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146 VOCAEUL.AKY.<br />

to haunt poursuivre, obsedcr<br />

desponding decourageant<br />

LII. b.<br />

86 passer de to do without<br />

un allie" ally<br />

bredouiller to stammer<br />

tel many a one<br />

les Indes occidentals ,<br />

West Indies<br />

se rendre chez (a) to repair to<br />

d.<br />

to call for passer chez<br />

half -past seven (LXIV)<br />

along le long de<br />

pond Petang, m.<br />

slowy lentement<br />

to get excited s'e'mouvoir<br />

unreasonable deraisonnable<br />

to unlearn de"sapprendre<br />

practice la pratique<br />

for want of faute de<br />

pratiquer<br />

LIII. b.<br />

tm athlete athlete, wrestler<br />

le flot flood, wave, surge,<br />

tide<br />

la vague wave<br />

le fosse ditch<br />

la fosse (L. fossa) grave<br />

'<br />

large wide, broad<br />

le papillon butterfly<br />

le fermage rent<br />

la S* Jean Midsummer day<br />

tirer d'affaire to get out of<br />

difficulty<br />

au cas eche"ant the case oc-<br />

curring<br />

tout a coup suddenly<br />

redouter to dread<br />

la paille (L. palea) straw<br />

(flaw)<br />

C. laperce-neige snowdrop<br />

f.<br />

to sacrifice one's selj se<br />

sacrifier,<br />

Malta Malte<br />

se de"vouer<br />

silkworm le ver-a-soie<br />

tofaint perdre connaissance<br />

balcony le balcon<br />

LIV. I.<br />

humane humain<br />

being un etre<br />

like semblable a<br />

boldly hardiment<br />

LY. I.<br />

regiment le regiment<br />

to draw dessiner<br />

, to putt, tirer<br />

sight la vue, 1'aspect, m.<br />

altogether tout entier<br />

LVI. b.<br />

le paquebot packet boat<br />

to agree with convenir a<br />

Paraguay le Paraguay<br />

Brazil le Bresil<br />

Peru le Perou<br />

Chili le Chili<br />

coals (le charbon) lahouille<br />

wool la laine<br />

the Hague la Haye<br />

to be fond of aimer a<br />

sparing of avare de<br />

cotton le coton<br />

porcelain la porcelaine<br />

linen la toile<br />

les lunettes f.<br />

tacles<br />

LVII. b.<br />

( 116) spec-<br />

sain et sauf safe and sound<br />

le boulet cannon ball<br />

le poids (L. pensum) weight<br />

(le pois pea; la poix pitch)<br />

C. le drap woollen cloth<br />

en rester a to leave off at<br />

native natif<br />

Mediterranean la M6diter-<br />

rane"e<br />

to go shooting aller a la<br />

chasse au tir<br />

Joan Jeanne<br />

Burgundy la Bourgogne<br />

to exclaim s'e" crier<br />

as long as aussi longtempa<br />

que<br />

LVIIL b.<br />

le le'gume vegetable<br />

le solitaire recluse, hermit<br />

aisement easily<br />

vermeil rosy<br />

C. 1'epicier grocer<br />

d.<br />

flatterer le flatteur<br />

admirer un admirateur<br />

wit 1'esprit, m.<br />

common sense le sens com-<br />

mun<br />

earthquake<br />

de terre<br />

le tremblement<br />

roll le petit pain<br />

home-made bread le pain de<br />

manage<br />

to overcome surmonter<br />

to taste gouter, deguster<br />

LIX. b.<br />

la charge charge, office<br />

un dpouvantail scarecrow<br />

eloigner (from loin)<br />

move, to keep off<br />

to re

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