Fables de La Fontaine: A Selection with Introduction, Notes, and VocabularyMacmillan and Company, limited, 1923 - 209 pages |
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... kind and accomplished patroness in Mme . de la Sablière , in whose house he lived for twenty years . In 1683 he was elected a member of the French Academy , with the reluctant consent of King Louis XIV . The grand monarque was shocked ...
... kind and accomplished patroness in Mme . de la Sablière , in whose house he lived for twenty years . In 1683 he was elected a member of the French Academy , with the reluctant consent of King Louis XIV . The grand monarque was shocked ...
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... kind of absolute case . 3. les dedans , adverb used like a noun ; cp . le dehors , etc. p . ne lui point m . In modern French the two words forming the negative would be joined together before an infin . , ' pour ne point lui mentir ...
... kind of absolute case . 3. les dedans , adverb used like a noun ; cp . le dehors , etc. p . ne lui point m . In modern French the two words forming the negative would be joined together before an infin . , ' pour ne point lui mentir ...
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... kind , ' i.e. according to his natural fitness . " 5. devait , ' was to . . The verb ' devoir ' must not always be translated ' ought . ' Idiomatically it is often used of what one ' is to do , ' without much idea of duty , e.g. , ' je ...
... kind , ' i.e. according to his natural fitness . " 5. devait , ' was to . . The verb ' devoir ' must not always be translated ' ought . ' Idiomatically it is often used of what one ' is to do , ' without much idea of duty , e.g. , ' je ...
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... kind of adjective - ' the town rat . ' Cp . i . 5 . 4. reliefs - restes . Rather an obsolete word . ortolan . The ortolan is bird of passage , famous for its plump and delicate flesh . 7. à penser , ' to be imagined , ' ' I leave you to ...
... kind of adjective - ' the town rat . ' Cp . i . 5 . 4. reliefs - restes . Rather an obsolete word . ortolan . The ortolan is bird of passage , famous for its plump and delicate flesh . 7. à penser , ' to be imagined , ' ' I leave you to ...
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... kind of second pluperfect , is generally called the past anterior , ' and is mostly used with conjunctions of time to express immediately preceding action , e.g. , dès qu'il eut parlé , ' as soon as he had spoken . " It is used here to ...
... kind of second pluperfect , is generally called the past anterior , ' and is mostly used with conjunctions of time to express immediately preceding action , e.g. , dès qu'il eut parlé , ' as soon as he had spoken . " It is used here to ...
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Common terms and phrases
according adjective adverb all at animal arbre perché back beau BELETTE Brifaut called cat's-paw catch cerf chat cheval chien cigogne coup crafty dative different dit-il English equivalent Ésope fable first found friend generally gens give given good ground Guillot he said help Help one another home infinitive keep kind king know l'âne last leave lièvre life LINE lion little look loup made maître make master meaning means mourir name need negative neuter Notice noun obsolete old-fashioned word once one's order originally PAON people phrase poor preposition pres present pron pronoun queue Raton real subject referring renard right rule same sense share sing sire Socrate soon stick stroke subj subjunctive sycophante take tanches thing time tortoise translate translated trick turn used verb want whole wolf work ΙΟ