's selfse venger<br />
avenger le vengeur, la ven-<br />
geresse<br />
tveek la semaine<br />
to succeed re"ussir<br />
to put the shoulder to the<br />
wheel mettre la main a<br />
I'o3uvre<br />
to walk marcher<br />
to try essayer<br />
slippery glissant<br />
road la route<br />
deeply profonde*ment<br />
XXXII. b.<br />
le pouce (L. pollicem) thumb<br />
(inch)<br />
le vers verse<br />
par co3ur, m. by heart<br />
a la bonne heure well done!<br />
le sage sage, wise man<br />
le savant scholar<br />
daigner to deign,<br />
descend<br />
to con-<br />
la teinture (dyeing) smat-<br />
tering<br />
se conduire to behave<br />
avoir la bosse de ... to<br />
have the knack for<br />
rien de rien nothing at all<br />
C. au moins at least<br />
d.<br />
do you? (GUI)<br />
not . . . either ne . . . pas<br />
non plus<br />
to Manage re'ussir (parvenir)<br />
a<br />
to persuade persuader<br />
as for me quant a moi<br />
in order that afin que<br />
( 1*8. 1)<br />
plain truth la pure v6rite<br />
not to know ignorer<br />
XXXIII. b.<br />
deviner to guess<br />
faire une pointe to turn<br />
aside,<br />
sion<br />
to make an excur-<br />
cela depend that depends<br />
on circumstances<br />
pousser (intrans.) to press,<br />
(to grow)<br />
1 a peu pres about<br />
ia chaleur (L. calorem) heat,<br />
(warmth)<br />
nuisible hurtful<br />
le concours competitive examination<br />
davantage ( 240) tnort<br />
enseigner to teach<br />
High<br />
d.<br />
Street la Grande Rue<br />
pair la paire<br />
a new pair of gloves, une<br />
paire de gants neufs<br />
to prepare preparer<br />
13. A. le baccalaureat - es-<br />
lettres<br />
the best that tan be<br />
had = le (s) meilleur (s)<br />
le gout taste<br />
possible<br />
XXXIV. b.<br />
poste-restante post ofjice,<br />
(to be left till called for)<br />
C. a fond thoroughly<br />
la chambre a coucher bed-<br />
d.<br />
to keep one's word tenir<br />
parole<br />
to strike frapper<br />
hot tres chaud<br />
to leave, partir<br />
to begin again, recommen-<br />
cer<br />
done, fait, fern, faite<br />
this very evening<br />
meme<br />
snare le piege<br />
post office la poste<br />
Europe 1'Europe, f.<br />
Africa 1'Afrique, f.<br />
within dans<br />
XXXV. b.<br />
se taire to be silent<br />
dire to say<br />
la betise foolish thing<br />
rnuet (mute) dumb<br />
le sot fool<br />
une e*toffe stuff<br />
ce soir<br />
le proprie*taire proprietor<br />
owner<br />
le nom name<br />
si ( 243) yes<br />
la clientele practice, custom,<br />
connexion<br />
ne . . . que ce que only what<br />
grand' chose much, a great<br />
deal<br />
la peine (L. pcena) trouble
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