A New and Improved Standard French and English and English and French Dictionary: Composed from the French Dictionaries of the French Academy, Laveaux, Boiste, &c.; from the English Dictionaries of Webster, Johnson, Richardson ... the Whole Preceded by a Complete Treatise on Pronunciation, and a Table of All the Irregular Verbs ...C.G. Henderson & Company, 1856 - 1320 páginas |
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Página 315 - Span, the space from the end of the thumb to the end of the little finger extended.
Página 31 - Portion afférente à, portion accruing to. affcrmable [afer'mabl], a. Farmable, rentable, affermage, nm Farming, renting. affermataire, n. Tenant farmer, affermateur, nm (fern, affermatrice) Lessor. affermer [afer'me], vt To farm or let out by lease; to take a lease of, to rent. affermir [afer'miir], vt To strengthen, to make firm; to confirm, to establish, to consolidate, s'affermir, vr To become strong, firm, or fast; to become established. affermissement, nm Strengthening, consolidation, establishment;...
Página 432 - But what is bred in the bone will never be out of the flesh, (as Lord M.
Página 50 - Amplitude, an arch of the horizon intercepted between the true east and west point thereof, and the centre of the sun or star at their rising or setting.
Página 3 - In substantives, adjectives, and verbs ending in er, it is silent, unless it is followed by a word beginning with a vowel, or A mute, as in dernier ouvrage, which is pronounced dlrnif-Tomraj.
Página 120 - Greeks adopted a new method, writing their lines alternately from the right to the left, and from the left to the right.
Página 286 - ... domine au-dessus de la foule, his head rises above the crowd, vt To dominate, to master, to command; to rule, to govern, to sway; to prevail over, to domineer over; to rise above, to command a view donne of.
Página 150 - I do not know what will become of us; tout ce qu'on fait de mauvais, all the mischief that is done; ce que c'est que de nous ! what poor mortals we are ; ce que je crains, c'est d'être surpris, what I fear is to be surprised; ce qu'il demande, c'est une pension, what he asks for is a pension; ce qu'on vous a dit, ce sont des contes, what you have been told are mere idle tales...
Página 39 - To add, to join, to subjoin, to supply, to interpolate. Ce passage a été ajouté à ce livre, this passage is an interpolation ; ajouter foi à quelque chose, to give credit to a thing, s'ajouter, vr To be joined, to attach oneself.