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70 ADJECTIFS.
than the days. 3. Plato and Aristotle are the greatest of all Greek philosophers.
4. The Spaniards are not so rich as they might be ( 192;
b, 2). 5. Actions are more sincere than words. 6. Anger is at the same
time the most blind, the most violent, the most vile of all advisers.
7. The most useful insects are the silkworm and the bee. 8. (The) great
reputations are not always those (= the) best established. 9. The remedy
is often worse than the evil. 10. The worst of enemies are the flatterers.
11. Friendship renders prosperity more complete and adversity more
endurable. 12. Still waters run deep. 13. The reading of good books
is equal to a conversation with the most witty men of antiquity.
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legon: Adjectifs numeraux. 4244.
A quarter of a year; half a year.
Three quarters of a year; a year and a
A year and a half. [quarter.
A week; a fortnight.
To-day week.
(a) Trois mois; six mois.
Neuf mois; quinze
At twelve o'clock (noon) ; at midnight.
At one o'clock in the morning.
At two o'clock in the afternoon.
At a quarter past three.
At ten minutes past eight.
mois.
Dix -huit mois.
Huit jours; quinze jours.
D'aujourd'hui en huit.
Ily a aujourd'huihuit (quinze) jours.
De demain en huit (quinze) jours.
A raidi; a minuit*
A une heure du matin.
A deux heures dli soir.
A trois heures (et) un quart.
A huit heures et dix minutes.
A week (a fortnight) ago.
To-morrow week (fortnight).
(a 8 heures 10).
A quatre heures et demie (180). At half -past four.
A midi et demi. 12. 30 p. m.
A cinq heures moins un quart.
At a quarter to five.
A six heures moins cinq minutes. At jive minutes to six.
Neuf heures viennent de sonner. It has just struck nine.
D e deux j oursl'un. Tousles deux jours. Every other day.
Un a un. Deux a deux. One by one. Two by two.
Quelage avez-vous? Quel est votre Sow old are you?
age?
J'ai quatre -vingts ans. Je suis age* I am eighty.
de quatre - vingts ans.
Un sexage'naire; un septuage"naire ; A
un octogenairej un nonage'naire;
un centenaire.
man sixty, seventy years old.
eighty, ninety
a hundred
* Douze heures ne peut signifier que 'twelve hours 1
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(b) 1. Six personnes peuvent s'arranger autour d'une table de 720 fagons
differentes; sept, de 5040; huit, de 40,320; neuf, de 362,880; et dix, de
3,628,800 manieres, sans que la meme figure soit jamais repetee. 2. Quand
est-ce que Cortes debarqua au Mexique? L'an 1519. 3. Combien