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against the wall apples asleep aunt beautiful belongs better book bow-window bread breakfast brought cake call Charles child children cold contains cousin covered dance dining-room door English evening exercises father fille finish finished first floor forks French friends garden gentleman girl give going going straight good Grammar hear Henry home hot water house j'ai Julia know large left lesson little look make maman mantlepiece Mary morning mother my father name new dress next room old shoes open Our friends our house Our neighbors papa and mamma parlé parlor PAST play PRESENT pretty prunes receive received return right room roulier same school sell side silk sister sofa sold sore throat sound speak spoken street table take thimble things thou thou hadst time told uncle used vendu Vocabulary vowel Vowel-Sounds wall water window woman word work years
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Page 147 - ... 8. A preposition is a word used to express some relation of different things or thoughts to each other ; as, the book lies before me on the table. 9. A conjunction is a word used to connect words or sentences in construction ; as, you and he are happy, because you are good.
Page 152 - Dix. 11 Onze. 12 Douze. 13 Treize. 14 Quatorze. 15 Quinze. 16 Seize. 17 Dix-sept. 18 Dix-huit. 19 Dix-neuf. 20 Vingt 21 Vingt et un. 22 Vingt-deux. 23 Vingt-trois. 24 Vingt-quatre. 25 Vingt-cinq. 26 Vingt-six. 27 Vingt-sept. 28 Vingt-huit. 29 Vingt-neuf. 30 Trente. 31 Trente et un. 32 Trente-deux.
Page 157 - J'eus eu, I had had. Tu eus eu, thou hadst had. Il eut eu, he had had. Nous eûmes eu, we had had. Vous eûtes eu, you had had. Ils eurent eu, they had had.
Page 155 - Le mien, Le tien, Le sien; Le nôtre, Le vôtre, Le leur, la mienne, la tienne, la sienne, la nôtre, la vôtre, la leur, les miens, les tiens...
Page 158 - Passé simple je fus tu fus il fut nous fûmes vous fûtes ils furent...
Page 159 - Que je sois, That I may be. que tu sois, that thou mayst be. qu'il soit, that he may be. que nous soyons, that we may be. que vous soyez, that you may be. q'uils soient, that they may be.
Page 158 - I am * Thou art He is We are You are They are Perfect I have been Thou hast been He has been Present Participle Being Indicative Imperfect I was Thou wast He was We...
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Page 118 - La Cigale, ayant chanté Tout l'Été, Se trouva fort dépourvue Quand la bise fut venue. Pas un seul petit morceau De mouche ou de vermisseau. Elle alla crier famine Chez la Fourmi sa voisine, La priant de lui prêter Quelque grain pour subsister Jusqu'à la saison nouvelle. Je vous paierai, lui dit-elle, Avant l'Oût, foi d'animal, Intérêt et principal.
Page 157 - PERFECT. j'aurais eu, I should have had tu aurais eu, thou wouldst have had il aurait eu, he would have had nous aurions eu, we should have had vous auriez eu, you.