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What a wicked brute ! Can (say could) he be dead ? And madame . . . what will she saj? And I» who have no friends I "
(161.) Continuation of Beflectives,
206. ^^ ^^ ë^^ ^P ^ ^^^^ ^^ ^^® ju^go* Samuel Weller was called (say one called^ etc.). The judge 575
asked him what his name was. All the spectators had
risen with us to look at the witness. At the moment
when the judge was asking him if he wrote his name
with a W., the father of the witne^s rose. " I write it
with a v.," said he. ** I have always called myself 580
Teller." " Who is it wbo writes it with a V. ? " said
the judge. *• Bring him here ! " We should have risen
to look at Mr. Weller's father if the usher had brought
him. But as the u»her had not found anybody, the
judge had turned to the witness. *' My father and I 585
(we) have always called ourselves Teller/' replied the
witness.
(162, 163.) Continuation of Seflectives. Recapitulation of oe qui.
207. ** Have you not yet recollected what happened to you?" asked Mr. Buzfuz. "My father and I," leplied the witness, " (we) have often recalled to our- 590 selves what Mr. Pickwick said to us.'* '* We don't want wliat Mr. Pickwick said to your father," said the counsel. **Becall to yourself what Mr. Pickwick said to you." *' My father and I have never bought
(to buy, acJèeier) for ourselves a full suit of clothes 595
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quite new," replied Weller. "We don't want what your father did," said Mr. Buzfuz. "Do yon not recollect what Mr. Pickwick said to you? Eecall to yourself what we want (say that of which we have goo needy* *' I recollect it very well," replied Weller. " You do not ask me what we had bought for ourselves. Ton ask me what Mr. Pickwick said to me. What he said to me was no great matter. He said to me, * Take care of those clothes which I am giving you.' "
PREPARATIONS.
All the words in pieoes 1-88 are given in the Alphabetical Vocabulary as well as in the Preparations. Oonstructions which beginners find difficult are explained as often as they occur. The English of isolated words which recur is, in general, given twice. But if a word recurs in the same piece, the English of it will only be given once there. Sergent "^nà ëergenU are, however» «.y., considered as two different words.
las diTsrsei armei» ike different
arm».
de, of.
rarmèe française, {the army
French); say the Frenth army.
sont, are.
l'infanterie, the infantry»
la cavalerie, the eavairy.
artillerie, artiUery.
et, and.
le génie, the (eorpê of) engineerê.
ehaque, eaeh.
est, iê.
eomposée, eompoaed.
simples soldats, common aoldifrs.
sons-officiers, (under); suy no/t-
eommisHoned offieerê, et, and.
i\e)offlcxerBy of offieen.
grade, rank.
caporal, eorporuL dans, in.
premier, firti.
au-dessus du, above ihêB lergent, ëergeant caporaux, corporals, sergents, tergeant».
au-dessus des, above the.
sont, are.
Bcui-lieutenant, eub-lieutenanL
capitaine, captain.
chef de bataillon, {chief of a bnU
talion); ou, or; commandant,
(commander); Ba,y major.
lieutenant-colonel, lieutenant'
roUmel.
general de brigade, (general of
brigade) ; say brigadier^gtiierai»
general de diTision, {general of
dioision) ; say general.
au-dessas de, aUbove. toas, all.
maréchal, say FUHd-Marshal.
mùS| hut marèchalat, (marêhaUhip) ; say
the office of Field-Marêhal.
n\e) , . . pas, noL uu, a.
grade, rank.
c'est, {thù); say tï if .
une dignitéi a dignity.
entière, whole.
enfin, finally.
divisée, divided.
en, into.
qnatre, four.
parties, parte.
active, active.
Tarmèe de réserve, (the army of reserve) ; say the army-reserve.
Tannée territoriale, {tJie territorial army); say tlie home reserve.
tout citoyen français, every French citizen.
soldat, say a soldier.
de, from.
vingt ans, (twenty years) ; say (ke age of twenty years.
à, to.
quarante, forty.
vingt-oiaq, twenty-five,
il bSt, he is.
toujours, always.
sous les armes, under (the) arms.
vingt-neuf, tvoenty-nine,
réserviste, eay a reserve-man.
a, (ai) ; say at the age of,
il passe, he passée.
dans, itUo.
trente-quatre, thirty-four.
en temps de guerre, in time of
war.
la France, (the) France, a, has.
denz, two.
millions, millions.
d'hommes, of men.
pour, for.
tout bon, every good. défense, defence.
la patrie, (the); say his eowdry, le premier, the first.
ses devoirs, his duties.
