Madame. Dorante gives now to Silvia her true title

3. avant notre reconnaissance, before wefound ont ivho we were.

4. Allons, saute, marquis, well, jump, marquis. From Regnard's le Joueur, act IV, scène VI. Arlequin means that he is no longer a gentleman, that the marquis in him has disappeared. The play ends with a buffoonery of Arlequin's, while we should hâve liked to see it end with some graceful words of Dorante or of Silvia. ^ /

VOCABULARY

abaissement, m., abasement,

modesty.

abjurer, lay aside, discard. * abattre, be disheartened, cast

down.

abord; d* — , at first.

aborder, approach.

abri, m. t shelter; à V — , shel-

tered.

abuser, abuse, take advan-

tage.

accabler, overwhelm.

accommoder (s 9 ), compromise,

arrange. accorder, grant; s* — , agrée.

accoutumer, accustom.

accroire, believe, make vain,

overrate.

accuser, accuse, achever, conclude, complète.

acquérir, acquire.

acquiescer, acquiesce, action./., action, deed, act.

actuellement, really, at présent.

adieu, good-bye, farewell.

admirable, admirable, surpris-

ing.

adorer, adore, adresser, pay attention to.

adroitement, skillfully.

affaire,/., aff air; (pi.) business;

avoir — , deal with.

affliger, grieve, distress.

affreu-x, -se, frightful.

agacer, tease.

agir, act; s' — de, be the matter.

agneau, m., lamb.

agréable, agreeable.

agrément, m., accomplishment

ornament.

ah. oh! oh!

aider, aid, help.

aigreur, /., bitterness. [sides.

ailleurs, elsewhere; d* — , beainsi, thus.

aimable, amiable, lovable. aimer, love; — mieux, prefer.

air, m., air, manner, look; bons

— s, fine réception.

aise, glad.

aisé, -e, easy, free. t ajouter, add.

aller, go; suit, become; s'en — ,

go away; va, or allons, well,

corne.

amant, m., lover, âme,/, soûl, being.

ami, m. f friend.

amical, -e,friendly.

amour, m., love, amour-propre, m., self-conceit,

vanity.

amusant, -e, amusing.

amuser, amuse.

ancien, -ne, old.

animal, t».,.fool.

annoncer, announce.

antichambre, /., antechamber.

antipathie,/., antipathy.

apostille,/., observation.

après, after, afterward.

apparemment, apparently.

apparence, /., appearance.

appartement, m. y apartment,

lodging.

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appartenir, belong, be servant

of.

appâts, m., charms.

appeler, call, name.

apprendre, inform, learn, hear.

apprêter, give cause.

apprivoiser, tame; s* — , be-

come familiar.

approcher, approach.

approuver, approve.

arithmétique,/., arithmetic.

arracher, wrest.

arrêter, arrest, stop, fix, agrée

upon; s* — , stop, arriver, arrive, come, happen.

article. m. t article, passage;

sur r — de, in regard to.

assez, enough, rather.

assurément, surely.

assurer, assure.

attendre, wait, wait for, expect ;

s' — , expect; en attendant,

meanwhile.

attendrir, touch, move.

attention,/., attention, care.

aujourd'hui, to-day.

auprès de, with, near, in the

estimation of.

aussi, also, therefore. autant, as much.

autre, other; l'un et V — , both.

autrement, otherwise.

avancer, advance; je suis bien

avancé, what good is this to

me.

avant, before; — que de for —

de.

avantage, m., advantage.

avec, with.

aventure, /., adventure, afifair,

love affair.

avertir, warn, notify, inform.

aveu, m., consent.

avide, greedy.

avis, m., opinion, aviser, think.

avoir, hâve.

avouer, avow, acknowledge.

babillard, m., tattler; odj.,ba.\>

bling.

badinage, m., play, joking.

badin, -e, facetious, joyful.

badiner, play, joke.

bagatelle,/., trifle.

baiser, kiss.

bal, m., bail.

bâtir, build; mal bâti, in a bad

state.

bâton, m. y stick.

beau, bel, belle, beautiful,

handsome; avoir — , to be in

vain.

beaucoup, much.

beau-père, m., father-in-law.

beauté, /., beauty.

berceau, m. y cradle.

besoin, m. t need.

besogne, /., job, task.

bien, well, very, good.

bientôt, soon.

billet, m., note, bizarre, strange, queer.

blanc, -he, white.

boire, drink.

bon, -ne, good.

bonheur, m., happiness.

bonhomme, m. t old fellow.

bonjour, good morning.

bonté, /., -s, pl. t kindness.

bouche,/., mouth.

bouffi, -e, swollen.

bout, tn. t end.

bras, m.,arm.

briller, shine.

brin, m., bit.

brisées, /. pl. t footsteps; aller

sur les — , compete with, be

a rival, brouiller, embroil, put on bad

terms.

bruit, m., noise, brûler, burn.

brutalité,/., brutality.

buffet, m., sideboard.

VOCABTJLAAY

bureau, m. t office, but, ni., end.

ça, that; ah — , come now.

cacher, hide.

cajolerie,/., flattery.

capitaine, m., cap tain.

captif, m. % captive, caquet, m., prattle.

caractère, m., disposition.

cas, m., importance, value, casse,/., break.

casser, break.

cave,/.,cellar.

céder, cède, yield.

cela, that.

celui, m., celle,/., that (one).

cent, one hundred.

chagriner, sadden, trouble.

chambre,/., room.

chambrière, /., chamber maid.

champ, m, y field; sur le — , im-

mediately.

changer, change, chapeau, w., hat.