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Listen to him, hear what he has to say. She said many

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things which I had not the patience to listen to.-Are you

looking for your brother? Yes, I am looking for him.— chercher

The book you are looking for* is on the table in my study.

-Can wonder at his extravagance you

s'étonner de

folies,

if you consider how

foolishly his mother indulged him?-What I wonder at

gâter

most is his impudence.-I suppose you did not expect s'attendre à

such a letter from a man who owes you his fortune. I

confess I did not expect it. He will hear of something apprendre o

to-morrow which he does not expect. If I accept, will you

blame me for it? No, the only thing for which I blame

blâmer de

you, is to have made such a mystery of it. I like

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account to myself for every thing which I see.-These are se rendre compte de things at which you should not grieve, since they can so

s'affliger de

easily be remedied.--Can you hear of such misery without

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LIST OF THE MOST COMMON FRENCH REFLECTIVE VERBS.

There are a great many verbs in French which are used reflectively. As they occur very frequently in every day's

* Which is here understood (74-3).

conversation, it has been thought that a list of them might
be useful to the learner: accordingly it is here subjoined.
S'instruire, to improve.

S'adresser à, to apply.

Il s'agit de, the thing to be S'intéresser à, to take an interest
done is.

S'en aller, to go away.
S'amuser à, to amuse oneself
with.

S'apercevoir de, to see, to be
aware of.

S'appeler, to be called, to have

a name.

S'approcher de, to approach,

come near.

S'arrêter, to stop.
S'asseoir, to sit down.
S'attendre à, to expect.
Se baigner, to bathe.

Se charger de, to take upon
one's-self, to undertake.
Se conduire, to behave.
Se contenter de, to be content
with.

Se coucher, to go to bed.
Se défaire de, to get rid of.
Se dépêcher de, to make haste.
Se divertir, to play, to amuse
one's self.

Se douter de, to suspect.
S'échapper de, to escape.
S'éloigner, to depart, to go far.
S'empêcher de, to help.
S'endormir, to go to sleep.
S'enrichir, to get rich.
S'entretenir de, to converse.
S'étonner de, to wonder at.
S'éveiller, to awake.

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Se soucier de, to care.

Se souvenir de, to remember.
S'en tenir à, to stand to, to be
satisfied with.

Se fâcher de, to get angry, to Se tromper, to be mistaken.

take offence.

Se fier, to trust.

S'habiller, to dress.

Se trouver, to be, to happen to

be.

Se vanter de, to boast of.

THE END.

GILBERT & RIVINGTON, Printers, St. John's Square, London.

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