Français, Frenchman, service, service.
militaire, military.
ne . . . pas, noL seulement, only.
devoir, duty.
c'est, (t^M); sayitti.
honneur, honour.
en Korwège, t» Norway,
hiver, winter.
long, long.
le blé, {Vie) com.
cher, dear.
la vie, (the) life.
dure, hard.
on travaille, (one works); t&j
they work.
beaucoup, (much); say hard, gagnie, earns.
pen, litUe.
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ombre, shxidow.
son, ha'f penny.
aussi rare, as rare,
que, aê.
rayon, ray.
soleil, fun.
la morue sèobe, (the eod dry)
say dried cod, pain, bread.
des pauvres, o/ the poor.
de sciure, (o/ sawdust) ; say sat9-
dttst — .
bien, weU.
eonnu, hnoton, mets, (thing served-up, dish) ; say
thing to eaJL lain, healthy.
peu appétissant, (Z^^tZe appetizing);
say unappetizing,
paysan, peasant
déjeune d(e), hreahfaMs on,
bonne tranche, (jfoocl sZice.
tasse, cup.
eafé, co^ee.
i, at.
l'heure du diner, (the hour of the
dinner) ; say dinner-time.
soupière, soup tureen.
fume, smokes.
iur, on.
table, table.
le café, (tlie) coffee, luxe, Zu2urj/.
cabanes, cabins des pauvres, o/ the poor, la viande, (t/<e) meai, maisons, houses.
des riches, of (he rich.
terre, sotZ.
richesse, weaUh,
dn, o^ tAe.
mer, sea.
gag^e-pain, (unn-bread) ; say livt^ihitod.
Norwègien, Norwegian.
rété, (the) ; Huy t /« ««miner.
pêche, finîtes.
rhiver, (the) ; say in winter.
découpe, otUs out.
glace, ice.
grands morceaux, large pieces.
au commencement, at the beginning.
envoie, sends.
cette glace, this ice.
luxe, say the luxury.
habitants, inhahitants.
des pays, (of the) countries.
plus chauds, (more hot) ; say hotter.
à, to.
Londres, London.
partout, everywlierê
oil, where.
brille, sliines.
l'argent, (the) money.
abonde, aibounds.
eUa, sh»,
avait . . . cinquante-cinq ans,
(had fifty-five years); say was
fifty-five years old.
alors, then.
sa figure, herfaoe, était, wa». longue, long.
blanche, trhite.
ridée, wrinkled.
elle avait les yeux, (she had thé
eyes) ; say her eyes were.
petitB, tmaXL
noirs, hlach.
bienveillants, benevolent
nes, fio00.
oonrbé, (bent); say aquiline,
lèvres, lipe,
minées, thin.
dents, teeth,
noircies, blackened.
par, by.
snore, sugar.
dont, of which,
mangeait, ate.
trop, too much.
portait, (carried); say wore.
des bonoles d'oreilles, (aorne rings
of ears); Ba.y ear-rings.
de fanz chevenx ronz, (some false
hairs red) ; say red false hair.
petite oooronne, small crown.
sur, on.
la tête, (the) ; say her head,
eoUier, necklace,
pierres, sUmes.
précienses, preciouB*
brillait, gliltered.
poitrine, breast.
main, hand,
elegante, elegant
doigts, fingerê.
longs, long.
bien que, cdthougK
taille, (stature); say height
moyenne, middle,
demarche, gait.
majestneuse, majestic.
portait, (carried); say wore.
robe, dress.
soie, siik.
blanche, white.
semée, (sown) ; say covered,
de perles, with pearls.
grosses eomme, say as big cu.
des fèves, (some) beans.
en marchant, (in walking); say
a< she walked.
parlait, spoke.
tantôt . . . tantôt, sometimes . . »
sometimes^ or sometimes . . . at
otlier times.
Tnn, (tlie) one.
Tantre, (the other) ; say another, anglais, English.
françaÎB^ French»
italien, Italian, parle, speaks.
anssi, also.
le greo, (tlie) Greek.
latin, Latin, espagnol, Spanish, écossais, Scotch.
ineonnns de, unknoum by; say to, reine, queen.
anssi savante qne, as learned ae» puissante, powerfuL
sans sonoi means without care.
le mennier Arnold, (the) miller
Arnold, aimait, loved, son moulin, his miU.
comme, say as he loved.
sa propre vie, his own life, on, or.
comme, as.
