weakness, faiblesse, f.
wear, porter.
weather, temps, m.; what kind of is it?, quel temps fait-il?; it is fine il fait beau (temps); - is warm, il fait chaud. Wednesday, mercredi, m. week, semaine, f., huit jours, m., pl.; a - from to-day, d'aujourd'huien huit; two-sfromto-day, d'aujourd'hui en quinze; from to, de semaine en semaine. weep, pleurer. weigh, peser.
welcome, accueillir; be-, être le bienvenu.
well, n., puits, m.
well, adv., bien, eh bien, très; so si bien; very, très bien, eh bien; be off, avoir de quoi
porter bien; do, faire le bien; asas, aussi bien que. well-bred, bien élevé. well-known, bien connu. were, past tense of be; if you
to go there, si vous y alliez; if
sentir ce qu'il vaut; the trouble (while), valoir la peine. worthy, digne, brave. would, past tense of will; if you were here you do it, si vous étiez ici vous le feriez; he not do it, il ne voulait pas le faire ; to God!, plût à Dieu!; you be kind enough to, veuillez, voulez-vous bien, voudriez-vous bien; I — as soon...as, j'aimerais autant...que de; would is also often expressed by the impf. indic..
would-be, soi-disant, prétendu. wound, n., blessure, f., plaie, f. wound, v., blesser. wreath, couronne, f.
wrecked; be, faire naufrage. wretch, misérable.
write, écrire ; to each other,
wrong, mal, m.; be (in the) avoir tort; do —, faire le mal; take the road, se tromper de chemin. wrong-doing, mal faire, m.
à (prep.), of indir. obj., §362, 2, §451, 1; verb+ à =Eng. tran., $296, 2; idio- matic with verbs, §296, 4; with names of countries, §333, 3, obs. ; denoting possession after être, §377, 1;in prepositional phrases, §432; repetition, §434;= 'concerning,' 'of,' §436, 2; of 'place,' 'time,' §439, 1, $444, 2; of 'motion to- wards,' §451, 2; ='with' (characteristic), §454, 4. abbreviations, §461. 'about,' §436.
accent, accent marks, §5; stress, §7. acute accent, §2, 1. adjective, §§336-358, see also possessive adj., demonstr. adj., interrog. adj., indef. adj., numeral ; fem., §§336-337; plur., §§338- 339; agreement, §§340- 344; as adv., §410, §343,1; nouns as adjs., §344; com- parison, §§345-349; posi- tion, $350-353; with à, §355; with de, §356; with en, §357; with envers, §358.
adverb, §§408-420; list, §408; in -ment from adjs., §409; adjs. as advs., §410; ad- verbial locutions, §411; comparison, §412; posi- tion $413; negatives, §§414-419; distinctions in use, §420; numeral advs., §426.
afin que,+subj.,§455, §271,2. | attendant; en-que,+suhj.,
agir, impers., §251, 1, obs. aïeul, plur., §309. ail, plur., §309. aimer, +à, +de, without prep., §281, 1.
aller, +infin., §230, 8; im- pers., §252, 1, obs. ; s'en aller, §247.
allez, special force, $267, b. allons, special force, $267, b. alphabet, §4 ; names of let- ters, §4.
§455, §271, 1. attendu, §289, a. au, à+le, §317. aucun(8), § 403, 3; use, §406, 1; with ne, §415. aucunement, with ne, §415. au-dessus de, §448, 1. au-dessous de, §453, 2. aussi, in comparison (adj.), §345; (adv.), §412. autant, §420, 2. automne, gend., §304, 3, a. autour de, §436, 1.
âme qui vive, with ne, §415, autre, §403, 3; use, §406, 2; with ne, 419, 3, n.
âme vivante with ne, §415, autrement, with ne, §419,
à moins que, with ne, §419,1. autrui, §403, 2; use, §405, 1. among,' $438. aux, à+les, §317. auxiliary verbs, use §§227- amour, gender, §304, 3, b. 229; modal auxs., §230, 'and,' untranslated, §456, 2; 5, n. =ni, §457, 2. apostrophe, §5, 5, §19. avant, §440, 2. apposition, use of art., §330, avant que, with ne, §419, 1, b; avant que, + subj., $455, §271, 1.
approuvé, §289, a. après, §437.
après, +infin., §282, 4. après-midi, gender, §304,
arriver, impers., §252, 1,obs. article, §§315-335, see also. def. art. and indef. art. ; agreement and repetition, §318; use with nouns, §§319-335; omission, §330; in apposition, §330, 4; un- classified examples, §331; with proper names, §§332- 335.
avec, § 454, 1, 3. avoir, conjugn., §154; used to form comp. tenses, §227, §229; y avoir, §250; il y a and voilà, §250, 3; avoir besoin, etc. (without art.), §330, 1; avoir l'air, agree- ment of adj. with, $343, 4, c, denoting dimension, §428, obs. 3; denoting age, $430.
