ard, in front; en -- de, before; --
que, _conj._ before.
avantage, _m._ advantage.
avant-bras, _m._ forearm.
avant-garde, _f._ vanguard, advance-guard.
avant-hier, _adv._ the day before yesterday.
avant-poste, _m._ outpost.
avant-veille, _f._ second day before, two days before.
avare, _adj. and s._ avaricious, miserly, miser.
avarie, _f._ damage;
avatar, _m._ incarnation, metamorphosis.
avec, _prep._ with (following noun should often be translated
adverbially: -- expression, expressively, etc.).
Aveline, name of a forest near Rethel (mentioned by de Maupassant).
avenir, _m._ future.
aventure, _f._ adventure; a l'--, at hazard.
aventurer (s'), _v._ to risk oneself, venture.
avenue, _f._ avenue, driveway.
averse, _f._ shower.
aversion, _f._ aversion.
avertir, _v._ to warn, give notice, inform, acquaint.
avertissement, _m._ warning, notification.
aveu, _m._ avowal, confession.
aveugle, _adj._ blind.
aveuglement, _m._ blindness.
aveuglement, _adv._ blindly.
aveugler, _v._ to blind.
avide, _adj._ greedy, voracious, eager.
avidite, _f._ avidity, eagerness.
Avignon, city on the Rhone, 75 miles north of Marseilles
(department of Vaucluse).
aviron, _m._ oar.
avis, _m._ opinion, notice.
aviser, _v._ to apprise, advise, see about, notice, espy, think
(of); s'--, take into one's head.
aviver, _v._ to brighten, enliven; s'--, become brighter.
avocat, _m._ lawyer, attorney, barrister.
avoine, _f._ oats.
avoir, _v._ to have, receive, be (age), take (care); -- faim,
peur, soif, froid, be hungry, afraid, thirsty, cold; il y a,
there is, there are, ago, for (of time); qu'avez-vous?, qu'as-tu?,
what is the matter with you?; qu'est-ce qu'il y a?, qu'y a-t-il?,
what is the matter?, what can I do?; -- soin, take cale; -- pitie
de, feel pity for, be sorry for; -- beau (with infinitive), in
vain; c'est ce que nous avons de mieux a faire, it is the best we
can do; -- a, have reason to; et n'eut-elle ete rien de tout
cela, and had she not been at all so; _m._ property (when _eu_
occurs in the forms of this verb, it is pronounced: _u_).
avoue, _m._ attorney, solicitor, lawyer (who does not plead, in
this case avocat is used).
avouer, _v._ to acknowledge, confess.
avril, _m._ April.
axiome, _m._ axiom, adage, saying.
Ayesha, popular Arabic name, because of Ayesha the favorite wife of
Mohammed.
azur, -e, _adj. and m._ azure, sky-blue.

B

b..., abbreviation of bougre.
Babet, Bessie.
babiller, _v._ to prattle, chatter.
b