Frederic, Frederick.
roi de Prusse, say the king of
Prussia.
la justice, (the) justice.
voilà qu(e), (belwld Uiat); say /a
and befiold i
PREPARATIONS — PART I.
nn beau jour, one fine day,
commence, begins*
à bâtir, to huUd.
chateau, (ectetUt) ; my country residenee,
tout près du, quite close to Ihe.
voisinage, neighbourhood.
n'incommodait pas, did not ineunvenience,
bien, (well); lay you may well suppose»
qui, who,
a bataillé, has done hatfU,
contre, against,
Autricbiens, Auftrianê,
Busses, Russians.
mérite, deserves,
bien, (well) ; say one would think,
un peu de repos, a little (of) repose.
ses Yieuz jours, his dd days.
iO.
roi, "king,
convoite, covets.
jardin, garden.
plein, full.
pelousds, laums.
fontaines, fountainê,
statues, statues.
grottes, grotios.
au lieu de, (in the place of) ; any
instead of.
tout cela, aU that.
on trouve, (o?<e finds); say you
find.
au bout, at the end, chaque, «ac^.
allée, avenue, insupportable, intolerable, sûrement, surely.
■on prix, its price.
se dit le roi, (to himself said the
king); fray said the king to
himself.
j*en donne, (I of it give) ; say 1
offer for it, deux, two, trois, three, six, six.
moulins, mtîZs.
scurd, deaf,
toutes les oi&es, all (he offere, gardes, keep, votre, your, argent, money, sire, say Your Majesty* dit-il, said hfiau, to the.
moi, je, (/), I, garderai, will keep, mes i^eux, my anoeston, enfin, at length.
las, tired,
opiniâtreté, obstinaey, menace, threatens, inébranlable, immovable.
Majesté, Majesty, oublie, forgets, qu(e), that.
jl 7 a des juges, there are (some)
Judges.
Australiens, Australianê*
ont, have.
sol, soil.
or, gold.
ciel, sky.
soie bleue, blue sUk,
femmes, women.
belles, beiiutifuL
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hoiiisidBf me%, gnmdi, toZL
blanos, {vchUe); wj fair, indignes, naiioes, an contraire, on the contrary, toxLt anssi noirs, quite as hlaek.
qne, as,
nègres, negroes,
d' Afrique, of Africa, or African, est-ce qne, (is it that); le soleil blanchit, {the sun whitens) ; »ay does the sun whiten, d'abord, at first,
les peanx, (t/*e); say men^s skins, pour les rendre, (for them to render) ; say in order to render them.
pins tard, (later); say in time, nn noir, a Hack, plus foncé, darker.
aux environs, in the nefghhour-
httod.
les pêches, (the) peaches, oranges, orangée, flguet, figs.
raisins, grapes.
tout anssi communs, quite as
eommon.
groseilles, gooseberries.
ehei nous, toith us, en revanche, (in revenge); say
to make up for this.
les choux, (the) calAjuges.
inouï, unheard of.
on monte, (one mounts) ; say they
mtmnt (trans.).
Bur des chevaux, (on some horses) ;
say on horseback, gamins, urchins, qui, who.
portent, carry.
les dépêches, mesêogeê»
télégraphiques, telegraphic au lieu de, instead of.
blanchieseuies, washerwomen, oe sont des Chinois qui, {ihey are) ,
say it is Chinamen who, lavent, wash.
linge, linen.
seuls, (mly, mendiants, beggars.
ce sont, (they are), légitimes, rightful possesseurs, ownert,
vieux, old,
fils, sons,
tons les, all (the),
étaient, were.
grands, taU,
gros, stimt.
paresseux, idle,
Kerre, Peter.
le plus gros, (the most rtoui); lay tJ^e stoutest.
bête, stupid.
pauvre, j9oor.
père, father.
bêchait, dug.
piochait, picked, plantait, planted.
Bornait, siiWfd.
sarclait, weeded, fauchait, mowed, herbe, grass.
verger, orchard.
fanait, mdde thf hay.
charroyait, carted.
foin, h ly.
moisson lait, reaped, blé, com.
secouait, shook.
