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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ugly
the pitcher
the drop
stoneware
feverish
the reply
to shrug one’s shoulders
it is no good telling him not to do it . .
why do you want us to refuse?
16
the taste
the merchant
to wear
striking
surly
the landing
nor I either
what has become of him?
we will make a doctor of him
17
box-wood
contemptuous
to snigger
mouldy
faded
the book-binder
he took an aversion to me
it does not smell nice
he always does his best
18
the hoar-frost
to whip
the window-pane
to knit
the mesh, stitch
the sigh
on tiptoe
the seventh instant
to go marketing
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a poem
to swear
the mystery
solemn
the misfortune
to confide
by way of answer
to double-lock a door
he had written in copper-plate handwriting
20
a canto
dizziness
the neck
to dismiss
to leap
the remainder
he never could succeed in doing it
there was nothing done but the first four lines
how willingly I should have done it!
21
the sheet (of a bed)
the rent (of a house)
the creditor
the chin
the silver-plate
to borrow
I am in a hurry to get there
you don’t lose much by not knowing him
a ring at the bell
22
to tear
to mix
to succeed
to sink
the employment
to bemire
there is only one course open to us
until further notice
I have got bad news for you
23
to fold
previously
to enliven
thereupon
to earn
busy
she heaved a deep sigh
I have acquainted myself with what is going on
from what he told me
24
drunkenness
pride
to welcome
to get over
the gangway
an embrace
nor anything at all approaching
how small he is!
the word gave him a terrible shock
25
the brain
the trade
the advice
the cheek
the barracks
the duty
he rushed down the staircase four steps at a time
in the very same breath
he urged him to go that very day
26
the oak
to snore
the fist
to stifle
the shop
to wake up
the walls were whitewashed
this is just what I want
for the time being
27
the cellar
the handful
to pour
the chatter
to clink glasses
to shine
the table has not yet been laid
in a trice
he is blushing with pleasure
28
the future
the weakness
plumed
to recount, tell
the plane-tree
a league
what a pity! we were so comfortable!
he is back in England again
what else can you expect?
29
grey
narrow
to build
the cross
enclose
to overlap
to run at top speed
I have beckoned to him to come
they lean towards one another
30
silent
the hammer
heavily
the prayer
the shade
the cap
he had a lantern in his hand
the door opened of its own accord
I mistook him for a German
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brandy
lean, thin
the quince
muffled up
the baluster
the navy
the man with a moustache
they were just finishing supper
they began to talk together
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