Listen to him, hear what he has to say.--She said many Ecouter things which I had not the patience to listen to.—Are you looking for your brother? Yes, I am looking for him.— chercher The book you are looking for * is on the table in my study. -Can you wonder at his extravagance, if you consider how s'étonner de folies, foolishly his mother indulged him? What I wonder at -gáter most is his impudence.-I suppose you did not expect s'attendre à such a letter from a man who owes you his fortune. I confess I did not expect it.-He will hear of something apprendre to-morrow which he does not expect.-If I accept, will you blame me for it? No; the only thing for which I blame blamer de you is to have made such a mystery of it. I like à to account to myself for every thing which I see.-These are se rendre compte de things at which you should not grieve, since they can so s'affliger de easily be remedied.—Can you hear of such misery without LIST OF THE MOST COMMON FRENCH REFLECTIVE VERBS. There are a great many verbs in French which are used reflectively. As they occur very frequently in every day's * Which is here understood (74-3). conversation, it has been thought that a list of them S'adresser à, to apply. S'instruire, to improve. Il s'agit de, the thing to be S'intéresser à, to take an inte- done is. S'en aller, to go away. S'apercevoir de, to see, to be S'appeler, to be called, to have a name. S'approcher de, to approach, come near. S'arréter, to stop. Se charger de, to take upon Se coucher, to go to bed. Se douter de, to suspect. Se soucier de, to care. Se souvenir de, to remember. Se fácher de, to get angry, to Se tromper, to be mistaken. take offence. Se fier, to trust. S'habiller, to dress. Se trouver, to be, to happen to Se vanter de, to boast of. THE END. GILBERT & RIVINGTON, Printers, St. John's Square, London. |