partie, n. f., part (of whole

partiez, \\â.c partir.

partir, v. ir. n., set eut, start, go

away ; à partir de, ail the way

from.

part irons, vide partir.

partons, 'ynd.e partir.

pas, n. m., step ; mauvais pas, bad

spot.

pas, adv., no, not.

passer, v. a. n., pass, pass by;

pass (a thing) on, eut of, etc.;

spend (time) ; sepasser, take place,

go on.

passion, n. f., passion, mania.

pastille, n. f . , lozenge.

pauvre, adj., poor.

pavé, n. m., pavement, paved

carriage-way.

pavillon, n. m., summer-house ;

(garden or park) lodge.

payenient, n. m. , payment.

payer, v. a., pay.

pays, n. m., country.

peindre, v. ir. a., paint; faire

peindre à Vhuile, nave an oU

painting made.

peine, n. f., penalty; mental pain;

difficulty ; trouble ; se donner de

la peine, take trouble; faire de

la peine a.qqn., grieve, distress,

make sorry ; ne vaut pas la peine

de, is not worth . . .

peintre, n. m,, pain ter, artist.

pendant, prep., during.

pendant, n. m,, something hanging,

car pendant, counterpart, pendant.

pénétrer, v. a., penetrate.

pénible, adj., painful, unpleasant.

pensée, n. f., thought, reflexion,

idea.

penser, v. a,, n., think ; penser

à(qqn., à qqch.), think of, not to

forget.

pensif. Te, adj., pensive, thoughtful.

pensionnat, n. m., (small) boarding-

school.

perdre, v. ir. a., lose; get rid of;

ruin.

perdu, vide perdre.

père, n. m., father.

pérégrlner, v. n, (not in good use),

travel in foreign countries, go

abroad.

péripétie, n. f., miexpected event,

surprise.

permets, vide permettre.

permette(z), vide permettre.

VOCABULAEY.

permettre, v. ir. a. (with indirect obj. of person), allow, permit ; il ne m'est pas jjermis de . . . , it is not proper (right) for me to . . .; permettez ! excxise me !

permis, vide permettre.

permission, n. f . , permission.

persister, persist.

personnalité, n. f., personality.

personne, n. f., person; (as pron.) anybody, any one ; (often with 7ie = ) uobody, no one.

petit, e, adj., small, little.

pen, adv. and noun, little ; Je plaisante si peu, so far am I from joking-.

penr, n. f., f ear ; faire peur, frighten, alarm.

peut, vide pouvoir.

pent-être, adv., perhaps.

peuvent, peux, vide pouvoir.

philosophe, n. m., philosopher.

philosophie, n. f., philosophy, philosophie résignation.

phrase, n. f., sentence ; faire des phrases (tov de grandes phrases), talk bombast, fustian ; (p. 21) make fine speeches, turn fine sentences.

piano, n. m., piano.

pincer, v. a., pinch ; (famil.) to catch; airpiiicé, stilï(prim) manner.

piquer, v. a., prick.

pitié, n. f., pity ; ça fait pitié, it is pitiable.

place, n. f., place, spot; (in vehicle) seat ; céder la place, give up the contest, give way, yield.

placer, v. a., place; se placer, seat oneself.

plainte, n. f., complaint, information.

plaire, v. ir. n. (takes indir. obj. of person), please ; s'il vous plaît, if you please ; se plaire à. . . ., hâve (take) pleasure in, like to.

plais, vide plaire,

plaisanter, v. n., jest, joke.

plaisez, vide plaire.

plaisir, n. m., pleasxire ; faire plaisir à qqn., give one pleasure, please.

plaît, vide plaire.

planter, v. a., plant ; planté là, stuck up there.

plein, e, adj., full ; en plein soleil, in the blazing snn.

pleurer, v. n., shed tears, weep.

pleur, n. m., tear.

pleut, \ià.e pleuvoir.

pleuvoir, v. ir. n., rain.

plier, V. EU, fold.

pluie, n. f., rain.

plume, n. f., feather, pen.

