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faire la dernière

bouchée, to wash down the last

mouthful.

passioner, se , to rave, to

grow enthusiastic about.

patatras, down you go, bang,

crash.

VOCABULARY

pâte, /., dough; tendre,

brittle ware.

paternelrle, fatherly.

patience, /, patience, common

name for a meadow plant, patine, yi, stamp, bloom.

patron,-ne, boss, patron, patron

saint.

paupière,/, eyelid.

pauvre, poor.

payer, to pay, to pay for.

pays, »*., country, country-

side.

pay8an,-ne, m., peasant.

peine,/, trouble, pain ; faire de

la , to hurt a person's feel-

ings ; à , scarcely, hardly.

peindre, to paint.

peins, see peindre.

peintre, /»„ painter.

peloton, m., bail.

pencher, to bend.

pendant, during ; que,

while.

pendre, to hang, to suspend.

pendule,/, clock.

pénétré, saturated, imbued.

pénétrer, to penetrate, to pierce

to enter.

pénible, painful, hard.

pénombre,/, dim light.

pensée,/, thought, mind.

penser, to think; y , to

think of it.

percer, to pierce, to dawn, to

appear; je vois , I catch

a glimpse of .

percher, to perch.

perdre, to lose ; se , to cause

one*s min or downfall.

perdre, lost, gone, past, p. 30 1. i

ruined, caused the downfall.

père, m. y father.

permettre, to aUow ; se , to

dare, to allow one*s self, to hâve

the impudence.

permis, see permettre, persévérer, to persévère.

persistant,-e, persistent.

personalité,/, personality.

personnage, m.^ people, figure.

personne, /, person; en 1

in person, in the flesh. perBonnel,-le, personal.

pétale, ;»., petal.

petit, m.^ little one; font des

petits, hâve little ones, mul-

tiply ; de tout petits, very

small, very little ones.

petit,-e, little, small, tiny.

pétrir, to knead.

peu, little, f ew ; à , little

by little ; à près, about ;

pour 1 provided.

peupler, to people, to inhabit, to

stock.

peut-être, perhaps.

peut or peux, see pouvoir. ' phrase,/, sentence.

physionomie, /, physiogno-

my.

pièce, /, pièce, play, room; la

, a pièce.

pied, m. y foot ; donner du -

to kick; haute d'un —

foot high ; ne touche pas du

la terre, does not tread

the earth, soars aloft.

pierre,/, stone.

pierrots, m. pi., sparrows, chippies, piétiner, to trample under foot.

pigeons-cravatte,f ancy pigeons.

pimpantf-e, ail dressed up, spick

and span.

pinceau, ///., paint bnish.

pinson, ///., chaffinch.

pis, worse.

pitié, /, pity ; ce qui me fait

, what I am sorry for.

pitoyable, pitiable.

pittoresque, picturesque.

place, /!, place, square, seat;

prendre , to sit à.ovm ; à

ta , in your stead.

placer, to place.

plafond, m.y ceiling.

plaigne, see plaindre, plaindre, to pity; se , to

complain.

plaire, to please ; se à, to

take pleasure in. planche,/., drawing, eut.

plante,/, plant.

planter, to plant, to set up.

plaquer, to apply, to fling clay.

plastique, plastic.

plat, m., dish.

plâtre, m. y plaster of Paris.

plein,-e, full.

pleurer, to weep, to moum.

pleurs, m, pl.<, tears.

pli, m.y fold.

plume,/, feather, pen.

plumeau, m., feather duster.

plus, more ; le , most.

plusieurs, several.

plut, see plaire.

plutôt, rather.

poche,/, pocket.

poids, ///., weigbt.

poignée,/, handful.

poignet, m., wrist.

poil, /»., hair.

poindre, to dawn, to stick out.

point, m. y point, tip; de

vue, standpoint; en tout

réussie, a great success, perf ect

in every way ; a ce , to that

extent.

pointer, to stick out.

pointillé, studded, bristling with.

poitrine,/, chest.

porcelaine,/, china, porcelain.

porte,/, door.

portée,/, reach.

porte-feuille, m ., portfolio, pocket-book.

porter, to carry, tobear, to wear;

envie, to envy ; se ,

— haut son

to be; veut

nom, p. 8 1. 23, wants to make

a name for himself.

pose,/, pose, posé, laid down.

poser, to pose, to sit, to put, to

lay down.

posséder, to own, to hâve, to

possess.

pot, m^ pitcher; au lait,

milk pitcher.

potée,/, libéral supply, a lot.

