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Scan 153
Le luthier de Crémone et Le trésor, 1920
40 lines. Read by computer on 3 September 2026. No printed page number was found. See the scan on archive.org.
1Vocabulary
3aussitôt, instantly.
4autant, so much, so well, so, 468; — que, as . . . as, 98, as much as, 413.
5autour de, around.
6autre, other; d’—s, other; ne . . . d’—, no other.
7autrefois, formerly, long ago; le vernis d’—, the long-lost varnish, 319.
8aux, for à les.
9avancer: s’—, advance, go.
10avant: — de and — que, before.
11avare, m., miser.
12avec, with.
13avenir, m., future.
14averse, f.: l’—, a rainstorm, T. 448.
15aveu, m., avowal.
16aveugle, m., blind man.
17avis, m.: changer d’—, change one’s mind.
18avoine, f., oats.
19avoir, have, get; as auxiliary, do, did, e.g. l’avais-tu fait, did you do it, 578; ai, had, 576; aurait, shall win, 20; n’ait jamais eu que, may never have got beyond, T. 219; — l’air (de), look (like), 61, T. 159; — besoin, need; j’ai (avais) le cœur, my heart is (was), 475, 559, 580; — la fièvre, be restless; — honte, be ashamed; — de l’humeur, be out of temper; — mal, be ill, feel pain; — raison, be right; — reconnaissance pour, feel gratitude to; — peine, find it hard, T. 362; — regret, regret, be sorry; — soin de, take care of, protect; — la tête si légère, be so light-headed, T. 107; — tort, be wrong.
20avorton, m., misshapen one.
21avouer, confess, admit.
22avril, m.: d’—, in April.
23ayant, ayez, see avoir.
25babiller, babble, prattle.
26bagatelle, f.: point —, no trifle, 41.
27baguette, f., wand.
28bah, bah! of course!
29bahut, m., chest.
30baiser, kiss.
31baisse, f.: en —, "down" (in price).
32baisser, lower, decline.
33banal, —e, commonplace.
34Bande noire, f., Black Band (of speculators in confiscated estates), T. 140.
35bannière, f., banner.
36barbe, f., beard.
37barbeau, m., light blue.
38baron, baronne, baron, baroness.
39bas, basse, low; salle —se, retainers’ hall; la tête —se, with drooping head.
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