partie, la, part, division

partir, to go off, start.

partout, everywhere.

parvenir, to arrive.

pas, le, step.

passer, to pass, place, put

on (garment) ; passer sur,

to overlook ; se passer, to

be in progress, happen.

VOCABULAIRE

patron, le, skipper.

patte, la, paw, foot. pavé, le, paving-stone.

pavillon, le, flag, colours.

peau, la, skin.

pêche, la, fishing.

pêcher, to fish.

pêcheur, (adj.) fishing, (n.)

fisherman.

peine, la, difficulty, trouble;

à peitie, hardly.

pelure, la, peelings.

pencher, to lean.

pendant, during ; penaant

que, while.

pensée, la, thought.

percer, to pierce.

perdreau, le, partridge.

perroquet, le, parrot, top-

gallant sail.

pesanteur, la, weight,

gravity.

peser, to weigh, press on,

lower.

peu, le, small quant ity,little.

petir, la, fear ; faire peur à,

to frighten ; avoir peur de,

to be afraid of.

philologique, linguistic.

phoque, le, seal.

pierrier, le, swivel-gun.

pilote, le, helmsman.

^/«^■^r,pinch, press together.

j)ique,la,'ç'ùiQ; aux piques/

to arms.

piquer^ to prick ; piquer

une tête, to plunge, take

a header.

plein, full.

plumaison, la, plucking.

plume, la, feather.

plumer, to pluck.

plus, more ; ne . . . plus, no

longer, no more ; de plus,

besides ; tout ati plus, at

the outside.

plusieurs, several.

poche, la, pocket.

poil, le, hair ; bofinet à poils,

bearskin cap.

point du jour, le, daybreak.

pointe, la, point ; pointe du

pied, tiptoe.

poissoti, le, fish.

poitrine, la, chest.

pont, le, bridge, deck.

portée, la, reach, range.

porte-voix, le, speaking-

trumpet.

posséder, to possess.

potage, le, soup.

pot-cm-feu, le, soup with

méat.

pouce, le, thumb, inch.

poudre, la, powder.

poule, la, chicken.

poulie, la, pulley.

pouvoir, le, povver.

pourvoyeur, le, purveyor.

pousser, to push, grow,

utter. pratique, la, customer.

{se) précipiter^ to rush.

préoccupé, thoughtful.

près, près de, near ; à peu

pris, about, nearly.

prévenir, to inform.

prier, to beg, pray.

prise, la, prize, capture.

proche (adj.), near.

proie, la, prey.

à propos, by the way.

propre, proper, own.

proprement, neatly.

propreté, la, cleanliness, p?'ovençal,o{ Provence (part

of S. France).

puis, then.

puissance, la, power, nation.

qua7it à, as for.

quart, le, quarter ; de quart,

on watch.

quelconque, somt — orother,

any whatever.

quête, la, quest, search.

quinzaine de Jours, la,

fortnight.

quoique, although.

racofiter, to relate.

raisonnement, le, reasoning. ralhimer, to light again.

ramasser, to pick up.

ranger, to arrange, pack.

rapporter, to bring back, relate.

[se) rapprocher de, to draw nearer to.

rassurer, to reassure.

râtelier, le, set of teeth.

ravissement, le, rapture.

rayer, to stripe.

rayon, le, ray.

récalcit7-ant, refractory.

réchauffer, to warm up.

recherche, la, search, searching.

reconnaître, to recognize.

recourir à, to hâve recourse to.

redingote, la, frock-coat.