plus, adv., plus ;more ; déplus, moreover, besides, and then ; ne . . , plus, not . . . again ; no . . . longer, not . . . now ; rie . . . pas plus, not . . . more ; ni moi (non 2^lus), no more do I ; Je n'ai plus qu'à . . ., there is nothing left for me but to . . .

plusieurs, adj. pL, several.

poche, ru f., pocket.

poignée, n. f., the act of clasping in the hand, handful ; poignée de main, shake of the hand.

point, n. m., point.

point, adv. (stronger than pas), not, no.

poisson, n. m., flsh.

poli, e, adj., polished, poli te.

police, n. f., police.

poliment, adv., politely.

poUtique, n. f., politics.

porte, n. f., door, gâte ; porte d'entrée, main entrance ; mettre à la porte, turn out of doors, discharge.

porte - feuUle, n. m., portfolio, pocket-book.

porter, v. a., carry; wear.

portrait, n. m., portrait.

poser, V. a. n., place, set, lay, put up, put in place ; pose.

position, n. f., position, circumstances.

possihle, adj., possible.

postérité, n. f., posterity.

pot, n. m., pot; pot-au-feu, broth, soup.

poudrière, n. f., powder-magazine.

pour, prep., for (in order) to ; pour

que (conj.), for, in order to, that ;

pour cent, percent; /ai. . . pour

moi, I hâve ... on my side, in my

faveur.

pourquoi, conj., why.

pourra, pourrez, pourrions, vide

pouvoir.

poursuite, n. f., pursuit ; (plur.)

légal proceedings.

poursuivez, vide poursuivre.

poursuivre, v. ir. a., pursue.

VOCABULARY

pourtant, adv. conj., however, yet, aiid yet.

pourvu que, conj., provided (that).

pousser, V. a. n.. push ; utter; grow ; pousser des cris, shout, scream ; pousser un cri, utter a cry, cry out.

pouvais, pouvait, pouvions, vide 2)0 avoir.

pouvoir, V. ir. a. n. , be able ; can ; may.

pouvons, vide pouvoir.

praticable, adj., practicable.

précipice, n. m., précipice ; dans %in précipice, over a i^recipice.

précipiter, v. a., to precipitate; se jyrécipiter, rush, dart, laake a dash.

précis, e, adj., précise ; deux heures précises, two o'clock precisely, exactly, punctually.

préférer, v. a., prefer.

préfet, n. m., prefect, ' commission er.'

premier, ère. adj., first ; une j>remter-e, a first-class ticket ; vous avez écrit le premier . . ., you v^-ere the first to Write, you began it by writing.

prenait, prenant, prend, prendrai, vide^îre/if/rc.

prendre, V. ir. a., take, assume ; get ; engage ; prendre garde, take care, beware.

prendront, prends, prenez, prenne, yide prendre.

préparer, v.a., prépare, makeready.

près, adv.. near (as prep. it is usually folio wed by de) ; a peu près, about, nearly.

présence, n. f., présence.

présent, e, adj., présent ; à présent, now.

présenter, v. a., présent, offer; introduce.

presque, adv., almost ; ne . . . presque plus, scarcely any now.

pressant, e, adj., pressing, urgent.

presse, n. f., press, public press.

presser, v. a., press, hasten, hurry ;

jyressé, in hastc, in a hiu-ry, urgent ;

cane jrresse pas, l'm in nobiu-ry, it

is not urgent.

prêt, e, adj., ready.

prétondu, e, part, adj., pretended, allcged ; (subst.) accepted suitor, intended.

prétention, n. f., pretension, pre-

sumption.

prêter, v. a., lend.

preuve, n. f., proof ;/ai>e ses preuves

de . . . give proof of one's . . .

prévaloir, v. ir. a., prevail; se prévaloir de . . ., take advantage of,

make the most of.

prévenais, xiHq prévenir.

prévenance, n. f., kind office, attention.

prévenir, v. ir. a., anticipate,' warn,

inform (strictly=iuform before-

hand) ; notify.

prier, v. a., pray, reguest, ask ; je

vous enjyrie, I beg or you.

primo. Latin adv.. in the first pleuîe,

firstly.

