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50-56: Palmeri and Milligan, French for Reading Knowledge (2nd ed)

  1. empêcher
    to prevent
  2. quelconque
    whatever
  3. demeurer
    to remain, to live
  4. moindre
    least (lesser)
  5. à l’egard de
    concerning, with regard to
  6. Quel dommage!
    What a pity!
  7. jaune
    yellow
  8. s’il vous plaît
    please
  9. la nouvelle
    short story
  10. pourtant
    however
  11. la mort
    death
  12. manquer
    to be lacking, to be missing
  13. garder
    to keep
  14. il est
    there is, there are (stylistically used for "il y a")

  15. il importe

    it is important

  16. il reste

    there remains

  17. il vient

    there comes

  18. il se produit

    there is produced

  19. il se trouve (il arrive)

    it happens

  20. il se peut (il est possible)

    it is possible

  21. il paraît (il semble)

    it appears, it seems

  22. il est heureux

    it is fortunate

  23. il en est ainsi

    it is so

  24. il en est de

    the same thing is true about
  25. il y va de
    is at stake

  26. au dehors

    outside

  27. cependant

    however, nevertheless

  28. au dedans

    within, inside

  29. et . . . et

    both . . . and

  30. espérer

    to hope
  31. falloir
    to be necessary, must, have to

  32. penser à (songer à)

    to think of (=to have one's mind on)

  33. penser de

    to think of (=to have an opinion about)

  34. croire 'a

    to believe in

  35. réfléchir 'a

    to reflect on, to think carefully about

  36. entendre parler de

    to hear about

  37. se souvenir de

    to remember

  38. assister 'a

    to be present at, to attend, to witness

  39. s’intéresser 'a

    to be interested in

  40. tenir 'a

    to insist upon, to be anxious to

  41. douter de

    to doubt

  42. se douter de

    to suspect

  43. convenir de

    to agree

  44. échapper 'a

    to escape from

  45. se passer de

    to get along without

  46. la tête

    head

  47. dire que non

    to say no

  48. jeter

    to throw

  49. lointain

    distant, far away

  50. éclater

    to burst out

  51. la fenêtre

    window

  52. la pierre

    stone

  53. se méprendre

    to be mistaken

  54. le verre

    glass

  55. le lendemain

    the following day

  56. le feu

    fire

  57. rester

    to remain, to stay
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benmontoya
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50-56: Palmeri and Milligan, French for Reading Knowledge (2nd ed)
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Vocabulary for sections 50-56
Updated

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