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VOCABULAIRE

NoTe.—This Vocabulary excludes all words that occur within the first thousand in frequency tabulated by Professor George E. Vander Beke (cf. Publications of the American and Canadian Committees on Modern Languages, Vol. XV). Itis taken for granted that the student who uses this text will have become acquainted with the commonest words in French usage from previous reading, and that their repetition here would be a hindrance rather than an aid. 1t must be noted also that the English equivalents apply only to the French word or phrase as it is used in the text and do not attempt to include the many

other possible shades of meaning.

ABBREVIATIONS adj. adjective p. fut. past future ad. adverb p. part. past participle conÿ. conjunction pl. plural Î. feminine prep. preposition fam. familiar pres. present fut. future pres. part. present participle interj. interjection pro. pronoun m. masculine sing. singular p. abs. past absolute subj. subjunctive p. des. past descriptive v. verb

a pres. ind. of avoir; il y — there is, there are, to be something wrong,

ago abandonné, -e abandoned s’abandonner à to indulge in abasourdi, -e astounded

abattre to knock over; s’ — to fall down, to swoop down

abbatu, -e overwhelmed abbaye f. abbey

abbé m. abbé, priest abeille f. bee

abîme m. abyss

abondance f. abundance; wine well mixed with water

d’abord first, first of all, at first aborder to approach, to speak to aboyer to bay, to yelp

abri m. shelter; à l — de safe from abruti, -e stupefñed

abrutir to stupefy

absolu, -e absolute

absorber to consume

et -e (de) crushed, overwhelmed

y accepter to accept; faire — to offer

acclamer to acclaim

accommodé, -e dressed, seasoned

accompagner (de) to accompany (by)

accomplir to accomplish; faire — to bring about

accueil m. reception

accueillir to welcome, to honor s’acheminer to journey acheter to buy

achever to finish

acier m. steel