prince, n. m., prince.

principal, c, adj., principal, chief ;

cest le principal, that is the

principal thing, the chicf poliit, the

essentiul.

pris, e, vide prendre.

prise, n. f., taking, hold ; pHse de

corjjs, arrest.

prison, n. f., prison, emprisonment.

priver, v. a., dcprive.

prix, n. m., price.

procès, n. m., law-suit ; faire un

procès à qqn., prosecute.

procès-verbal, n. va., report (by a

public officer) of an illégal act, etc. procliain, e, adj., next.

proclamer, v. a., proclaim, an-

nounce.

produire, v. ir. a., produce; sepro-

dtiire, occur, happen.

professeur, n. m., prof essor, master.

programme, n. m., programme,

agreement, plan of action.

projet, n. m., project, plan.

promener, v. ir. a., take (a person) hère and there, for air, exercise, etc.; se qyi^omener, walk about; envoyer se promener, scnd otf.

promesse, n. f., promise.

promets, \\àc promettre.

promettre, v. ir. a., promise.

promis, vide promettre.

prononcer, v. a., pronounce ; se prononcer, unnouiice one's décision.

propre, adj., own.

protecteur, trice, adj., prot^ctive, patronisiug.

VOCABULABY.

protéger, v. a., protect.

pu, vide pouvoir.

public, Ique, adj., public ; force publique, public service; en public, in public.

puis, vide pouvoir.

puis, adv., then, next (in order).

puisque, conj., since, seeingthat.

puissant, e, adj., powerful, strong.

pur, e, adj., pure.

qualifier, v. a., qualify.

quand, adv., conj., -when ; quand je te disais, did 1 not tell you.

quarante, num., forty.

quart, n. m., quarter ; quart d'heia-e, quarter of an hour.

quartier, n. m., quarter (of city).

quatre, num., foior.

quatrième, num., foxirth.

que, (1) rel. pron. (dir. obj.) which, that, whom ; (2) inter. pron. (dir.

obj., or predic. nom.) what; que faire ? what is to be donc ? what are we to do? qu' est-il arrivé?

what has happened ? quy a-t-il ?

qu'est-ce qu'il y a? what's the matter? que diable! the deuce!

the dickens !

que, conj., after compar., as, than ; ne. . . que, only.

que, conj., that; often after a noun denoting time or répétition.

que, exclam, adv., how (much, many) ! qu'il est beau . . . ! how beautiful it is . . . ! que de patience ! what patience.

quel, quelle, adj., inter. and exclam., what, of what kind.

quel, pron. inter., what, who.

quelque, s, adj., some, a few; quelque chose, m., something.

quereller, v. a., take to task, scold.

querelleur, se, adj., quarrelsome ; (s ubst. ) quarrelsome man.

question, n. f., question.

questionner, v. a., question, ask questions (of).

queue, n. f., tail; faire la queue (aAso faire queue), stand onebehind another waiting their turn, wait their turn ; se mettre à la queue, take one's place in ûle, take one's turn, get into Une.

qui, (1) rel. pron., who, which ; (2) inter. pron., who, whom.

quinzaine, n. f., (groupof) fifteen ; a

fortnight.

quinze, num,, fifteen ; quinze jours, a fortnight.

quitte, adj., quits, clear, 'square.'

quitter, v. a., leave; lay down; se quitter, separate.

quoi, pron. interr. (and reL), what; pour quoi faire ? what for? for whatpurpose? quoi donc? whatis it? de quoi s'agit-il ? what is it?

what is the matter? il n'y a pas de quoi être . . ., there is nothing to be . . ., no rea.son to be . . . àquoibon? what's the use ?

raconter, v. a., relate, tell, narrate.

raide, adj., stiff, unyielding.

raison, n. f., reason ; avoir raison, be right ; en raison de, in proportion to.

raisonnement, n. m., reasoning.

ramener, v. a., bring back again.

rancune, n. f., rancour; tenir

(garder) rancinie à qqn., bear one

ill-will, malice, a grudge.

ranger, v. a., arrange, rank, cîass.

ranimer, v. a., reanimate, rekindle,

revive.

