I. WORDS AND PHRASES FOR VIVA VOCE DRILL
Note. — Ali Douns to be given with the definite or indefinite article to show the gender.
Ahbreviatîon, — sg. = ' something.'
Page WORDS
1 the cap unusual, queer patent leather
2 to cheer, amuse the down, flufF a fox's cub
3 the kernel a bully
the bump, bruise arag
4 to exhaust
to miss fire, to
fail to exjjand, open
{cfJUrwers)
5 an escutcheon the threshold
to wander about ajar, half open
6 a crofter
the part {in
acting) the thumb
7 an ovenful, a
Ixitch to be about to . .
legibly
WORDS
the eyebrows to take heed of the sole {ofa boot) a trap the sock the level
to bind {into a
knot) to become en-
tangled to play at . .
the lace to bewilder
some one
a quill
to conceal one' s
self {J^n a
corner) to applaud the pocket-hand-
kerchief standing up the elbow the plug, stopper to dig, work hard
PHRASES
with his hair cropped
a facebronzed by thebright sua
that is very striking
at the outset as usual
to lean with one's back against
the wall to make up one's mind to work steadily wrinkles furrowed his brow his eyes were blinking
that was his slightest short-
coming I fait that he was différent
from me to be as stem as a grown-up
person to be inclined to do sg.
that dépends, I do not know
exactly he has done worse, the wretch he is choked with vanity on prize day {or speech day) to wipe one's face
hâve you heard from him ?
to be ploughed iu the written
examination people point at him
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WORDS
8 a terni
the bell [pf a
at heart, really
ho use)
to give up sg.
a loafer, idler
to slacken, let go
9 weekly
anxious
a barrel-organ
the.watering-can
the enclosure
a paving brick
10 a canary
the black-board
to get impatient
to falter, to
sullen, cross
stutter
the chalk
11 thebeak
shrivelled, con-
a waif, a wreck
vulsed
cowardly
to christen
to cUnk glasses
12 a drunken bout
bitter
hush!
the gall
the fever
to reject
13 to pour out, vent
hastily
the herdsman
a kick
the linden-tree
the recovery
14 the breath
to bewitch one
a drop
the kneading-
aconjuring book,
trough
jargon
the lungs
15 thebarley
the muscle
Indian corn
the rye
to sow
the hurdie
16 thewager
perching,
a heap [of hay)
perched
a pitchfork
ajolt
the fodder
17 a shepherd-girl
the evening
to be restored {to
service
health)
the church-bell
the choice
to strut, sit in
State
18 to bow down
the skirt [of a
the elbow
dress)
to twist, wriggle
to mimic
the average
19 brain-fever
the chemist's
to shake
shop
PHRASES
finally he has given it up to call sg. by its right name to be présent at sg.
to turn round on one's heels to lower one's self to do sg.
a fusty smell of nauseous
dampness to be half an hour late with a shrug of his shoulder he struggles ail the same
that will do (that's enough) to keep one's self from weeping to walk arm in arm
to feel some one's puise to find it difficult to do sg.
he had begun to talk the soothing influence of thèse
retrospects to pray kneeling at the foot
of the bed to stuff one's pockets with sg.
one dares not ask any more no more of those wretched
books a beautiful room with a French
floor to run about in the fields he has not the knack to be fond of some one to hasten loading the hay he struck the table with his fist he burst out laughing
let it be said once for ail
to die away in the distance
{of Sound) from top to toe
to speak louder than usual to be very much alike ail the
same quite gentlemanly people to be less exacting the handle of a plough
Words and Phrases
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WORDS
a mortar
flabby, limp
a snake
20 the flask
to cork (a bottlc)
the counter
to label (a
(office)
bottle)
a prescription
to tie up {unth
(med.)
string)
21 at first
the repairs
the signature
the partition-
to give sg. up
wall
a customer
22 to steal away
to muddle
a {gas-)bnmer
the manager
to overthrow,
broken-hearted
upset
23 the letter-box
to laugh at one
the slipper
the handle
to moan
a cow-herd
24 the tip (of
to uncork
fingers)
the label
nightfall
the information
the charwoman
25 the deceased
a mausoleum
to underline
the cemetery
acry
an epitaph
26 an oak-grove
a clearing {in a
a ring-dove
wood)
a maple-tree
a decoy-bird
the net, snare
27 a crayfish
a rent, opening
ferns
a fan
hoUy
thedew
28 to caper
the ladder
the thicket
to giggle
knotty
a rung
29 agnat
a hamlet
to watch sg.
to upset, capsize
doubled up
a thrush
30 the chaffinch
a forest [of high
the woodculter
trees)
thebark
the gossip
a tomtit
PHRASES
a Latin pièce of construing
and a Greek prose by the side of the scales I should not trust him ail goes as well as one can wish
that is a matter of course
to take it into one' s head to do
a thing the door-bell does not stop
ringing to shave the wall vvhat has happened since ?
