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Scan 154
Le luthier de Crémone et Le trésor, 1920
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1Vocabulary
3basse, f., bass-viol.
4bat, see battre.
5bataille, f., battle.
6battre, beat.
7béante, -e, gaping.
8beau, bel, belle, beaux, belles, beautiful, fair, fine, seemly, fitly dressed, 207; great, T. 61; de plus belle, in the finest fashion (ironical), T. 256.
9beauté, f., beauty.
10bécasse, f., woodcock.
11bel, belle, see beau.
12bénir, bless.
13bercer, lull (a child), soothe.
14bergerie, f., sheep-cote, "shepherdessing," T. 103.
15besoin, m., need; avoir — de, need; n'ai pas —, have no need, 571.
16bête, f., beast.
17Béthune, Bethune.
18bien, m., landed property.
19bien, well, very well, very, much, fully, quite, quite well, just, really, surely, of course, to be sure, "please"; good, 316; a good thing, 223; often best rendered by emphasis or tone, e.g. 40, 568; — couché, snug in bed, 531; — de (des), plenty of, "lots of," many; — dommage, a great pity, T. 89; — le, plenty of, T. 274; — pourtant, "surely for all that," 124; — que, although, however; — seulement, just merely, 310; — sûr, absolutely, 163; — en vue, in plain sight; aimer —, feel kindly toward, 422; eh —, well! well?
20bien-aimé, -e, beloved.
21bientôt, soon, presently; à —, till by and by.
22bienvenu, -e: les —s, welcome, T. 617.
23bière, f., bier.
24bijou, bijoux, m., jewel, ornament.
25blanc, blanche, white.
26blason, m., coat of arms, armorial shield.
27blé, m., wheat.
28blêmi, -e, pallid, haggard.
29blessé, -e, wounded.
30blessure, f., wound.
31bohémien, bohémienne, gypsy-like, vagabond, 242.
32boire, drink.
33bois, m., wood, woods, forest.
34bois, see boire.
35boîte, f., resonance-box (of a violin), 314; violin-case, 461.
36boiteux, boiteuse, lame.
37bon, bonne, good, kind, kindly, "a well-born," T. 216; well! (ironical), T. 213; c'est —, all right! — à rien, good for nothing; — marché, good bargain, "cheap"; faire très — marché de, set little
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