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. . . . . . . . . . Quatre-vingt. Eighty-one . . . . . . . . . Quatre-vingt-un. Ninety . . . . . . . . . . . Quatre-vingt-dix. Ninety-one . . . . . . . . . Quatre-vingt-onze. One hundred . . . . . . . . . Cent. One hundred and one . . . . . Cent un. Two hundred . . . . . . . . . Deux cents. Two hundred and one . . . . . Deux cent un. One thousand . . . . . . . . Mille. Two thousand . . . . . . . . Deux mille. One thousand one hundred . . Mille cent; onze cents. Thousands of soldiers . . . . Des milliers de soldats. A million . . . . . . . . . . Un million. Two million men . . . . . . . Deux millions d'hommes. A score . . . . . . . . . . . Une vingtaine. About forty men . . . . . . . Une quarantaine d'hommes. Hundreds of men . . . . . . . Des centaines d'hommes. CURRENCY, MEASURES, AND WEIGHTS. 1 cent . . . . . . . . . . . Un sou; cinq centimes. 10 cents . . . . . . . . . . Dix sous; cinquante centimes. 20 cents (about) . . . . . . Un francs. 1 dollar . . . . . . . . . . Cinq francs. (The French have gold pieces of 10 francs and 20 francs; bank notes of 50 francs, 100 francs, and higher. The gold pieces are probably replaced by bank notes now.) 1 meter (1.0936 yards) . . . Un metre. 1 kilometer (0.62138 mile) . Un kilometre. NOTE:--For all ordinary purposes, the "kilometre" = 5/8 of a mile; the "centimetre"--4/10 of an inch. 1 league (2.48552 miles) . . Une lieue. 1 hectare (2.4711 acres) . . Un hectare. 1 gram (15.43239 grains troy) Un gramme. 1 kilogram (2.204621 pounds avoirdupois) . . . . . . . Un kilogramme. 220.46 pounds avoirdupois . . Un quintal; 100 kilos. 2,204.6 pounds avoirdupois . Une tonne; 1,000 kilos. (Coal is sold by the _tonne_; grain and hay by the _quintal_. Dix quintaux de ble, de foin = 10 quintals of grain, of hay.) 1,0567 quart (liquid) . . . . Un litre. 26.417 gallons . . . . . . . Un hectolitre. 0.9081 quart (dry) . . . . . Un litre. 2.8379 bushels . . . . . . . Un hectolitre. (The _litre_, which is the principal unit of both fluid and dry measures, is the contents of 1 cubic _decimetre_ (decimetre = 1/10 metre).) DAYS, MONTHS, AND SEASONS. Sunday . . . . . . . . . . . Dimanche. Monday . . . . . . . . . . . Lundi. Tuesday . . . . . . . . . . . Mardi. Wednesday . . . . . . . . . . Mercredi. Thursday . . . . . . . . . . Jeudi. Friday . . . . . . . . . . . Vendredi. Saturday . . . . . . . . . . Samedi. January . . . . . . . . . .
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