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132 VOCABULARY.<br />

an hour and a half une<br />

heure et demie<br />

in vain en vain<br />

no one )<br />

(Sub/. : ' '<br />

personne<br />

ne<br />

.'<br />

\ Object: ne . . .<br />

personne<br />

\<br />

to answer, repondre a<br />

III. b.<br />

a I'e'poque ou at the time<br />

when<br />

1'Angleterre, f. England<br />

Norman d Norman<br />

le concierge door-keeper<br />

le cocher coachman<br />

sur - le - champ immediately<br />

(on the spot)<br />

chaque, adj. each, every<br />

chacun, pron. each one,<br />

every one<br />

le matin morning<br />

la rue, la ruelle street, lane<br />

pour, conj.<br />

in order to<br />

(pour, prep, for)<br />

le mendiant beggar<br />

aveugle blind<br />

reconnaitre ( 99. c) to re-<br />

cognize, to acknowledge<br />

le pas ( 108. IV) step, pace<br />

de loin from a distance<br />

le sou = i/go franc = 5 centimes<br />

= 1 half penny<br />

un orage storm<br />

hier soir yesterday evening<br />

tout a coup all of a sudden<br />

la lumicre ( 116) light<br />

e"clatant bright, brilliant<br />

un arc-en-ciel ( 22. b)<br />

rainbow<br />

Un (une) eleve pupil<br />

toe ... rien nothing<br />

appris (P.P. o/apprendre,<br />

learnt<br />

facile easy<br />

distrait absent in mind<br />

triste sad<br />

la nourelle news<br />

au moment, at the time<br />

concevoir (L. concipere) to<br />

conceive<br />

l'espe*rance, f. , 1'espoir, m.<br />

hope<br />

C.<br />

le 'heros hero<br />

defendre to defend<br />

Tan, m. ; Tanned, f. the year<br />

Eusse Russian<br />

briiler to burn<br />

la decouverte the discovery<br />

incendier to set fire to.<br />

d.<br />

to arrive arriver<br />

as soon as des que, aussitot<br />

que<br />

to breakfast dejeuner<br />

to leave quitter<br />

town la ville<br />

while pendant que<br />

postman le facteur<br />

master le maitre<br />

distracted dperdu<br />

industry la diligence, 1'as-<br />

siduite", f.<br />

fishing -tackle les ustensiles<br />

(m.) de peche<br />

whenever quand<br />

orator Torateur<br />

to listen to ecouter (with-<br />

out prep.)<br />

respect le respect<br />

to repeat repcter<br />

to flourish fleurir<br />

among chez<br />

Chinese Chinois<br />

remote recule"<br />

periodla pe"riode, Fepoque, f.<br />

stone la pierre<br />

to fall tomber<br />

head la tgte<br />

to kill tuer, assommer<br />

every time chaque fois<br />

same meme<br />

child enfant<br />

poor pauvre<br />

to mount monter<br />

cliff la falaise<br />

several plusieurs<br />

vessel le vaisseau, navire<br />

to sink sombrer, couler<br />

to spring a leak faire une<br />

voie d'eau<br />

Egyptian Egyptien<br />

to build batir, construire<br />

Pyramid la Pyramide<br />

governess, 1'institutrice, la<br />

gouvernante,<br />

IV. b.<br />

26.<br />

remarquer to remark, to notice.<br />

la desinence inflection<br />

ajouter (L. L. adjuxtare) to<br />

add<br />

tandis que (<br />

reussir (0. F.<br />

275) whilst<br />

ussir = L.<br />

exire) to succeed<br />

souhaiter to wish<br />

servir to serve, to help to<br />

le potage soup<br />

s'il vous plait if you pleasee<br />

to take<br />

prendre<br />

le the tea<br />

le cafe" coffee<br />

aimer mieux to prefer<br />

le beurre (L. butyrum) butter<br />

trahir (L. tradere) to betray<br />

la canne cane<br />

plier (L. plicare) to bend, to<br />

fold<br />

ainsi thus<br />

permettre to allow, to permit<br />

C.<br />

re*n

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