acte, m, act

action,/, action.

adieu, adieu, good-bye.

adjutant-major, m. adjutant.

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admettre, admit.

administrateur, m. adminis-

trator.

administratif, administrative. administration, /. administration, government, civil

authorities; — des forêts,

forestry service, administrer, administer, over-

see.

admirable, admirable, admirateur, m. admirer.

admiration,/, admiration, admirer, admire.

adorer, adore, love, adoucir, soften.

adresse, /. speech, direction;

à 1* — de, directed at.

adresser, address, give, make;

s* — (à), apply, address

one*s self, inquire.

affaiblissement, m. weakness.

affaire,/, affair; pi. business;

faire des — s, do business.

affaisser, cause to sink; s' — ,

sink.

affecter, affect, prétend, as-

sign.

affection, /. affection.

affectueusement, affection-

ately.

affectueu-x,-se, affectionate.

affermir (s*), strengthen, be

established.

afficher, post, publish, pro-

claim.

affinité, /. afl&nity. affirmati-f, -ve, aflarmative.

affirmativement, affirmative-

ly.

affirmer, affirm, confirm.

affront, m, affront, insuit.

afin (de or que), in order to,

in order that.

âge, m. âge; avoir V — de, be

old enough.

âgé, -e, aged.

agenouiller, kneel.

agent, m. agent, aggraver (s'), be aggravated,

grow worse.

agir, act; s* — de, be in question, be concerned.

agitation, /. agitation, agiter, agitate; s' — , stir.

agrandir, aggrandize, enno-

ble, enlarge; s' — , enlarge,

widen, elevate.

agrandissement, m, aggran-

dizement, preferment.

agréable, agreeable; être — ,

do a f avor.

aguerri, trained to war.

aguet, m. watch; aux — s^ on

the watch.

aider, aid.

aïeul, m. grandfather.

aigrette, /. aigrette, tuft, tuft

of leaves.

aigu, -ë, acute, high, shriU,

drawn to a point, thin.

aiguille, /. needle.

aile,/, wing.

ailleurs, elsewhere; d* — ,

moreover.

aimable, amiable, kind, con-

siderate; trop — , very kind

of you.

aimer, love, ainsi, thus; — que, as well as.

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air, m, appearance, air, man-

ner; avoir V — de, to seem.

aisance, /. case, facility.

aise, /. ease, leisure, conve-

nience.

aisé, easy, at one*s ease.

aisément, easily.

ajourner, postpone.

ajouter, add.

alangui, languid, languish-

ing.

alerte, alert.

algue, /. seaweed, alga.

allée, /. going, alley, shaded

walk.

allègrement, joyously.

Allemagne,/. Germany.

allemand, -e, adj. German.

aller, go, be about to; — bien,

be well; — à, become, suit,

show to advantage; s'en

— , go away, go about.

allonger, lengthen, draw out.

allons, excl. corne now!

allumer, light.

allure, /. gait, pace.

allusion,/, allusion.

alors, then, well then, so.

Alsace, Alsace, Alsatîa. For-

merly a province of France.

Ceded to Germany in 1871.

Alsacien, m. -ne, /. Alsatian.

amandier, m. almond tree.

amas, m. heap, mass.

amasser, amass, heap up.

ambition, /. ambition.

âme, /. soûl, améliorer, improve.

amener, bring, bring on, lead

to.

amenuisé, -e, made thin, re-

duced.

amertume, /. bitterness.

ami, m. friand, my dear, my

dear boy.

ami, adj. friendly.

amical, friendly.

amicalement, amicably, in a

friendly way.

amitié, /. f riendship ; de bonne

— , in kindly relations.

amonceler, pile up, heap up.

amour, m. love, amoureu-x, w., -se, /. lover, amour-propre, m. self-respect, amusant, amusing.

amuser, amuse; s* — , amuse

one's self, hâve a good time.

an, m. year; avoir soixante

— s, to be sixty years old.

ancêtre, m. ancestor.

ancien, m. old man.

ancien, former, old, old fash-

ioned, elder.

anéantir, annihilate, destroy,

prostrate.

angle, m. angle, corner, angoisse,/, anguish.

angoissé, -e, anguished.

animer, animate; s' — , become animated, excited, be

lighted up.

animositê, /. animosity,

hatred.

année, /. year, whole year

through; — scolaire, school

year.

annexer, annez.

annexion,/, annexation.

annoncer, announce.

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anonnal, abnormal.

anti-allemand, anti-German.

antipathie, /. antipathy.

antique, ancient.

anxieux, -se, anxious.

août, m. August.

apaiser, appease, soften.

apercevoir, perceive.

aplanir, smooth eut, remove, obviate.

apparaître, appear.

apparence, /. appearance.

apparition, /. appearance, vision, shadow.

appartement, m, suite , of rooms, room.

appartenir, appertain, belong.

appel, m, call.

appeler, call; s* — , be called, named.

appesantir, weîgh down, make heavy.

application, /. application, attention, care.

appliquer, apply; s* — à, strive, bend one^s efforts.

apporter, bring.

apprécier, appreciate, estimate aright.

apprendre, learn, teach.

apprenti, m. apprentîce.

apprentissage, m. apprenticeship.

apprêter, prépare; s* — , prépare (one's self).

approbation, /. approbation, approval.

approcher, bring near, approach; s' — , draw near, approach.

approuver, approve, approve

of.

appui, m. support, appuyer, press; — sur, em-

phasize; s* — , support one's

self, learn.

après, after; d' — , in accord-

ance with, judging by.

après-midi, /. af ternoon. aquarelle,/, water-color paint-

ing.

arbre, m. tree.

arbuste, m. shrub.

architecture, /. architecture;

sans — , unpretentious.

ardent, ardent, flaming, red,

glowing, enthusiastic.

ardoise, /. slate.

arête, /. ridge.

argent, m. money.

argument, m, argument, arme,/, fire arm, weapon; en

— s, under arms.

armée,/, army.

armistice, m. armistice, truce.

armoire, /. clothes-press.

arpenter, measure, stride up

and down.

arracher, snatch; — à, snatch

from.

arrêter, stop, décide, engage;

s* — , stop, come to a stop;

— les yeux sur, let the eyes

rest upon; s* — de, cease.

arriéré, out of date, old fash^

ioned, behind the times.

arrière, m. back part; en ^•-

de, behindhand.

arrière-pensée, /. mental réservation.