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vain -e adj. vain, fruitless, empty;

en vain vainly, to no purpose *vaincre intr. or tr. to conquer,

overcome

valet m. valet, servant

valeur f. value

vallée f. valley

vallon m. vale, dale

*valoir intr. or tr. to be worth, procure; valoir mieux to be better

vanité f. vanity

vanter tr. to praise; se vanter de to boast of

Van Tricht Belgian lecturer (18421901)

vaquer à intr. to attend to

vase m. vase

vaste adj. vast, spacious

venaison f. venison

venant m. comer; à tout venant

to all comers, to any one

vendre tr. to sell

vendredi m. Friday

se venger to avenge one's self, be revenged

venin m. venom, poison *venir intr. (aux. être) to come; venir de + an infin. to have just; *faire venir to send for; venir à bout de to succeed in vent m. wind

ventre m. belly

venu-e past part. come; le nouveau venu the newcomer

verbe m. verb

verdure f. verdure véritablement adv. truly vérité f. truth

vermisseau m. little worm
vers prep. towards
vers m. verse, line
verser tr. to pour, shed
vert -e adj. green
vertu f. virtue
verveine f. verbena
vétéran m. veteran
viande f. meat
victoire f. victory

vider tr. to empty; vider un diffé-
rend to settle a dispute
vie f. life, vitality, spirit, ardor
vieillard m. old man

vieillesse f. old age

vieux, vieil, vieille, adj. old vif, vive, adj. alive, live, quick vilain -e adj. ugly, vile

vilain m. villain, blackguard

ville f. city

vin m. wine

vingt num. adj. twenty violemment adv. violently visible adj. visible

visite f. visit

visiter tr. to visit

vite adv. quickly, fast

vivace adj. long-lived, perennial vivant -e adj. living

*vivre intr. to live; bien vivre to

live a good life

voici adv. (see here) here is voilà adv. (see there) there is; voilà tout that's all

*voir tr. to see; voir le jour to be born

voisin e adj. neighboring, adja

cent, next

voisin e m. or f. neighbor

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