Short Selections for Translating English Into French: Including a Few Examination Papers |
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acts adjective asked astonished avoir BERCY bien Blanks blind Brahmin c'est c'était Cæsar Cents chose Cloth Conjugation construe d'une definite article deux Diogenes dollar ENGLISH INTO FRENCH ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN étre F. C. de Sumichrast faire fait followed Fontaine Français Pratique France FRENCH LANGUAGE French Publications French Verbs gentleman GEORGES OHNET German give goat hand happiness HECTOR MALOT HENRI DE BORNIER HENRI MICHAUD Jenkins jour JULES SANDEAU l'on lady language lawyer lettre de cachet literature lived Livre des Enfants MOLIÈRE moss rose never Notes by Schele notes by T. E. noun OCTAVE FEUILLET paper participle Ph.D placed pleasure poetry possessive adjective preposition preterite pronoun prose Publications of William Put the definite qu'il qu'on Quatrevingt-Treize reading replied Schele de Vere SHORT SELECTIONS SIR JOHN LUBBOCK sortit subjunctive T. E. Comba thing thou tout TRANSLATING ENGLISH turn young
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