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Il vous va très-bien. Vous n'avez jamais été mieux habillé.

Vous autres tailleurs, vous ne trouvez jamais à redire à votre ouvrage. Le dernier pantalon que vous m'avez fait me gène beaucoup.

Il est trop étroit. Je peux y rémedier, j'ai laissé du rempli.

Je vais le remporter, et je vous l'enverrai demain.

It is very becoming to you. You were never better dressed.

You tailors never find fault with your own own work.

The trousers you made for me the other day are very uncomfortable. They are too tight. I can alter that, I have left some folding.

I will take it with me, and

send it back to-morrow.

VOCABULARY TO THE FIRST DIVISION.1

1. Ecole, school; église, church; cocher, coachman; écurie, stable; cave, cellar; marché, market; spectacle, theatre; rester, to stay; tiroir, drawer; cabaret, inn; bourse, exchange; hôtel de ville, town hall.

2. From thence, de là; before you go, avant d'aller; the forest, la forêt (le bois); the Mayor, monsieur le maire; to give, remettre. 3. Gai, merry; il se peut, it may be; persécuter, to persecute; bien, property.

4. Relation, parent; credit, le crédit; nevertheless, pourtant; to look sad, avoir l'air triste; everybody, tout le monde; oak, chêne; beech, hêtre; fir, sapin; mine, mine; furnish, fournir; copper, le cuivre; lead, le plomb.

5. Rôti, roast-meat; infiniment, exceedingly; rassasié, satisfied; à l'heure qu'il est, at such an hour; repos, rest; profondément, soundly. 6. Poitrine, chest; habitude, habit; tout de suite, directly; dur, hard; tâcher, to endeavour.

7. It is only, il n'est que; to shine, luire; before I go to bed, avant de me coucher; to walk, marcher; I should like, je voudrais; to rest, se reposer; tired, fatigué; I cannot get on any further, je n'en puis plus; thou must, il faut; to come home, rentrer.

8. Spacieux, roomy; peuplé, populous; occupé, busy; étourdi, thoughtless, giddy; châtiment, punishment; nuire, to do harm; contagieux, contagious; âne, donkey; tranquille, quiet; fier, proud; ardent, spirited.

9. Habile, clever; ouvrier, workman; état, state; lieue, league, mile. 10. Map, carte de géographie; to deserve, meriter; reward, récompense, f.; to spend, dépenser; to be pleased about it, en être charmé; dress, robe; occupied, occupé; to copy, copier.

11. Fendre, to slit; mou, molle, soft; enroué, hoarse; crier, to scream; distinguer, to distinguish, to discern; lettre, letter; faible, weak; nonchalant, careless, negligent; instructif, instructive; pernicieux, pernicious; prodigue, prodigal; avare, avaricious; sobre, frugal; désir, wish; économe, economical; instruit, informed.

12. What may be the matter with thee, ce que tu peux avoir; one laughs, on rit; to encourage, encourager à; to give one's self up, se

1 The usual words occurring in the First Course are now supposed to be known by the pupil.

livrer; to be sorrowful, s'attrister; it is now, voilà; to observe, observer; to look at, regarder; to understand, concevoir; everybody has something against me, tout le monde m'en veut; to think, réfléchir; treatment, traitement, m; to suffer, éprouver; what may have drawn it upon me, ce qui peut me l'avoir attiré; indulgent, indulgent; strict, sévère; old, âgé; sensible, raisonnable.

13. Se conduire, to behave; s'imaginer, to fancy; plus tôt, sooner ; autrement, differently; souper, to sup; dîner, to dine; se retablir, to recover; écouter, to listen.

14. S'adresser, to address one's self; corrompu, depraved; accuser, to accuse; affreux, dreadful; circonstance, circumstance; promesse, promise; positif, positive; preuve, proof; convaincant, convincing; arracher, to draw out; situation, position; désespérant, unfortunate; remarquable, remarkable; boisson, drink; délicieux, delicious; goûter, to taste, enjoy; trembler, to tremble; se plaire, to delight; calomnier, to calumniate; bienfaiteur, benefactor; absurde, absurd; médire, to speak evil of; respectable, estimable.

