French Conversation and Composition by Harry Vincent Wann
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man is clever, does he always succeed? 13. If you are happy,
your enemy is unhappy. 14. Did[8] he find[9] these stones in his pocket? 15. Are they picking up those stones? 16. If I should succeed,[4] I would be happy. 17. If you are in Hades, I won't be able to get you out.[10] 18. I couldn't[11] possibly[8] tell you (it). [Footnotes 1: _future_ of avoir. 2: soir (_m._). 3: permise aux. 4: _imperfect indicative_. 5: _past indefinite_. 6: de. 7: autrefois. 8: _omit_. 9: _What tense?_ 10: vous en tiler. 11: _conditional_ of savoir.] B. 1. People[1] made fun of the cardinal. 2. Did he learn that the cardinal had fallen into disgrace? 3. He was very shrewd but clumsy.[2] 4. I shall take-care[3] not[4] to fall. 5. If I were[4] to[4] go to work,[5] I should succeed. 6. What has become of[6] the queen? 7. I'd like to[4] know what[7] has become of her.[8] 8. The boat has[9] probably[4] left already.[10] 9. He did not receive the order to depart. 10. This man was a good diver formerly.[11] 11. If she guessed the trick, she would get even. 12. The queen was eating, when she heard a great noise. 13. If this man were clever, he would know how[4] to[4] avenge himself. 14. Marc Antony was[12] a great general. 15. She did not know that he had caught a fish. [Footnotes 1: on. 2: _idiom_: avoir la main lourde. 3: prendre garde. 4: _omit_. 5: se mettre à l'oeuvre. 6: est devenue. 7: ce que. 8: elle est devenue. 9: _future of_ être. 10: déjà. 11: autrefois. 12: _past definite_.] |
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