Le Petit Chose (Histoire d'un Enfant)Daudet, Alphonse
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Le Petit Chose (Histoire d'un Enfant)
Daudet, Alphonse
Autobiographical fiction; Bildungsromans; French fiction -- 19th century; French language -- Readers
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_Note_.—This Appendix gives primary and ordinary meaning of words,
and therefore does not in every case supply the best term to be used
in the translation of the text.
Some words and phrases are intentionally inserted several times.
It is suggested that the phrases should be said in different persons
and tenses, to insure variety and practice.
All nouns to be given with definite or indefinite article to show
the gender.
_Abbreviation_.—sg. =‘something.’
Page WORDS (=3) WORDS (=3) PHRASES (=3)
1
the silk handkerchief
the dust
comfortable
a workshop
grateful
the factory
at that time
he was born on August the first
to part with sg.
2
the cook (_f_)
the strike
the news
to empty
a workman
the well
to give the finishing stroke
to get into the meshes of the law
from that time onward
3
to own, confess
to be present at
the thunder
the collapse
nimble
the anger
with the help of this instrument
everybody lives as he likes
to lay the blame at some one’s door
4
to swear
the pain
to bleed
the heel
the sob
to dare
in an undertone
he was scarcely two years older than his brother
to frighten some one
5
unceasingly
a tear
to increase
a downpour
whole
a church
there is nothing the matter with me
nobody takes any notice of him
on the whole
6
a goose
the mane
wild
a crew
to roar
the throat
by turns
I thought as much
there was no one to compare with him
7
the oath
henceforward
to warn
to soften
to escape
the parrot
that broke his heart
the more he roared, the more I laughed
make him say it
8
to get rid of
to chatter
the hut
a group
the depth
to move
at the end of half-an-hour
they were coming in my direction
flat on his face
9
to smile
the wheelbarrow
the trunk, box
the departure
in future
huge
as soon as they had gone, we went out
I have been here for a week
I wonder what they have come to do
10
the umbrella
the tail
the whistle
the crossing
the step
to wave
he was raising himself as high as he could
all the same _or_ none the less
as one advanced the other retired
11
the bell
the river-bank
the willow
to ford
the fog
the funnel
to go with the stream
to be overtaken by a squall
to bend double
12
to slip
to squeeze
the happiness
disconsolate
to extricate
to alleviate
closely packed
to grope one’s way forward
you could hear him a mile off
13
damp
dirty
the shoemaker
the drawer
to crush
to stuff, stop up
with all his might
on the fourth floor
she gave a cry of distress
14
the quay
the acme
the basket
to water, drench
to enliven
thestove, furnace
I have got into the habit of doing it
I was ashamed of it
in the end he took a dislike to him
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