rapide, adj., rapid, swift.

rappeler, v. ir. a. , recaU, remind of . rapporter, v. a., bring back.

rapprocher, v. a., bring nearer; ils

se rapprochent, they corne doser

together.

rare, adj., rare.

rarement, adv., rarely, seldom.

rassurer, v. a., reassure ; rassurezvous, don't be alarmed.

rayonner, v. n., émit rays, radiate,

beam.

rebut, n. m., refuse, outcast, scum.

recevoir, v. ir. a., receive.

récit, n. m., récital, story, narration,

description.

réclame, n. f., advertising, trumpet-

ing, puffing, puff.

réclamer, v. a., claim, demand.

recommander, v. a., recommend,

commend.

récompense, n. f., recompense, re-

ward.

reconduire, v. ir. a., leadback, take

home.

reconnais, vide reconnaître.

VOCABULARY

reconnal.s.snnce, n. f., gratitude.

rccoiinal!»!»aBt, e, adj., grateful.

reconnaître, v. ir. a., recognise,

ackuowledge.

recnellllp, v. ir. a., gather, collect,

préserve ; se recueillir, collect one's

thoughts, reflect.

recnler, v. n., move backwards,

back out, give way. redingote, n. f., frock coat.

redouter, v. a., fear, dread.

réfléelilr, v. n., reflect, think about

it.

refrain, n. m., refrain, song.

refroitllr, v. a., cool, chill.

refuser, v. a., refuse.

regarder, v. a., look at; concern ;

ça ne vie regarde pas, that is not

my business, I bave nothing to do

witb tbat.

registre, n. m., register, travellers'

or visitors' book.

regret, n. m., regret.

regretter, v. a., regret, be sorry for. rein, n. m., kidney (in plur., the

loins, smaU of back) ; les reins !

my back !

reine, n. f., queen.

réitérer, v. a., reiterate, repeat.

rejoindre, v. ir. a., join again ;

overtake; Je vous rejoins, I shall

join y ou prescntly.

relire, v. ir. a., read again, re-read. relisant, vide relire.

remarquer, v. a., remark, notice.

rembourser, v. a., payback.

remercier, v. a., thank (for = de).

remercfment. n. m. (usually plur.), act of thanking, tbanks.

remet, remettra, vide remettre.

remettre, v. ir. a., put back ; hand, hand over, deliver (up) ; revive, bring round ; .se remettre, recover, be aU right again.

remis, vide remettre.

remonter, v. n., go (corne) up again ; go up the stage (i.e., towards the rear), go away.

remorqueur, n. m., towing-boat, steam-tug.

remplacer, v. a., replace, take instead.

rencontre, n. f., (accidentai) meeting.

rencontrer, v. a., fall in with; se

rencontrer avec, meet.

rendez-vous, n. m. (imperative of

se rendre), rendezvous, appoint-

ment; donner rendez-vous à qqn.,

to make an appointaient to meet

one.

rendre, v. a., give back, retum,

restore; render; do; rendre réponse, give some answer.

renfermer, v. a., shut in ; se renfermer, shut oneself up, restrict

(confine) oneself.

renseignement, n. m., information;

prendre des renseignements, make

enquiries. rente, n. f., income, revenue.

rentier, n. m., one who lives on bis

income, gentleman, often-retrred

merchant, etc.

rentrer, v. n., go (corne) in again ;

go (corne) back into; come (go)

back (home).

renverser, v. a., overturn.

renvoyer, v. ir. a,, send away, send

off.

repars, vide repartir.

repartir, v. ir. n., set off (out) again. repas, n. m., repast, meal.

repasser, v. n., call again.

repêcher, v. a., fish up again, pull

out.

répéter, v. a., repeat.

répétition, n. f., répétition; mordre

à répétition, repeating-watch, re-

peater.

répoud(s), vide répondre.

répondre, v, a. n., reply, answer.

réponse, n. f., reply.

reposer, v. a., rest; se reposer, rest,

take a rest.

reprenant, vide reprendre.

reprendrais, vide reprendre.

reprendre, v. ir. a., take (seize)

again ; recover ; résume ; se re-

prendre^ correct oneself.

reproche, n. m., reproach ; sans reproches, I am not complaining, but ...

reprocher (qqch. à qqn.) v. a., reproach (one with somethinfr), hâve Kometbing against one, blâme one for.

repoussant, c, adj., répulsive.

réserver, v. a., réserve.

résolu, vide résoudre.

