Call the butter-man; the oyster-
man; the poultry-man ; the man
with a grey coat; with a round
hat; with a wry neck; with a
claret face; with a large nose:
with a villanous look.
I prefer the caper-sauce to the vi-
negar, the egg, or onion-sauce.

They served us with vermicelli,
with rice, with peas, with cab-
bage-soup, a chicken broiled
with salt, pepper, and vinegar,
and an eel-pye.

He lives at the hay or at the corn market.

He has broken the water-pot and the ink-bottle.

She sells pink-scented powder, rose-scented powder, and vanilla-chocolate, in her shop.

Note, that, in French, the preposition and article are sometimes rendered by the preposition à alone, instead of au, à la, &c.-EXAMPLES.

Sa boîte à mouches est dans la Her patch-box is in the powder

boîte à poudre.

On servit sur la table à dix couverts une cafetière à vingt tas

ses.

box.

On the table calculated for ten

persons, they served up a twenty-dish coffee-pot.

RULE XIX.-An English adjective, expressing the idea of pattern or resemblance, is rendered, in French, in the same manner as the first noun in the preceding rule; it then becomes feminine, in the singular, and is substantively taken.-EXAMPLES:

Les habits à la Française sont à | French coats are now fashionable, présent à la mode.

J'ai troqué ma selle à l'Anglaise
pour une à la Prussienne.
Il porte un manteau à l'Espagnole
et des bottes à l'Américaine.

or in fashion.

I bartered my English saddle for
a Prussian one.
He wears a Spanish cloak and
American boots.

RULE XX. When the words good, fit, &c. are understood, in English, before the second noun, when transposed as above, they are rendered by the preposition à.-EXAMPLES:

Je voudrais avoir une terre à bois | I wish I had some wood-land and et une à blé.

La colline est couverte de moulins à vent, et la vallée de moulins à eau.

some for corn

The hill is covered with windmills, and the valley with watermills.

RULE XXI.-When, in English, the past participle of a verb is preceded by the infinitive to be, and such adjectives as fit, good; in French, the adjective fit, and infinive to be, are both rendered by the preposition à; and the past participle is rendered by the infinitive of the corresponding verb.-EXAMPLES:

C'est une fille à marier.

Voilà du bois à couper et des ar-
bres à planter.
C'est un homme à mépriser:
C'est un coquin à pendre.

She is a girl fit to be married, or

She is a marriageable girl.
That wood is fit to be cut, and
those trees to be planted.
That is a man fit to be despised.
That scoundrel is fit to be hanged.

M. I have not made any mention of the preposition de, which sometimes must be placed between the two French nouns, instead of à, au, à la, &c. To prevent mistakes, I hasten to acquaint you with the following:

RULE XXII.—When two nouns come together, in English, and the second is said to be composed or made of the materials expressed by the first; the first, in French, is transposed after the second, with the preposition de, preceding.-EXAMPLES:

diamond ring.

He lived in a stone house: now he lives in a brick one.

Il a perdu sa tabatière d'or, sa❘ He has lost his gold snuff-box, montre d'argent, sa chaîne silver watch, steel chain, and d'acier, et sa bague de diamans. Il demeurait dans une maison de pierre, à présent il demeure dans une maison de brique. J'ai besoin de six paires de bas de soie, de quatre de laine, de deux de coton, et d'une de fil.

Il porte un habit de velours noir, un gilet d'écarlate, et une culotte de casimir bleu.

I want six pair of silk-stockings, four of worsted, two of cotton, and one of thread.

He wears a black velvet coat, a scatlet jacket, and blue kerseymere breeches.

M. The words, for which the following table is intended, always require the preposition de after them, as:

Il mène un genre de vie qu'on ne He leads a kind of life which cansaurait approuver.

Quelle espèce d'homme nous avez- What kind of a man have you

Il n'y a rien de plus insolent qu'un | None are more insolent than up

Donnez-moi un peu de bière ou de Give me a little beer or cider.

