*avertir*, to give notice to. *aveu*, _m._, confession. *avec avidité*, eagerly. *avis*, _m._, judgment, advice. *s'aviser*, to think of. *avocat*, _m._, barrister, lawyer. _---- général_, attorney-general. *avoir*, to have. _n'---- que dix ans_, to be only ten years old; _---- besoin de_, to want; _---- le dessous_, to have the worst of it; _---- envie de_, to wish; _---- faim_, to be hungry; _n'---- garde de_, to be far from, to know better than to; _---- cinq pieds de haut_,to be five feet tall; _---- honte_, to be ashamed; _---- lieu_, to have occasion, cause; _---- des nouvelles de_, to hear from; _---- peur_, to be afraid; _---- soin_, to take care, to see to it; _---- en vénération_, to hold in high esteem; _il y a (avait, or eut)_, there is, are (was, were); _il y a (bien) quatre ans, quelques années_, it is (certainly) four, some, years ago; _il y avait si longtemps que_ (with _ne_ before verb), it was so long since. *avouer*, to confess. *azuré*, sky-colored. *babine*, _f._, lip, chop. *baiser*, _m._, kiss. *baisser*, to lower, droop. _---- la tête_, to hang one's head; _---- les yeux_, to look down; _les yeux baissés_, with drooping eyes. _se ----_, to be lowered. *balbutier*, to stammer. *balle*, _f._, ball, bullet. _---- morte_, spent ball. *ballotter*, to toss about, dangle. *banc*, _m._, bench. *bande*, _f._, belt, strip. *bander*, to bind up. *bandoulière*, _f._, shoulder-belt. _porter en ----_, to carry slung across the shoulder. *baobab*, _m._, baobab, an African tree; also called the sourgourd tree, or (in South Africa) the cream-of-tartar tree. *baraque*, _f._, hut, hovel. *barbe*,_f._, beard. *barbu*, bearded. *barque*, _f._, bark, craft. *barre*, _f._, bar, lever. *barrique*, _f._, hogshead. *bas, basse*, low, down. _dire tout ----_, to whisper. *bataille*, _f._, battle. _champ de ----_, battle-field; _nous nous mîmes en ----_, we lined up in battle order. *bâtiment*, _m._, ship, vessel. *bâton*, _m._, stick. *battre*, to beat.--_la diane_, to beat the reveille; _----des mains_, to clap one's hands. *se battre*, to fight, to meet (in a duel). _---- corps à corps_, to fight hand to hand. *béant, -e*, wide open. *beau, bel, -le*, beautiful, fine. *beaucoup*, much, a great deal. *bêche*, _f._, spade. *bénéfice*, _m._, profit. *berger*, _m._, shepherd. *besoin*, _m._, need. _avoir_--_de_, to want; _au ----_, in case of need. *bien*, _m._, estate, property. *bien*, _adv._, well, properly, comfortably, on good terms, in favor, certainly, indeed, very, many, a great deal. _---- avant que_, long before. _---- !_ very well! *bientôt*, soon, ere long. *billet*, _m._, ticket. *bizarre*, strange. *blanc, blanche*, white. *blessés*, _m. pl._, wounded people. *blesser*, to wound. *blessure*,_f._, wound. *bleu*, blue. *bleuâtre*, bluish.