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chaque compared with chacun 11
11
17
14
with two substantives united by et 15
15
Agreement of adjectives 17 Placing of adjectives
16
Y before the verb Y compter 18 Imperative
17
quelquun taken absolutely 17 quelques uns equal
19
21
21
omitted 22
22
number of compound 22 substantive and adjective
24
étre preceded by ce 23 cest and ce sont 24 cest
26
Position of the negatives and pronouns in their
27
MOUDRE
30
Feminine plural and agreement of adjectives
33
followed by à
35
SUBSTANTIVES AND ADJECTIVES OF DIMENSION
36
preceded by il est
37
Adverbs in ment
40
de of 38 left out 39 meaning some 40 of from
41
VARIOUS MEANINGS OF THE VERBSIGNS
42
Le la les 2 Compound articles 3 Never
48
ellipsis or repetition of the subject 49 subject separated
51
401
52
de or à between two substantives
54
the parts of such complements ought to be similar
58
en translated by in 57 58 by to 59 60 by in
61
indicative for the future 62 the present for the past
63
preterite definite and preterite indefinite
71
future 78 the future anterior 79 used for the
82
DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS
83
conditional for the future 88 subjunctive or condi
92
pour for 66 rendered by with reference to 67 pre
104
THIRD STAGE
137
Bulwer Alice
148
Daily News Remarkable robberies
182
De Bazancourt Anecdote
183
Sidney Smith Dining out in the country
184
A Karr Le tabac Laristocratie Le chapeau Férocité de lhomme
185
Punch The prize footman show
186
De St Félix Le duel au cochon de lait
187
J Raikes Esq An anecdote on Louis XVIII
188
Bonaparte Pensées
189
Mérimée Le bandit homme dhonneur
190
Dickens The beggingletter writer
191
De Bazancourt Cinq mois devant Sébastopol Le Clocheton
192
Balzac Portrait du père Grandet
195
J Janin Le gamin de Paris
197
Sidney Smith He builds his house
198
T Gauthier Sur la perfectibilité de lespèce humaine
200
T Ingolsby A dream
202
Cousin Le siècle de Louis XIV
203
Dagobert Hot joints Scotch melodies Mé moires
205
BOOK OF REFERENCE
245
Table in two pages
255
RIRE
261
TERMINATION IN
267
BRAIRE
277
Endings of past participles
284
gu 3
291
RELATIVE PRONOUNS
302
DIFFERENT SHADES OF EXPRESSION IN INTERROGATIVE SEN
309
Agreement of adjectives
327
Cardinal numbers
331
DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS 1 Ce 3 Ceci 4 Ci là voilà
336
INDEFINITE ADJECTIVES
338
ADVERBS in MENT position
345
ENGLISH PREFIXES
348
Syntax of qualificative 1
366
Vingt and cent 3
369
quel que followed by a verb 18
371
Aujourdhui 1
372
non seulement 16
375
dautant plus dautant mieux 19 dautant moins 20
376
et repeated or not 2 3 4
380
21 ce between two substantives divided by étre 22
392
lun lautre or lun à lautre 40 lun et lautre
398
place of after dire répondre reprendre and a few other
404
number of after à 38 after de à 39 after en
407
le même c 28
417
A TABLE OF ALL THE FRENCH TERMINATIONS illustrated
419
complete words with figurative pronunciation
420
La Mort des Templiers
427
ALPHABETICAL SELECTION OF ENGLISH IDIOMS translated by their equivalents in French
428
1 Seasons 2 Months 3 Days 4 The division of Time
436
Earth
437
Degrees of kindred
438
Dress
439
Womens clothes
440
Stuffs tissues
442
Habitation ib 12 Dwelling buildings
443
Adjuncts
445
The household
446
Things used at meals
448
Cellar utensils
449
Meals ib 19 Eating
450
Drinking
452
Servants
453
Government
454
Dignitaries ib 26 Civil functionaries
455
Public offices
456
Commerce ib 29 Colours
459
Vocal sounds emitted by animals
460
Abodes and reunions of animals
461

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Page 295 - Un, deux, trois, quatre, cinq, six, sept, huit, neuf, dix, onze, douze, Treize, quatorze, quinze, seize, dix-sept, dix-huit, dix-neuf, vingt.
Page 148 - ... had altogether sunk below the horizon, and an early and lurid shade of darkness blotted the serene twilight of a summer evening. The wind began next to arise, but its wild and moaning sound was heard for some time, and its effects became visible on the bosom of the sea, before the gale was felt on shore.
Page 182 - ... danger, however, and the result was wonderful. Each year added to its charms : it grew younger and younger ; a new wheel, a new spring; I christened it the Immortal; it was known all over the neighbourhood ; the village boys cheered it, and the village dogs barked at it ; but Faber mece fortunes was my motto, and we had no false shame.
Page 123 - Mon père se levait à quatre heures du matin, hiver comme été : il venait dans la cour intérieure appeler et éveiller son valet de chambre, à l'entrée de l'escalier de la tourelle. On lui apportait un peu de café à cinq heures ; il travaillait ensuite dans son cabinet jusqu'à midi. Ma mère et ma sœur déjeunaient chacune dans leur chambre, à huit heures du matin. Je n'avais aucune heure fixe, ni pour me lever, ni pour déjeuner ; j'étais censé étudier jusqu'à midi : la plupart du...
Page 177 - Au physique, Grandet était un homme de cinq pieds, trapu, carré, ayant des mollets de douze pouces de circonférence, des rotules noueuses et de larges épaules; son visage était rond, tanné, marqué de petite vérole...
Page 181 - I had little furniture, so I bought a cart-load of deals; took a carpenter (who came to me for parish relief, called Jack Robinson) with a face like a full-moon, into my service ; established him in a barn, and said,
Page 197 - ... at society, and was blown about by its slightest veerings of opinion ; at literary fame, and left fair copies of his private letters, with copious notes, to be published after his decease ; at rank, and never for a moment forgot...
Page 124 - Lorsqu'en se promenant, il s'éloignait du foyer, la vaste salle était si peu éclairée par une seule bougie qu'on ne le voyait plus; on l'entendait seulement encore marcher dans les ténèbres; puis il revenait lentement vers la lumière et émergeait peu à peu de l'obscurité, comme un spectre, avec sa roble blanche, son bonnet blanc, sa figure longue et pâle.
Page 181 - ... advice of the farmer instead of the gentleman ; sold my oxen, bought a team of horses, and at last, in spite of a frost which delayed me six weeks, in spite of walls running down with wet, in spite of the advice and remonstrances of friends who predicted our death, in spite of an infant of six months old, who had never been out of the house, I landed my family in my new house nine months after laying the first stone, on the...
Page 198 - Lui, marchand ? C'est pure médisance : il ne l'a jamais été. Tout ce qu'il faisait, c'est qu'il était fort obligeant, fort officieux ; et comme il se connaissait fort bien en étoffes, il en allait choisir de tous les côtés, les faisait apporter chez lui, et en donnait à ses amis pour de l'argent.

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