VOCABULAKY.

résoudre, v. ir. a., résolve, décide.

respect, n. m., respect.

ressemblance, n. f., resemblance,

likeness.

ressentiment, n. m., resentment,

grudge.

reste, n. m., rest, remainder; au

reste, however, still.

rester, v, n., remain (behind), stay ;

be left ; il est resté dans . . ., it bas

been left in . . . il ne reste plus

qu'à . . ., it only remains now

to . . ., ail you hâve to do now is

to...

retenir, v. ir. a., retain, detain,

keep, hold back ; remember.

retenu, vide retenir. retirer, v. a., withdraw, drawback ;

pull up (ont) again ; se retirer, retire ; on s'en retire, one can be

puUed out again.

retour, n. m., retiTrn ; être de retour,

be back, returned.

retourner, v. n., go (no^ corne) back,

go home ; se reto urner, turn ronnd.

retrouver, v. a., find again, meet

again.

réussir, v. n., succeed, be success-

ful.

revenez, reveniez, vide revenir.

revenir, v. ir. n., comeback, retnrn.

revenu, vide revenir.

rêver, v. n., dream; reflect, rumi-

nate (on), turn over in one's mind.

reverrons, vide revoir.

reviendrai, revient, vide revenir.

revirement, n. m., going about (of

ship), reversion, change, turning

round.

revoLs, vide revoir.

revoir, v. ir. a., see again, meet

again ; au revoir, good-bye.

révolter, v. a., make one indignant.

révolutionnaire, adj., revolution-

ary; (subst.) revolutionist.

rhum, n. m. , rum.

riant, vide rire.

rideau, n. m., curtain.

ridicule, adj., ridiculous.

rien, n. m., anything, nothing ; ne

. . . rien, nothing ; n'y être pour

rien, hâve nothing to do with it ;

je n'en sais rien, I reaUy can't say,

I don't in the least know.

rire, v. ir. n., laugh.

risquer, v. a., risk, venture.

rival, n. m., rival.

robe, n. f., dress, go\ni.

ronde, n. f., round, patroL

rouler, v. n., roll, go down.

route, n. f., road, route ; faire route ensemble, tra vel, make the journey together ; en route, on the way, (exclam.) let us start, be off !

Russe, n. m. and f., Russian.

rustique, adj., rustic.

sa, vide son.

sac, n. m. sack, bag; sac de nuit, travelling bag, carpet bag.

sacrifice, n. m., sacrifice.

sais, vide savoir.

saisir, v. a., seize.

sait, vide savoir.

salle, n. f., (large) room, salle d'attente, waiting-room ; salle à manger, dining-room.

salon, n. m., drawing-room.

saluer, v. a., saJute, bow to, take off one's bat to.

salut, n. m., salute, bow.

sang-froid, n.ni., coolness, présence of mind.

sanglot, n. m., sob.

sangloter, v. n., sob.

sans, prep., without; sans doute, I suppose ; sans lui, if it had not been for bim.

Saône, n. f., Saône, a river of Eastern France, rising in the Vosges, and joining the Rhône at Lyons.

sapin, n. m.., fir-tree.

saprelotte, exclam., good heavens !

sapristi, exclam., good gracions! by Jove!

satisfait, e, adj., satisfled.

savais, savent, savez, vide savoir.

sauf, sauve, adj., safe, saved.

saura, saurez, saurons, vide savoir.

sauver, v. a., save, rescue ; se sauver, run away, make off.

sauveur, n. m,, rescuer, deUverer.

Savoie, n- f., Savoy.

savoir, v. ir. a., know ; faire savoir qqch. à qqn., let one know, send one Word ; savoir gré à qqn. de qqch., be indebted to, (thank) one for somethiug.