VOCABULARY
inde/.f indefinite.
int.y interjection,
m., masculine.
ard.f , ordinal number.
//., plural.
Pple.f past participle.
Pr.f pronoun.
>r<^., préposition.
>r. n., proper noun.
qc, quelçiu chûse,
çq.f guelgu^un.
rel.f relative.
trsl.f translate.
»., verb.
adj., adjective.
adv., adverb.
tard., cardinal number.
conj.f conjunction.
comm.y commercial term.
de/,, definite.
y*., féminine.
/am.f famiiiar diction.
Note. — Adverbs in -meni are not given separately, as their meaning is easily understood from the adjective form ; for those ending in -amment, -emment consult adjectives ending in -ant, -ent. Verbs are given in the infinitive ; the student is supposed to be famiiiar with the forms of regular and irregular verbs. Phrases in which a noun and a verb occurs will be found under the noun.
à, prep,, to, at, in, with; je le
ferai — moi seul, l'il do it
alone; — nous deuz, we two;
— la . . ., in the manner of.
abattre, v., to throw down, to
cast down; s' — , to fall, rush
down (à, upon).
abîme, m., abyss.
abolir, v., to abolish.
abominable, adj., abominable.
abord: d' — , adv,, first, at first;
tout d'-r-, from the start.
aborder, v., to accost, to broach.
aboyer, v., to bark (devant, at).
abri, m., shelter ; mettre à V — de,
to shield, protect from.
absence, f., absence, absolu, -e, adj., absolute;
— ment, adv., positively.
absorber, v., to absorb; absorbé,
ppîe., lost in thoughts.
abstention, f., abstinence, retire-
ment, standing aloof.
absurde, adj., absurd.
accepter, v., to accept accompagner, v., to accompany.
accord, m,, accord, harmony;
d' — , granted.
accorder, v., to grant.
accueillir, v., to entertain.
accuser, v., to accuse, to reproach,
to blâme, acheter, v,, to buy.
acier, m., steel; un poignet d' — ,
a wrist like steel.
acquérir, v., to acquire.
acquitter, v., to settle; s'—, to
fulfill one's obligations, to
show one*s self grateful.