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justement, just.

justesse,/., justness; accuracy;

précision, justice, /., justice; judicial au-

thorities.

justicier, m., justiciary; judge.

la,/., the; à — , in the style of.

là, there; bas, over there,

yonder; dessus, on that;

thereupon; c'est — , it is;

that is.

labeur, m., labor.

laboratoire, m., laboratory.

labourer, to till, plough.

laboureur, m., farmer, plough-

man.

lac, m., lake.

lâche, loose; lax; cowardly ; mean.

lâcher, to relax; to loosen; to

let go.

lacune,/., lacuna; deficiency.

laine,/., wool.

laïque, lay; civil, laisse,/., leash.

laisser, to leave; to let, al-

low; — faire, to let alone; to

let go on.

lait, m., milk.

laitage, m., milk-food.

laitière, /., milkmaid, dairy-

maid. lambeau, m., rag; shred.

lamé, -e, worked with wire,

spangled.

lancer, to throw; to hurl; to set

in motion; to send out; to

launch ; lancé, rushing.

lande,/, heath, moor.

langage, m., language.

langue,/., tongue; language.

langueur,/, languor.

languir, to languish.

lapider, to stone; to pelt; (to

tear to pièces).

lapin, m., rabbit.

lapon, -e, Laplandish; Lap-

lander.

laquais, m., lackey.

large, broad; large, largesse, /., largess; bounty;

donation, largeur,/., breadth; largeness.

larme,/., tear.

larmoyant, -e, tearful; lachry-

mose.

las, -se, tired.

lasci-f, -ve, lascivious.

lasser, to tire.

latin, -e, Latin; Roman, laver, to wash.

leçon,/., lesson.

lec-teur, -trice, m.,/., reader.

lecture,/, reading.

lég-er, -ère, light; slight.

légèreté,/, lightness.

légiste, m., jurist, authority on

law.

légitime, legitimate.

légitimer, to legitimate.

légume, m., vegetable.

lent, -e, slow, lésion,/., lésion, injury.

lest, m., ballast.

leste, nimble; indecorous.

lettré, -e, lettered, literate, liter-

ary, learned.

lever, to raise; to rise; to take

away ; to levy.

lever, m., getting up; levée, lèvre,/, lip.

levrette,/, greyhound.

liaison, /., joining, connection,

tie; amour; intrigue.

liane,/, liana, tropical creeper.

liard, m., liard (the fourth part

of a" sou ") ; f arthing.

librairie,/, book-trade.

libre, free.

lie,/, lees; dregs.

lien, m., bond, lier, to bind, connect.

lierre, m., ivy.

VÛCABULARY

lieu, m., place; — commun,

common-place : tenir — de,

to fill the place of.

lieue,/., league.

lieutenance, /., lieutenancy.

ligne,/., line.

limonâdi-er, -ère, m.,/., dealer

in lemonade, refreshment-

room keeper.

lingot, m.s ingot; block.

liqueur,/, liquor ; liquid; drink.

lire, to read.

lit, m., bed.

litière,/., litter; straw.

littéraire, literary.

littérateur, m., literary man.