esse, _f._ address, skill.
adresser, _v._ to address.
adversaire, _m._ adversary.
aerer, _v._ to ventilate.
affabilite, _f._ affability.
affaiblir, _v._ to enfeeble, weaken; s'--, grow weaker or
fainter.
affaire, _f._ affair, matter, case, business transaction,
engagement (military); _pl._ affairs, business; avoir -~ a,
to have dealings with, have to reckon with; homme d'affaires,
agent; faire nos affaires, to do well, succeed.
affaissement, _m._ weakening, diminution of strength, collapse,
weakness.
affaisser, _v._ to sink; s'--, settle down, sink, collapse.
affaler, _v._ to lower; affale, -e, fallen, collapsed.
affamer, _v._ to starve; affame, -e, starved, famished.
affecter, _v._ to affect, assume.
affection, _f._ affection.
afferer, _v._ to tell (dialectic; _cf. averer_ in Old French).
affiche, _f._ hand-bill, poster.
afficher, _v._ to post (up).
affiner, _v._ to refine.
affirmer, _v._ to affirm, state.
affliction, _f._ affliction.
affliger, _v._ to afflict.
affoler, _v._ to madden, drive mad; affole, -e, adj.
distracted, crazed, beside oneself.
affreusement, _adv_. frightfully.
affreux, -euse, _adj._ frightful, dreadful.
affronter, _v._ to face, brave.
affut, _m._ gun-carriage, watch; a l'--, lying in wait.
afin (de _or_ que), _conj._ in order to, in order
that.
africain, -e, _adj._ and _s._ African (written Africain when
_s._).
Afrique, _f._ Africa.
agacer, _v._ to provoke, irritate.
agate, _f._ agate.
age, _m._ age; jeune --, youth.
age, --e, _adj._ aged, old.
agenda, _m._ memorandum-book, note-book (_en_ pronounced as in
_bien_).
agenouiller (s'), _v._ to kneel; se tenir agenouille,
remain on one's knees.
agent, _m._ agent, police agent, policeman, deputy; -- de
police, police agent, policeman.
agilite, _f._ agility.
agir, _v._ to act; s'- de, be a question of; il ne
s'agit pas
de perdre la tete, it is no time to lose your head.
agitation, _f._ agitation, commotion.
agiter, _v._ to agitate, stir, shake, wave, move, disturb, raise
(a question); s'--, be agitated, stir, toss about, play.
agneau, _m._ lamb.
agonie, _f._ death agony.
agrandir, _v._ to enlarge; s'--, be enlarged, become
larger.
agreable, _adj._ agreeable.
agrement, _m._ charm.
agres, _m. pl._ rigging, tackle.
agricole, _adj._ agricultural.
agriculture, _f._ agriculture.
agripper, _v._ to snatch up or away.
aguets, _m. pl._ watch.
ah, _interj._ ah!, ha!
ahurissement, _m._ bewilderment, amazement.
ai, _interj._ ouch!, oh!,