I failed {in an examination)
again yesterday !
to shake the dust off one' s
shoes to change one' s ways so much the worse for me to take leave of some one stretched fuU length on the
floor a phial three quarters enipty to record one's last wishes the most conspicuous spot his last will to take the field to throw up a wooden mallet by far the most astonishing
{method) the last houses border on the
forest at the hour when we start a hole made with a pruning-
hook with a gun slung over his
shoulder like a squirrel's nest at the end of a long perch the smell of the fresh ferns ranges of hill slopes the foam of the océan as fast as their wings could
carry thcm to set to work it is hailing fast
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WORDS
31 a hurricane
to roU down
the fore-sight [pf
a sprain
a rifle)
to be vexed
a bunch, cluster
32 nimble, smart
grapes
a young quail
to reap
a donkey's foal
the stable
by snatches
33 a good-for-no-
to upset, to
thing fellow
hustle
out of breath
to moan, groan
a cupboard
to hoist, to lift
34 a truce
to spin
to feel, to finger
the jumble,
the salve
rubbish
dusty
35 the finger-nail
to yield
to snort
to swell
to suggest
the ankle
36 a fishing-rod
a pin
to franie
to adorn, trim
a worm
the curtain
37 the calf
the shelf
the fashion
lukewarm
to spell
a plum-tree
38 the beach-tree
hornbeam-trees
to weave
the hemp
the window
the swallow
39 languishing
pruning-shears
ahly
abee
a basket
a wasp
40 narrow
to float
the knitting
\iÇ.ç.Xi{oftheair)
a dressing-jacket
thin
41 the convent
a bee-hive, a frill
the closing
the funeral
an empty space
the thread
42 the household
the loss
the grief
a mystery
the woof, thread
the charm
43 the hnen
a trunk
the old maid
the jam
PHRASES
to describe a large circle
at the top of an oak-tree
to rebound on the ground
to sprain "\ , , , ^ , . , ^ Vone s ankle to dislocatej
they look as if they were set-
ting us at défiance unfortunately out of reach I sat down in it as best I could her blood nearly curdled be off and fetch the doctor
{7.nd sing) to sponge one's forehead to knit one's brow a fortnight hence a spider's web
on tiptoe
to tap on the window-panes
a discussion arises
a heap of useless things
to hang sg. up on the wall
to solve a problem
rows of old books
to hâve leave to get up
the forest in front
old-fashioned houses
window - panes latticed with
lead almost on a level with the
ground to feel some one's puise after a moment to lean against a lime-tree to consult the clock to open the shutters to take a nap [after dinner) to boit the door the light is put out to go into mourning the petty cares of a small
income nothing could be easier I did not worry my head
about it to put one out a little bit to strain the jelly
Words and Phrases
Page WORDS to mutter
4 A ihe lamb
the household at other times to read {music)
45 to stare at one the likeness fair-haired stiff
46 to sigh
to feel dreary the kitchen
47 the purveyor,
tradesman the coldness an insuit, affront
48 the grating,
railing a habit the foreboding
49 to move {one s
feelings) a gust of wind the miracle
50 to feel, to taste ready to . .
the drop
51 the uneasiness the freshness toshiver, vibrate
52 the dawn the swallow a miracle
53 unexpected heart-broken
to saunter, loi ter
54 the vicar ruddy the parish
55 the tithe
the pantry, larder a prayer-book
56 the vintage to christen to bury
WORDS
the client
to fly into
raptures to blow eut {a
candie) an insignificant
fellow the twaddle
hard
forfaiture, loss to avoid, shun
the isolation a murderer to belittle
a catastrophe,
vicissitude to grope a blade {pf grass) to heal, cure the cellar faded
a rest, remainder a stake, post a suspicion a fish-pond to blink to cart blind
drop serene to imagine sg.
