lui fit porter à manger, sent her someihing to eat

4. petite ouvrière, a seamstress who does plain sewing and mending.

Page 65. — i. fini par se faire toUxtl, finally made her self tolerated,

2. RoUin, a French historian, bom at Paris in 1661; died in 1741. Rector of the University in 1694.

3. Mme de Pompadour (i 721-1764), mistress of Louis XV; she had great influence in French politics.

Page 67. — i. s'empressait autour de moi^ gathered eagerly about me.

Page 68. — i. je n'y pensais plus, see page 58, note i.

VOCABULARY

Many words identical or almott identical in French and Engliah hâve been purposely omitted.

à| at, in, to, by, for, from, on, after, about.

abaissement, m., lowering, abasement.

abandonné, m., ~e, /,, unfortunate.

abandonné, -e, forsaken.

abandonner, to abandon; s' — à, to give way to.

abattre, to eut down, hew down.

abbaye,/., abbey.

abbé, m,, abbot, abbé.

abîme, m., abyss, gulf, chasm, unf athomabie depth.

aboi(ement), m,, barking.

abord, m., access, admittance; d' — , at first.

abri, m., shelter ; être à 1' — de, to be proof against.

abricot, m,, apricot.

absoudre, to absolve, give 'absolution.

abuser de la confiance de quelqu'un, to abuse one's confidence.

accabler, to crush, bear down, overwhelm.

accepter, to accept.

accès, m,f attack, fit.

accomplir, to accomplish, complète ; s' — , to be f ulfiUed, be realized.

accorder, to grant.

accoter, to prop up, lean.

accourir, to run to, hasten to.

accoutrer, to accoutre, dress out

or up.

accoutumer, to accustom; s' —

à, accustom oneself to.

accroc, m., rent ; — à son habit,

a tear in one's coat.

accroupi, -e, squat, accueillir, to receive, make wel-

come.

acheter, to buy, purchase.

achever, to finish, consummate.

acquérir, to acquire.