partie, /., part
pas, not, no ; ne . . . — , no, not.
passer, to pass, go, put.
paternel, -le, paternal.
pauyre, poor, dear.
paré, m., pavement.
payer, to pay, pay for; tu le payeras, you'll pay for it, l'U get even with you.
paysan, -ne, peasant.
peau, /., skin, hide.
peccant, -e, peccant, diseased.
peine,/., pain, trouble ; m'a bien donné de la — , has given me a lot of trouble ; ne vous mettes pas en — , don't worry (about that); ^ue j'ai ^^ $e
— I what a lot of trouble I*ve
hadi pendant, during, for.
pendard, -e, gallows-bird,scoun-
drel.
pendre, to hang. pensée, /., thought.
penser, to think, expect.
perdre, to lose, waste ; vous perdez le temps, you are wasting
your time.
père, m.t father.
psrle,/., pearl.
perroquet, m., parrot.
perruque,/., wig.
personne, /., person, man, wom-
an.
peste, /., pestp plague ; — de, —
soit, plague take; — ! plague
on it I bless my soûl I the deuce
you say ! the deuce I did I petit, -e, little, small, dear.
peu, little, few; un — , a little, a
bit, somewhat, just, pray.
peut-être, perhaps.
phrase,/., phrase, sentence.
Piarre (dialectic) = Pierre, pièce, /., pièce; — à — , pièce
by pièce, pied, m.y foot.
pilule, /., pill.
pire, adj\f worse.
pis, adv,^ worse; tant — , so
much the worse.
place, /., place ; faire — à, to
give way to, yield to.
placer, to place, plaindre, to pity; se — (de), to
complain (about).
plaire (à), to please, suit, like;
s'il vous plaît, if you please ;
se — à, to take pleasure in,
amuse oneself at ; tout ce qu'il
te plaira, whatever you like.
plaisant, -«, funny, ridiculous.
plaisir, m., pleasure, kindness,
favor.
plçin, -e, f uU.
VOCABULARY
plus, more, ail the more, most ;
— de (-1- a numéral), more than ; ne . . . — , no more, no longer.
plusieurs, several.
plutôt, rather, sooner.
point, no, not, not at ail, never;
— du tout, not at ail.
poitrine,/., chest.
porter, to bear, wear, put ; se — ,
to be (ofhealth) \ s» — le mieux
du monde, to be as well as can
be. poser, to place, put, set.' postiure,/., posture, attitude.
pouls, m, (pron, pou), puise, poumon, m., lung.
pour, for, as for, to, in order to,
so as to, as, on account of ; —
moi, as for me, for m y part, pourquoi, why.
pourvu que, provided, if only.
pouYOir, to be able, can, may;
cela pourrait bien être, possi-
bly it was.
poUYOir, m., powcr, authority.
précieu-z, -se, precious.
premi-er, -ère, ftrst, foremost.
prendre, to take, seize, catch,
get,accept, choose, undertake;
il lui prdnl . . ., she is seized
with . . .
préparer, to prépare, près, near ; de — , near at hand,
nearer ; de plus — , doser, présence, /., présence ; en — de,
in the présence of, before.
présenter, to présent, give.
prêt, -e, ready.
pritendre, to intend, wish, think,
seek, mean.
prier, to pray, beg.
prière,/*., prayer.
prise,/., taking, dose, prix, m., priée, cost; à quelque
— que ce soit, no matter what it costs. [dure.
procédé, Ht., proçeedinj;, proçe-
procéder, to proceed, corne, procurer, to procure, get, gain, profiter, to profit, thrive.
promener (se), to walk about.
promettre, to promise, assure.
promptement, promptly, quick-
prudemment, prudently, wisely.
puis, then.
puisque, since.
puissance, /., power, authority.
punir, to punish.
punition,/., punishment.
purgati-i, -ve, purgative.
quand, when.
quantité, /., quantity, plenty,
lot.
