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partie, /., part partir, to set out, go

partout, everywhere.

parut, prêt of paraître, parvenir, to arrive, reach, suc-

ceed.

parvenu, -e, part, of parvenir, parvint, prêt, of parvenir, pas, no, not; ne ... — ^ not; —

de, no.

pas, m., step, pace.

passage^ m., passage.

passager, m., passenger.

passant, m,, passer-by.

passeport, m., passport.

passé, -e, past.

passer, to pass, spend, happen;

se — f to pass, happen, take

place; cela m'a passé, that has

passed my compréhension.

passi-f, -ve, passive, passivement, passively.

pastoral, -e, pastoral.

patience, f., patience.

patriarcal, -e, patriarchal.

patron, m,, pattern.

patte, f., flap.

Paulin, pr,n,,m., Paulin.

pauvre, poor.

pauvre, m., poor person.

pauvreté, f., poverty.

pavé, m., pavement.

payer, to pay.

pays, m., country, place.

paysan, m., -ne, f., peasant.

peau, f., skin.

pécheur, m., sinner.

peine, f,, pain, affliction, diffi-

culty, penalty; à — , hardly.

pêle-mêle, pell-mell, confusedly.

pénal, -e, pénal, pénalité, /., pénal System.

pencher; se — ^ to bend, bend

down.

pendant, during; — que, while.

pendre, to hang, hang down,

suspend.

pénétrer, to penetrate.

pénombre, f., darkness, mental

confusion.

pensant, -e, thinkîng.

pensée, /., thought.

penser, to think.

pensi-f, -ve, pensive, thoughtful.

perception, f,, perception.

perdition, f., perdition, ruin.

perdre, to lose ; se — , to be lost perdrix, f,, partridge.

père, m,, father, church father.

permettre, to permit, allow.

permission, f., permission.

perpétuel, -le, perpétuai.

perruque, /., wig.

personne, anyone ; ne . . . — , no-

body, no one.

personne, /., person.

perspective, f,, perspective.

perte, /., loss; à — de vue, until

lost to sight.

perversité, /., perversity.

pesée, f., weighing; faire — , to

oppress.

peser, to weigh. petit, -e, little, small, short; en

— , on a small scale.

petit, m., little child. [ Gervase.

Petit-Gervais, pr. n., m., Little pétrifier, to petrify.

peu, little; — à — , gradually.

peur, /., fear; avoir — ^ to be

afraid.

peut, près, of pouvoir, peut-être, perhaps.

peuvent, près, of pouvoir, phase, f,, phase, stage, phénomène, m., phenomenon.

physiologiste, m., physiologist.

physionomie, f., physiognomy.

physique, physical.

physiquement, physically.

pièce, f., pièce, room, apartment,

pièce of money ; tout d'une — ,

altogether, completely ; —

d'estomac, . stomacher; —

blanche, silver coin.

pied, m., foot; à — , on foot; de

plain — , on a level.

pierre, /., stone.

Pierre, pr,n.,m.. Peter; Saint

— , St. Peter, the apostle;

Epistles of St. Peter, pin, m., pine.

pinte, f., pint.

piquer, to spur.

pire, worse, worst.

pitié, f., pity. placard, m., cup-board.

place, f., place, square, room.

placé, -e, placed.

plaie, f., wound.

plain, -e, even, level.

plaindre, to pity.

plaine, /., plain.

plaire, to please; s'il vous plaît,

if you please.

plan, w., plan.

planche, f., plank.

planer, to soar.

plant, m., plant.

planter, to plant, set.

plat, -e, flat.

plateau, m., table-land, scale

pan.

plate-bande, f., flower-bed.

plein, -e, full, filled. .

pleurer, to weep, cry.

pleuvoir, to rain.

plier, to fold, bend.

plieuse, f., folder.

plissement, m., foldîng, curling.

plonger, to plunge, sink.

plus, more ; non — y either ; de —

en — f more and more ; ne ...

— ^ no more ; un ... de — ,

another; — de, more.

plusieurs, several, many..

plutôt, rather.

poche, f„ pocket.

Poichevert, pr,n., a street in

Digne, poids, m., weîght, burden.

poignant, -e, poignant poignée, f., handful.

poignet, m., wrist poil, m., hair.

poing, m.y fist point, not ; ne — ^ not at ail.

point, m., point, speck, moment;

à ce — , to such a degree ; — du

jour, break of day; c'est au

— que, he even went so far as.

pointe, /., point, tip.