B. beaucoup, +de, agreement of verb, §232, 2, a, b; with partitive, §325, 1, d; re-
placed by plusieurs, §406, 4; comparison, §412, 2; not modified, §412, 2, a. 'before,' §440.
bel, $337, 1, (3). bestiaux, §308, 4, n. bétail, plur., §308,4, n. bien, with partitive, $325, 1, b; irreg. comparison, §412, 2.
bon, comparison, §346; +à or pour, §355, §355, a, $358, a.
ce n'est pas que + subj., | 'concerning,' §436, 2.
ceci, §378, 2; use, §388. cedilla, §5, 4.
cela, §378, 2; use, §388; re-
placed by là, §388, d. celui, §378, 2; use, 381. celui-ci, §378, 2; use, §382. celui-là, §378, 2; use, §352; replacing celui, §381, b.
bien que,+subj., §455, §271, cent(s), §421, b, c, d, e. -cer, verbs in, §156. certain, §403, 1; use, §404, 1. certifié, §289, a. cesser, with ne alone, §418, 4. cet, for ce, §378, 1, obs. chacun, §403, 2; use, §405, 2. chaque. §403, 1; use, §404, 2. chez, §439, 2, §451, 2, §454, 2. -ci, $380.
bouger, with ne alone, $418,4. bout; aude, §437, 2. brin, with ne, §415, 2, b. 'by,' §441; of 'dimension,' §428, a.
f', $378, 2, obs.
ça, for cela, $388, e, f; dis- tinguished from çà and çà !, §388, f. n.
ciel, plur., §309. ci-inclus, $289, b. ci-joint, §289, b. circumflex accent, §5, 3. civil, +à l'égard de, §358, a. collationné, §289, a. collectives, §423.
çà, çà !, distinguished from combien, agreement, §232,
çà, §388, f. n. capitals, use, §21. cardinals, §421, §427; in dates, etc., §427; for or- dinals, §427. cas; au
- où, +indic. or subj., §455, §271, 3; au— que, subj., §455, §271,3; dans le où, +indic. or
subj., §455, §271, 3; en que, +subj., §455, §271, 3. case relations, of nouns, §313; of conjunctive pers. prons., §362.
ce (adj.), §378, 1; use, §380. ce (pron.), §378, 2; agree- ment of verb with, $232, 3; use, §§383-387; +être, $383, §384; c'est and il est, $384; +a relat., §385; in phrases, §386; ce semble, §386, a; pleonastic, §387;
condition; à la — que, +in- dic. or subj.,§455, §271,3,c. conditional sentences, §274, $275; use of mood and tense in, §275. conditional, tense, $265, in condl. sent., §275. conditional anterior, tense, §266; replaced by plupf. subj., $272, 3; replaced by impf. indic. in 'result' clause, $274, c. conjunction, §§455-459; list, §455; with indic., subj., indic. or subj., see list, §455; use of certain, §§456- 459; distinctions, $459. conjunctive pron., §359 and n.; use, §§362-371. consonants, prncn., §§16-17; final, prncn., §18. couple, gender, §304, 3, e. craindre, with ne, §419, 2. orainte; de - que... ne, + subj., §455, §271, 2. D.
d'abord, §426, a:
dans, §444, 1, 3; with names of countries, §333, 3, obs. dates, §427. dative, of pers. pron., §362, 2; ethical, $362, n. davantage, §420, 3. de, as partitive sign, §§323-
325; agent after passive, $240, $356, §441, 1; verb+ de Eng. transitive, §296, 1; idiomatic with verbs, $296, 4; with names of countries, $333, 2; de= 'in,' after superl., §347, 2; denoting 'by how much,' after superl., $349, 2; pleo- nastic after interrog., §391, n.; of 'dimension,' §428, obs. 1, §430, obs. 3; in prepositional phrases, §432; repetition, §434; de
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