VOCABULARY

potier, ;;/., potter ; de terre, a common earthenware maker.

pouce, m.., thumb, inch.

poule,/, hen; de Cochin-

chine, Cochin China hen.

pour, for, in order to, so as to ;

quoijwhy; peu que,

if, provided.

pourra, see pouvoir.

poursuite,/, pui-suit.

poursuivre, to pursue.

pourtant, still, yet, however.

pourvoir, to provide.

pourvu, provided.

pousser, to push, to utter, to grow.

poussière, /, dust.

pouvoir, to be able, can.

précaution,/, précaution.

précieuz,-se, precious, priceless.

précisément, precisely.

précoce, precocious.

prédire, to predict.

préfet, m.^ mayor.

préjudice, m. y détriment, préjudice.

preniier,-ère, first ; première représentation, first night.

prendre, to take ; en , take

some ; note, to take note.

presbyte, far-sighted people.

près de, near; fut

was on the point, nearly ; à peu

, just about, about, nearly ;

au plus , nearest.

présence,/, présence.

présent, m., présent.

présenter, to présent, to oifer.

presque, almost, nearly.

presser, to press.

prestement, quick as a flash.

présumé,-e, supposed.

prêt, m.y loan.

prêt,-e, ready.

prêter, to lend.

prétexte, m. y excuse.

prétexter, to pretext, to prétend.

prétendre, to prétend, to expect.

prévenir, to wam, to tell.

prévoyant, thoughtful.

prévu, foreseen.

prévoir, to warn, to foresee,

prier, to beg, to pray.

prière,/, prayer.

pris, see prendre ; de

respect, full of respect.

privation,^!, sacrifice, privation.

privé, deprived; lézard ,

tame lizard.

priver, to deprive.

privilège, m., privilège.

prix, m.y prize, price ; de

Rome, a prize awarded by the

Art School, enabling a student

to study five years in Italy, ail

expenses being paid.

probable, probable, likely.

problème, m.y problem.

prochain,-e, next, near by, com-

ing.

proche, near.

proclamer, to proclaim.

procurer, to procure, to obtain.

prodigue, lavish ; Tenfant >

the prodigal son.

VOCABULARY

produire, to produce ; se ,

to take place.

produit,-e, produced, made.

profit, m. y profit, advantage ;

tirer , to reap advantage,

to take advantage.

profiter, to take advantage, to profit.

profond, deep.

progrès, m.j progress.

proie,/, prey.

projet, m.y plan ; s'arrêta au

, he hit upon the plan, he

decided or fixed upon the plan.

promenade, m., walk.

promener, to walk, to take

about, to carry around ; se ,

to take a walk.

promesse,/, promise, eamest.

promettre, to promise ; se ,

to intend.

prononcer, to pronounce, to décide.

propager, to propagate, to spread.

propice, propitious, right.

propos, m. y remarks, talk, exchange of words ; de

bonne arrivée, first exchange

of courtesies ; à , by the way,

conceming ; à de, about, in

connection with.

proposer, to propose.

proposition,/, proposai.

propre, own, before noun, clean, after noun.

propreté,/, cleanliness.

propriété,/, property.

provenance,/, origin.

prouver, to prove, to demon-

strate.

province, /, country, province ;

ville de , provincial town ;

acteur tragique de , a

stroUing player, a third-rate

actor.

proviseur, w., director.

provoquer, to provoke, to elicit.

pu, see pouvoir.

public,-que, public.

puis, then.

