voix — , undertone

au — de, at the foot of . be-

low, 25:3; jusqu'en — , aown

stairs, 113:10.

basané, swarthy, sunburnt.

bas-fonds, pi. lower distance,

as in a painiing.

bassin, m. pond, 14:15.

bataille,/, battle.

bateau, m. boat.

batelier, m. boatman.

bfttiment, m. building.

bfttir, build.

atiste, /. lawn, fine linen.

bftton, m. staff.

battant, m. clapper, tongue of

a bell.

battement de coeur, heart beat,

palpitation, 133:11.

battre, irr. beat, hammer;

se — , fight.

bavard, m. prattler, phrase-

monger.

béatifié, made blissfully com-

f or table, 64:10.

beau, bel, belle, beautiful,

handsome, fine, faîr, nice,

precîous, 131:7, careless, 186:

29; ma — , "old girl," of a

marCy 24:12.

beaucoup (de), much, many,

well, a good deal, hard, 147:

beau-père, m. father-in-law,

bec, prow of a hoat^ 180:1.

bel, see beau; bel esprit, m.

wit.

Belgique,/. Belgium.

belitre, m. scoundrel.

belle-mère, /. step-mother.

bénéfice, m. benefit.

bénir, bless.

benoît, complacently happy,

berceau, m. arbor.

bercer, rock a cradle.

berge, /. steep bank of a river. bergère, /. easy chair, berline,/, coach.

berlingot, m. carnage.

besoin, m. need, want; avoir —

need, hâve use for.

bestial, -aux, animal; pi. as

noun, cattle, 74:16.

bête, stupid, dull, unapprecia*

tive.

betterave, /. beet.

biche, /. roe, deer.

bicoque,/, hovel.

bien, very, really, quite, much,

plenty, well, very well, prob-

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