door-step.
porte-amarre, _m._ apparatus for throwing a cable; fusil --,
rocket-gun, life-rocket.
porte-cigarres, _m._ cigar-case.
portee, _f._ reach, range, shot.
portefeuille, _m._ portfolio, pocket-book.
porter, _v._ to carry, bear, wear, support, contain (information);
se --, be (of the health); qui ne s'en portera pas plus mal,
which will not be any the worse for it; l'un portant l'autre, on an
average.
porteur, _m._ bearer, porter.
portiere, _f._ door-curtain, carriage-door.
portion, _f._ portion, piece.
portrait, _m._ portrait.
pose, _f._ pose.
poser, _v._ to place, put, set down, ask (a question); se --,
be placed, place oneself, alight; pose sur, sitting on (of a bird).
position, _f._ position.
posseder, _v._ to possess, own, have.
possesseur, _m._ possessor, owner.
possession, _f._ possession.
possible, _adj._ possible; au --, most possible.
poste, _f._ post, post-office, mail, mail-coach; chaise de --,
post-chaise; _m._ military post, post, position.
poster, _v._ to post; se --, to be posted or established.
postillon, _m._ postilion.
posture, _f._ posture.
pot, _m._ pot.
potage, _m._ thick soup.
potence, _f._ gallows, gibbet.
pouce, _m._ thumb, inch.
Pouchkine, Pushkin (Alexander), Russian lyric poet, dramatist and
novelist, born in Moscow (1799-1837).
poudre, _f._ powder, dust; en --, powdered.
poudrer, _v._ to powder, sprinkle (powder, dust, money, etc.) on.
poudreux, -euse, _adj._ dusty.
poudroyer, _v._ to be dusty.
pouiller, _v._ to get the lice out of, clean, get into.
poulailler, _m._ chicken-house.
poule, _f._ hen, fowl, chicken; chair de --, goose-flesh.
poulet, _m._ chicken.
poulie, _f._ pulley.
poupee, _f._ doll.
pour, _prep._ for, to, in order to, in regard to; -- que,
_conj._ that, in order that, for; substantively: le -- et le
contre, the pros and cons; -- deux sous, two cents' worth.
pourboire, _m._ tip.
pourpre, _adj. and m._ purple (varying from violet to crimson).
pourquoi, _conj. and adv._ why, why?
pourrir, _v._ to rot.
pourriture, _f._ rot, decay, putrefaction.
poursuite, _f._ pursuit.
poursuivre, _v._ to pursue, follow up, continue, keep.
pourtant, _adv. and conj._ however, nevertheless.
pourvu que, _conj._ provided that.
pousser, _v._ to push, thrust, send forth, exhale, push to or in or
open, utter, urge on, heave, shoot (a bolt), give.
poussiere, _f._ dust.
poussif, -ive, _adj._ short-winded, puffing.
poussin, _m._ young chicken.
pouvoir, _v._ to be able, can, ma