PREPARATIONS — PART L
pranien, plum tr^es.
gprimpait dans, climbed {into), pommiers, apple treeê.
poiriers» pear trees*
ehaqne année, each year, travaillait, worked, davantage, {m*)re) ; say harder, gagnait, earned.
moins, lets, verger, orchard.
denz fois, {iuoo times) ; say twice.
plus grand, (larger) ; say as
large, jardin, garden maître, master,
vieillissaient, were grovaing older, ensemble, together.
on comptait, (07»6); say they
counted, poires, pears, par, by,
domaines, dozens, pommes, apples, manquaient, failed, absolument, entirely.
nn beau matin, otm fine morning, frères, brothers.
mangeaient, loere eating.
tranche, slioe.
jambon, ham.
le père, {ike) faiher.
ne bêche pas, is not digging.
done, then.
oe, this.
c'est vrai, (it is true); say you
are right.
n'est-ce pas qu(e), (is it not that) ;
il plante, (fie plaints) ; suy does
he not plank
aujourd'hui to-day.
des pommes de terre, (gome apples of earth); a&j potatoes.
leva, lifted.
bord, edge.
nappe, table-doth.
regarda, looked.
ses sabots, (his wooden shoes);
Bay his dngs.
encore, »tiU, là, there, la semence de — , (the seed of — ) ;
say the seed-potaUtes.
là-bas, (down there); say yonder, sac, sack.
coin, corner.
chapeau, hcU.
accroché au loquet, (hooked to
the) ; say hung on the latch.
je vais monter, ( T nm going to go
upstairs); say I unU — .
presque, almost.
aussitôt, immediately.
rentra dans, re-entered (into), cuisine, kitchen.
pleurant, tœeping, comme, like
petit enfant, little child.
là-haut, up there. more, dtad.
on enterre, (one buries) ; say
they — .
pleure, teeeps.
mangd, eats.
sans appétit, without appetite.
rôde, toanders.
tristement, tadly.
Autour de, round.
Jecte, Ihrotos.
la semenee. See 14.
anz pores, to the pigi.
enfin, finally.
range, puts in order.
chambre, room.
an fond, at the bottom*
armoire, presê.
trouva, found.
feuille, (leaf); saj sheet.
papier, paper.
de récriture, (some) writing.
testament, tcf/2.
écoutes, lUten.
lègue, hequeaih.
tous mes biens, aU my (goods) ; say
property.
lorsque, when.
mon, my.
grand-père, grandfather.
a planté, (has planted); say
planted.
enterré, buried, trésor, treasure.
encore, yet.
trouvé, found.
oe, iliiê.
pario, het.
que, that.
Taïeul, (the ancestor); say our
great grandfather, imbécile, stupid.
lequel, which. quand; when.
à l'œuvre, to (the) toorJc vite, qniek.
piochd, pickaxe.
travaille, works.
du matin au Boir,/roiii(<^)
ing to {(he) evening.
ereuse, digs.
des trous, (some) holes, un arbre, one tree, rencontre, meets, roeher, rock, puis, then.
semblables, simHof.
autre, other.
eneore, a^ain, mange, eats, avec, with.
ne . . . rien, noQiing»
trouve, finds.
bref^ in short.
si bien, so wdL remue, stirs.
à six pieds de profondeur, {to Hx
fevt of depth); say to a depth
of^.
rien! nothing,
on A trempé, (one has misled);
le père, (the father); say father
has been misled.
l'on, (one) ; say they.
remua, stirred, village, village.
montra ... du doigt, (showed
with the finger); baj pointed at.
ils . . . osaient, they dared.
ne . . . plus, no longer.
aller, (to) go.
an cabaret, to (he inn.
le soir, (the) ; say in (he evening.
restaient, remained.
à la maison, say at home.
puis, then.
PSEPARATIONS — PAST I.
les 10118, (the) pence.
étaient deyenoi, (toere) ; sa j had
become.
rares, rare, jf there,
ennuyant, vexatious.
an moins, ai (the) lea*t, plantons, lei t» jiUxni.
eette année, thU year.
trop de plnie, ioo mwih êf) rain.
pendant, during,
le printemps, {the) spring,
trop pen, too little.
partout, everywhere^»
rècoltOt crop,
mauyaise, had.
tout, everything,
poussait, eprouted»
juin, June.
tiges de fèves, (etalke of beans)
say beanstalks.
avaient six pieds de hauteur, (had
six feet of Jieight) ; say «oere —
déjà, already.
grosses comme, say as big as.
le poing, {thé) ; say your fist,
branehes, branches.
craquaient, cracked.
poids, weighi.
compta, counted.
boisseaux, bushels.
ayee le travail, with (the) worh.
le bonheur, (the) happiness,
était rentré, (was); say had r»>
entered.
vrai, true, c'est, (U) U.
tBx^for, pai de bosheUTi no happiness.
