Bow & Bridge Violin and bow makers, as the old books printed them

Scan 152

Le luthier de Crémone et Le trésor, 1920

47 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.

1Vocabulary
3ardeur, f., ardor, eagerness.
4argent, m., silver, money; — comptant, "sterling coin," T. 403.
5armer: s'— (de), arm oneself (with).
6armes, f. pl., coat (or coats) of arms.
7armoire, f., cupboard.
8armure, f., armor.
9Arques, Arques (in Picardy).
10arranger: s'—, be settled.
11arrêter, check, bid stop; s'—, stop, pause; arrêté, whoah! T. 195; arrêtez, stay! 381.
12arriver, come, happen; quoi qu'il arrivât, whatever might happen, 544.
13art, m., art.
14artisan, m., craftsman.
15artiste, m., artist (in any art or craft).
16asile, m., refuge.
17assassiner, kill.
18assembler: s'—, gather, assemble; assemblé, —e, assembled.
19asseoir: s'—, sit, sit down, be seated; assis, —e, sitting, seated.
20asseyons, see asseoir.
21assez, enough, quite, sufficiently; — bons, good enough, 56; — de, enough; — sur, enough of.
22assied, assieds, assis, —e, see asseoir.
23assiette, f., plate; — à fleurs, flower-bowl.
24assignat, m., assignat (paper currency in France, 1790—1796).
25associé, m., partner.
26assommer, knock down, stone.
27Asti, Asti (town in Italy).
28atelier, m., work-shop; — de lutherie, stringed-instrument shop.
29atome, m., atom.
30atteindre, hit.
31attendre, wait, await.
32attendrir: s'—, grow tender.
33attentivement, attentively, closely.
34attirer, draw.
35attrister: s'—, be sad.
36au, for à le.
37Aubiers: des —, des Aubiers (of the Laburnums).
38aucun, —e, any; — … ne, no.
39au-dessus de, above.
40aujourd'hui, to-day.
41auparavant, formerly, of old, before.
42auprès de, near, close by.
43auquel, auxquels, auxquelles, to or for which; see lequel.
44aura, aurai, aurais, aurait, auras, aurez, auriez, aurions, auront, see avoir.
45aurore, f., dawn.
46aussi, also, too, so, as; — … que, as … as

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