the 2nd day after the duty the taste
a willow-g^ove a hemp-field the territory brisk, lively the palate a snuff-box the mail-coach the mourning a suspicion
PHRASES
I was no longer her guest that dépends on you to die witlî weariness to open one' s eyes wide
in the very middle
to lose one's self-possession
ail sound and haie
off he goes
do you know what you ought
to do?
not to hâve time to . .
to marry a girl without a dowry to turn a deaf ear to sg.
to prétend to sleep
to lean forward
what has become of him ?
a little before nightfall
to walk up and down the room without any definite purpose he was dumbfounded
to rise from dinner my strength failed me to go up in snioke on the top of the hill the pearly grey of dawn the very tip of his ears to niake a gesture to effect marvellous cures to be able to cure some one to upset one entirely that makes hardly any impression on me to leave for good to be sure ten paces away from top to bottom to be partial with regard to sg.
to shakc hands with some one to attend to one's business to sleep like a top he has a way of his own to . .
to live in clover
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woRns
PHRASES
57 the diocèse
the style
to gain ground by degrees
rubbish, old
the apse
to be infected
plaster
the chancel
brand new
a nave
58 a barn
the orchard
at the end of the avenue
the boxwood
the steeple
it is no use my saying it
the combe, valley
the breviary
in the very midst of sg.
59 picturesque
to reject, discard
[ without dilly-dallying any
the branch
tocut {into shapé)
1 longer
the vault, arch
a cunning dog
what a pity !
to burst for conceit
60 the cash-box
the flock {ûg. )
the electioneering contest
the competitor
to run away
to pardon some one for sg.
disguised
the thicket, jungle
! to receive some one with open
the trouble
arms
61 to give up
the nag, hack
to go up in smoke
the dream
to dig
to ride one's hobby-horse
to sit astride on
to eut down, stint
: to become infatuated with an idea to carry a thing through
62 to purr
to clink glasses
a leg of mutton stuffed with
the shutters
a wasp
garlic
the custom
the plane [tool)
a pullet stuffed with olives local white wine
63 the character
the sauce
sooner or later
the dish [food)
to simmer
from day to day
the game
Lent
to enter on some one's ideas
64 the solemnity
to succeed in . .
far from it
watery wine
inopportune
to beat the retreat
the guests
to save up
that matters little
65 to let go
to take snuff
to part with sg.
to change one's
a tortoise-shell
to deprive one's self of sg.
mind
to scent, snuff
to draw a plan
to pile up
^^ aflower-bed
an idler
a profitable enclosure
the rosebush
to till a second
a row of green peas
the lily
time, to hoe
not without amazement
to rejoice at . .
67 to weave
the plum
to leave in the end a trace
a gossip
worm-eaten
what has come over him ?
the spit [cookery)
a flagon
in times of y jre
68 to prevent
sour-looking
ail the same, it is sad to see it
the expense
all-powerful
to break out in open revolt
to pass by {of
to thwart
to do without some one
time)
69 a chicken
evidently
I would rather leave than do
daily
to seal
that
Words and Phrases
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one's wearingapparel
70 the sin
to look straight at to waver
71 a hovel
in Sunday attire lo dismiss
72 the trousers his coUeague to land
73 deep, thorough to grow cold to presene
74 a grass field astride
the ferry-boat
75 a laboratory odd, Etrange the brain
76 to shine, ghsten a marvel
the vein
77 the treasure the anguish
to ovm, confess
78 the chastisement the weariness the disgust
79 the following day absurd, prepos-
terous the thicket
80 a plate crooked, the
^^Tong way to uncork
81 a lock of hair the tear
the temptation
82 an epithet
83 first-rate, crack
WORDS
the goldfinch
the lie, falsehood to bring to light to plead guilty the bag, sack the hut the dove-cot the learned nian the problem an eel
a harvest the place mountainous the boundary-
stone a hillock a small farm mother-of-pearl dazzling a labyrinth the curtain to jump a chink
the remorse the shame the sentence
the desk
to hide
perchance
to forge, imitate
the theft
the whiskers
by the way a gift, présent to point, aim at
PHRASES
to pack up one's things
to kick against an accusation
accord! ng to him
to stride along the room
to worship the golden calf
to go off one's head
she is a cross-grained girl
to rebuild from top to bottom
to go into the country
to hâve one's pockets fuU of
sg.