'pvÀAtpres. ind. ^pouvoir, puiser, to draw.

puisque, since.

puissance,/, power.

puisse, can, may ; see pouvoir, punir, to punish.

pur,-e, pure, graceful, shapely.

purifier, to purify.

quand, when ; p. 43 1. 23,

je

consentirais, if I were to

consent.

quant, as ; à, as for, as to.

quart, quarter ; petit

d'heure, a short quarter of an

hour.

quatorze, fourteen.

quatre, four, que, that, which, lest, than, as ;

ne . . . , only, but.

quel,-le, what, what a.

quelque, some, any, a few, how-

ever; fois, sometimes;

peu, slightly.

quémandeur, coaxing.

VOCABULARY

qui, who, which, that.

quinze, fifteen.

quinzième, fifteenth.

quitter, to leave, to leave off .

quoi, what ; ce à , to which.

quoique, although, whatever.

quotidien,-ne, daily.

raccomnioder, to mend.

raconter, to relate.

radieuz,-8e, radiant.

rafraîchir, to refresh.

rafraichiBsant, refreshing.

railler, to rally, to tease, to make

fan, to déride.

raillerie, y., mockery, ridicule,

railery.

raison, /, reason; avoir ,

to be right.

raisonner, m., to reason.

ramage, m.^ song, twitter.

rameuse, branchlike.

ramper, to crawl, rangement, m., orderliness, tidi-

ness.

ranimer, to reanimate, to revive.

rapide, quick.

rapidité,/., speed.

rappeler, to call back, to remind ;

se , to remember.

rapport, m. y report, connection,

income ; par au, concem-

ing ; être d'un beau , to

pay well, to bring in a good

income.

rapporter, to carry back, bring

in, to report; s'en à, to

leave it to, to abide by, to rely

upon.

rapprocher, to bring close to-

gether, to draw near.

rassurer, to reassure.

râtelier, m., hay rack.

ravisBant,-e, charming.

ravissement, m., rapture.

rayonnante, beaming.

rayonner, to beam.

réalisation,/., realization, fulfil-

ment.

réalisé,-e, realized, received.

réalité,/, reality.

rebelle, rebellions.

rebondie, swollen, puffed out,

bulging.

recevoir, to receive.

recherche,/, quest.

récipient, m., réceptacle, récit, m. y account, récital, speech.

réciter, to recite.

réclamer, to daim.

recommander, to recommend.

récompense,/, reward.

reconduire, to escort, to show

out.

reconnaissance,/, gratitude, reconnaître, to recognize.

récréation,/, recess. reçut, see recevoir.

redresser, to draw up, to stand

up straight.

réduire, to reduce, to eut down.

réduit, reduced, driven.

réduction, /, réduction, reproduction in mmu!^!»!»* réel, real.

VOCABULARY

réfléchir, to think, to reflect.

refermer, to close, again.

reflet, m., reflexion, afterglow.

réflexion,/, thought.

refus, /»., refusai; anticipé,

refusai beforehand.

refuser, to refuse.

regagner, to get back to.

regard, m.^ look.

regard, m.y glance; promener

ses s, to glance.

regarder, to look, to concem, to

be the business of.

régénérer, to regenerate.

règle,/, raie.

régler, to settle accounts.

régner, to reign.

regretter, to regret.

régulier, symmetrical.

régulièrement, regularly.

rehaut, m. y feet, setting, relievos. rejeter, throw back.

réjouir, to rejoice.

réjouissant, cheering.

relation,/, relation, transaction,

intercourse.

relevé, tumed up.

relever, to raise, to tum up.

remarquable, remarkable.

remarquer, to notice.

remercier, to thank, to dismiss,

to dismiss with thanks.

remettre, to hand over, to put

back, to recover; se , to

begin again, to résume, to set

one^s self again to.

remis,-e, see remettre, remonter, to rise again.

remplacer, to replace.

remplir, to fill, to fulfil.

Renaissance, the revival of art.

renattre, to be bom again.

rencontrer, to meet, to ran against, to corne across.

rendez- vous, m., tryst, meeting, appointment.

rendre, to render, to give bacl^

to reproduce ; se , to go, to

betake oneself, to become; se

compte, render an ac-

count, to ascertain.

renfermer, to shut up.

renommée, /, renown, réputation.

renoncer, to renounce, to give up.

renouveler, to renew.

renseignement, ^., information.

rentrer, to return, to re-enter.

renversé, overthrown.

répandre, to scatter, to shed.

réparation,/, repair.

réparer, to repair.

répartir, to answer.

repas, m,j meal.

repasser, to pass again.

répéter, to repeat.

répliquer, to retort, to reply.

répondre, to reply, to answer;

à, to supply, to correspond

to.

réponse,/, answer.

reporter, to rest, to transf er, to fix.

repos, /»., rest.

reposer, to rest.

repousser, to push back.

