pacifique, peaceful, favorable. paille, f., straw; -- légère, chaff. paisible, peaceful. paix, f., peace. palais, m., palace. pâle, pale. pâleur, f., pallor, whiteness. pâlir, to turn pale. par, by. paraître, to appear. pareil, similar, like; -- à, like unto. parer, to adorn, deck. parfait, perfect. parler, to speak. parmi, among, in the ranks of. parole, f., word. parricide, parricidal. part, f., share, side; de toutes --s, on all sides. partage, m., lot. partager, to share, diffuse, distribute. Parthe, m., Parthian. partie, f., part; in part. partir, to depart, go; -- de, to come from. partout, everywhere. pas, m., step. pas; ne . . . --, not; ne . . . -- de, no. passage, m., way, channel. passag-er, -ère, temporary, fleeting. passé, m., past. passer, to pass over, by; se --, to go on, take place. patrie, f., country, pâture, f., pasture, food. pavé, m., pavement, stone floor. payer, to pay for. pays, m., country, land. pécher, to sin. peindre, to paint, depict. peine, f., distress, penalty; à --, hardly. pencher, to sway, lean. pendant, during; -- que, while. pénétrer, to penetrate; pénétré de, thrilled with. pensée, f., thought. penser, to think; -- à, to think of. Que penses-tu? What is thy suggestion? percer, to pierce. perdre, to lose, destroy. père, m., father. perfide, perfidious, treacherous. perfidie, f., treachery. péril, m., peril, danger. périr, to perish. permettre, to permit, suffer, allow. Persan, Persian. Perse, f., Persia. persécuteur, m., persecutor. personnage, m., character (in a play); --s, dramatis personae. perte, f., loss, destruction. peu, little. peuple, m., nation, people, host. peupler, to people. peut-être, may be, perhaps. pied, m., foot. piège, m., snare. pierre, f., stone. piété, f., Piety, Love of God. pitié, f., pity. place, f., place, room, square. placer, to place, set. plaindre, to pity; se --, to complain. plainte, f., complaint. plaire (à), to please; se -- (à), to enjoy. plaisir, m., pleasure. plein, full. pleurer, to weep, weep over. pleurs, m. pl., tears. plier, to bend. plonger, to steep. ployer, to bend. plus, more: -- de, more than; le, la, les --, most, the most. plusieurs, several. plutôt, rather. poids, m., weight. point, m., point; sur le -- que, just when; de -- en --, in every particular; ne . . . --, not; ne . . . -- de, no. pompe, f., pomp. pompeusement, magnificently. pompeu-x, -se, pompous, splendid. porte, f., door, gate. porter, to carry, bear. portique, m., porch. poser, to place, set. posséder, to possess, have, enjoy. possesseur, m., owner. postérité, f.; posterity, descendants. poudre, f., dust. pour, for, to, in order to, in favor _or_ defence of. pourpre, f., purple. pourquoi, why? poursuivre, to pursue. pousser, to impel. poussière, f., dust. pouvoir, m., power.