15. To complain of, se plaindre de; ingratitude, ingratitude; important, important; to happen, arriver; to do good, faire du bien; for instance, par exemple; to take pleasure in something, se plaire à; to slander, déchirer; ridiculous, ridicule; absurd, absurde; to give one's self up, s'abandonner; absurd, impertinent; calumny, calomnie, f.; to draw, tirer; misery, misère; dreadful, affreux; malicious, méchant; to suppose, croire, présumer.

16. Officier, officer; marchande de modes, milliner; étudiant, student; demander, to ask for; il est question, are you speaking; s'occuper, to occupy one's self; ordonner, to prescribe; raison, reason.

17. Tableau, picture; sous, on; accepter, to accept; gravure, engraving.

18. To draw, dessiner; drawing, dessin, m.; badly, mal; drawingmaster, maître de dessin; will be here directly, va venir; with this piece of money, de cette pièce d'argent; to hear, apprendre; to come through, passer par; combat, combat, m.; to wound, blesser.

19. Facilité, fluency; converser, to converse; voyager, to travel; probité, honesty; adressé, recommended; pont, bridge; passer, to go, to come. 20. To save, sauver; down yonder, là-bas; to inhabit, habiter; purse, bourse, f.; to intrust, confier; to go away, s'en aller; valour, bravoure, f.; to praise, vanter; son-in-law, beau-fils; wine merchant, marchand de vin; excellent, excellent; Claret, Bordeaux; to suit, convenir; to spend, passer; under, sous; to rest, se reposer; leaf, feuille; to fall, tomber; to owe, avoir; obligation, obligation, f.; value, valeur, f.; to break, casser; the point, la pointe.

21. Most, le plus; to relate, raconter; to happen, arriver; to hurt, faire mal; the real truth, la pure vérité; to confide, confier; to be very sorry, faire beaucoup de peine; to ill treat, maltraiter; to convince one's self, se convaincre; to remember, se souvenir; to exhort, exhorter; principally, principalement.

22. Intéresser, to interest; état, position; citoyen, citizen; patrie, native country; rendre, to reward; œuvre, work.

23. Aimable, loveable; se fâcher, to get angry; demander qn., to ask for somebody; dessiner, to draw; reproche, reproach

24. Noise, bruit, m.; to frighten, effrayer; to stop, s'arrêter; fault, défaut; its good parts, son mérite; to speak ill, parler mal.

25. Inondé, inundated; sujet, subject; erreur, mistake; chagriner, to vex; semer, to sow; recueillir, to reap.

26. Furniture, meubles, m.; laid out, arrangé; to communicate, communiquer; present, assistant; to hear, entendre; reason, raison; to mention, alléguer; idea, idée; to address one's self, s'adresser; lawyer, avocat; to bring, porter; commission, commission; to do, faire.

27. Négociant, merchant; refuser, to refuse; entrée, entrance; d'autre chose, of something else; envier, to envy; autrui, others.

28. Bienfaisant, charitable; obtenir, to obtain; écouter, to listen; en imposer, to impose upon, to deceive; emploi, office; aider, to help; réussir, to succeed; s'y prendre, to manage; manière, way.

29. Reproach, reproche; to take leave, prendre congé; born, né; to separate, se séparer; to envy, envier; to spend, passer; industrious, laborieux; ennui, ennui; to defend, défendre; to attack, attaquer; to obey, observer; to translate, traduire; to listen to, écouter.

30. Songer, to think of; inventé, invented; inventeur, inventor; gâteau, cake; noix, nut.

31. To gain, gagner; to stop, s'arrêter; thick, épais; to pour, verser; accustomed, accoutumé; grass-bank, gazon, m.; to sit down, s'asseoir; to plant, planter; by the side of, auprès de; to profit by, profiter de.

32. A la maison, home; spectacle, theatre; s'arrêter, to remain; amener, to bring; bâton, stick; rivière, river, brook; pierre, stone. 33. Pluie, rain.

