A New French and English Dictionary

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Página 286 - Tell me the company you keep, and I will tell you what you are!
Página 56 - ... over there, yonder; le malade est encore bien bas, the patient is still very weak; mettre bas, to lay down (arms etc.); (of animals) to bring forth, to whelp, to foal, to cub, to lamb, to pup, to kitten; mettre chapeau bas, to take off one's hat in salutation ; parler bas, to speak in a low voice; rire tout bas, to laugh to oneself; tenir bas, to keep in subjection, to keep under.
Página 42 - To catch (macaroni, potatoes) when baking. s'attacher, vr To take hold, to attach or fasten oneself; to cling, to cleave, to stick, to adhere; to be attached, to have an affection for; to interest oneself in, to apply oneself to. Ils s'attachèrent l'un à l'autre, they became attached to each other ; je m'attachai à lui plaire, mais en vain...
Página 187 - ... 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 202 - ... took some trouble to raise those plants; élever un nombre à la puissance n, to raise a number to the power of n. s'élever, vr To rise, to ascend, to mount, to go up, to run up; to amount; to be set up, constructed, or elevated; to increase, to augment; to run up (of accounts); to be raised, excited, or started; to burst forth, to break out. Celui qui s'élève sera abaissé, he who exalts himself shall be humbled; il...
Página 234 - To excite, to stir up, to rouse; to stimulate, to animate, to quicken; to instigate, to prompt, to spur, to inflame, to irritate. Exciter un chien contre quelqu'un, to set a dog at someone, s'exciter, vr To excite oneself, to work oneself up; to animate or encourage exeat each other; to be excited, exciteur, nm (fern, -euse) Excitor.
Página 90 - ... 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 64 - Le blanchiment de l'argent, the washing of silver. blanchir [blà'/i:r], vt To whiten, to make white; to whitewash; to wash, to bleach, to clean; to blanch; to scald (fruit, greens, etc.); (fig-) to exonerate, to exculpate. Blanchir à neuf, to clear-starch; blanchir des toiles, to bleach linen; blanchir du linge, to wash linen; blanchir un ais, to plane a board ; blanchir un plafond, to whitewash a ceiling ; on me blanchit, they...
Página 241 - ... that is not done or is not good form ; cela se fait maintenant, that is the fashion now; il peut se faire que, it is possible that; il pourrait se faire que, it might happen that; il se fait plus riche qu'il ne l'est, he gives himself out as richer than he is; il se fait tard, it is getting late; je me suis fait au bruit de la rue, I have got accustomed to the noise of the street ; Paris ne s'est pas fait en un jour, 'Rome was not built in a day' ; quelle idée vous faites-vous de cet hommelà?
Página 208 - ... rel. (pi. unchanged) Of him, of her, of it, its, of them, their; from him, by him, about him, etc.; thence, from thence; some of it, any. Après cela ils en vinrent aux mains, after that they came to blows; avezvous de l'argent...

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