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��VOCABULARY
��boire (buvant, bu, bois, bus), to drink ; boire a la sante de qqn., to drink the health of s.o. le bois, wood, la bombance, feasting ; faire
bombance, to feast, bombe, convex, bon, good, fit. le bond, bound, leap, le bonheur, good luck ; happi- ness.
la bonte, kindness ; ayez un peu la bonte de, just be kind enough to. le bord, edge, brink ; shore ; sur son bord, on board his ship. border, to border ; to hem
in.
borgne, blind of one eye. la borne, limit. la bouche, mouth.
bouchonner, to rub down, la boucle, lock, curl, la boue, mud. le bourg, town, village, le bourgeois, townsman,
citizen, le bourreau, executioner;
murderer. la bourse, purse. le bout, end ; venir a bout (de), to accomplish, to manage. la boutique, shop. les braies, /., breeches. la branche, branch, bough, le bras, arm.
brave, brave ; worthy. la bravoure, valour, courage, la brebis, sheep. la bride, bridle. briguer, to solicit, brillant, brilliant, bright. broder, to embroider. le bruit, noise, sound, bruler, to burn. bu, see boire. le buisson, bush.
��burlesque, ludicrous, le butor, fool, blockhead, buvant, see boire.
��<ja, see cela.
c.a, now, now then ! ca et
la, here and there, la cabane, hut.
cacher (a), to conceal, hide
(from) .
le cadet, younger brother, le caillou, pebble. le camarade, comrade, com- panion.
se camper, to place oneself, le canton, district.
capable, able, capable, la cape, cape, cloak, le caprice, whim, fancy. car, conj., for. caressant, fond, la carriere, course ; prendre carriere, to give reins to their horses (p. 70). le cas, case ; en tout cas, in casser, to break, [any case. cause de, for the sake of, on
account of. causer, to cause, to occasion;
to talk.
le cavalier, horseman, rider. ce, it, that ; ce qui, ce que,
what. ce, cet, cette, ces, this, that,
these, those, ceci, this. ceder, to yield. ceindre (ceignant, ceint, ceins, ceignis), to enclose, encircle ; to gird on. ceint, see ceindre. la ceinture, girdle, belt, cela, ca, that. celebrer, to celebrate,
solemnize, celle, see celui.
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