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VOCABULARY
usage, m., usage, use.
user, to use.
usine,/., factory, mill.
utile, useful.
vache,/., cow.
va-et-vient, m., going and com-
ing, motion.
vagabond -e, vagabond, tramp.
vague,/., wave.
vaillamment, valiantly.
vaillant -e, valiant, brave.
vain -e, vain ; en — , in vain, vaincre, to conquer, vanquish.
vainqueur, m., victor, conqueror.
vaisseau, m., vessel, ship.
valeur,/., valor, courage, value,
worth.
valide, good, valid.
valise,/., valise.
vallée,/, valley.
valoir, to be worth, be as good
as, be equal to ; — mieux, to
be better; — la peine, to be
worth while.
vannier, m., basket-maker.
vapeur, ?/z., steamer, steamship.
vapeur, /., steam ; bateau à — ,
steamboat.
varié -e, varied.
vase, m., réceptacle, vase.
vaste, vast.
vaudra, see valoir, vautour, ;;/., vulture.
vécu -e, see vivre, veille,/, the day before, eve.
veillée,/, evening, sitting up.
veiller, to watch, nurse.
velours, m., velvet.
vendange,/, vintage.
vendangeu-r -se, vintager.
vendre, to sell.
vendre (se), to be sold, sell one-
self.
venir, to corne, happen ; faire
— -, to send for.
vent, ;;/., wind.
vente,/, selling, sale.
ver, m., worm.
verdoyant -e, verdant, green.
verdure,/, verdure.
verger, m., orchard.
vérifier, to examine, verify.
véritable, real, true.
vermicelle, m., vermicelli.
verrerie, /, glasswares, glass-
works.
verrou, m., boit, vers, m., verse, poetry.
vers, towards.
versant, m., slope.
verser, to pour out, shed, pay.
vert -e, green.
vertu,/, virtue.
vertueu-x -se, virtuous.
vêtement, m,, clothing, garment ;
— s de rechange, spare clothes.
vêtu -e, clothed, clad.
veu-f -ve, widower, widow.
veux, see vouloir, vice, m., vice, victime,/, victim.
victoire, /., victory ; remporter
une — , to get a victory.
victorieu-x -se, victorious.
vie,/, life, living.
vieil, see vieux, vieillard, m., old man, old peo-
ple.
vieux, vieil -le, old.
vi-f -ve, keen, alive, vivid,
sharp, ardent, eager.
vigilant -e, vigilant.
vigne,/, grape-vine.
vigneron -ne, wine-grower, winç-
maker.
vignoble, m., vineyard.
vigoureu-x -se, vigorous, strong.
village, m., village.
villageois -e, villager.
ville,/, city, town; Hôtel da
—, City Hall, vin, ///., wine.
vingt, twenty.
VOCABULARY
vingtaine,/., score, twenty.
violence,/., violence.
violon, m., violin.
virent, see voir.
visage, m., face, visage.
viser, to sign.
visière,/, visor (of helmets).
visite,/, visit, call.
"visiter, to look over, visit.
visiteu-r -se, visitor, sightseer.
vite, quickly; au plus — , as
fast as possible. [dow.
vitrine, /., show-window, winvivacité,/, vivacity, quickness.
vive, long live.
vivement, deeply, keenly.
vivre, to live.
vivres, m. plier., provisions,
food.
vœu, m., wish, vow.
voici, hère is, hère are, this is;
nous — , hère we are.
voie,/, way.
voilà, there is, are, behold, hère
is.
voile,/, s ail.
voir, to see ; faire — , to show.
voir (se), to be seen, see one-
self.
voisin -e, neighbor, near by ;
— de, near.
voiture, /., wagon, carriage, ve-
hicle, coach.
voiturier, m., waggoner.
voix, /., voice; à haute — ,
aloud; d'une même — , to-
gether; à demi — , in a low , voice.
vol, m., theft. volaille,/, poultry.
volcan, ;;/., volcano.
volcanique, volcanic.
volet, m., shutter.
volière, /., aviary, large birdcage.
volonté,/, will, wish; de bonne — , willingly.
volontiers, with pleasure, willingly.
volume, m., volume.
votre, vos, your.
vouloir, to wish, will; — bien, to like, be willing.
vous, you, to you.
vous-même, yourself ; — s, yourselves.
voûte,/, nave, arch, vault.
voûté -e, bent.
voyage, m., voyage, trip, transportation, travelling.
voyager, to travel.
voyageu-r -se, traveller.
vrai -e, true, genuine, real, right.
vraiment, truly, really.
vue,/, sight, view.
wagon, m., coach (of railroads).
y, there, it, to it, them, to them, of it; il — a, there is, there are, ago; il — avait, there was, there were, ago.
yeux, plur. of œil ; de tout ses —, eagerly.
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