quatre, four, que, whom, that, which, what,
how, than, as, why, when, ex-
cept, but, may, let ; — de ... !
how much . . .! what . . .!
qu'est-ce ci? what is this?
quel, -le, what, what a; jo ne
sais — . . ., some ... or othcr.
quelque, some, a; — ... que,
whatever; — s, a few.
quelquefois, sometimes.
quelqu'un, -e, some one.
quereller (se), to quarrel.
quérir, to fetch.
question, /., question ; de quoi
est-il — ? what is the trouble ?
what is to be done? what do
you want me to do ?
queuque (diaUctic) = quelque, qui, who, whom, that, which,
what.
quinteu-x, -se, whimsical.
quitter, to leave.
quoi, what, which; de — , the
wherewithal, the means ; je ne
sais — , something or Qther, ^uoi^ue^ altbough,
VOCABULARY
rabattre, to lower, take off ; je
n'en puis rien — , I can't eut
the price one bit.
ragaillardir, to revive, enliven,
wbet raillerie,/., raillery, joking.
raison, /., reason, argument,
arguing; avoir — , to b« right.
raisonnable, reasonable.
raisonnement, m., reasoning,
argument raisonner, to reason, argue, talk.
ranger, to bring back.
rate, /., spleen, ravaler, to dégrade, lower.
ravi, -e, delighted.
rayon, m., ray.
recevoir, to receive, accept, take,
bave, recherché, -e, songht af ter.
recommencer, to begin again.
recouvrer, to recover.
reculer, to delay, put off, retreat,
move back. * redevenir, to become again.
réduire, to reduce, compel, drive,
bring.
regarder, to look, look at.
relevé, -e, lofty, sublime, relever (se), to get up again.
relevit (se) (diaUctic) = releva
(se), remède, m., remedy, medicine.
remercier, to thank.
remettre, to put again or back,
restore, remplir, to fill. [ing.
rencontre, /., encounter, meetrencontrer, to meet, fînd, get;
se — , to be found or met with.
rendre, to render, offer, make;
se — , to surrender, give in.
renfermer, to shut up, lock up,
bide, rente, /., income, revenue, produce, riches.
répandre (se), tospread (abroad).
repentir (se), to repent, be sorry.
reprendre, to take (up) again.
représenter, to represent.
résister (à), to resist.
résolu, -e, decided, settled.
résoudre, to induce, persuade,
bring (to); se — , to résolve,
make up one's mind.
ressentiment, m., resentment,
grudge, anger.
se ressouvenir (de), to remember.
retardement, m., delay.
réti-f , -ve, restive ; être — à, to
object to.
retirer (se), to withdraw, go
away.
retomber, to fall back ; ... ne retombe jamais sur notre dos,
we are ne ver held responsible
for . . , rétracter (se), to retract, take it
ail back.
réussir, tosucceed,get on, thrive,
be happy.
revenir, to come back, return,
corne to life again.
rêver, to dream, muse.
rhibarbe {diaUcHc) = rhubarbe,
/"., rhubarb.
riche, rich.
rien, nothing, anything, none.
rire, to laugh, joke; pour — , in
fun, (as) a joke.
risque, m., risk.
robe, /., robe, gown.
rosser, to thrash, lick.
rubrique, /., trick.
ruine, /., ruin.
sac, m., sack; — à vin, wine-
sack, sot.
sage, wise, prudent, sagement, wisely.
saignée,/., bleeding; faire une
— , to bleed.
VOCABULARY
saigner, to bleed; se faire —r, to be bled.
sain, -e, sound, healthy.
saluer, to salute, bow (to), greet.
salutaire, salutary.
sang, m,f blood.
sans, without; — que, without.
santé,/., health.
sart {diaUctic) = sert.
satisiait, -e, satisfied, repaid.
savant, -«, learned, skilful; learned man, scholar.
savoir, to know, know how, can, manage, take care, find a way, find out; ne -H conditional of — = cannot, would not; vous saurez, you must know.
sayez {diaUctic) =: soyez.