34. To occupy one's self, s'occuper; unknown, inconnu; to propose to one's self, se proposer; to amuse one's self, s'amuser; to feel well, se porter bien; to guard one's self, se garder; presumption, orgueil; to subside, se calmer; to derange one's self, se déranger; stomach, estomac; to rest, se reposer; afterwards, tantôt; to lose one's way, s'égarer; to expose one's self, s'exposer; to draw upon one's self, s'attirer; to hide one's self, se cacher.

35. Lentement, slowly; chemin, way; au devant de, to meet; pardonner, to pardon, to excuse; tout à l'heure, directly.

36. To stay, rester; together, ensemble.

37. Envie, wish; secourir, to assist; se mourir, to be dying; pharmacie, apothecary's shop; à perte d'haleine, out of breath; fatigué, tired; parcourir, to run through; moitié, half.

38. In the flower, à la fleur; in time, à temps; to run through, parcourir; to fetch, chercher.

39. Mensonge, untruth; sans cesse, for ever; à cause de, on account of; conduite, conduct; menteur, liar; commerce, intercourse, society; s'enfuir, to flee, to escape; fuite, flight; approcher, to advance, to approach; rester, to stay, to remain.

40. Idleness, oisiveté; given to, adonné; neighbour, prochain; society, commerce, m.; everywhere, partout; addicted, adonné; to advise, conseiller; to make use of, mettre à profit.

41. Bouquet, nosegay; fraise, strawberry; connaissance, knowledge; davantage, more; bien, fortune; sagesse, wisdom; se contenter, to be. satisfied; posséder, to possess.

42. Menace, threat; craintif, timid; extrêmement, extremely; ombre, shadow; amour-propre, self-love; héros, hero; prendre garde, to take care; attacher, to chain; aboyer, to bark.

43. Open, ouvert; without trouble, sans peine; pronunciation, prononciation; hypocrite, hypocrite; really, vraiment.

44. Poisson, fish; frire, to fry.

45. To laugh at, rire de; to put under, mettre; wood, bois, m.; it will directly, elle va.

46. Repos, rest, peace; revenus, income; misère, misery; pénible, painful; survivre, to survive; oser, to dare; devant, before; fâché, angry; il s'en faut beaucoup qu'elle, she is far from; changer, to change.

47. Veiller, to take care; rampart, wall.

48. Soberly, sobrement; to have enough to live on, avoir de quoi vivre; quietly, tranquillement; in the circle, au sein; probably, probablement; accident, accident; merry, gai, de bonne humeur; creditor, créancier; true, vrai; Christian, chrétien.

49. Mil, one thousand; tôt, early; feu, deceased; doigt, finger, inch; à vue d'oeil, visibly; mauvaise herbe, ill weeds.

50. Se plaire, to like being, to take pleasure in; je me plais, I like; s'il vous plaît, if you please; aimer mieux, to prefer; avenir, future ; babillard, chatterbox; fou, fool.

51. In Russia, en Russie; we were, que nous fussions; corn, blé, m.; to displease, déplaire; older people, des personnes plus âgées; together, ensemble.

52. Sûrement, certainly; à pierre fendre, intensely; éclair, lightning. 53. De loin, in the distance; ruse, trick; apporter remède, to employ a remedy; froideur, coldness; en faire paraître, to show it.

54. Not easily, ne.. . . guère.

55. Fauteuil, arm-chair; auprès, by the side, near; se lever, to get up; si tôt, so soon.

56. Tired, las; seldom, rarement; to break, casser; bench, banc, m. under, sous; behind, derrière; by the side of, à côté de.

57. Le plancher, the floor.

58. Before, devant; round, autour de; to require, prétendre; not to like sitting, n'aimer pas être assis; arbour, berceau; directly, tout de suite.

59. A la maison, in the house; festin, festival.

60. Ménager, to spare; regarder, to concern; indiscret, indiscreet; douteux, doubtful; à son gré, as he likes; dommage, pity; oui, sans doute, yes, certainly; sonner, to strike.

61. Rue, street; sale, dirty; s'éclaircir, to clear up; dissiper, to disperse; brouillard, fog; étouffant, suffocating; lourd, sultry; orage, thunderstorm; gronder, to roll; tonnerre, thunder; faire des éclairs, to lighten; rentrer chez soi, to go home; se mettre à couvert, to place one's self under shelter; chaumière, cottage.

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