Je vous dirai en peu de mots toute | I will tell you in few words the l'affaire. whole of the matter.

Assez.

Enough.

Il y a assez de temps que je vous I have been waiting for you long attends.

Plus, moins.

Il a plus de talents et de mérite que | son frère; mais moins de savoirvivre et d'usage du monde.

Autant.

enough.

More, less.

Elle a autant de vertu que dou-She has as much virtue as mildceur dans le caractère.

Tant.

Il est doué de tant d'esprit et de sagesse qu'il réussira, et il a tant d'amis qu'il ne manquera jamais de rien.

Trop.

Cet auteur embrasse trop de matières, de faits, et de détails.

Combien.

Combien d'argent lui devez-vous? combien de livres de chandelle

avez-vous apportées?

ness in her temper.

So much, so many.

He is endowed with so much understanding and wisdom, that he will succeed, and he has so many friends that he will never want any thing.

Too much, too many. This author embraces too much matter, too many facts and particulars.

How much, how many.

How much money do you owe him? how many pounds of candles have you brought?

Il y avait je ne sais combien de There were I know not how many

people.

How much, how many. How much blood was spilt in this fatal quarrel!

How many sorrows you will have. to bear!

What!

EXCEPTION.-Bien, when, in English, it means much or maný, is an exception; for, instead of the preposition de, alone, it must be followed by that preposition and the article indicative or definite.—EXAMPLES. Il y avait bien du monde à la co- | There were many people at the médie. Il y a bien des gens qui le croient There are many people who beainsi. lieve it so.

play.

A TABLE OF FRENCH VERBS,

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWED BY NOUNS (WHICH ARE THEIR COMPLEMENT,) WITHOUT BEING CONNECTED WITH THEM BY ANY ARTICLE OR PREPOSITION.

Avoir appétit.

To have an appetite
Avoir compassion.
To have mercy.
Avoir cours.
To be current; to
take; to be in
vogue.
Avoir coutume.
To be used to.
Avoir dessein.
To intend.
Avoir droit.

To have a right.
Avoir envie.
To have a mind.
Avoir mal.
To ache.

Avoir part au gá

teau.

To share in the
booty.
Avoir pitié.*
To pity.
Ajouter foi.
To believe.
Chanter pouilles.
To call names.
Chercher chicane.
To wrangle.

Avez-vous bon appétit ?

Have you a good appetite?
Ayez compassion de son infortune.
Have compassion on his misfortune.

Je ne crois pas que cette monnaie ait cours.
I do not believe that this coin is current.

Il a coutume de se lever de bonne heure.
He is used to rise early.

J'ai dessein de partir pour France.
I intend to set off for France.
Vous n'avez pas droit de le faire.
You have not a right to do it.

J'ai grande envie de lui frotter les oreilles.
I have a great mind to thrash him-to rub his ears.
J'ai mal à la tête et aux oreilles.

My head and ears ache.

Si vous venez, vous aurez part au gâteau.

If you come, you will share in the booty.

Il ne mérite pas qu'on ait pitié de lui.
He does not deserve to be pitied.
Il n'ajoute pas foi à ce que vous dites.
He does not believe what you say.
Il ne fallait pas lui chanter pouilles.
You should not have called him names.
Il cherche chicane à tous ses voisins,
He wrangles with all his neighbours.
Chercher querelle. Il a été chercher querelle à cet homme-là.
To pick a quarrel. He went to pick a quarrel with that man.
Chercher fortune. Il est allé chercher fortune aux Indes.
To seek a fortune. He went to seek a fortune in the Indies.
Chercher malheur. | Qui cherche malheur, le trouve.

To hunt for a mis

fortune.

Couper court.

To make short.

Whoever hunts for a misfortune, finds it.

Coupons court à ces difficultés-là.

Let us make short of those difficulties.

* For other nouns that may follow aroir, see the Table at the end of the con

jugation of that auxiliary verb, p. 18.