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A. J. Macleane Adjectives Admiral Nelson admired adverb arbres avait Avoir bien brother c'en C'est Cardinal Wolsey CEDILLA COMPOUND TENSES Conjugation conjunction Contents of Vol courage DEFECTIVE VERBS deux Disjunctive pronouns Edition English Notes été être eût expressed fait father faut Fcap fini finissent followed France French frère friends garden Greek h mute happy heart homme Honour Imperative IMPERATIVE MOOD Imperfect impersonal verbs Index INDICATIVE MOOD Infinitive Irregular J'ai J'aurais jeune jour L'exilé partout Latin lavé lesson letter Masc Molière morning n'est Napoleon nature Nouns Paris Past Definite past participle pleasure Pluperfect plural preposition Present qu'il que je received reçois reçu Rhône rich rivers of France s'en School sentence shillings singular sister speak subj SUBJUNCTIVE MOOD substantive to-morrow tout town Verbs ending virtue voir vowel wish words وو
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