to keep one's secret I long to get at it (use tarder) a tempting smell of apples to cross the frontier on the river-side to set out at daybreak vineyards rising in tiers
an old bachelor
a collection of shells
very thin iron wires
to lock a door
without knowing why
the opportunity soon came (use
farder) to feel inclincd to do sg.
to run away as quickly as
possible not the least recollection to take a bird out of its nest to take one unawares to get out of sg. by a lie what do you take me for ?
below the mills to put some one into prison to suspect nothing my ears were tingling what torture !
to blindfold some one
the sin to hâve artistic taste
the reflexion to look straight at some one
to glistcn what is the good of lessons ?
theevil, mischief to be indulgent with some
one's weak points the elbow so much the better
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WORDS
PHRASES
to drive
a NewYear'sgift
to make a gesture
the relay, post-
a flask
to blink one's eyes
ing-house
84 to put one's self out
the ribbon
to earn money
the bishop's
toclean up, tri m
at midday sharp
palace
up
to hâve to deal with some one
the rein
dressed up
85 a plume
the carriage
to drive full speed
to kneel down
the mist
at the roadside
to sow
ajig
to get on smartly
86 an inn
the clergy
at the bottom of the décline
the threshold
canting, hypo-
from head to foot
the ostler
critical
not a brass farthing
to upset, jostle
87 to mutter
cross, ill-tem-
to go back to one's rooms
the pocket-hand-
pered
to be on the watch for some
kerchief
the skirt
one's return
to dust
the heel
to put sg. into one's pocket
88 the jostling
the holidays
to be busy nailing up the
the upholsterer
the sick-room
hangings
the platform
the box, trunk
a bunch of wild flowers nobody stops
89 the sleeve
washing-day
with her arms stretched out
the cheek
to chatter
to shake hands with some one
the hp
the butt of a gun to raise one's self on tiptoe
90 on account of
the stir, bustle
to close the shutters
to cure, make
a pile
in the first row
better
a flourish [mus. ) everybody appiauds
to go to sleep
91 bald
inside
with a thick notebook in his
to hum
the signature
hand
to gum, stick
the nightmare
the prize for Latin prose composition a book with a gilt edge
92 to beset, haunt
to be better
printed in blue letters
the volume
[health)
to stick sg. up on the wall
to spread out
the miracle
to give some one a warm ré-
a Lévite, priest
ception
94 on the right
the leather
to do ail one can
above ail
to retire {o)i a
that takes time
the husband
pensio7i)
to speak to one another
the household
95 a hen, fowl
a ladder
to prevent some one doing sg.
to lay {eggs)
corpulent, bul-
to fîght about who is to hâve it
to drown
ging
it nearlyremâined in myfingers
a drudge
96 to sputter, jabber
to blink
everything has to be repaired
Words and Phrases
Page WORDS the eyelid the banisters
97 the partition -wall a shepherdess,
eas)-chair to sink back
98 a crust to soak
to cluck, chuckle
99 the trousers the noise to yelp
100 a mouthful the cream
to flay, fleece
101 dim, palhd the fellow {^of
a picturé) the hen-house
102 the bodice the eut, gash the nape
103 the lace the landing the disappoint-
ment
104 août the anger the hurry the mustard
WOKDS
to totter, shake to scale ofif
a skull-cap
to scamper away
the comb (pf a
cock) to assume airs obligingly knavish, roguish
velvety, soft to rub iheumatism
to smooth, sleek to implore one a fit of coughing the dog-kennel a pack {ofhounds) the intruder
to guess a simpleton the pillow the figure, price the crutch the paw
at heart, in
reality the falling eut,
quarrel
PHRASES
over the sideboard
a looking - glass in a frame
decked out with ribbons so much the worse with the jerky movement of a
marionette to hold out, to resist to be larger from morning till night the little finger is missing on
the left hand such as it is twice over to défend one' s self as well as
possible he dénies himself nothing to let everybody know it to take some one's part to lecture one mind your calves !
to find it difficult to do sg.
to speak through the nose
through some one's fault
to be agreed
to pawn sg.
to carry off everything
to be agreed about the price
to défend one's property to do without one another to make one inclined to laugh
