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

Scan 157

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
3charette, f., cart.
4charge, f., burden; pris . . . à votre —, taken into your keeping, T. 60.
5charger, charge; t’en —, take it on yourself, 572; chargé, —e, laden.
6charmant, —e, charming, delightful.
7charme, m., charm, spell; pl., witchery, 69.
8charrue, f., farmer’s cart.
9chasse, f., hunting; fusil de —, shot gun; pour la —, hunting, T. 11.
10chasser, hunt, go hunting.
11chasseur, m., hunter.
12château, châteaux, m., castle, mansion.
13châtelain, —e, lord (lady) of the manor.
14châtiment, m., punishment.
15chaud, —e, warm.
16chef-d’œuvre, m., masterpiece, trial piece.
17chemin, m., way, path; sur ton —, on the street, 433.
18cheminée, f., chimney-piece, fireplace.
19cher, chère, dear, dearly; plus —, at a higher rate, 28.
20chercher, seek, look for, get; te — querelle de, be vexed (or quarrel) with you for, 581.
21chercheur, m., seeker.
22chétif, chétive, frail.
23cheval, chevaux, m.: à —, on horseback.
24chevalier, m., knight.
25chez, at or in or to one’s home, shop, etc.; — la duchesse, at the duchess’s, T. 124; — lui, in his workshop, 115; — moi, in my case (i.e. in my plays), T. 205; — nous, at home, T. 441.
26chien, m., dog.
27chiffonné, —e, “agreeably irregular,” 521.
28chimère, f., idle fancy, illusion.
29choir, fall.
30choisir, choose, select; — de, make choice of a, T. 428.
31choix, m., choice, selection.
32chose, f., thing, material thing, 246; quelque —, something.
33chûte, f., failure.
34-ci, to emphasize presence; see par-ci.
35cidre, m., cider.
36ciel, m., sky, heavens, providence, T. 237.
37cinq, five.
38cinquante, fifty.
39circuler, circulate, spread.
40cité, f., city.
41clair, —e, bright.
42clarté, f., light, glitter.
43clef, m., key.
44clientèle, f., trade, connection, business, clientage.
45clocher, m., bell-tower.
46cloître, m., cloister.

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