acte, tn, act

action, /. action.

adieu, adieu, good-bye.

adjutant-major, tn. adjutant.

an

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admettre, admit.

administratenr, m, administrator.

administratif, administrative.

administration, /. administration, govemment, civil authorities; — des forêts, forestry service.

administrer, administer, o versée.

admirable, admirable.

admirateur, m, admirer.

admiration,/, admiration.

admirer, admire.

adorer, adore, love.

adoucir, sof ten.

adresse, /. speech, direction; à V — 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, assign.

affection, /. affection.

affectueusement, affectionately.

affectueu-x,-se, affectionate.

affermir (s'), strengthen, be established.

afficher, post, publish, prodaim.

affinité, /. affinity.

affirmati-f , -ve, affirmative.

affirmativement, affirmative-

ly.

affirmer, affirm, confirm.

affront, m. affront, insuit. afin (de or que), in order to,

in order that.

âge, m. âge; avoir 1' — 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.

agrandirâement, m. aggran-

dizement, prdferment.

agréable, agreeable; être —,

do a favor.

aguerri, trained to war.

aguet. If», watch; aux — s, on

the watch.

aider, aid.

aletd, m, grandfather.

aigrette, /. aigrette, tuft, tuft

of leaves.

aigu, -ë, acute, high, shrill,

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.

l, thus; — que, as well as.

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air, m. appearance, air, man-

ner; avoir V — de, to seem.

aisance, /. ease, f acility.

aise, /. ease, leisure, conve-

nîence.

aisé, easy, at one's ease.

aisément, easily.

ajourner, postpone.

ajouter, add.

alangui, langtiid, langiiish-

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, exd, come nowl allumer, light.

allure, /. gait, pace.

allusion, /. allusion, alors, then, well then, so.

Alsace, Alsace, Alsatia. For-

merly a province of France.

Ceded to Germany in 187 1.

Alsacien, m. -ne, /. Alsatian.

amandier, m. almond tree.

amas, m, heap, mass.

amasser, amass, heap up.

ambition,/, ambition.

flme, /. soûl, améliorer, improve.

amener, bring, bring on, lead

to.

amenuisé, -e, made thin, re-

duced.

amertume, /. bitterness.

ami, m. friend, my dear, my

dear boy.

ami, adj. friendly.

amical, friendly.

amicalement, amicably, in a

friendly way.

amitié, /. f riendshîp ; de bonne

— , in kindly relations, amonceler, pile up, heap up.

amour, m, love, amoureu-z, 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, exdted, be

lighted up.

animosité, /. animosity,

hatred.

année, /. year, whole year

through; — scolaire, school

year.

annexer, annex.

annexion, /. annexation.

annoncer, annoimce.

aooniial, abnormal.

anti-anemand, anti-German.

antipatiiie, /. antipathy.

antique, andent.

anzieuz, -se, anxious.

août, m. August.

apaiser, appease, soften.

apercevoir, perceive.

aplanir, smooth eut, remove, obviate.

apparaitre, appear.

apparence,/, appearance.

apparition, /. appearance, vision, shadow.

appartement, m. suite of rooms, room.

i^partenir, appertaîn, bdong.

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, appredate, estimate aright.

apprendre, leam, teach.

apprenti, m. apprentice.

apprentissage, m. apprenticeship.

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

approbation, /. approbation, approval.

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

i^prouver, approve, approve

of.

appui, m. support.

i^pnyer, press; — sur, em-

phasize; s' — , support one's

self, leam.

après, after; d' — , in accord-

ance with, jud^^ng by.

après-midi, /. aftemoon.

aquarelle,/, water-color paint-

îng.

arbre, m. tree. arbuste, m. shrub.

arcliitecture, /. 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.

année,/, army.

armistice, m. armistice, truce.

armoire, /. dothes-press.

arpenter, measure, stride up

and down.

arracher, snatch; — à, snatch

from.

arrêter, stop, dedde, 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.

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