acte, m,y act

admirable, wonderful, strange,

surprising, capital, adresser, to send, ref er ; s' — , to

apply, corne, hit it.

affaire,/., affair, matter, score,

case; avoir — à, to hâve to

deal with ; point d'— s, (it*s of)

no use; — s, affairs, business, affecter, to afïect, prétend, affolé, -e (de), crazy (about),

madly in love (with).

afin de, in order to.

afin que, in order that. âge, m., âge ; jeune — , childhood.

agir, to act.

agriable {dialecHc) = agréable,

agreeable, pleasing.

aide,/., aid, help.

aider, to aid.

aigri, -e, acrid, aggravated.

ailleurs, elsewhere, in everything else.

aimer, to love, like; — mieux, to prefer.

ainsi, th us, so, that way, like that.

aisé, -e, easy.

aisément, easily.

aile (dialeciic) = elle.

aller, to go, go on, go about, be going ; allez, nonsense ; allons, corne (on), corne now, quick, very well ; ya, go, corne, corne now, never mind, there, well ; s'en — , to go away, go, be going.

amant, -e, lover, sweetheart.

âme,/., soûl, heart, temper; de toute mon — , with ail my heart ; du meilleur de mon — , from the bottom of mv heart.

amener, to bring to or along.

ami, -e. friend.

amiquié (dialectic) = amitié.

amitié,/., f riendship, love, fondness, inclination.

amour, m.yf.^ love, passion.

amoureu-x, -se (de), in love (with).

amuser, to amuse; s' — à, to amuse oneself with, waste one's time with.

an, m,y year.

an. Pan (dialectic) = on, l'on.

ant (dialectic) = ont.

apaiser, to calm, silence.

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aperccYOir, to see, notice, catch

sight of; s' — de, to notice,

know.

apothicaire, m.» apothecary.

appeler, to call ; s' — , to be called

or named ; comment s'appelle- • t-il? what is his name?

apporter, to bring (to), apply.

apprendre, to learn, learn of,

teach, tell, know.

après, after.

ardeur,/., ardor, love, passion, argent, '//., silver, money.

Aristote, Aristotle.

arrêter, to stop; s' — , to stop, arriver, to arrive, happen.

assassiner, to murder.

assez, enough, well enough,

rather.

assis, -e, seated.

assommer, to beat to death.

assuré, -e, sure, certain, assurément, surely, certainly,

certainly not.

assurer, to assure, attaquer, to attack, seize, attendre, to wait, wait for, await.

attenti-f, -Te, attentive.

attraper, to catch, receive, get

out of it or by it.

aucun, -e, any, no.

aujourd'hui, to-day.

auprès (de), near, to.

aussi, also, but also, too, as, so,

on the other hand ; — ... que,

as . . . as, so . . . as.

aussitôt, immédiate] y.

autant, as much, (just) so much,

as many ; d' — que, (more) es-

pecially as, so much the more

as.

auteur, i»., author, authority.

autre, other, another, différent, autrefois, formerly.

autrement, otherwise, différent-

autrui, others (of persons after prépositions).

ayabr, to swallow.

ayec, with.

avertir, to warn, tell.

avertissement, w., waming, caution, advice.

avis, m., advice, opinion, waming; être d' — , to think, intend.

aviser (s'), to get it into one's head, be so minded as.

avoir, to hâve, possess, receive, get ; il y a, there is, there are, ago, for the last ; il y a . . .

que, ago ; il y avait six heures, for six hours; qu'avez-vou8 ?

what is the matter with you ?

qu'y a-t-il? what is the matter?

avouer, to conf ess, acknowledge, own.

bagatelle,/., trifle.

bailler {archaic\ to give.

baisser, to lower ; se — , to stoop,

bend over.

barbe,/., beard.

bas, m., bottom; en — , to the

bottom.

bas, adv,^ low, in a low tone.

bastel enough I never mindi

(Italian basta), bâton, m., stick, cudgel.

battre, to beat, beau, bel, m., belle, /., beauti-

f ul, charming, handsome, fine,

good, great, happy.

beaucoup (de), much, very much,

many.

bélître, I»., blackguard.

benêt, i»., simpleton, tomfool.

besogne,/., work, job ; méchante

— , spoiled job, blunder.

besoin, m., need; avoir — to

need, hâve need.

bian (dialectic) = bien, biau (dialectic) = beau.

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bien, well, very well, very, truly, quite, perfectly, indeed, right, plenty, my fill, enough, reaily, fine, very much, expressly, clearly, fuUy; — de (-1- dej.

ar/.), much, niany ; cela lui fera du — , that will do her good ; c'est — à toi, it well becomes y ou ; hé — , well.

bien, m., property, wealth, fortune, riches.

bientôt, soon.

bizarre, queer, eccentric.

boire, to drink (up), guzzle.

boij, ;//., wood.

bon, -nî, good, strong; à quoi — ? why? what is the use or good of ? le — de, the best thing about ; tout de — , reaily and truly, quitesuie,seriously.

bonheur, /m., happiness.

''>onjour, m., goid day; je voui donne I3 — , 1 wish y ou good day.

bouche,/., mouth.

bouffon, -ne, droU, f unny, merry ; butfoon.

bottffonner, to play the buffoon, joke.

bourse,/., purse.

bouteille,/., bottle.

bouter {archaic), to put; s'y — , to set about it, take it into one*s head.

boutique, A, shop.

bras, m.f arm ; sur les — , on m y hands.

briser, to break.

bruit, m.t noise, fuss.

brûler, to burn, long; je brûle en moi-même, I long in m y soûl, I am dying.

brusquement, suddenly.

brutal, -e, brutish, animal.

ça, that, it.

çà, hère; ohl — , come (now)I

cacher, to hide.

capacité, /., capacity, ability, skill.

caprice, m., caprice, whim.

capricieu-x, -se, capricious, whimsical.

car, for.

carogne,/. (vulgar)y jade, hussy.

cas, m. y case.

casser, to break.

causer, to cause.

ce, c', he, she, it, they, that.

ce, cet, m.y cette, /., ces, //., this, that, thèse, those.

ce que, qui, that, .which, what, something, the fact that.

ceci, this.

cela, that, it.

celui, m., celle, /., ceux, celles, //., this, the one, the fellow; ci, this one, this fellow.

cent, m,t hundred.

cependant, however.

cercle, m., circle.

cérémonie, /., ceremony.

cerveau, /;/., brain.

ceti-ci (liialectù) =. celui-cl.

chacun, -e, each, each one, e very, everybody.

chaleur,/., neat.

chambre,/., room.

changement, m., change.

changer (de), to change; se — , to be changed ; cela ne se peutil point — en quelques coups de bâton ? won't a little thrashing do instead }

chanson, /., song, moonshine, nonsense, rubbish.

chanter, to sing.

chapeau, m., hat.