VOCABULARY

reprendre, to résume.

représentation, /., représentation ; une première , my

opening night.

représenter, to represent.

reprit, see reprendre.

reproche, tn.^ reproach.

reprocher, to reproach.

reproduire, to reproduce.

reproduit,-e, reproduced.

réserve,/., reserve.

réservé, reserved.

résigner, to resign.

résolu, determined, resolved.

respecter, to respect.

ressemblance,/., resemblance.

ressembler, to look like.

ressentir, to feel, to expérience.

ressort, m., spring, motive power.

ressource,/, resource.

reste, w., remainder; du ,

besides.

rester, to remain, to stay, to cling ; en place, to stand still.

résultat, /»., resuit.

résulter, to resuit, to arise p. i, 1. 3.

retard, m., delay ; en , late.

retenir, to detain, to keep.

retenue, held, belted in.

retiendrait, see retenir.

retirer, to withdraw, to take out.

retour, »i., retum ; en , in

exchange.

retrempé, redipped, renewed, strengthened.

retrouver, to find again, to résume.

réunir, to gather together.

rêve, m., dream.

réveil, m., awakening.

révéler, to reveal, to betray.

revendication,/, revendication,

défenserevenir, to come back, to amount

to ; revenu, came back, having

come back.

revendre, to sell again.

revenu, m., income.

rêver, to dream.

révérence,/, court esy.

revêtue, donned.

reviennent, see revenir ; qui

leur , which cost them.

revoir, to see again; au ,

farewell.

réussi, see réussir; en tout

point , a great success.

réussir, to succeed.

riche, rich, wealthy.

rien, nothing ; de, nothing ;

que, merely ; en , in

no vdse.

riposter, to retort.

rire, to laugh.

robuste, sturdy, strong.

rocher, m.j rock.

roi, ;;/., king.

rôle, m. y part.

romain,-e, Roman.

Romains, Romans. rond, round.

rondache, shield.

rossignol, m., nightingale.

roue,/, wheel.

rouge, red.

rougeur,/, red, blush.

VOCABULARY

rougir, to blush.

rouler, to roll.

route; /., road; grande

highway.

rude, hard, harsh.

rue, /., Street ; en pleine

in the middle of the street.

ruine, y!, min, bankruptcy.

ruiné,-e, mined.

ruBe,y^, ruse, slyness.

rustique, rustic.

sa, his, her, its.

sable, m., sand.

sabot, m.^ wooden shoe, hoof.

succade,/, jerk ; par s, by

fîts and starts.

sache, see savoir, sacrifice, m.^ sacrifice.

sain,-e, healthy, sound.

saint, m., -e,y., saint.

St. George. The patron saint

of chivalry. The archangel who

defeated Lucifer. Generally

represented trampling upon

Satan in the form of a dragon.

sais, see savoir, saisi, see saisir; sur le

vif, caught in the act.

saisir, to seize, to catch, to hit, to

strike.

saladier, m., salad bowl, deep

dish.

salle, y!, hall, dining-room ;

des ventes, auction rooms.

salon, w., parlor ; carré, a

hall in the Louvre gallery where

only a few of the greatest mas-

terpieces areplaced.

saluer, to greet, to hail, to bow

to, to salute.

samedi, ;;/., Saturday.

sanctuaire, m.^ sanctuary.

sang, m.^ blood.

sans, ^ithout.

santé,/., health.

sapin, m.^ pine. satisfaire, to satisfy.

sauf, save; votre respect,

with ail due respect to you.

saurai, see savoir, sauter, to jump.

sauvage, m./., savage ; gentille

, you dear little savage.

sauver, to save.

savant,-e, leamed.

ftavoir, to know.

savoir, w., knowledge, leaming ;

faire, capability.

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