The Elements of French and English Conversation: With New, Familiar, and Easy Dialogues, Each Preceeded by a Suitable Vocabulary, in French and English : Designed Particularly for the Use of Schools |
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Acton apples avez Avez-vous bad company ball begin believe best better book bought brother choose clear commonly company country DIALOGUE doubt drink êtes evening fail fashion father find first French French language friends give glad going good great deal half an hour Have you He has hear heard heures his lesson hope house idle it is not J'ai J'en know last learn learned left lesson letters likewise little London long-tems make master mind money much obliged n'avez never night nine noun o'clock obliged particularly people play pleasure pound quart reason right same school seen send serai shorten show side sister sleep sometimes soon speak spite of all stay take taste tems thank ther thing think thither ticket time to-day to-morrow true twelve Vauxhall verbs VOCABULARY Voulez-vous walk want weather wish word write year you'll young
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Page 113 - J'ai encore perdu. Vous n'irez pas à dame. Je ne pense pas. Je ne saurais jouer avec vous ; vousjouez beaucoup mieux que moi. C'est que vous ne réfléchissez pas assez. C'est un jeu qui demande beaucoup de réflexion. Surtout quand on ne sait pas bien le jeu , et c'est ce qui m'arrive.
Page 190 - ... soon be at the end of the fine days. Not always; we sometimes have summer in autumn, and winter in spring. I do not care about it-,' I shall not be in this country next winter.
Page 9 - I am very glad. He is sincere. We are busy. You are agreeable. They are fearful. I was surprised. He was Ipvely,.
Page 49 - You drink too little. He eats too much meat. I have eaten sufficiently. You have not eaten enough. She has not much money. Give him but little. He has much trouble. Give him ever so little. And I likewise. She sets every thing down topsy-turvy.
Page 121 - C'est tout ce que l'on peut souhaiter. Vous aurez du bœuf rôti et des épinards. Dans ce cas-là je ne saurais manquer de satisfaire mon goût, car j'aime le bœuf rôti. Si j'avais su que vous dussiez venir, j'aurais fait préparer quelque chose de plus. De grâce, ne vous excusez pas ; agissons en amis et sans cérémonie.
Page 9 - He was despotic. We were diligent. You were idle. They were dangerous. I shall be discreet. He will be learned. We shall be saving. You will be envions.
Page 49 - He fell into the dirt. Go straight along. Do not go to the left. We went to the right He goes up and down. You run to and fro. They are lucky on both sides. They pursue him on all sides. You see our garden.
Page 79 - ... must renounce. 3. Conscience is a judge whose decisions must be respected. 4. I perceive in the distance an object the form of which I cannot distinguish. 5. He asked the king what he was thinking about. 6. He gives a pleasant turn to everything he says. 7. The first person is the one that speaks, the second is that to whom one speaks, the third is that of whom one speaks. 8. Stop ! said the soldier from whose hands the prisoner tried to escape. 53e Leçon. Pronoms Indéfinis. § 33B.
Page 47 - J'ai gagné de bon jeu. 11 est logé à l'étroit. Au pis aller, je ne risque rien Vous parlez au hasard. J'ai omis la date par mégarde. Vous avez écrit à la hâte. Elle l'a raconté pour badiner.
Page 119 - I have done. This is very fine china. You have a very fine set of china. I bought it at auction. How much did you pay for it ? I gave ten guineas for the whole. You got it cheap.