XK>intu, -e, pointed.

poire, f., pear ; — à poudre, pow-

derhorn.

poissonier, m., fishmonger.

poitrine, f., breast, chest.

poli, -e, polite.

police, /., police, pont, m., bridge, deck.

Pontarlier, pr. n., m., a town of

eastern France in the depart-

ment of Doubs.

populace, f., populace, mob.

porte, f., door, gâte, porter, to carry, wear.

portière, f., portress.

poser, to place.

positi-f, 'Ve, positive, certain.

position, /., position.

possible, possible.

posture, /., posture.

pot, m., jug.

potence, f., cross-beam.

pour, to, in order to, for, as for ; — que, so that

pourquoi, why.

pourriez, cond, of pouvoir.

poursuivre, to pursue, continue.

pourtant, however, yet, nevertheless.

pousser, to grow, push, împel,

poussière, /., dust [utter.

pouvoir, to be able, can, may, need ; se — , to be possible ; eût pu, could hâve; vous pouviez ne pas me dire, you need not hâve told me.

pouvoir, m., power.

pratiquer, to practice. [tion.

précaution, f., précaution, eauprécipice, m., précipice.

précipitamment, precipitately.

précipiter, to precipitate.

précisément, just then, just

prédestiner, to prédestine.

préfecture, /., préfecture; hôtel de la — , building of the administrative office, including the prefect's apartments.

préfet, m., prefect

préjugé, m., préjudice.

préméditation, f., premeditated deeds.

premi-er, -ère, first, former.

premièrement, firstly, first.

prendre, to take, take hold of,

take on, assume.

prennent, près, of prendre, préoccuper, to preoccupy.

près, near; — de, near; de — ^

near.

prescription, f., precept

prescrire, to prescribe.

présence, f., présence, présent, m., présent; à — , now.

présenter, to présent; se — , to

présent one's self, presque, almost.

presser, to press.

pression, f., pressure.

prêt, -e, prepared.

prêter, to lend ; — oreille, to give

ear, listen.

prêtre, w., priest prévoir, to foresee, provide for.

Prévost, see Le Prévost, prévôt, m., provost prévoyance, f., foresight.

prévu, -e, part, of prévoir.

prie-Dieu, m., praying-desk.

prier, to pray, ask.

prière, f., prayer.

pris, -e, part, of prendre, prise, f., hold.

prison, f,, prison, prisonnier, w., prisoner.

prit, prêt, of prendre, probable, probable.

probablement, probably.

prochain, m., neighbor.

proclamation, f., proclamation.

prodigieu-z, -se, prodigious, vast.

produire, to produce, produit, m.j produce, proceeds.

proférer, to speak.

profondeur, /., depth.

profil, m., profile, profiter, to profit profond, -e, profound, deep.

profondément, profoundly, deep-

ly, Sound.

profondeur, f,, depth.

proie, f., prey. projet, m., project, scheme.

prolongation, f., prolongation, prolonger, to prolong; se — , to be prolongea.

promenade, /., promenade, walk.

promener, to turn; se — , to take

a walk.

promettre, to promise, promis, -e, part, of promettre, prononcer, to pronounce, decree.

propos, m., discourse; à — , by

the way; à — , m,, seasonable-

ness.

propre, peculiar to.

propre, m,, characteristic protestation, f,, protest prouver, to prove.

providence, f,, providence, providentiel, -le, providential.

provision, /., provision, supply.

prudence, f., prudence.

pu, part, of pouvoir, puce, puce-colored, purple.

Puget, pr.n,,m., Pierre, French

painter and sculptor (1694).

puis, then.

puis, près, of pouvoir, puisque, since.

puissance, f., power.

punir, to punish.

pur, -e, pure.

put, prêt, of pouvoir.

Puy-Moisson, pr, n,, fictitious

name of a village near Digne.

pyramide, /., pyramid.

qu*, see que.

qualifier, to call, name.

quand, when, as.

quant à, as to.

quantité, /., quantity.

quarantaine, f,, about forty.

quarante, forty.

quarante-six, forty-six.

quart, m., quarter.

quatorze, fourteen.

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quatre, four.

quatrième^ fourth.

que, that, what, which, whom, how, why, than, when, until, since, because, whether, as if, as ; ne , . . — , only ; de faire — , to act as though.

quel, -le, what

quelconque, whatever, any . . .

whatever.

quelque, some, any; quelqu'un.

-uns, '

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