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USED IN THE NOTES AND THE VOCABULARY

adj., adjective.

adv., adverb.

art., article.

aux., auxiliary.

Chr. or Chr. Fr., Chrestomathie Française.

cond., conditional.

con]., conjunction; conjunctive.

def., definite.

dem., demonstrative.

descr. p., descriptive past, or imperfect indicative.

dir., direct.

Jisj., disjunctive.

f., feminine.

fut., future.

jut. perf., future perfect, or future anterior.

ger., gerund ( = pres. part, after en).

imper., imperative.

impers., impersonal.

ind., indicative.

indir., indirect.

inf., infinitive.

inter j., interjection.

interr., interrogative.

intr., intransitive.

irr., irregular.

jur., jurisprudence, law.

/., line, lines.

lit., literally, literal.

m., masculine.

mil., military term.

«., noun.

narr. p., narrative past, preterit, or past definite.

neg., negative, negative expression.

neut., neuter.

num., numeral.

obj., object.

p., past; page, pages.

part., participle.

pers., personal, person.

plur., plural.

poet., poetical.

pop., popular form, word, expression, etc.

poss., possessive.

pred., predicate.

pref., prefix.

prep., preposition.

près., present.

pron., pronoun, pronominal.

p. subjunct., past subjunctive, or imperfect subjunctive.

recipr., reciprocal.

refl., reflexive.

rel., relative.

sing., singular.

subj., subject.

subjunct., subjunctive.

super I. , superlative.

trans., transitive.

v., verb.

= , the same as . . , equal to . .

= (without a following word), the same in English.

+ , followed by another word or by a grammatical ending.

o, left out in translation.

[ ], can be used after the preceding word, or before the following word; or can be omitted.

( ), in the French text, often

means: can be used, or is generally used, or is the correct form, or is used in literary style, etc., instead of the preceding word.

The heavy figures refer to the pages of the text; the lighter -figures, to the lines. .

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