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

Scan 155

Le luthier de Crémone et Le trésor, 1920

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

1Vocabulary
3store by, count of little worth, T. 42; à quoi —, for what good, why, 440, why seek, 441.
4Bonaparte, Bonaparte (Napoleon I).
5bonheur, m., happiness, good fortune, good luck.
6bonjour, m., good day! good morning!
7bonne, see bon.
8bonté, f., kindness.
9bord, m., bank (of a river).
10borner, limit.
11bossu, -e, hunchback.
12botte, f., bundle, sheaf.
13boucler, buckle.
14bouffée, f., whiff, smell.
15bout, m., end; à — de, after, 154.
16bouteille, f., bottle.
17brandissant, -e, brandishing, shaking.
18bras, m., arm.
19brave, brave, noble, good (in its kind).
20bravement, bravely, boldly.
21bref, brève, brief, short, in short.
22brevet, m., diploma.
23briller, sparkle, gleam, shine.
24briser, break, crush; se —, break; brisé, -e, broken.
25bruit, m., sound, noise.
26brûler, burn.
27brun, -e, brown, dark.
28brusquement, hastily, quickly.
29brutal, m., brute, brutal fellow, 29.
30buisson, m., bush; pl., shrubbery, undergrowth (in a forest).
31buste, m., bust.
32but, m., end.
33buveur, buveuse, drinker.
34buvons, see boire.
36c', for ce.
37ça, this, that.
38cacher (à), hide (from).
39cachet, m., seal, "sort" (marked by a seal).
40cachette, f., hiding place.
41caetera: et —, and the rest (Latin).
42cage, f., cage; — à volaille, poultry coop.
43caillou, cailloux, pebble, stone.
44calin, -e, wheedling, "flirtatious," 529.
45camarade, m., comrade.
46caméo, m., cameo. (Usually camée.)
47campagne, f., open country.
48canne, f., cane.
49canon, m., cannon.
50cape, f., cloak.
51capitaine, m., captain, "soldier."
52caprice, m., caprice, fancy.
53car, for.
54carrefour, m., street-crossing.
55cas, m., case.
56cassette, f., casket.

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