y, trouble, labor,
hard work, anxiety, torment; a --, scarcely; c'est a -- si,
scarcely.
peiner, _v._ to trouble, pain.
peinture, _f._ painting, paint.
pelisse, _f._ pelisse, fur coat.
pelle, _f._ shovel.
peloton, _m._ ball of worsted, platoon, group; -- de travail,
shift.
penchant, _m._ slope, propensity.
pencher, _v._ to bend, lean, bow; se --, bend, lean, lean
over; penche, -e, bent, bowed, leaning.
pendant, _prep._ during, for (time); -- que, _conj._ while.
pendre, _v._ to hang.
pendule, _f._ clock, mantel-clock.
penetration, _f._ penetration.
penetrer, _v._ to penetrate, fathom, pervade, enter, go in, invade.
penible, _adj._ difficult, laborious, painful, distressing.
penitence, _f._ penitence; penance.
pensee, _f._ thought, thinking.
penser, _v._ to think, think out; pensez, think, you may imagine.
penseur, _m._ thinker.
pensif, -ive, _adj._ thoughtful.
pension, _f._ pension, board, boarding-house, boarding-school.
pensionnaire, _m., f._ boarder, boarding-school boy or girl.
pente, _f._ slope.
perce, _f._ borer, drill; mettre en --, to tap.
percepteur, _m._ tax-collector.
percer, _v._ to pierce, penetrate, be manifest.
perche, _f._ pole.
percher, _v._ to perch.
perclus, -e, _adj._ crippled, paralyzed.
perdre, _v._ to lose, ruin, undo; se --, lose oneself, get
lost, be lost.
perdrix, _f._ partridge (_x_ not pronounced).
pere, _m._ father, old man or "Uldquo;Uncle" (title).
perfection, _f._ perfection.
perfide, _adj._ perfidious.
perfidie, _f._ perfidy, treachery.
peri, _f._ peri (Oriental fairy).
peril, _m._ peril (l pronounced).
perilleux, -euse, _adj._ perilous, dangerous.
perir, _v._ to perish, be lost, die.
perle, _f._ pearl, bead.
perle, -e, _adj._ pearly, beaded, clear and silvery (voice).
permettre, _v._ to permit, allow.
Perotte, dialectic for Pierrette.
perron, _m._ perron, elevated stone landing, stoop.
perruque, _f._ wig.
perruquier, _m._ wig-maker, hair-dresser, barber.
Perse, _f._ Persia; tapis de --, Persian rug.
persecuteur, _m._ persecutor.
persistance, _f._ persistence.
personnage, _m._ personage, person, person of importance.
personne, _f._ person; _m._ anyone, no one; ne ... --, no one.
perspective, _f._ perspective.
persuader, _v._ to persuade; en --, convince of it.
perte, _f._ loss, ruin; a -- de vue, as far as the eye can reach.
peser, _v._ to weigh, lest, bang (over); pesant, -e, _adj._
heavy.
petale, _m._ petal.
petiller, _v._ to crackle, sparkle.
petiot, -e, _adj._