plonger, to immerse, plu, see plaire and pleuvoir. la pluie, rain. la plupart, the most part, the
greater number. plus (de), more ; plus que, more than ; de plus en plus, more and more ; (ne) plus, no longer, no more, plusieurs, several, plutot que (de), rather le poll, hair. [(thanj.
le poing, fist, hand ; coup de
poing, blow.
le point, point ; matter ; le point du jour, dawn, break of day ; au point que, to such an extent that, (ne) point, not ; point du tout,
not at all.
la pointe, point, sharp end. le pois, pea. le poisson, fish, la pompe, pomp, state, le pont, bridge ; pont-levis,
drawbridge. populaire, popular. le port, harbour. la porte, door ; gate. la portee, length, range.
porter, to carry, bear ; to wear ; to incline ; to induce ; se porter, to be (well or ill) ; nous ne nous en portions pas plus mal, we were none the worse.
poser, to set. possede, possessed of the
devil.
posseder, to possess, la potence, gallows, la poterne, postern gate, le pouce, inch.
pour, for ; to, in order to ;
as for.
pourquoi, why ; pourquoi faire ? what for ?
��pourr , see pouvoir.
pourri, rotten.
poursuivre fpoursuivant, poursuivi, poursuis, pour- suivis) , to pursue ; to proceed (on).
pourtant, however.
pousser, to excite, impel, urge ; to carry on ; pousser un soupir, to heave a sigh. la poussiere, dust.
pouvoir (pouvant, pu, peux or puis, pus, pourrai, puisse), to be able ; can ; to avail ; se pourrait-il ? is it possible ? la prairie, open country, le preambule, preamble. la precipitation, hurry.
predire (predisant, predit, predis, predis), to foretell, prophesy.
preferable, preferable.
preferer, to prefer.
premier, first.
prendre (prenant, pris, prends, pris), to take, catch, seize ; to lay hold of ; prendre les devants, to go on in front ; prendre jour (pour), to fix a day (for) ; il lui a pris un acces, a fit came upon him ; s’y prendre, to manage, to set about it.
preparer, to prepare, to make ready ; se preparer (a), to make ready (to).
pres (de), near ; beside ; &
peu pres, more or less, la presence, presence, le present, present, gift, a present, now.
presenter, to present.
presque, almost.
presse, in a hurry.
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